Intellectual Property Law

Global minilinks for 2008-05-27

By Danny OBrien

• Michael Geist - Ten More Questions for Industry Minister Prentice
  On the eve of Canada's DMCA, the politician in charge has plenty to answer for.
• German Phone Company in Spying Scandal
  Deutsch Telekom employees analyzed "several hundred thousand landline and mobile connection data sets of key German journalists reporting on Telekom and their private contacts."
• Gamer anger at Nokia's "Lock In"
  UK gamers battle Nokia's N-Gage's DRM and terms of service
• EU Rejects New Intellectual Property Rights for Sport
  "Unjustified protectionism and injurious to press freedom," say publishers.
• Shops Secretly Track Customers via Mobile Phone
  A less salubrious use of GNU Radio.
• Rolling Stone on "China's All-Seeing Eye"
  Naomi Klein on how China's censorship is being exported.
• Canada Watchdogs Investigate Deep Packet Inspection
  Are ISPs invading users' privacy?

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on May 27, 2008 (boomark / email).