The LII at Cornell has RSS feeds (recent or daily) for the recent Supreme Court opinons. Will CanLII follow?

[Dennis Kennedy → The Virtual Chase]

[updated: corrected the links]

Tried to start reading « The Layers Principle: Internet Architecture and the Law » by Pr. Solum after reading about it yesterday.

Comments by Derek Slater here and a follow-up here.

I’m still trying to start reading though. The basic idea of transparent flow between the layers and targeting regulation at the problematic layer is interesting. Too bad there is no human layer in the OSI model.

You download a copyright protected file ? Zap … your computer is dead … at least that is what the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee wants.

 » « I’m interested, » Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone’s computer « may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights. »

From here, you have to know that law enforcement agency cannot take such actions under the laws of the USA… so the only solution is to let the copyright owner do such dirty work and to exempt them from all anti-hacking legislation currently on the book.

I don’t know about you, but would you even propose to destroy the car of someone suspected … not even convicted… of drunk driving. Maybe some police officer would realise their fantasy.

And let’s not start talking about due process of law and letting private groups enforce public legislation.

Story is on Yahoo news