• Great Firewall of China Patchy But Effective
  Over 28% of banned words make it through the national filter, but that may be enough to self-censor citizens.
  
• Google Calls for International Privacy Standards
  Not surprisingly, the Internet giant wants minimal global standards on the collection and retention of personal data.
  
• Canadian Feds Push for Greater Access to Private Info
  New legislation would force telcos to provide customer information on demand, without a court order.
  
• Prince vs. the Internet
  The rock star accuses YouTube, Ebay and Pirate Bay of encouraging copyright infringement.
  
• Major Label Contemplates Blanket Licensing
  Universal Music Group (UMG) floats a plan in which ISPs would charge a music download fee to all customers. Sound
  familiar?
  
• SoundExchange Spends $50k on Lobbying
  How much influence does the royalty collection agency have?
  
• MediaDefender Suffers Embarrassing Email Leak
  The anti-P2P company had 700mb of internal email posted on
  BitTorrent.