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Bill would let U.S. kill allegedly infringing sites without trial, immunize ISPs
Proposed new legislation would strip domain access from sites 'dedicated to infringing activities,' cutting through the red tape of due process, sovereignty, and property rights.
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Metasploit + Rapid7 shakes up pen-test landscape
With the acquisition of Metasploit by Rapid7, the dynamics within the small penetration testing market have changed. We believe that more competition will challenge each of the three main...
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Ninth Circuit pokes a few holes in Section 230 immunity
Ninth Circuit holds that Yahoo lost immunity when employee made oral promise to take down profile and didn't follow through.
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Should health IT be immune from suits
Think health IT vendors should be subject to the full market discipline of civil courts, as doctors and (still) drug companies are? Or would that destroy the industry?
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Telecom immunity passes Senate, Obama votes yes
The Senate – with a yes vote from Barack Obama and a no vote from Hillary Clinton – passed the regrettable wiretapping bill today, which grants lawsuit immunity to telecommunications...
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House approves telecom immunity in 'compromise'
Congressional leaders reached a compromise on a telecom immunity bill and the House passed it handily 293-129, AP reports. Compromise hardly seems like the word it, though. Listen to Sen. Kit...
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Dems ready to cave on telecom immunity
Democratic leaders are preparing to cave to intense pressure to give telecom companies immunity from spying-related lawsuits, News.com's Anne Broache reports. Pitched as a "compromise" by...
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Section 230 to Twitter and others: Delete away
Community and content management don't void a site's immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Participation in an unlawful act does. I was thus taken aback by the legal...
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House nixes telecom immunity, votes to investigate abuses
The House just passed a FISA bill without immunity for telecom companies! The White House is pissed off: The White House circulated a statement after the vote calling it a "a significant step...
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Adobe delivers Reader patch (very quietly)
If you got a prompt to upgrade your Adobe Reader to version 8.1.2 you're not alone. Betcha didn't know it's a major security fix though. Why? You wouldn't know because Adobe hasn't told anyone....
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Debate over telecom immunity starts anew
So the debate is on. Should telcom companies get legal immunity for assisting America's intelligence apparatus with warrantless wiretaps, or not? The Senate took up the question Wednesday and veep...
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Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patches
If you're like most folks you are taking your time installing Microsoft's latest round of security patches. However, you may want to get your rear end in gear. Specifically apply MS08-001, which...
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Technology Voters' Guide: Chris Dodd
Democrat, who dropped out of the race on Thursday after the Iowa caucuses, supports Net neutrality and opposes the "idea of assigning people bar codes."Special coverage: Election 2008
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Telecom immunity bill advances in Senate; Dodd promises filibuster
The battle over telecommunications immunity continued Monday with a Senate vote, 76-10, to advance for a floor vote a bill protecting the companies from lawsuits relating to cooperation with...
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House rejects immunity for phone companies in spy suits
Drawing veto threats from White House, legislators OK spy law rewrite sans lawsuit protection for aids of government spying.
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Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos
The issue of immunity for telecommunications companies who cooperate with warrantless wiretaps is at the center of a looming showdown in Congress. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved...
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NSA telecom immunity still unsettled in Senate
Due to procedural oddity, question of whether to shield companies from suits alleging cooperation with the NSA won't be resolved until final floor vote.
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White House shared docs in exchange for telecom immunity
The White House cut a deal with the Senate Intelligence Committee, allowing the committee to see documents on its warrantless surveillance program in exchange for advocating immunity for telecom...
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Others post, you get sued
Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod examines whether online service providers are legally responsible for content users create.
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NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?
White House wanted immunity for phone companies over possible cooperation with NSA, but new bill also would shield e-mail, IM providers.
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