A federal district court judge today threw out the misdemeanor convictions of Lori Drew after the judge determined that the federal anti-hacking statute under which Drew was prosecuted was inapplicable to the allegation that she violated MySpace's terms of service. Drew was convicted by a jury in November...

Surveillance in Iran vs. Surveillance in the USIran has an Internet monitoring center built by Nokia and Siemens AG -- what kind of domestic spying is happening in the US?
Data Shows Music Fans Are Willing to BuyTopSpin and Nettwerk have experimented with premium discs, free albums,...

Just a few days ago, we pointed out that ASCAP is arguing in federal court that every time your musical ringtone rings in public, you're violating copyright law by "publicly performing" it without a license. Now ASCAP has fired up its spin control machinery and issued a statement...

REAL ID Revival Bill Is Another Attempt at a National IDA new "PASS ID" bill seeks to create a privacy-invasive national ID, just like its antecedent, REAL ID.
IP Colloquium Podcast Tackles Patent Damages ReformUCLA Law Professor Doug Lichtman and his guests explore the contentious issues around...

Responding to repeated reports that the National Security Agency's surveillance dragnet is continuing to intercept Americans' purely domestic communications in the millions, the New York Times editorial board is calling on Congress to repeal the deeply-flawed FISA Amendments Act (FAA), which broadly expanded the government's spying powers while...

Following up on their report in April detailing the National Security Agency's systemic and significant "overcollection" — that is, illegal interception — of Americans' domestic communications, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times have just published a new story with even more detail about the...

In September of last year, Congress amended the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) as part of a larger bill dealing with identity theft.
Unfortunately, the amendments broaden the already extensive reach of the law, and fail to clarify the most vexing question about the statute, the...