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Journalists at odds over revealing chat logs between the accused Wikileaker and his accuser

FAC December 29, 2010

The truth is out there Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald insists if only Wired.com would set it free.  An unexpected holiday word storm over transcripts of internet chats between accused Wikileaker PFC Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned Manning in, has produced a  pile of column inches from Greenwald who asserts that Wired.com writer Kevin Poulson is withholding  primary source material that would allow journalists to know whether the hacker turned informant is

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A&A: Where can I legally hand out flyers for my non-profit?

FAC December 28, 2010

Q: I cannot find the answer to this legal question anywhere, or if I found something similar, the question is about a religious group or a signature gatherer for political purposes which might have an exemption or an inherent right to be soliciting. I work for a 501c3 part time and I would like to hand out flyers for our nonprofit. I would not be accepting any money, but rather talking to people at shopping

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A&A: City rules complaintant names are always withheld

FAC December 28, 2010

Q: I have requested the name of a complainant against me in a Building Code Enforcement case. There have been anonymous harassment events in my neighborhood that the complaint may be linked to. The agency declined to release the name, citing the 6255 catch-all provision in the city regulation that says the public interest clearly outweighs the release of complainant names in all cases (City of San Jose v. Superior Ct. 74 Cal.App.4th 1008). I

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Net Neutrality primer draws a picture of pay-per-click future

FAC December 27, 2010

When Verizon offered an Android-platform phone that only allowed the Bing search engine, locking out Google and all others, web designer Michael Ciarlo became an activist for Net Neutrality. His simple primer at TheOpenInter.Net should help to bring the geeky subject into focus for the rest of us. from Why I Created TheOpenInter.net By Michael Ciarlo “I created TheOpenInter.net to depict a time in the future when ISPs control the Internet and all data is

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UK Guardian gives bloggers tool to freely repost entire articles

FAC December 25, 2010

As the copyright Scrooges at Righthaven add newspaper giant Media News to their client list and start suing for reuse of graphics, the UK Guardian has delivered a gift to WordPress bloggers–and by extension all who are concerned with the free exchange of information and the future of  journalism. The plugin is free, the content is free: “The catch? The bloggers must publish article in full without any modifications, and along with the content comes

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