Internet Archive refuses to secretly hand over user info to FBI

Jackson West — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT

With the help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle successfully challenged an FBI request to secretly hand over information about the site's users. The FBI had sent Kahle a "national security letter" which requested personal information about a particular user and put Kahle under a gag order. Approximately 200,000 of the secret requests, which need no judicial approval, were issued between 2003 and 2006 after the NSL program was expanded by the Patriot Act. Kahle's case is one of only three the ACLU is aware of where NSL requests were successfully overturned in court. (Photo by David Silver)

To-do this weekend: Get drunk and tape someone (outside of your bedroom, for a change)

Nick Douglas — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:21:17 EST

Friday

Borat's movie premieres tonight! Check your local listings for screens and showtimes. The over/under on when the whole film will be available on YouTube? About a day.
If you prefer your former Soviets in 3-D, check out Vloggies host Irina Slutsky at the Vloggie Pre-Party, 8pm at SF's House of Shields.

Saturday

SuperHappyDevHouse 13 is all the way down in Los Gatos, but the trip is worth it for the all-day, all-night session of coding (or writing Chapter 1 for National Novel Writing Month).
The Vloggies are finally here! Cause...cause you've been waiting for them, right? Come snicker at those silly amateur videobloggers, since in your heart you know you could do better. You know, if you ever bothered.

Sunday

Mashups are fun until the lawyers step in. Catch the EFF & Calabash Music Mixer at 8pm at SF's Little Baobab.

Gawker: valleywag, electronic frontier foundation

Internet Archive refuses to secretly hand over user info to FBI

To-do this weekend: Get drunk and tape someone (outside of your bedroom, for a change)