Monthly Archives: September 2006

Siva Vaidhyanathan on Journalists, Google, and the Future of Copyright

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 30 September 2006
“As the most pervasive regulation of speech and culture, the copyright system will help determine the richness and strength of democracy in the twenty-first century,” Siva Vaidhyanathan wrote in today’s Columbia Journalism Review. In “Copyright Jungle,” Vaidhyanathan examines the borderline legal/illegal copyright issues in the present day and how copyright law is currently being reshaped [...]
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Will the HP Pretexting Scandal Lead to New Privacy Laws?

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 29 September 2006
The fallout of Hewlett-Packard’s latest scandal — in which hi-level execs used illegal pretexting to eavesdrop and track the flow of information leaks (both fabricated and legitimate) among employees, middlemen, and reporters — is creating a wave of trepidation among corporate execs, employees and right-to-know/rights-to-access libertarians alike. In Tuesday’s San Jose Mercury Tribune, Dean Takahashi examines [...]
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Ex-U.S. Diplomats on Anti-Americanism

By revolute | Published: 27 September 2006
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosted an excellent roundtable this afternoon with 3 former U.S. Foreign Services Officers and diplomats, all of whom resigned in reaction to the Bush Administration’s plans for War in Iraq. The theme was Anti-Americanism and there were certainly an abundance of questions, and considering the audience and panelists, there [...]
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