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Pentagon hacker tries one more time to avoid extraditionOpen in New Window
Jeremy Kirk writes "A High Court judge will decide on Jan. 20 whether another court should review Gary McKinnon's case again, said Karen Todner, his attorney. If the judge approves the request, a f read more »
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Judge delays trial of accused Palin e-mail hackerOpen in New Window
"The Tennessee college student indicted a month ago for allegedly breaking into the e-mail account of then-Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will face trial in May 2009..." read more »
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Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo e-mailsOpen in New Window
"A judge in Alaska has ordered Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and others in her administration to preserve e-mail messages in their personal accounts that relate to state business..." read more »
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Judge Tosses Out Verdict Against Minn. Mom Accused Of File SharingOpen in New Window
"A jury convicted Jammie Thomas of putting 24 songs on Kazaa's file-sharing network and ordered her to pay $9,250 per song." read more »
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Judge: School can suspend students over fake MySpace profileOpen in New Window
"If you're a student, what you do online in your room may come back to bite you in the butt at school. A federal judge has ruled that a school had the right to suspend students over "lewd and vulg read more »
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Judge: 1st Amendment allows posting SSNs of state officialsOpen in New Window
Betty Ostergren has published the Social Security numbers of public officials on her website. Why? As a protest the Virginia government's policy of posting public real estate records online that included people's Social Security numbers. A federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment protects her right to do this. read more »
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Judge rules copyright holders must consider 'fair use'Open in New Window
"A federal judge on Wednesday refused to throw out a case against Universal Music for allegedly abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, ruling that copyright holders must consider fair use..." read more »
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MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag orderOpen in New Window
Richard Koman writes, "Federal Judge George O'Toole ungagged the three MIT students who had planned to speak at Defcon on weaknesses in the Boston T's CharlieCard system..." read more »
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