Tuesday, December 17, 2002

ElcomSoft verdict: Not guilty, by Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com. Attorneys not involved in the case said the ElcomSoft verdict boded ill for future criminal prosecutions under the controversial copyright law. A not guilty verdict in a criminal case comes without the ability to appeal, unlike the civil copyright cases targeting Napster and other companies that have bounced through federal court in recent years. Future courts won't be bound by Tuesday's verdict, but it will stand untouched. It is troubling for enforcement of the (criminal provisions of the) DMCA, said Evan Cox, an attorney with the San Francisco firm of Covington & Burlington. This was the kind of case that the DMCA was meant to prevent. If this enforcement led to a not guilty verdict, you have to wonder what would lead to a successful case. 3:26:18 PM    comment []

The Washington Times is reporting Bush approves missile defense -- to begin deployment in 2004. (Story by Bill Gertz.) Some new info in the story. I told why pursuing a strategic defense, missile shield, Star Wars thingamabob is a bad idea over at X-Ray Net last year. 3:26:14 PM    comment []

Looking for info on the Bogdanov Hoax? The one in which Igor and Grichka Bogdanov may have pulled a Sokal on the physics world? I have info from last month here (including links to "ETAT TOPOLOGIQUE DE L'ESPACE TEMPS A ECHELLE 0" and "FLUCTUATIONS QUANTIQUES DE LA SIGNATURE DE LA METRIQUE A L'ECHELLE DE PLANCK"), as well as here and here, too. 2:26:00 PM    comment []

Limits Sought on Wireless Internet Access [New York Times: Technology] 7:21:39 AM    comment []

Arianna Huffington. What's with the growing misuse of that puny piece of punctuation? [Salon Headlines] 7:20:57 AM    comment []

Arizona Inmates Back on the Net. Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge overturns an Arizona state law that prohibited information about prisoners from appearing online. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 7:19:51 AM    comment []