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New FISA Bill Would Grant Telcoms Immunity; Vote Is Tomorrow

An anonymous reader writes "This just in: a new 'compromise' FISA Bill (PDF) was just made public, which, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports, 'contains blanket immunity for telecoms that helped the NSA break the law and spy on millions of ordinary Americans.' The House vote is tomorrow, June 20. After all the secret rooms and everything ... if they get immunity and the public never finds out what happened, the only other logical next step is to convince everyone I know not to get an iPhone." CNN covers this get-out-of-lawsuit play as well.

Revised FISA Bill Goes to Vote Tomorrow - Allows for retroactive telecom immunity in warrantless wiretapping case

While Sweden makes a lot of noise in regards to the approval of warrantless eavesdropping, the United States quietly continues to deal with the same issue from a different front. A revised version of the FISA bill is going up for a vote tomorrow and it contains a controversial clause that allows for telecom immunity to be given to those companies that participated in Bush’s warrantless wiretapping after 9/11. An analysis of the bill by the Electronic Frontier Foundation shows that the phrasing may have changed but the substance of the bill remains the same. If it passes tomorrow, the telcos get retroactive immunity for doing what the president told them to do.

Dodd, Feingold To Try and Filibuster Immunity Bill

shma writes "This morning the senate has a scheduled cloture vote to cut off debate on the FISA bill which grants retroactive immunity to telecoms who engaged in warrantless wiretapping. Senators Russ Feingold and Christopher Dodd have pledged to try and filibuster the bill, but require the vote of 40 senators to keep the filibuster alive. The article states that a similar "threatened filibuster failed in February, when the Senate passed a measure that granted amnesty and largely legalized the President's secret warrantless wiretapping programs." Should they lose the cloture vote, the bill is all but assured of passing. A proposed amendment stripping the immunity provision from the bill is also expected to fail."

FISA Bill Vote Today, With Telco Immunity

Bimo_Dude writes "Today (June 20), Steny Hoyer is bringing to the House floor the latest FISA bill (PDF), which includes retroactive immunity for the telcos. The bill also is very weak on judicial review, allowing the telcos to use a letter from the president as a 'get out of liability free' card. Here are comments from the EFF. Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon, describes the effect of the immunity clause this way: 'So all the Attorney General has to do is recite those magic words — the President requested this eavesdropping and did it in order to save us from the Terrorists — and the minute he utters those words, the courts are required to dismiss the lawsuits against the telecoms, no matter how illegal their behavior was.'"

Senate Delays Telecom Immunity Vote Until After July Recess

ivantheshifty writes with news of a delayed vote (failed filibuster attempt aside) on the updated FISA bill which has been discussed here recently, in particular because it would grant telecom companies immunity (under certain conditions) from suits for wiretapping conducted at government request. According to the Associated Press story carried by the Washington Post, "Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and more than a dozen other senators who oppose telecom immunity threw up procedural delays that threatened to force the Senate into a midnight or weekend session. The prospect of further delays was enough to cause Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to postpone the vote until after the weeklong July 4 vacation."

House Passes Revised FISA Bill - Telecoms granted immunity for warrantless wiretapping

The revised FISA bill that was under review today was passed through the House without any problems. The revised bill made some changes to the issue of whether or not to give immunity to telecoms that participated in President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping in the past but ultimately it does allow for that immunity to be granted. They simply need to prove that they received instructions from the president which ordered them to assist in the eavesdropping. The Senate is likely to pass the revised bill through without any questions sometime before 4th of July.

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New York videogame bill signed into law

New York Videogame Bill: New York Governor David A. Patterson signed into law the videogame bill that will require videogames to clearly display ratings on their packaging; videogame consoles sold in New York to allow parents to block games with certain content or ratings; and establish an advisory commission to review game ratings. EMA opposed the bill and found it unnecessary.

Law Professors Want New Trial for First RIAA Trial Win - Making available issue could lead to new trial but not necessarily new outcome

Last fall RIAA got a big win in the courts when Jammie Thomas was ordered to pay over $200,000 in fines just for “making available” music downloads for sharing. Recently, the judge in that case said that he was considering giving that trial a second chance because nationwide cases indicate that solely making the files available for distribution (with no proof that they were actually distributed) isn’t actually a crime. A group of lawyers has submitted a brief for the judge’s review which does indeed suggest that a new trial should be granted because of this issue. This doesn’t mean that Thomas would be in the clear; she could still be found in violation of copyright infringement even if a new trial is granted but she would get a second chance to prove her side of the case.

Telecom Amnesty Opponents Back New Amendment

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "With the telecoms all but assured of amnesty for their participation in illegal spying, there's now one last amendment in their way — the Bingaman amendment. Because President Bush is unwilling to sign FISA reform without immunity, and because Blue Dog Democrats fear for their reelection unless FISA reform as a whole passes, most compromise positions are already off the table. So the new amendment seeks to sidestep part of the problem by moving it to a later date. It would put the court cases and amnesty provision on hold until a report is completed detailing exactly what happened, allowing Congress to consider denying amnesty at that time. There's an EFF campaign to support both this and the Dodd-Feingold amendment, which would strip immunity altogether.

Telecom Immunity Bill Hides Spying Provisions

Corrupt notes an Ars analysis of the FISA bill of which the telecom immunity provision has been getting all the attention. Timothy B. Lee enumerates the ways in which the bill loosens current protections on domestic wiretapping and opens up whole new areas to government eavesdropping. "The legislation eliminates meaningful judicial oversight of eavesdropping between Americans citizen and foreigners located overseas and effectively legalizes dragnet surveillance of domestic-to-foreign traffic. It stretches out the judicial review process so much that the government will in many cases be able to complete its surveillance activities before the courts finish deciding on its legality."

Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill

zehnra writes "The U.S. Senate this afternoon passed the FISA Amendments Act, broadly expanding the president's warrantless surveillance authority and unconstitutionally granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the president's illegal domestic wiretapping program. The House of Representatives passed the same bill last month, and President Bush is expected to sign the legislation into law shortly." The New York Times has a story, as does the Associated Press (carried here by Yahoo!). Reader Guppy points out the roll call for the vote.

PRO-IP and PIRATE Acts Fused Into New Bill

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) have just sponsored a new bill, the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008, which would combine the worst parts of the PRO-IP Act and the PIRATE Act. The basic idea is pretty simple: expand the Federal government to create something like the Department of Homeland Security for IP. The Copyright Czar then polices the internet and clogs the courts with thousands of civil lawsuits against individual infringers so the RIAA doesn't have to. Feel free to contact your representatives with your feelings about this bill. Right now, they believe the bill (PDF) will 'protect jobs.'"

Bill Allowing Medical Privacy Intrusion Fails in Sacramento; Anti-Privacy Bill by Auto Insurers Faces Vote Wednesday

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Air Force Museum Gets $14M for New Building That Would House Shuttle ; Space Shuttle Would Be Placed on Exhibit If NASA Gives Them One, Museum Says.

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ROCK BAND CONTINUES TO DEBUT NEW SINGLES IN DOWNLOAD CATALOG WITH NEW RELEASES FROM STAIND, SCARS ON BROADWAY AND THE NEW NO2

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High Touch Trumps High Tech When Switching Online Bill Payments

While US banks have successfully leveraged technology to simplify the account opening process, little progress has been made in using technology to help new customers easily move their online bill payment info over from their existing bank. The technology solutions that exist today merely substitute one online process for another. When switching banks, bill pay users will benefit more from hand-holding during and after account opening than they would from these automated online switching tools. eBusiness executives will see better bill pay activation results from new checking account customers by focusing on in-branch efforts and employee incentives.

Bill Would Create Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow the U.S. Attorney General to bring civil actions against Americans that violate copyrights. The bill, the "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008", was scheduled to be introduced, according to Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who authored the bill along with Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

Editorial: New Wiretapping Bill Comes At Too Great Price

If its true that those who give up liberty for security deserve neither, then a great deal of Congress is operating on borrowed freedom. It was they who, last week, overwhelmingly approved vast changes to the governments wiretapping protocol, expanding their ability to spy both domestically and internationally. Perhaps the piece de resistance is a provision that allows the government to conduct a weeklong wiretap without obtaining a warrant if it is deemed that important national security information would otherwise be lost. Also in the bill is a provision to grant immunity to some phone companies, now facing roughly 40 lawsuits, provided that the request to surrender information from their clients was legitimate. Most people agree that both the White House and the phone companies are getting a good deal.

IBM, New York State to Invest in Nano-Chip Technologies

New York Gov. David A. Paterson on Tuesday announced significant new investments by IBM and New York state, accelerating New York state's international leadership in nanotechnology research and development and creating up to 1,000 new high-tech jobs Upstate. The state will provide a total of $140 million in economic development grants, leveraging more than a 10-to-one private investment of $1.5 billion from IBM.

LSUHSC awarded $10M+ COBRE grant

New Orleans, LA – LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans has been awarded $10,058,325 in funding over five years by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health. This Center of Biological Research Excellence (COBRE) grant funds cardiovascular research projects and provides mentoring to junior faculty, enabling them to successfully compete nationally for research funding. The competitive award continues the program funded by the initial $10.5 million cardiovascular COBRE grant awarded to LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans in 2003 and brings the total funded by NCRR to this project to more than $20.5 million over ten years.

LSUHSC's Lazartigues awarded $1.2 million grant

New Orleans, LA – Dr. Eric Lazartigues, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, has been awarded a $1.2 million Research Project (RO1) grant by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The 5-year grant will support his research to advance our understanding of the role of the brain in regulating blood pressure and the development of hypertension. Dr. Lazartigues' research could pave the way for the development of new treatments for cardiovascular disease – America's #1 killer.

LeapFrog Lets the Games Begin: New Web-Connected Gaming Handhelds Available Now

New Leapster2 and Didj(TM) Learning Platforms Change Playing Field for Educational Gaming EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parents and kids will be winners with two new web-connected educational gaming systems from LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: LF), a leading developer of technology-based learning products. The company today announced the Leapster2 Learning Game System, the latest handheld from the popular Leapster(R) family, and the all-new Didj Custom Gaming System are now available at major retailers and at http://www.leapfrog.com/gaming. In addition, 14 new software titles will launch from now through the holidays, including games featuring popular characters and stories from leading entertainment properties. Both gaming systems will connect to the new, proprietary LeapFrog(R) Learning Path, a free online tool

New Nikon COOLPIX Digital Cameras Feature Easy-to-Use Shooting, Sharing, Sending Capabilities

MELVILLE, N.Y. , Aug. 7 -- Nikon Inc. announced the launch of six new COOLPIX digital cameras featuring robust technologies designed to make photography easy and fun. New to the COOLPIX product line and present in each of the new cameras is the Scene Auto Selector Mode, which automatically selects the right scene mode for the image you are shooting for carefree photography. Nikon COOLPIX also makes taking great portraits a snap with new technologies, including Smile Mode, which automatically triggers the shutter when a subject is smiling and Blink Warning, which displays a message when it detects that a subject has blinked. In addition to these aforementioned features, present in select models of this new COOLPIX line are amazing technologies such as a TOUCH-SCREEN interface, Wi-Fi transmission and GPS capabilities.

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