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Yahoo Gave Search Data To Bush Administration Lawyers

2006.January.20.Fri

Yahoo Inc. on Thursday acknowledged handing over search data requested in a subpoena from the Bush administration, which is hoping to use the information to revive an anti-porn law
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New Free/Libre/Open-source (FLO) license targets DRM!!! WAY TO GO GPL!!!

2006.January.20.Fri

This is cool, the GNU GPL is going to guns with DRM stating “GPL software cannot use ‘digital restrictions’ on copyright material unless users can control them.”
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Google will fight Bush Administration demand for search records

2006.January.20.Fri

The US Government is taking legal action to gain access to Google’s vast database of internet searches in an historic clash over privacy. The Bush Administration has asked a federal judge to order the world’s most popular internet search engine to hand over the records of all Google searches.
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