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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement 390

Posted by kdawson on Monday May 26, 2008 @11:02PM from the what's-on-your-ipod-eh dept.

SpaceAdmiral writes "The Canadian government is secretly negotiating to join the US and the EU in an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The agreement would give border guards the power to search iPods and cellphones for illegal downloads, as well as to force ISPs to hand over customer information without a warrant. David Fewer, staff counsel at the University of Ottawa's Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, characterizes ACTA this way: 'If Hollywood could order intellectual property laws for Christmas what would they look like? This is pretty close.'"

UK Academics Arrested For Researching al-Qaida 681

Posted by kdawson on Monday May 26, 2008 @09:29PM from the terrism-is-the-root-password-to-the-academy dept.

D Afifi writes "Two political researchers at the University of Nottingham, in the UK, have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for downloading Al-Qaida material from a US government website. The material was to be used for research in terrorist tactics. There has been a huge public outcry, with university staff planning a march to demonstrate against the attack on academic freedom. Yet, one of the students, an Algerian, is still held in custody under immigration charges and is being fast-tracked for deportation."

President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act 527

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 26, 2008 @01:11PM from the no-paring-based-on-pairing dept.

artemis67 writes "This past week, President Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which would prevent health insurers and employers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of their genetic information. GINA is the first and only federal legislation that will provide protections against discrimination based on an individual's genetic information in health insurance coverage and employment settings.'"

Comment Re:Could someone tell George... (Score 1) 945

by defnull0 on Thursday December 16, 2004 @10:56AM (#11103932) Attached to: U.S. Makes Plans for GPS Shutdown

Does this remind anyone of the plan to have Civil Defense Wardens go to the nearest street or intersection and rotate street signs during WWII to keep the enemy from using the information during an invasion. Turning off GPS, IMHO, sounds like a Regan era Star Wars concept. Does no one want to shout, "The King has no clothes on!"

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