| Score One for P2P! | 9:19 AM |
EFF scores a win for P2P. The Ninth Circuit declares that distributors of peer-to-peer software can't be held liable for what their users do. Don't forget to read Fred's comments on the ruling.
| Senator (not) on the No Fly List | 9:15 AM |
This is great evidence of the uselessness of these no fly lists: "One of the best-known U.S. senators" is misidentified as a suspected terrorist on the no-fly list. And this is just a current example -- there are many other cases just like this.
It's been almost 3 years and we still don't know how people get on these lists and there isn't a formal, systematic way to be removed from these lists or to find out how you even got on a list. Even when a passenger goes through the effort to clear his name, he finds himself back at square one the next time he flies. EPIC's No-Fly page -- with links to documents from the TSA and complaints from passengers. EPIC filed a suit against the TSA in Dec. 2002. The ACLU filed a lawsuit in April 2004. ACLU's Why Federal Watch Lists Don't Work page. The Practical Nomad blog (Edward Hasbrouck) has a fair bit of information on this subject, too.
| Interviews | 8:31 AM |
I had a 3.5 hour interview yesterday. Including the drive out there and back I felt like that's all I did yesterday. I was really nervous about talking to the tech guy because the person who set up the interview said he'd be really tough and was a curmudgeon. Curmudgeon I don't mind, tough makes me nervous. And, of course, he's the only person's who's feedback I'm interested in. I'm not very good at selling myself. It sort of scares me to death. But it turned out he liked me and thought I had the technical chops. Woohoo!
And New Scientist emailed me and said the Senior Editor wants to meet and chat with me!! I'm sure they sent that email out to all their San Francisco subscribers, but I'm so excited about meeting and talking to that guy. Must catch up on my New Scientist reading...
Hey, Google IPO'ed yesterday! :)
