Also see some articles about the JailCam: http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0525jailcam25.html Rights group sues Arpaio over jail camera / 2001-05-25 http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/18/webcam_privacy/index.html Nowhere left to hide / 2001-06-18 http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0426jailcam-ON.html 'Jailcam' scaled back after complaints about toilet footage / 2001-04-27 -Declan ******** http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,44612,00.html Cartoon Site Can't Be Squatted By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private) 11:20 a.m. June 18, 2001 PDT JoeCartoon.com, which features off-color underground comic strips such as Frog Blender and Micro-Gerbil, is famous enough to be protected under a U.S. anti-cybersquatting law, an appeals court has decided. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals said on Friday that a Pennsylvania man who registered five variations of the domain name -- such as joescartoon.com, joecarton.com, and cartoonjoe.com -- violated the 1999 Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. [...] A trucking company can't install hidden cameras and microphones in employee bathrooms, a federal appeals court said. Consolidated Freightways argued that it was allowed to place surveillance devices behind mirrors in restrooms at its terminal in Mira Loma, California because of a collective bargaining agreement it inked with the Teamsters that was protected under federal law. But when workers discovered the equipment after a mirror fell out of the wall, they sued under a California state law saying anyone who installs a "two-way mirror permitting observation of any restroom" is guilty of a misdemeanor. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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