<http://www.chillingeffects.org>
''Brrrr...Berkman Center & EFF Collaborate on "Chilling Effects":
How often do legal threats silence lawful Internet activity?
Cease-and-desist notices can be powerful tools against those who lack
the legal know-how and resources to fight back. The Berkman
Center has partnered with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
to create a Chilling Effects Clearinghouse for analysis and response
to these legal threats. Through the Chilling Effects website, we will
invite Internet users to submit C&D notices they have received
(or sent), and will develop a database of analyses of the letters'
claims explaining their legal grounding--or lack thereof. The
database will also support research into the effect of legal
threats to chill lawful activity and, conversely, the extent to
which unlawful activity on the 'Net proves resistant to legal
action.''
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Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Pty Limited
"The only thing is certain: Russian petty computer hooligans are
very slovenly, while FBI agents are very persistent in hunting
them."
- Pravda
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