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Fri Sep 21 04:54:27 PDT 2007

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ISPs Still Confusing 'Limited' & 'Unlimited' - Have
their marketing cake and eat it, too..., DSLreports,
9/21/2007 
ISPs Still Confusing 'Limited' & 'Unlimited' - Have
their marketing cake and eat it, too...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ISPs-Still-Confusing-Limited-amp-Unlimited-87711
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

The Soviet Union lives!, Globe and Mail, 9/21/2007 
ICANN wants to kill off a relic of the Soviet past,
the .su domain name, but many Russians want to keep it
alive
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/158725176/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

Will You Soon Pay a State Broadband Tax? - November 1
deadline looms, Congress still talking..., DSLreports,
9/21/2007 
You currently don't pay state taxes on your broadband
connection, thanks to a temporary ban on state
taxation first created back in 1998 and then extended
in 2004. With that extension set to expire this
November, lawmakers are battling over whether...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Will-You-Soon-Pay-a-State-Broadband-Tax-87715
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/tax.htm

The Need for a Permanent Internet Tax Moratorium,
Verizon, 9/21/2007 
Karen Kerrigan of the Small Business and Entrepreneur
Council has penned an excellent piece on the
importance of extending the Internet Tax Moratorium
for small businesses.   Taxes add to the costs of
services and products and added costs will put...
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/LinkHoewing9/368/The-Need-for-a-Permanent-Internet-Tax-Moratorium.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/tax.htm

Prince vs. YouTube and eBay?, Tech Policy Summit,
9/21/2007 
Legendary performer Prince wants YouTube and eBay to
do more to prevent copyrighted material from appearing
on their sites without his permission. In the case of
YouTube, Computerworld reported yesterday that Prince
has hired an "Internet policing...
http://techpolicysummit.blogs.com/tech_policy_summit/2007/09/post-7.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Harvard CO-OP Gets an "F" on Intellectual Property,
PK, 9/21/2007 
With the exception of the IP Mafia and its
supporters/enablers, just about everyone recognizes
that folks sometimes use copyright as an
anticompetitive tool or tool for intimidation rather
than to “promote the Progress of Science and useful
Arts” by...
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/159090998/1194
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Harvard Bookstore Claims Book Prices Are Copyrighted,
Techdirt, 9/21/2007 
A few years ago, we had a story about a store that was
kicking people out if they caught them comparison
shopping via a mobile device. Obviously, a store can
kick out anyone they want to, but perhaps a better
approach is to actually focus on...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070919/102717.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Online Newspapers Grab Ad Spending, eMarketer,
9/21/2007 
An old media dog learns some new tricks.
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1005395
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Do Broadcasters Finally 'Get' the Internet?, Internet
News, 9/21/2007 
Some say recent deals from ABC and NBC indicate that
yes, the big TV broadcasters have finally pulled their
head out of the sand.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/159157078/3700781
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

NBC Cuts Out Video Middleman - NBCDirect will launch
in November, DSLreports, 9/21/2007 
NBC recently demanded that the FCC force broadband
providers to ban pirated traffic on their networks,
using the argument that said trading hurts corn
farmers by cannibalizing movie theater revenue. The
company then went on to pull their video...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/NBC-Cuts-Out-Video-Middleman-87709
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Turkey Bans YouTube Again; Promoting Dumb Videos
Again, Techdirt, 9/21/2007 
Back in March, Turkey banned YouTube over some silly
immature videos that portrayed the country's founder
in a negative light -- which is against the law. It
was basically a lame video with schoolhouse insults.
However, by banning all of YouTube,...
Turkey Bans YouTube Again; Promoting Dumb Videos Again
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Susanne M. Weldon-Francke And Normandin Cheney &
O'Neil, PLLC, v. Fisher, No. 14-06-00834-CV (14th
Court of Appeals TX Sept. 11, 2007), TX Ct APP,
9/21/2007 
Long Arm Jurisdiction in Texas cannot be based on
appellants NH law firm's website which could simply be
could be read in Texas
http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/HTMLOpinion.asp?OpinionID=83808
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/juris.htm

The Sliding Scale Jurisdiction Test : Sliding toward
Jurisdiction : Crummey v. Morgan, et al, 2007 CW 0087
(LA App 1st Cir. Aug. 8 2007), Cybertelecom, 9/21/2007

Judges face hard choices. Do they rule in favor of a
defendant or do they rule in favor of a plaintiff.
Sometimes the law is well settled, and the role of
Judge is easy; just follow precedent (in other words,
just decide the same way every judge

http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2007/09/sliding-scale-jurisdiction-test-sliding.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/juris.htm

Bush Wants Spy Law Changes Set in Stone, Ecommerce
Times, 9/21/2007 
President Bush wants to renew and expand the
controversial temporary surveillance legislation he
rushed into law last month. The law, also known as the
"Protect America Act," updates the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act by permitting...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/59431.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Could U.S. be at risk for cyberwarfare?, CW, 9/21/2007

Experts are warning that last May's cyberattacks
against Estonia could be a precursor to larger and
more damaging attacks against other nations, including
the U.S
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/159088387/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cyberwar.htm

U.S. Patriot Act poisoning the groves of academe,
Globe and Mail, 9/21/2007 
Canadian universities finding ways to keep electronic
data about their students out of American hands
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/158816609/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm

Response to ITIF Voting Report, Freedom to Tinker,
9/21/2007 
n Tuesday, the Information Technology and Innovation
Foundation released a report on the possible role of
paper trails...
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1202
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

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