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online documents recording legal rulings and disputes.

Am I being sued? that's the first thing that comes across our minds upon noticing legal notices or letters..This article tells us not to panic but thoroughly analyze what the document says and have an in depth understanding out of the doc. If the situations seems like you are really getting a lawsuit, the next step is to seek immediate assistance from a legal advisor or lawyers. The most important thing to bear in mind is that to ensure our rights are not infringed. I find the article sound and most useful.

The European Parliament overwhelmingly voted to explicitly oppose any law or global agreement which would entail ISPs to punish customers for breaches of copyright. They have also demanded that documents surrounding the secret worldwide negotiations, which Australia is also involved in, be released publicly. 

This article (posted yesterday) is about the announcement of a huge China-based cyber espionage which stole thousands of documents - including classified information, visa applications, and personal identities - from "politically sensitive targets" around the world using platforms such as Twitter, Google Groups, Blogspot, Baidu Blogs, blog.com and Yahoo Mail to maintain persistent control of infected computers. Among the targets: the offices of the Dalai Lama, the United Nations as well as Indian and Pakistani government officials. Also available in this article, a report document of 58 pages about "Investigating Cyber Espionnage" (scribd application)

Adam Wheeler was able to get into Harvard with fake documents and lying about his credentials. It is said that one of the possible reasons for the succes of his deception is not having a Facebook profile. Just proves that a non-existent online profile can do wonders to your real life reputation.  

INTERNET FOR ALL Proceedings of the Third Internet Governance Forum Hyderabad, India 3-6 December 2008 - might be some interesting stuff in here

Who's a villain and who's not? "Villain"? That's like a comics term..... Lex Luthor better not have Facebook.... "Bought 300 grams of kyyptonite today..."

Even though people are aware that when they tweet it is public record, but most would assume that these tweets were not being documented. Will people censor what they say once they know it is going to be on printed public record?

Creepy: airport checks might now include checking the files in your laptop. 

A document that explores the difficulties of Iranian Cyber Activist to fight against the regime. Explain how Web Pages, Blogs and other internet initiatives like Radio Zamaneh, Jaras and Kalameh have been victims of persecution, filtering, and jail.