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3 Apr 2016, 3:00 am by Cyrus Farivar
(credit: Cyrus Farivar) SAN FRANCISCO—This past week hundreds of lawyers, technologists, journalists, activists, and others from around the globe descended upon a university conference center to try to figure out the state of digital rights in 2016. [read post]
31 Mar 2016, 4:24 pm by Cyrus Farivar
(credit: Cyrus Farivar) Reddit has removed the warrant canary posted on its website, suggesting that the company may have been served with some sort of secret court order or document for user information. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 2:08 pm by Cyrus Farivar
(credit: Cyrus Farivar) On Tuesday, a federal jury in Chicago found a former city transportation official guilty on all 20 counts of mail and wire fraud, bribery, extortion, conspiracy, and tax evasion charges. [read post]
24 Jan 2016, 10:17 am by Cyrus Farivar
(credit: Cyrus Farivar) Over the winter holidays, I took some well-needed time offline, away from e-mail and social media. [read post]
18 Jan 2016, 12:02 pm by Joe Mullin
(credit: Cyrus Farivar) Two major providers of police body-worn cameras have become embroiled in a patent battle. [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Tennessee: Watchdog] Louisiana town getting 87% of its revenue from traffic tickets has 188 people, 5 cop cars [Marshall Project via Balko] For second time, this time in Chicago case, former CEO of red light camera company cops a federal plea [Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica] Opposition from law enforcement shoots down asset forfeiture reform in California [Scott Shackford/Reason, more] Despite talk of being friendlier to forfeiture reform, Department of Justice fed talking points to… [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 1:35 pm by Cyrus Farivar
(credit: Cyrus Farivar) After spending millions to station officers for over 1,200 days on the off-chance that Julian Assange would step out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, the Metropolitan Police Service announced Monday that it would remove its constant overt presence outside the building. [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 5:06 pm by Cyrus Farivar
Cyrus Farivar Leap Transit, the venture-backed private bus company that served on-board coconut water, has officially gone bankrupt. [read post]
29 Jul 2015, 3:16 pm by Walter Olson
“Kentucky man shoots down drone hovering over his backyard” [Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica] Tags: aviation, guns, property law, property rightsThis land is my land is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
26 Jul 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
One Oklahoma official used asset forfeiture to pay back his student loans, another lived rent-free in a confiscated house [Robby Soave, Reason] Per ACLU, Arizona has a one-way legal fee rule in forfeiture cases, with prevailing police allowed to collect from property owner but not vice versa [Jacob Sullum] From Michael Greve, some thoughts on prosecution for profit and where money from public fines should go [Liberty and Law] About the Benjamins: Philadelphia mayor-to-be cites revenue as… [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 10:33 am by Jonathan Bailey
Teixeira, however, says that this is nothing more than an intimidation tactic and attorneys representing him have filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, to be heard next month. 2: Kim Dotcom Gets to Keep his Millions, Cars, and Jet Skis, for Now Next up today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that Kim Dotcom has won a victory in New Zealand court, with the judge ruling against the United States and refusing to hand over millions of dollars in cash and other assets to the U.S.… [read post]
5 Apr 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Arkansas passes first-in-nation law to protect photographers’ rights, including right to film public employees/officials [Dan Greenberg, The Arkansas Project] “Colorado, Texas and California Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Protect Rights of Citizens to Record Cops” [Carlos Miller, Photography Is Not A Crime] On the other hand: “Texas Bill Would Make It Illegal For You To Film A Cop Beating You” [Lowering the Bar, more (“if you tell me I can’t film you in… [read post]
The NYPD may soon become the latest police department to begin paying private license plate tracking corporation Vigilant Solutions for access to the company’s nationwide location database, according to a report in the New York Daily News and documents unearthed by Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar. [read post]
13 Feb 2015, 10:27 am by Jonathan Bailey
Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: RapidShare Calls it Quits: Veteran File-Sharing Site to Close in March 2015 First off today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that the file sharing site RapidShare has announced that it will close its doors at the end of March, ending over 13 years of operation. [read post]
1 Dec 2014, 11:40 am by Jonathan Bailey
It is unknown who is behind the hack but suspicion within Sony has fallen on hackers in North Korea, though others have dismissed that possibility. 3: Kim Dotcom Dodges Jail After Judge Finds He Did Not Violate Bail Finally today, Cyrus Farivar at Wired reports that Kim Dotcom will be allowed to continue to be free after a New Zealand judge ruled that Kim Dotcom has not violated the terms of his existing bail. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 7:00 am by Cyrus Farivar
Cyrus Farivar The chairman of the major red light camera vendor, Redflex, has told the company's investors that North America is a "low/no-growth market," and that the company continues to face "potential legal risk as a result of the investigative findings. [read post]