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Obama administration sides with RIAA, supports $150,000 fine per music track

As Internet and digital technologies make it easier to transfer media files from person to person, producers and consumers deserve to have a thoughtful, broad debate on artists' rights, freedom or information and fair use. Unfortunately, both public ...

From DAVID KRAVETS, THREAT LEVEL, Reclaim the Media,  24 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Department of Justice,  John Dewey

Problems Voting in the General Election? Report Your Issue Here

• Although not required, it would be helpful if you provide your name and some way to contact you to obtain more details if we need them, particularly if your issue involved voter registration problems or someone at the polls challenging your ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  15 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Martin Luther King, Jr.,  Diebold

Reiser Rejects 3-Year Plea Offer, Judge Is Skeptical of Deal Unearthing Nina

OAKLAND, California –- The judge in the Hans Reiser case said Wednesday he was skeptical the defendant would follow through with a host of requirements needed for the judge to reduce a 25-to-life term to 15 to life. "The court has some concerns that he ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  9 Jul 2008

FISA Activists Use New Tools, Tactics to Pressure Lawmakers

Online activists from the right and the left announced an unprecedented campaign Tuesday to hold Democratic lawmakers accountable for caving to the Bush administration on domestic spying. Netroots activists are raising money online to run ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  8 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Ron Paul,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Chris Carney,  U.S. Republican Party

Hans Reiser Leads Police to Nina's Body

Hans Reiser, the Linux programmer convicted in April of killing his wife, Nina Reiser, led authorities to her body Monday evening, one of his attorneys tells THREAT LEVEL. The Oakland Police Department confirmed a body was found, but said the remains ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  8 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Hans Reiser

Cops: Judge Agreeing to Reduce Reiser's Sentence in Exchange for Nina's Body

OAKLAND, California -- The judge presiding over the Hans Reiser murder trial is backing a deal that would reduce the Linux programmer's 25-to-life term to 15-to-life, authorities said Tuesday. Reiser, the developer of the ReiserFS file system, led ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  8 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Hans Reiser

Amendment Would Put Spy Lawsuits, Amnesty On Hold Pending Investigation

On Tuesday, the Senate resumes considering whether to hand new dragnet spy powers to the nation's spooks and to grant retroactive amnesty to telecoms that secretly helped the government spy on Americans without warrants for five years. The Senate ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  7 Jul 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  Christopher Dodd

Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom

Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  2 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Viacom, Inc.

Lawyers to Judge: Hans Reiser May Be 'Mentally Incompetent'

Lawyers for Hans Reiser claim the Linux developer convicted of murdering his wife may be "mentally incompetent," an argument that, if successful, could send Reiser to a mental institution instead of prison. In a court filing Tuesday, defense attorney ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  1 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Hans Reiser

Senate Committee Approving AM-FM Royalty Bill

A house subcommittee approved legislation Thursday requiring AM-FM radio broadcasters to pay royalties to singers, musicians and their labels, a proposal moving to the House Judiciary Committee and possibly soon to the U.S. House. The measure, which ...

From THREAT LEVEL, Wired,  26 Jun 2008
Related Topics: RIAA,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate

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