The Free Speech Coalition entered into an agreement Thursday with the Justice Department to suspend enforcement of re-issued federal record-keeping and labeling requirements for FSC members. A U.S. Attorneys Office source said that the parties will hold a preliminary injunction hearing on Aug. 8.
The Free Speech Coalition received a $75,000 donation from the Anti-Censorship Defense Committee in support of its lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department and proposed amendments to federal Recordkeeping and Labeling Law, 18 U.S.C. 2257.
The Justice Department is ramping up its efforts to control spyware and other Internet fraud. Meanwhile, a new study released Monday finds that Internet surfers are not nearly as safe online as they believe.
In a rare move, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is backing the Justice Department in a court case. EFF attorney Kevin Bankston told XBiz that this case is of “central importance to the future of all Internet users’ privacy.”
In the final stretch for the Bush Administration to keep the controversial Patriot Act intact before sections of it are slated to expire, the Justice Department stood before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday with a 29-page report.
If Attorney General John Ashcroft has his way any time soon, people who infringe on copyrights via the Internet might end up owing the federal government tens of thousands of dollars and jail time for that download of the latest Outkast single.
