According to the Guardian and reports this morning, Government officials today have announced that they intend to put in place a strong clamp down on illicit file sharing to ‘support’ record and film industries they wrongly believe are threatened. This is the wrong moment to go in this direction. Online music revenues are going up,…
ACLU seeks records about laptop searches at the border
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today demanding records about the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s policy of searching travelers’ laptops without suspicion of wrongdoing. The lawsuit was filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to learn how CBP’s policy, issued last year, has impacted the civil liberties of travelers during…
Criminal justice student mistakenly jailed after ID theft
Loyola University criminal justice student Darrius Whitehorn got an unwelcome lesson in the workings of the legal system by spending a week behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. The Englewood native’s ordeal began Aug. 17 when Chicago Police officers approached him and his roommate in a park near Lake Shore Drive and Chicago…
Blogger in Anna Nicole Smith case released from custody
A North Texas blogger sued by Anna Nicole-Smith’s mother was released from Harris County custody on Tuesday after she turned over her computer hard drive to the courts. Teresa Stephens had been in custody since Thursday for refusing to comply with state District Judge Tony Lindsay’s order to turn over her computer and files. Stephens…