Obtaining a Web Page Essays 5/2/2000; 4:54:56 PM Feb 2, 2000: I've completed the work on Obtaining A Web Page. It is an information piece meant for those who don't fully understand what happens when retrieving a web page, to give them a high-level overview. It will be vital to understand some of the other conflicts I'm hoping to highlight.

URL Glossary 5/2/2000; 4:45:27 PM Most people think of 'web address' when they hear URL, and for the most part, that's good enough. But a deeper understanding of what it is can be helpful.

Web Bugs FAQ Privacy from Companies 5/2/2000; 4:43:48 PM Feb 1, 2000: Richard M. Smith is giving the name 'web bugs' to image tags that track your web usage on sites that use them. He has a FAQ the topic, and guess what? The recent Doubleclick tracking fiasco only tells half the story. It's worse then you think; some sites that aren't affilited with DoubleClick are helping them track you anyhow!

Why We Must Fight UCITA UCITA 5/2/2000; 4:42:22 PM Feb 1, 2000: Richard Stallman wrote an article for Linux Today called "Why We Must Fight UCITA". UCITA hasn't come up since I started this site, but it is one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation I know of, where corporations are attempting protect their "right" to milk us of our money with bug-ridden programs, and leave us no way to defend ourselves against it.

Copyright Control Services General IP Issues5/2/2000; 4:40:19 PM Jan. 31, 2000: Common misconception: The Internet is such a large place that no copyright laws can ever be enforced. This company demonstrates why that is . If pirates can find you, so can an intelligent company.People like Katz contribute to this misconception: Witness his proud story today: "This week, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) joined China and the music industry, all simultaneously making doomed efforts to stick their fingers in the digital dike.

What is a Web Page Discussion Personal Commentary 5/2/2000; 4:34:30 PM I'd like to open a topic for Discussion: What is a web page? Is it what the user sees? Is it what's on the server? Is it what is sent over the network? All three of these are quite different, if you think about it, esp. in the case of dynamic content. What's protected under the law, and what isn't, if either?

iCraveTV goes SPLAT Television & Movies 5/2/2000; 4:32:51 PM Jan. 31, 2000: iCraveTV: SPLAT. Goodbye, ICraveTV.

Money is Property, Not Speech Political Speech 5/2/2000; 4:28:53 PM Jan 27, 2000: Money is property, not speech, says Supreme Court: This matters to us, as one of the things the Internet does is create questions about what speech is. I think we need to take a somewhat narrow view, otherwise things like will be accepted as 'free speech'. More on that sometime this week. The full findings of the court are online at http://caselaw.

Comic about CBS Humor/Amusing 5/2/2000; 4:27:23 PM Jan 27, 2000: A fun comic about CBS's recent of Times Square, replacing NBC's logo with their own.

WASHINGTON 451 Free Speech 5/2/2000; 4:20:10 PM Jan 27, 2000: Senate bill 486 contains broad and vague language that could affect the Internet. You may not like the pro-drug movement, but this could be too much. Can I get in trouble for supporting an article supporting an article criticizing an anti-drug law? Who knows?