March 31, 2001
March 30, 2001
Verio is censoring John Gilmore's email under pressure from anti-spammers (if this page is down, see the mirror at Cryptome)
March 27, 2001
CNET News.com: EU asked to tone down privacy standards (also see Reuters) (let's see here ... several years ago the European Union enacted a directive to protect the privacy of Europeans, and now American companies are suddenly upset that they may not be able to invade the privacy of European citizens as they do with Americans ... what's wrong with this picture?)
March 26, 2001
Newsbytes: Lawmakers try to seal officials' e-mail, net records (Indiana General Assembly considers legislation to bar public access to public officials' e-mail) (also see Indianapolis Star)
March 24, 2001
SatireWire: Foot-and-mouth first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook (scientists confirm that the disease cannot be spread by Microsoft's e-mail application, marking the first time that Outlook has ever failed to propagate a major virus)
Chronicle of Higher Education: Judge halts effort by Bates College to prevent disclosure of student e-mail messages
March 23, 2001
March 22, 2001
Ananova: AOL to ban time at work (company will try to reduce stress by prohibiting employees from wearing watches or looking at clocks)
March 21, 2001
March 20, 2001
Reuters: Lawmaker punished for fake radio interview (Canadian M.P. suspended from committee post after his assistant impersonated him on air)
March 18, 2001
WXII NewsChannel 12 (Piedmont, N.C.): Fast-food restaurant makes X-rated mistake (Chick-Fil-A distributes kids activity book containing link to explicit web site)
March 16, 2001
BBC News: Larry Potter returns to print (author of '80s Larry Potter books sues author of Harry Potter series, citing numerous instances of alleged plagiarism)
March 15, 2001
Washington Post: The address you leave behind (startup change-of-email-address company Re-Route.com says it will forward e-mail for $10 per person per month)
... gee, $10 a month seems a bit steep to me, especially since they're going to send spam to each sender whose message they forward. (Worse yet, unless your old ISP has accepted a payoff from Re-Route.com to keep forwarding your mail, you'll still have to keep paying that ISP's monthly fees.) How about $0.01 per person per month, and no spam? Uh, wait, I can do this myself for free, and not risk having someone at Re-Route.com read my e-mail, spam my correspondents, market my new e-mail address or other personal info, or lose my e-mail while they're bouncing it across the country and back.
March 13, 2001
March 12, 2001
March 10, 2001
March 09, 2001
March 08, 2001
AP: Wiretap charges dropped against student taper (17-year-old high school student was charged with audiotaping a chemistry lecture)
March 07, 2001
Reuters: Aimster says Pig Latin code can circumvent Napster injunction (federal copyright law makes it illegal to reverse-engineer the simple encryption performed by its Aimster Pig Encoder, according to Aimster's CEO)
ISP-Planet: Three ISPs team up with controversial registrar (following launch of idealab!'s New.net registry for non-ICANN-approved top-level domains, Earthlink and other ISPs agree to configure their name servers to recognize New.net domains)
March 06, 2001
Ananova: Eagle-eyed viewer spots repeat sitcom 'flasher' (Nickelodeon says it will edit "Three's Company" episode)
March 05, 2001
CNET News.com: File-swapping services seek refuge overseas (Canadian plans to set up Napster-like service in Sealand, off the coast of Britain)
March 03, 2001
SecurityFocus: DeCSS in the funny pages (comic strip "The Boondocks" criticizes judge in DVD descrambling case)
March 02, 2001
Wired News: Napster clone's curious terms (Aimster's new terms of service prevent copyright holders from searching for infringements)
Washington Post: Breaking it open, making it better (hackers upgrade their ReplayTV and TiVo digital video recorders)
Wired News: Do marketers know you're sick? (proposed health privacy regulations include loophole for marketers)
March 01, 2001
The Recorder: Ground zero: Prosecutors in Silicon Valley are awash in requests for warrants to search e-mail servers (officials are flooded with complaints about anonymous Yahoo and Hotmail users)
Reuters: Eggs scrambled in truck crash (a truck carrying 10 tons of eggs crashed into another truck, scrambling breakfast-time traffic)
Reuters: Travel sites in free fall (stock prices plunge after Northwest Airlines says it will no longer pay commissions to travel web sites)
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