Wonder how long this will last?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Randall Webmail <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> Date: February 25, 2010 5:59:42 PM EST
> To: johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com, dewayne () warpspeed com, dave () farber net
> Subject: Wonder how long this will last?

> "Microsoft Takes Down Whistleblower Site, Read the Secret Doc Here
>
>    * By Ryan Singel
>
> Microsoft has managed to do what a roomful of secretive, three- 
> letter government agencies have wanted to do for years: get the  
> whistleblowing, government-document sharing site Cryptome shut down.
>
> Microsoft dropped a DMCA notice alleging copyright infringement on  
> Cryptome's proprietor John Young on Tuesday after he posted a  
> Microsoft surveillance compliance document that the company gives to  
> law enforcement agents seeking information on Microsoft users. Young  
> filed a counterclaim on Wednesday — arguing he had a fair use to pub 
> lishing the document, a full day before the Thursday deadline set by 
>  his hosting provider, Network Solutions.
>
> Regardless, Cryptome was shut down by Network Solutions and its  
> domain name locked on Wednesday — shuttering a site that thumbed its 
>  nose at the government since 1996 — posting thousands of documents  
> that the feds would prefer never saw the light of day.
>
> Microsoft did not return a call for comment by press time.
>
> The 22-page document (.pdf) contains no trade secrets, but will tell  
> Microsoft users things they didn't know. (You can read it directly  
> on your own computer from the above link, or read it inline below.)
>
> [SNIP]
>
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/microsoft-cryptome/
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ydee4la



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