5 Years Ago
Today in 2018, the DOJ submitted a brand-new net neutrality claim versus California that was a huge middle finger to customers and competitors, while the whole broadband quickly did the same with its own claim On another front, the DOJ stopped working at another effort to get an encryption-breaking precedent in federal court The Ninth Circuit continued its custom of screwing up copyright law by resuming the case over Staircase to Paradise, while a court in Texas shot down a record label’s effort to broaden the meaning of vicarious violation We likewise had a look at how years of online copyright enforcement supplied a clear presentation of what aggressive material small amounts appears like in practice
10 Years Ago
Today in 2013, we were unsurprised to discover that the NSA kept its gathered metadata for a minimum of a year and gathered smart phone place information regardless of previous semi-denials, while a big union of tech business and advocacy groups required more openness about security, and a previous NSA director got rather sociopathic in his remarks about the firm We likewise got a take a look at how the NSA pulls man-in-the-middle attacks with assistance from telcos, and how it was striving to eliminate Tor (though James Clapper declared they were simply attempting to “comprehend” it). This was likewise the week that the FBI jailed Silk Roadway owner Ross Ulbricht with a long and remarkable indictment in New york city, quickly followed up by a 2nd indictment in Maryland
Fifteen Years Ago
Today in 2008, the world was still reeling from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and we attempted to go into the international monetary crisis and comprehend its possible influence on the tech market along with the larger economy Your House let orphan works legislation die and the Senate was speaking about sending out United States copyright police officers to foreign nations, while the Pirate Bay provided a saucy hazard of a copyright claim to show the absurdity of the law. EMI’s claim versus Michael Robertson was dismissed however its crusade againt MP3Tunes continued, while Hollywood and RealNetworks litigated over DVD ripping (and, in a strange relocation, the MPAA’s legal representatives asked journalism not to determine them) And some computer game executives were speaking up about how DRM is not required for video games, while others were hectic flipping out about utilized video game sales