Category: USA
America, Capitalism, and a general ramble.
Before I get started I want to make it clear that this article is not aimed as an attack against the American people, I hope that the American people can take it as it is meant - though I do realise that many people do have strong patriotic feelings and so I can only hope that I do not offend...
US courts destroy your right to privacy.
From the BBC :
"Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.
The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
Digital rights group...
FCC Cross-Ownership Decision Could Boost Newspapers
From the MediaDailyNews :
The effects of Tuesday's vote by the Federal Communications Commission to loosen restrictions on cross-ownership of media will not be felt for at least a year or two.... But once the kinks are worked out, the decision could be a boon to newspaper owners....
Are Students Canaries in the Free-Speech Coal Mine?
From the First Amendment Center:
After 12 years of censorship and regimentation, many high school students
will graduate this spring with little or no idea about what it means to be a
free, active and engaged citizen in a democracy.
When they march across the stage...
Bill Thompson on Cloud Computing
Another interesting article by Bill Thompson for the BBC :
Please read the whole article on the BBC site, but some interesting extracts are:
"The issue was recently highlighted by reports that the Canadian government has a policy of not allowing public sector IT projects...
US Civilian Resident In Military Prison
From Yahoo! News
Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri was a legal US resident who came to the US on Sept 10, 2001 with wife and children to study computer programming in Peoria, IL. The next day, the twin towers fell, and not long after that, the feds came to call. Two years...
6000 UCSF patients data posted online.
It seems to be all the rage to leak data at the moment.
From San Francisco Chronicle :
Information on thousands of
UCSF patients was accessible on the Internet for more than three months
last year, a possible violation of federal privacy regulations that
might have exposed...
