Links on Communications, Computers and Society
Censorship, Privacy, Criminal Justice and Legal Issues

A New York Times Guide to the Best Legal Links

 Items:
Software Pioneer Opposes Use of Software for Surveillance.  march 11, 2003.
Can Courts Ban People from using the Internet.  Jan 21, 2003.
Music Industry Will Not Seek Government Aid to Fight Piracy.  Jan 15, 03
Big Brother Tools Already in Place.  Dec 23 2002
Denver Police Surveillance on Activists.  Dec 20, 2002.
US Proposes to Monitor Internet.  Dec 20 2002
Cannibalism on the Internet.  Dec 18, 02
Russian company acquittee of violating US copyright laws.  Dec 18 02
Web site with ethnic slurs.  Dec 02
China Has World's Strongest Internet Censorship.  Dec 02
Companies Liable for Cell Phone Accidents?  dec 02
Libraries Grapple with Internet Pornography.  No v2002.
Black Market for Scientific Software .  Nov 2002.
Legal Action Against Pop-Up Ads.  June 28, 2002
Librarians' strategies for dealing with pornograpphy on library WEB computers.  June 2002
Lawsuits filed where the subject lives, not where the paper is published.  May 27, 2002.
No quick fix to fighting pornography on the Internet, May 2, 2002.
Investigation on College Campuses into "thrill-seeking" software piracy.
Times Poll:  Public Wary Over Civil Liberties Issues.
300 Law Professors Oppose Tribunal Plans.
Europeans tighten security laws.
Electronic Surveillance: From 'Big Brother' Fears to Safety Tool.
Europe moving towards ban on hate speech on Internet.
Court Says France Cannot Censor Yahoo.
Florida City Cannot Shut Down Porno Site Based in Residential Area.
A new suit against online music sites.
Dispute on Electronic Message Encryption Takes on New Urgency.
Concerns Over Proposed Changes in Internet Surveillance.
Internet Service Providers Censor Terrorist Postings and anti-Islamic Backlash.
U.S. to Help Chinese Evade Censorship.
Judges Disable Monitoring Software on Their Office Computers.
With Napster Down, Its Audience Fans Out
Napster shuttered by court until it proves it can protect copyrighted material better.
Attempt to invent a Bettor-Blocker, a way to stop Internet Gambling.
Free Lancers Win Rights to Pay for Articles Republished in Data Bases.
Free Speech Advocates Laud Decision on Student Web-Site.
Supreme Court bans Hi-Tech Snooping.
Student journalists avoid school censorship by going online.
Controversial ruling on library filters:  is viewing pornography on a public library computer a free speech right?
C.I.A. closes down employee chat room.
Health Web Sites Offer Inconsistent Information.
Son Jailed in China for Posting Father's Writings on Politics.
Cool Legal Sites for 2001.
Cyber Law Journal: Hacker Gadfly at Center of New Suit
Dismissed for Chat Room, C.I.A.Workers Speak Out
When the Art's Public, Is the Site Fair Game?
Yahoo makes it harder to reach pornographic sites.
Privacy Issues raised by Google's Archive of Usenet Conversations.
Does an Anti-Piracy Plan Quash the First   Amendment?
Punching Holes in Internet Walls:  Technology to get Around Third World Censorship.
Researcher threatened with lawsuit if he publishes method for circumventing music file security.  Scientists withdraw paper publishing methods for circumventing music file encryption.
Justices consider legal status of Digital Copies of Freelance Work:  are they Revisions or New Works?
WEB sites lax in protecting child privacy, court finds.
Judge says music companies must provide lists of songs they do not want stolen.
Internet Filters Used to Shield Minors Censor Speech, Critics Say.
French courts impose limits on what can be displayed on WEB sites viewable in France.
Dutchman arrested for releasing virus.
Napster decision may help competitors in the music sharing business.
Michigan consideres a Cyber Court to attract Cyber Businesses.
The most important CyberLaw developments of the year.
Canada passes new law to protect Internet privacy.
Free Speech Advocates Fight Filtering Software in Public Schools.
Yahoo's efforts to rid their site of hate materials.
Bellweather online speech case in France.
Montreal Hacker, 16 years old, Pleads Guilty to 56 Counts of Vandalism.
Governments around the world try to hem in the WWW.
Napster to Pay Copyright Fees.
Survey finds support for School Filters.
Man jailed in first US Online Gambling Conviction.
French Court Seeks to Censor Yahoo Auction Site in California.
Online David vs Corporate Goliaths (Napster).
Forget Footnotes:  Hyperlink.
Use of the Net by Prisoners.
Judge Illegalizes Napster.
Jury Gives Award to Victim of Net Harassment.
Is Linking to an Illegal Site Illegal?
In Myanmar (Burma) unauthorized use of a modem carries a sentence of 7 to 15 years in jail.
The Eroded Self: In cyberspace, there is no real wall between public and
          private. And the version of you being constructed out there -
          from bits and pieces of stray data - is probably not who you
          think you are.  A story from the New York Times Magazine, April 30, 2000.
The Concept of Copyright fights for Internet Survival.
Company plans digital distribution of encrypted films.
Legal issues in Deep Linking.
British Internet Provider pays damages in lawsuit based in libelous newsgroup posting.
  Legal Issues Around Encryption.
The Internet poses challenges to the states, including taxation and regulation.
Voters in Michigan overturn Internet censorship proposal for the public library.
A NY Times Magazine story on (the lack of) Privacy on the Internet.
China imposes rules to censor Internet.
China's attempts to censor and control WEB.
Problems with filtering in schools.
Congress is planning a large number of legislative initiatives to govern the Internet.
A Catholic school student sues because he was expelled because material on his WEB site.
Is Cyberspace a "public accommodation" as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act?  Are providers required to make Internet services accessible to the blind?
Do you know Who's Watching You?, a story about Privacy Issues in the computer age.
School Board Uses Computer Filter to Block Student Access to Web Sites
A judge raises questions about pornography laws on the Internet:  which community's standards should be enforced?
Online photographs of executions, posted by the State of Florida, has given new impetus to the anti-death penalty movement.  The story includes links to the pictures.
A professor is suing a WEB site with critical reviews of his teaching.
Civil Libertarians seek to halt Cybersquatting bill.
Four pedophiles charged for having sex with boys met on the Internet.
NY Times story on code of ethics, professionalism for programmers
Bush campaign tries to shut down WEB site.
Abortion foe sues Internet Providers.  Older story on issue.
A story on illegalizing cybersquatting, showing need for regulation - hierarchy - on the Internet.
Government to monitor computer networks for security.
Emergence of filtered ISP's.
Is "deep linking"  illegal?
Internet Sale of Nazi Books in Germany Is Assailed
Teachers sue student over WEB defamation.
Prosecution of Online Gambling.
"Lone Wolf" commits terror crime, shows new non-hierarchal organization.
Internet body needs international control says Nader.
 Privacy on Internet Poses Legal Puzzle.
Attempts to censor the Internet in Saudi Arabia.
  Schools Split on the Use of Internet Filters.
Are computer programs a protected form of free speech?
  Can a computer program practice law?  Should it be allowed to?
 A jury awards damages of over $100 million to people targeted in an anti-abortion WEB site.
 A plea entered in an internet stalking case.