Yesterday, Google announced a revised log retention policy, saying "we'll anonymize IP addresses on our server logs after 9 months," instead of the previous 18-24 months. Other information, like cookies, will stay on the longer retention plan. The announcement was in conjunction with Google's response to the...

Over a period of twelve hours, between this Thursday night and Friday morning, American Rights Counsel LLC sent out over 4000 DMCA takedown notices to YouTube, all making copyright infringement claims against videos with content critical of the Church of Scientology. Clips included footage of Australian and German...

AT&T Throws Blue Dog PartyAt the Democratic National Convention in Denver, AT&T threw a big party for Blue Dog Democrats who backed telecom immunity.
Joe Biden's Pro-RIAA, Pro-FBI RecordThe Democratic nominee for Vice President has a history of uncompromising support for Hollywood, the recording industry and the...

Yesterday, the FBI, UC Berkeley police, and Alameda County Sheriff's deputies conducted a raid on the Long Haul Infoshop, a community space that is home to a number of leftist and anarchist groups, including a newspaper and a radio station. Armed with a warrant (PDF), authorities entered and...

In an important ruling handed down yesterday, a federal district court threw out a copyright infringement suit brought by adult video producer Io Group against Veoh, concluding that the video hosting site qualifies for the DMCA safe harbor. The ruling should be required reading...

I was asked recently to create a mural-sized political cartoon (and to paint it live!) at a show of experimental drawings and cartoons at the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco. I chose as my subject the NSA's "secret room" at AT&T's Folsom Street facility. As part of the...

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit returned the Hepting v. AT&T case to the District Court. In a two sentence order, the court wrote:
In light of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-261, we remand this case to the district...