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Illinois Barred From Enforcing Police Eavesdropping Law
Citing First Amendment issues, a federal appeals court is barring Illinois from enforcing a law prohibiting the audio-recording of police officers. The decision Tuesday by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes two weeks ahead of a NATO summit in Chicago that is likely to draw throngs of protesters May 20-21.
New York High Court OKs Child-Porn Web Surfing
Accessing and viewing child pornography over the internet is not necessarily a crime under New York law, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday.
Pirates Beware: DVD Anti-Piracy Warning Now Twice as Fierce
Hollywood and the federal government have partnered to create updated and even more annoying anti-piracy warnings that will be included in new home-release DVDs and Blu-ray discs beginning this week, the government said Tuesday.
FTC Slaps Myspace for Privacy Breaches
Federal regulators slapped Myspace’s wrist Tuesday, finding that the company still exists and that it violated the privacy promises it made to its 25 million registered users. Myspace joins its more prosperous internet cousins, Facebook and Google, in the club of companies that have been slapped by the Federal Trade Commission with mandatory privacy audits for the next 20 years (though it’s not clear anyone expects Myspace to last that long).
Got the Radio On
Livio’s Bluetooth dongle plugs into your cigarette lighter, giving your older car the powers of the internets.