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Judge to Microsoft: Hand over cloud data no matter where in the world it is stored

“The U.S. government doesn’t have the power to search a home in another country, nor should it have the power to search the content of email stored overseas,” wrote Microsoft Deputy General Counsel David Howard. That was last week when Microsoft challenged the power of US government-issued search warrants seeking customer content stored exclusively outside the US.
Ms. Smith’s blog

IP address does not identify a person, judge tells copyright troll in BitTorrent case

A Florida District Court Judge recently determined that an IP address does not identify a specific individual guilty of infringing. She then dismissed a copyright troll’s case. This is considered an important ruling that may help set a trend that others will follow.
Ms. Smith’s blog

Judge forces more delays in unsealing of iPhone raid documents (David Sarno/L.A. Times Tech Blog)

David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Judge forces more delays in unsealing of iPhone raid documents  —  A San Mateo County judge refused to hear arguments from a coalition of media lawyers seeking access to details of a search warrant served by a task force that raided a blogger’s home on April 23 in a case involving …

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