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http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Classified_US%2C_Japan_and_EU_ACTA_trade_agreement_drafts%2C_2009

http://file.sunshinepress.org:54445/acta-drafts-2009.pdf

http://wikileaks.org/leak/acta-drafts-2009.pdf

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Classified_US%2C_Japan_and_EU_ACTA_trade_agreement_drafts%2C_2009

http://file.sunshinepress.org:54445/acta-drafts-2009.pdf

http://wikileaks.org/leak/acta-drafts-2009.pdf

Done and done:

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Western_internet_censorship:_The_beginning_of_the_end_or_the_end_of_the_beginning%3F

How is just having a website address to a child porn site illegal, if you didn't even visit the link? I wonder how any blacklisting filtering software would be legal in Germany if it filters out illegal content sites.

If I post a link to Nuclear weapons am I going to be charged with being a terrorist? Oh wait, I voted for Ron Paul in the primaries, I probably already am somewhere.

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Bundesnachrichtendienst
The German BND (like their CIA) was exposed in computer networks (IP ranges) , failed false flag operations (Kosovo) and press 'contacts'.
They still have some pull :)

It is

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/ICRC_Report_on_the_Treatment_of_Fourteen_%22High_Value_Detainess%22_in_CIA_Custody%2C_14_Feb_2007 ..loud music played for twenty-four hours a day throughout..

Actually, that was just like freshman year of college.

It is
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/ICRC_Report_on_the_Treatment_of_Fourteen_%22High_Value_Detainess%22_in_CIA_Custody%2C_14_Feb_2007
..loud music played for twenty-four hours a day throughout..

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:ACTA

eg.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/ACTA_negotiations_brief_on_Border_Measures_and_Civil_Enforcement_2008
"Rights holders to get the right to obtain information regarding an infringer, their identities, means of production or distribution and relevant third parties."

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:ACTA

eg.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/ACTA_negotiations_brief_on_Border_Measures_and_Civil_Enforcement_2008
"Rights holders to get the right to obtain information regarding an infringer, their identities, means of production or distribution and relevant third parties."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323944/

Shattered Glass is a film about how an investigative journalist, Adam Peneberg, working for Forbes.com in 1996, exposed journalist Stephen Glass for plagiarizing nearly every article he wrote for The New Republic, a well trusted and highly respected journalistic publication.

This was considered one of the first major breakthroughs for online journalism and it happened in 1996. Online news has been filled with investigative journalism for a while.

Even wikileaks can be seen as legitimate investigative reporting and whistle blowing. http://www.wikileaks.org/

'Claim by the Queensland President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) against Whozadog.com, seeking the source of a posting claimed to be defamatory'

'We are the lawyers for Mr ******* who has been the victim of three highly defamatory anonymous postings which you have allowed on your website .. ****** ******* .. demands sexual favours from female .. staff & from .. operatives that are after a boost in their political career'

Oh, I most certainly DO NOT believe anything the RIAA puts out for public relations. And, yes, I agree anything that goes counter to RIAA's wishes is great. My question, though, regards the treaty. If that treaty is signed, the courts will have very little to say, regarding enforcement. The government will be bound to round up anyone who violates the treaty, and to punish them. Of course, the treaty is all bound up in secrecy, with RIAA and brethren "advising" all the governments involved. Even the "Open Government" President, Obama, has signed off on that secrecy. We are about to be shafted, no matter what any court rules, thereby making all court rulings irrelevant. And, that won't just be us, in the U.S. - this thing is going to go global!! http://wikileaks.org/wiki/EU_denies_ACTA_document_request%3B_democracy_undermined%3F Obama Administration Claims Copyright Treaty Involves State Secrets?!? from the openness,-transparency dept http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090313/1456154113.shtml In short, my freind, the stakes have been raised.

well, maybe this little overview of the child porn scene may show you how the governments are completly out of the game if they think they can stop child porn by filtering and spying their citizens...
https://wikileaks.org/wiki/My_life_in_child_porn

Ernst Uhrlau, President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) (German CIA) put out a nice press release that might give a hint
http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/German_spy_chief_threatens_Wikileaks
Markus "Mischa" Wolf would be proud ;)

The BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst ~ foreign new service) ie German CIA are still upset over its secret agents getting exposed in a black flag operation in Kosovo.
T-Systems (Deutsche Telekom) was exposed revealing over two dozen secret IP address ranges used by the BND.
The email of a top BND official might have also been listed.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Bundesnachrichtendienst&fulltext=Search should give slashdot readers some idea as to why Germany is so active around wikileaks.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Australian_government_secret_ACMA_internet_censorship_blacklist%2C_18_Mar_2009

Limited liability or not, why not just submit the content to Wikileaks? Good luck to any lawyer trying to send them a take-down notice...

Considering the countries actively censoring or monitoring I'm aware of are: [...] I'm sure there also many more.

I'm sad to say that my country, Denmark, also belongs on that list.

Wikileaks has a list of 253 names^W^W 3863 sites (http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Denmark:_3863_sites_on_censorship_list%2C_Feb_2008), though I've successfully accessed some of those sites (just to test the censorship, mind you).

Also, an ISP has been ordered by the supreme court to not allow access to the pirate bay.

I'm not happy about that. At all :(

"Go after our source and we will go after you"

These guys are awesome.

Just tested Wikileaks right now. Seems to be back up again. For those who can't get it, I will post the front page article here (so those who care about what type of information the Australian et al government does not want you to know. BTW, Google cache seems to work as well, which may be a work-around for people who are censored).:

Murder in Nairobi: Wikileaks related human rights lawyers assassinated

On Thursday afternoon, Oscar Kamau Kingara, director of the Kenyan based Oscar legal aid Foundation, and its programme coordinator, John Paul Oulo, were both shot dead at close range in their car less than a mile from President Kibaki's residence. The two were on their way to a meeting at the Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights.

Both had been investigating extra-judicial assassinations by the Kenyan Police. Part of their work forms the basis of the "Cry of Blood" report Wikileaks released on November 1 last year and subsequent follow ups, including a UN indictment last month.

Since 2007 the Oscar foundation has documented 6,452 "enforced disappearances" by police and 1,721 extra-judicial killings.

The murders come just two weeks after United Nations Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial killings Professor Philip Alston called on on Kenya's Attorney General and Police Commissioner to be sacked.

On 18 February 2009, the Oscar Foundation presented its findings for use in a parliamentary debate.

The Oscar Foundation vehicle was blocked by a minibus and a Mitsubishi Pajero vehicle, both of which had been following them along State house road. Several men were in the two vehicles. Two men got out, approached the vehicle of Oscar Kamau Kingara and John Paul Oulu, and shot them through the windows at close range.

According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the minibus was in police uniform whilst the other men were wearing suits. The closest eyewitness to the incident was shot in the leg and later taken away by policemen.

A coalition of civil society organizations released a statement blaming police for the murders.

"These were very decent men who had done more work than anybody in examining police killings," said Cyprian Nyamwamu, the executive director of the National Convention Executive Council, a non-governmental organization advocating social and economic reform. "I have no doubt that is why they were killed."

Police said that students from the nearby University of Nairobi moved Oulo's body into a hostel and one student was shot dead when officers tried to retrieve it.

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights have demanded an immediate external investigation into the deaths. The US Ambassador to Kenya has offered the Kenyan government the services of the FBI. The offer has been declined.

Those with intelligence assets in the area, or non-public information on Police Commissioner General Hussien Ali or other suspects, please contact us via wl-kenya@sunshinepress.org

Make a contribution to assist our investigation of these murders. Every contribution helps:

https://secure.wikileaks.org/

If you are in a position to significantly fund a reward for conviction or apprehension of the assassins and those behind them, contact:

wl-kenya@sunshinepress.org

I have not, personally, checked any of these links out, but here y'go, folks. Visit at your own risk, and all like that: The ACMA blacklist March 19 2009 * http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Denmark:_3863_sites_on_censorship_list%2C_Feb_2008 * http://www.abortiontv.com/Pics/AbortionPictures6.htm Aug 6 2008 * http://tgpme.com/ * http://newthumbs.net/ * http://bbs12.mail15.su/ * http://cybermovs.narod.ru/ * http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.seamonkey/browse_thread/thread/e8a2eb7b73335439 * http://hrdpdfl8.paginas.sapo.pt/2/main.html * http://imgsrc.ru/main/search_re.php?str=&tag=&butt=ya&where=ya&nopass=on&cat=24&page=5 * http://lolitacj.freepimphost.com/ * http://mclt-sites.net/latvian/main/?sid=1189 * http://myusenet.net/files/0/alt.binaries.pictures.wals/0/index96.htm * http://ourworldkids.info/ * http://rapidlibrary.com/index.php?q=girl+12+year+old+fuck+with+boy+13+year+old+in * http://tinygev.com/ * http://trueincest.com/ * http://www.crazydumper.com/go-young_russian_guy_drug_her_and_then_fuck_her-639842.html * http://fulltiltpoker.com/ * http://www.kackarhatila.com/custom/config/new/index.html * http://nasty-virgins.org/ * http://pretty-pretty.info/ * http://realcruelfamily.com/ * http://www.sexologic.com/hosted/media/...now-watch-while-we-fuck-your-girlfriend!,111.php * http://vi5search.com/ * http://www.wetdump.com/hosted/1036/slipped-some-pillz-in-her-drink-and-fucked-her-while-unconscious.html * http://top.angels-list.com/index.html?97 * http://forced-news.com/ * http://ganja.vipzax.com/ * http://shave.vipzax.com/ July 30 2008 * http://forced-news.com/ * http://sweets.maximimage.com/?ft=brightgirls.net * http://littlevirginstgp.com/ * http://cutiesveta.com/ * http://youngwetmodels.com/ * http://preteenmasha.com/ * http://forbi-dreams2.info/ July 28 2008 *

I try to get to Wikileaks from my Australian (state) government computer, and I'm getting a error 504.

Exactly the type of stupidity that believes this filtering will serve any useful purpose, also believes that blocking wikileaks serves some useful purpose.....

now that you mention it I cant get wiki leaks from home
Im getting the message "...... could not open the page âoehttp://www.wikileaks.org/â because the server is not responding."

http://www.wikileaks.org/

Holy Shit I'm being censored. Bastards

can other Australians try this please

ppl have been having issues, so here's some mirrors:

• http://file.sunshinepress.org:54445/acma-secret-blacklist-aug-2008.txt
• http://www.wikileaks.org/leak/acma-secret-blacklist-aug-2008.txt
• http://wikileaks.se/leak/acma-secret-blacklist-aug-2008.txt
• http://88.80.13.160.nyud.net/leak/acma-secret-blacklist-aug-2008.txt

For those who are interested, the Sydney Morning herald reports that the full internet filter list has been leaked. It's pretty interesting - there's a lot of not-actually-illegal content on it (including a dentist's site?).

It's interesting to note that this is the minimum that will be blocked in Australia; the gov may (and will) add to this. This sounds like much more of a test of the censors than what TFA writes about...

• Article on Wikileaks

come on no one has put up the list yet ?

slashdot can spare the cash surely ....

here goes

https://secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Denmark:_3863_sites_on_censorship_list%2C_Feb_2008

sorry do not know what i was thinking I should pasted the banned page link.

http://www.abortiontv.com/Pics/AbortionPictures6.htm

come on no one has put up the list yet ?

slashdot can spare the cash surely ....

here goes

https://secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Denmark:_3863_sites_on_censorship_list%2C_Feb_2008

OMG!!! I can't access it in Canada, either!

"Firefox can't find the server at www.wikileaks.com."

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Here's the .org link.

The fine article also states that Thailand's blocklist has been leaked. I thought you'd want to read it for yourself in addition to the Denmark one.

Money laundering. Over at Wikileaks, there's a fascinating letter written by a member of the child pornography community. The author goes into quite a bit of detail about the overall organization and operation of the black hat community. You should take the letter with a grain of salt, of course, but it's certainly very interesting.

All good, it will wind up on Wikileaks.org as soon as someone pays their bills.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/UK_media_suppressed_Phorm_survey_and_article%2C_2009

WikiLeaks could run out of money before they get their next funding in September. They're asking for money to keep running their essential service in the meantime:

The Sunshine Press (Wikileaks) is in a dire financial position.

        We need your letter of support.

        Although we expect to receive some $2M in funding later this year,
        there has been no formal funding since last year.

        This organization's positive world impact has never been
        higher, but it is, as a consequence, also more expensive run and
        ran out of formal funding four months ago. Since that time our staff
        and lawyers have funded the entire organization from their modest
        personal savings and anyone else they can find to assist.

        The reason that impartial, revelatory investigative journalism has
        been traditionally funded by readers is that governments and
        billionaires alike will not support groups which are tasked to
        expose and reform them.

        Despite being universally recognized as being the most important
        stimulus of democratic reforms, government funding for
        such organizations is non-existent. At the same time organizations
        which are guaranteed to have no domestic political impact are well funded.

        On-line donations, an important buttress to our ability to take on
        all governments and companies with total independence, have amounted
        to around $10,000 since the beginning of the year. Costs outside
        of court actions are almost $400,000 per year.

        Our $2M funding injection later this year will support a radical expansion
        of our mission. Until then, your support, and that of your friends and
        colleagues, will mean the difference between continuing to
        fight the good fight and shutting down.

        If you support our work or have benefited from our cause, please
        write a strong letter of recommendation we can to present to
        additional funding bodies. You may examine our front page or google
        news for ideas.

        Also consider an easy on-line donation; every contribution, no
        matter how small, will directly extend the number of months and
        days we can continue taking on the world:

https://secure.wikileaks.org/

Send support letters to wl-supporters@sunshinepress.org

Thank you.

Now i know most of that was mostly personal use but if i remember correctly they had the contacts to her aides and a drafted letter to the Calif governor.

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin_Yahoo_inbox_2008

If they want you, they will get you.
Via hardware or software a gov can intercept with your calls.

Any info seems more about extending national or wider legal powers.
ie. Skype has been open to law enforcement, they just want to use it in court.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Skype_and_the_Bavarian_trojan_in_the_middle

Yes. http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Proposed_US_ACTA_multi-lateral_intellectual_property_trade_agreement_(2007)

Why does this suprise anyone. Congress has been preventing it's own taxpayer research from being made public for almost 30 years! If not for wikileaks and renegade congressional staffers these 6,780 reports would never see the light of day.

We spend plenty of money on organizations in illegal fashion in the US and abroad from the US. It's just illegal for US citizens, not for the government. They have made their own exceptions.

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Unconventional_Warfare_in_the_21st_century_:_US_surrogates%2C_terrorists_and_narcotrafficers has plenty of info about that.

Right, because we all know that this technology couldn't possibly be used to analyze anything other than bittorrent traffic. It would be totally impossible to use it to inspect emails, right? That's just crazy science fiction - no way could it happen in the real world. Besides, we all know that only criminals use bittorrent. Who would possibly think of using it to distribute political documentaries or leaked government documents?

CRS: Drug Offenses: Maximum Fines and Terms of Imprisonment

This report is a chart of the maximum fines and terms of imprisonment that may be imposed as a consequence of conviction for violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act and related laws.

CRS: Governmental Drug Testing Programs: Legal and Constitutional Developments

This report examines the current state of constitutional law on the subject of governmentally mandated drug testing in employment and of students in the public schools, which is followed by a brief review of federal drug-free workplace programs presently in effect.

CRS: Inequality in the Distribution of Income: Trends and International Comparisons

There are a number of legislative issues for which the shape of the income distribution may be an important consideration. Among them are tax rates and the minimum wage. This report examines the distribution of income in the United States, including factors that may help explain it, how it has changed over time, and how it compares with those of other countries.

CRS: Drug Offenses: Maximum Fines and Terms of Imprisonment

This report is a chart of the maximum fines and terms of imprisonment that may be imposed as a consequence of conviction for violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act and related laws.

CRS: Governmental Drug Testing Programs: Legal and Constitutional Developments

This report examines the current state of constitutional law on the subject of governmentally mandated drug testing in employment and of students in the public schools, which is followed by a brief review of federal drug-free workplace programs presently in effect.

CRS: Inequality in the Distribution of Income: Trends and International Comparisons

There are a number of legislative issues for which the shape of the income distribution may be an important consideration. Among them are tax rates and the minimum wage. This report examines the distribution of income in the United States, including factors that may help explain it, how it has changed over time, and how it compares with those of other countries.

CRS: Drug Offenses: Maximum Fines and Terms of Imprisonment

This report is a chart of the maximum fines and terms of imprisonment that may be imposed as a consequence of conviction for violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act and related laws.

CRS: Governmental Drug Testing Programs: Legal and Constitutional Developments

This report examines the current state of constitutional law on the subject of governmentally mandated drug testing in employment and of students in the public schools, which is followed by a brief review of federal drug-free workplace programs presently in effect.

CRS: Inequality in the Distribution of Income: Trends and International Comparisons

There are a number of legislative issues for which the shape of the income distribution may be an important consideration. Among them are tax rates and the minimum wage. This report examines the distribution of income in the United States, including factors that may help explain it, how it has changed over time, and how it compares with those of other countries.

One you missed..

Constitutionality of Proposals to Prohibit the Sale or Rental to Minors of Video Games with Violent or Sexual Content or "Strong Language", August 23, 2007

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Advisory_Board

People behind wikileaks certainly are not anonymous. http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Advisory_Board

Their Advisory Board is hardly anonymous, and of course they have a bunch of Contact information that would lead you to owners of domains. I don't know how anonymous Wikileaks is overall; it looks more distributed to me.

Their Advisory Board is hardly anonymous, and of course they have a bunch of Contact information that would lead you to owners of domains. I don't know how anonymous Wikileaks is overall; it looks more distributed to me.

The use of open source software by the federal government has been gaining attention as organizations continue to search for opportunities to enhance their information technology operations while containing costs. For the federal government and Congress, the debate over the use of open source software intersects several other issues, including, but not limited to, the development of homeland security and e-government initiatives, improving government information technology management practices, strengthening computer security, and protecting intellectual property rights. Currently, the debate over open source software often revolves primarily around information security and intellectual property rights. However, issues related to cost and quality are often raised as well.

Intellectual Property, Computer Software and the Open Source Movement, March 11, 2004

This report considers the impact of intellectual property rights upon open source software. It provides an introduction to the open source movement in the software industry. It reviews the intellectual property laws, including copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. After identifying issues of interface between open source software and the intellectual property laws, the report concludes with a discussion of possible legislative issues and approaches.

Telecommunications Japans Telecommunications Deregulation: NTTs Access Fees and Worldwide Expansion, August 9, 2000

The United States and Japan are negotiating over Japan's costly rates for telecommunications companies to hook into the telephone network owned by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (NTT), Japan's dominant provider of telecom services. The U.S. has argued for a 41 percent cut in the rates, while Japan has insisted on a 22 percent cut. NTT also is attempting to acquire Verio, an Internet service provider in the United States.

Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform, June 7, 2007

Both houses of Congress have begun debating how to modify the 1996 Act, most of which resides within the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. That debate focuses on how to foster investment, innovation and competition in both the physical broadband network and in the applications that ride over that network while also meeting the many non-economic objectives of U.S. telecommunications policy: universal service, homeland security, public safety, diversity of voices, localism, consumer protection, etc.

Patent-related The Obviousness Standard in Patent Law: KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., May 31, 2007

The Patent Act provides protection for processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter that are useful, novel, and nonobvious. Of these three statutory requirements, the nonobviousness of an invention is often the most difficult to establish. To help courts and patent examiners make the determination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit developed a test called "teaching, suggestion, or motivation" (TSM). This test provided that a patent claim is only proved obvious if

The use of open source software by the federal government has been gaining attention as organizations continue to search for opportunities to enhance their information technology operations while containing costs. For the federal government and Congress, the debate over the use of open source software intersects several other issues, including, but not limited to, the development of homeland security and e-government initiatives, improving government information technology management practices, strengthening computer security, and protecting intellectual property rights. Currently, the debate over open source software often revolves primarily around information security and intellectual property rights. However, issues related to cost and quality are often raised as well.

Intellectual Property, Computer Software and the Open Source Movement, March 11, 2004

This report considers the impact of intellectual property rights upon open source software. It provides an introduction to the open source movement in the software industry. It reviews the intellectual property laws, including copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. After identifying issues of interface between open source software and the intellectual property laws, the report concludes with a discussion of possible legislative issues and approaches.

Telecommunications Japans Telecommunications Deregulation: NTTs Access Fees and Worldwide Expansion, August 9, 2000

The United States and Japan are negotiating over Japan's costly rates for telecommunications companies to hook into the telephone network owned by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (NTT), Japan's dominant provider of telecom services. The U.S. has argued for a 41 percent cut in the rates, while Japan has insisted on a 22 percent cut. NTT also is attempting to acquire Verio, an Internet service provider in the United States.

Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform, June 7, 2007

Both houses of Congress have begun debating how to modify the 1996 Act, most of which resides within the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. That debate focuses on how to foster investment, innovation and competition in both the physical broadband network and in the applications that ride over that network while also meeting the many non-economic objectives of U.S. telecommunications policy: universal service, homeland security, public safety, diversity of voices, localism, consumer protection, etc.

Patent-related The Obviousness Standard in Patent Law: KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., May 31, 2007

The Patent Act provides protection for processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter that are useful, novel, and nonobvious. Of these three statutory requirements, the nonobviousness of an invention is often the most difficult to establish. To help courts and patent examiners make the determination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit developed a test called "teaching, suggestion, or motivation" (TSM). This test provided that a patent claim is only proved obvious if

The use of open source software by the federal government has been gaining attention as organizations continue to search for opportunities to enhance their information technology operations while containing costs. For the federal government and Congress, the debate over the use of open source software intersects several other issues, including, but not limited to, the development of homeland security and e-government initiatives, improving government information technology management practices, strengthening computer security, and protecting intellectual property rights. Currently, the debate over open source software often revolves primarily around information security and intellectual property rights. However, issues related to cost and quality are often raised as well.

Intellectual Property, Computer Software and the Open Source Movement, March 11, 2004

This report considers the impact of intellectual property rights upon open source software. It provides an introduction to the open source movement in the software industry. It reviews the intellectual property laws, including copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. After identifying issues of interface between open source software and the intellectual property laws, the report concludes with a discussion of possible legislative issues and approaches.

Telecommunications Japans Telecommunications Deregulation: NTTs Access Fees and Worldwide Expansion, August 9, 2000

The United States and Japan are negotiating over Japan's costly rates for telecommunications companies to hook into the telephone network owned by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (NTT), Japan's dominant provider of telecom services. The U.S. has argued for a 41 percent cut in the rates, while Japan has insisted on a 22 percent cut. NTT also is attempting to acquire Verio, an Internet service provider in the United States.

Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform, June 7, 2007

Both houses of Congress have begun debating how to modify the 1996 Act, most of which resides within the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. That debate focuses on how to foster investment, innovation and competition in both the physical broadband network and in the applications that ride over that network while also meeting the many non-economic objectives of U.S. telecommunications policy: universal service, homeland security, public safety, diversity of voices, localism, consumer protection, etc.

Patent-related The Obviousness Standard in Patent Law: KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., May 31, 2007

The Patent Act provides protection for processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter that are useful, novel, and nonobvious. Of these three statutory requirements, the nonobviousness of an invention is often the most difficult to establish. To help courts and patent examiners make the determination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit developed a test called "teaching, suggestion, or motivation" (TSM). This test provided that a patent claim is only proved obvious if

The use of open source software by the federal government has been gaining attention as organizations continue to search for opportunities to enhance their information technology operations while containing costs. For the federal government and Congress, the debate over the use of open source software intersects several other issues, including, but not limited to, the development of homeland security and e-government initiatives, improving government information technology management practices, strengthening computer security, and protecting intellectual property rights. Currently, the debate over open source software often revolves primarily around information security and intellectual property rights. However, issues related to cost and quality are often raised as well.

Intellectual Property, Computer Software and the Open Source Movement, March 11, 2004

This report considers the impact of intellectual property rights upon open source software. It provides an introduction to the open source movement in the software industry. It reviews the intellectual property laws, including copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. After identifying issues of interface between open source software and the intellectual property laws, the report concludes with a discussion of possible legislative issues and approaches.

Telecommunications Japans Telecommunications Deregulation: NTTs Access Fees and Worldwide Expansion, August 9, 2000

The United States and Japan are negotiating over Japan's costly rates for telecommunications companies to hook into the telephone network owned by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (NTT), Japan's dominant provider of telecom services. The U.S. has argued for a 41 percent cut in the rates, while Japan has insisted on a 22 percent cut. NTT also is attempting to acquire Verio, an Internet service provider in the United States.

Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform, June 7, 2007

Both houses of Congress have begun debating how to modify the 1996 Act, most of which resides within the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. That debate focuses on how to foster investment, innovation and competition in both the physical broadband network and in the applications that ride over that network while also meeting the many non-economic objectives of U.S. telecommunications policy: universal service, homeland security, public safety, diversity of voices, localism, consumer protection, etc.

Patent-related The Obviousness Standard in Patent Law: KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., May 31, 2007

The Patent Act provides protection for processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter that are useful, novel, and nonobvious. Of these three statutory requirements, the nonobviousness of an invention is often the most difficult to establish. To help courts and patent examiners make the determination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit developed a test called "teaching, suggestion, or motivation" (TSM). This test provided that a patent claim is only proved obvious if