Posted 09/24/08 at 05:00:00 PM by Quinn Norton

With a presidential election around the corner, let’s look at how people pervert copyright law to squelch speech. Copyright takedown notices were never meant to stifle whistle-blowers or detractors, yet that’s become a popular use for them. Individual critics are likely to go broke even if they win a case, so people and ISPs tend to back down at lawyer point.

It's a cruel and efficient tactic, of which more after the jump.

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Posted 08/17/07 at 12:09:57 AM by Erin Simon

A website identifies anonymous wikipedia edits with the IP addresses they originate from. Who's massaging their own entries? Just about everyone.

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Posted 07/15/07 at 10:54:19 PM by Erin Simon

After election officials in Alameda County let e-voting data disappear before a recount could be conducted, the court puts the proposition back on the ballot.

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