A List Apart Privacy from Companies6/5/2000; 7:18:26 AM April 28, 2000: "The electronic privacy invasion points to the failure of site designers to provide compelling content, clear navigation, and a user experience memorable enough to entice repeat visits. Click-thru is more important than Content. We have opted to become Electronic Rapists."This may overstate the case a bit (not all cookies are privacy invasions!), but I think that it's more accurate then most would admit.

The Real Power of Wireless Privacy from Companies 6/5/2000; 7:18:24 AM April 26, 2000: Why don't more people think like this? "As you think about moving your company into the wireless marketing realm, think about this: If you can target others [with constant unasked-for wireless advertising], you'll probably be a target yourself. What kind of future do you want?" The ugly world that so many marketing corporations are rushing to create will be inhabited by the members of that corporation too.

Anonymity Threatened in Europe Surveillance and Privacy from Government6/5/2000; 7:18:22 AM April 26, 2000: "The European Parliament is weighing a proposal that would limit the use of anonymous email, saying such a requirement would enhance police surveillance of criminals."''A Dutch member of parliament, Oussama Cherribi, was quoted in January as saying that anonymous Web surfing 'should be a criminal offense, and unlimited anonymity should become a penal offense.'''

'Bizkit Bonds With Napster Music & MP3 6/5/2000; 7:18:20 AM April 25, 2000: 'Bizkit Bonds With Napster: "Hard rock band Limp Bizkit has teamed up with controversial Internet company Napster Inc. to launch a free U.S. concert tour, and the group's singer Monday criticized fellow artists who have accused Napster of promoting music piracy."

India Eyes Cyberlaws Country Watch: India6/5/2000; 7:18:18 AM April 25, 2000: "With estimates that nearly 2 million Indian citizens will be online by 2001, the world's second-most populous country is looking at ways to regulate cyberspace." OK, so let's take a look at what Wired said about these laws:"It also deems electronic documents as legally binding and acceptable in place of paper. Checks and bills, powers of attorney, trusts, wills, and contracts of sale of immovable property, however, will not be accepted in a digital format.

Doc Searls: Abolish Intellectual Property Laws General IP Issues6/5/2000; 7:17:23 AM April 21, 2000: "You know, quite frankly, I mean I'm going to go step way out here, I happen to think that if we got rid of all intellectual property law, and all copyright law for that matter, and just simply said, "Anybody can do whatever they want, we all inform each other," that's the virtue of being human, you know?

Maryland may be first to enact UCITA UCITA 6/5/2000; 7:17:21 AM April 21, 2000: "Although Maryland is the second state to approve UCITA, it may be the first state to legally enact the measure, according to a spokeswoman at the governor's office. The act, if signed Tuesday, will take effect latter this year."

Press & Weblogs... Personal Notes6/5/2000; 7:17:19 AM April 19, 2000: I was thinking about the essay... suppose Dave Winer declared Scripting News to be a member of the press. It's not unreasonable. Would Conxion's attempt to censor him attracted more attention from the more mainstream press?More on that thought-train... USIS -- Issues of Democracy, February 1997 -- Goodale on First Amendment and Press Freedom: "As Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart explained in a 1974 speech, the 'primary purpose' of the First Amendment was 'to create a fourth institution outside the government as an additional check on the three official branches' (the executive branch, the legislature and the judiciary).

Gnutella Links General IP Issues6/5/2000; 7:17:16 AM April 19, 2000: Jacob Levy needs a weblog... here's a smattering of Napster & Gnutella links he posted in a DG message.I actually can't understand the Upside article in those links; the article uses Napster to mean both the software and the company and doesn't clarify the two very well. For instance, the big paragraph I don't understand:Yet, because "online services" and "

Web Links Can Be Considered Illegal, Osaka Court Judgment Sa Country Watch: Japan6/5/2000; 7:17:14 AM April 19, 2000: A landmark verdict handed down on March 30 by the Osaka District Court states that, under certain sets of conditions, links used to connect one Web page to another could be considered an infringement of the law.The court's ruling means that if somebody creates a Web page that includes a link to another page, and if that other page is in violation of the law, then the person who creates the link can be charged with aiding and abetting the crime.