Wired News: Anti-copy bill hits D.C. (S. 2048, introduced by Sen. Fritz Hollings, would ban computers and other electronic devices that don’t include crippling technologies that prevent them from performing functions for which they were designed. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is a co-sponsor. This profoundly stupid bill is supported by the motion picture and recording industries, but just about everyone else is against it, including the IT and electronics industries and consumer groups. Let’s hope it dies a quick and permanent death.)

Wired News: Google yanks anti-church sites (also see CNET News.com and update at Politech) (in response to complaints from the Church of Scientology, search engine Google has stopped providing links to anti-Scientology web sites, to comply with Digital Millennium Copyright Act — among the sites that Google no longer links to are Xenu.net and clambake.org)

News.com: Companies taking desperate steps against spam

InternetNews.com: Blackhole list, facing legal challenge, closes (also see The Register and Wired News)

Scientific American: Copy that: Technology is making it harder for word thieves to earn outrageous fortunes

Politech: Karl Auerbach sues ICANN to open books, inspect financial info (also see Salon.com, ICANNWatch[1], ICANNWatch[2])

Newsbytes: CIA web site cans cookies after report (also see InternetNews.com)

Wired News: The old Mac that went to pot

AP: Wyoming cries foul over postal stamp (Wyoming officials complain that bucking bronco pictured on new Montana stamp infringes Wyoming’s trademark)

Privacy.Org: Student obtains $5 million In lawsuit against voyeur video company