minilinks for 2009-02-23 miniLinks by Hugh D'Andrade a.. As Data Collecting Grows, Privacy Erodes Third party data collection is growing, making real privacy more and more elusive.
b.. NSA Offers Billions for Skype Hack The NSA has a bundle of cash for anyone that can design software that will allow eavesdropping on Skype communications. c.. YouTube Tests Download and CC Licensing Under a new plan, creators could allow others to download and remix their work on Creative Commons licenses. d.. YouTube Kills Download Tool YouTube is the place to find remix culture. But they don't want you actually remixing stuff you find on YouTube. e.. Judge Orders Topix to Reveal Users' ID Info Anonymous commentators on the site Topix will have their identities revealed if a judge's order stands. f.. New Internet? No Thanks. Ed Felten takes apart the NY Time's article that asked if the Internet was fundamentally flawed and should be rebuilt. g.. Can a Government Website Discuss Evolution? A literal believer in the bible says UC Berkeley should not be allowed to provide a site promoting the study of evolution. h.. No More Anonymous Calls? A new service provides a way to unmask anonymous callers. i.. EFF's Youngest Activist Young Zeb has made a poster with an important message for the public. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/minilinks-2009-02-23 ------ global minilinks for 2009-02-20 miniLinks by Danny O'Brien a.. Italian Government to Research Skype Interception Growing attempt by governments seeking to understand and perhaps undermine encrypted VOIP. b.. Rightsholders Scold Canada, China & Sweden for Internet Piracy Latest report by media industries to US government highlighting their top targets for new copyright legislation. c.. Technical Aspects of the Censoring of Archive.org How the filtering practices of the UK Internet Watch Foundation interacted with Archive.org's caching system to block British access to innocent pages. d.. Former MI5 Chief, Attacks Britain and US Over Surveillance Stella Rimmington, the real-life "M", says: "Since I have retired I feel more at liberty to be against certain decisions of the government, especially the attempt to pass laws which interfere with people's privacy." e.. US ISP Censors Zimbabwean bloggers Bluehost removed a prominent Zimbabwean NGO's website, in the belief that they were breaking sanctions against the Zimbabwean government by taking money from Zimbabweans. f.. The Decentralized Censorship of User-Generated Content How China outsources its censorship to hosting companies. g.. UK Thinks EU Copyright Term Extension Goes Too Far UK disagrees with 95 year copyright extension, which means the fight will continue in the EU's Council of Ministers. h.. UK Anti-Piracy Group Says Music Industry Going Wrong Way UK anti-piracy group Federation on Software Theft splits with music industry on government's Digital Britain strategy. i.. Three Strikes not Coming to Germany, says Minister German minister feels that "Olivennes" model would not work in his country. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/global-minilinks-2009-02-20
