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TELECOM Digest     Sat, 12 Mar 2005 01:05:00 EST    Volume 24 : Issue 108

Inside This Issue:                             Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Swedish Raid on ISP Called Major Blow to Piracy (Lisa Minter)
    GOP Party Head Sentenced to Seven Months in Phone Jamming (M Solomon)
    Apple Can Demand Names of Bloggers, Judge Says (Monty Solomon)
    EFFector 18.4: EFF Announces New Privacy Tool (Monty Solomon)
    EFFector 18.5: EFF Asks Court to Protect Online Journalists (M Solomon)
    EFFector 18.6: Action Alert - Help Save the Orphan Works! (M Solomon)
    EPIC Alert 12.04 (Monty Solomon)
    EPIC Alert 12.05 (Monty Solomon)
    Privacy Self-Regulation, A Decade of Disappointment (Monty Solomon)
    Need PC Based Call Attendant/Answering Service (pgrogan@gmail.com)
    Re: How to Make Skype Wireless? (summitcircle)
    Re: Long Distance Carrier Verification (Diamond Dave)
    Re: Wiring Two Lines on One Jack (Marcus Didius Falco)

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Date: 11 Mar 2005 21:10:27 -0800
From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Swedish Raid on ISP Called Major Blow to Piracy


By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. film industry on Friday hailed a raid
by Swedish police against an Internet service provider as a major blow
to European piracy of movies and music on the Web.

The raid was carried out on Thursday at the Stockholm offices of
Bahnhof, Sweden's oldest and largest ISP, which U.S.  copyright
protection experts have considered a haven for high-level Internet
piracy for years.

"This was a very big raid," said John Malcolm, worldwide anti-piracy
operations director at the Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA), which represents Hollywood's major studios.

"The material that was seized contained not only evidence of a piracy
organization operating in Sweden but of online piracy organizations
operating throughout all of Europe," he told Reuters.

Bahnhof, the first major ISP raided by the Swedes without advance
notice, was home to some of the biggest and fastest servers in Europe,
the MPAA said in a statement.

Authorities in Sweden seized four computer servers -- one reputed to
be the biggest pirate server in Europe -- containing enough digital
film and music content for up to 3-1/2 years of uninterrupted play,
the organization said.

Malcolm said authorities in Scandinavian countries had been reluctant
to take such action in the past but were recently cracking down on
piracy. About 20 individuals suspected of Internet piracy have been
the targets of smaller raids by Swedish authorities during the past
month.

The servers seized during the operation contained a total of 1,800
digital movie files, 5,000 software application files and 450,000
digital audio files -- amounting to 23 terabytes of data.

The MPAA says the film industry loses &#36;3.5 billion a year to
videotapes and DVDs sold on the black market, but it has no estimate
for how much Internet piracy costs the industry.

Reuters/VNU

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From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: GOP Party Head sentenced to Seven Months in Phone Jamming
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:45:41 -0500


By Erik Stetson, Associated Press Writer  |  March 10, 2005

CONCORD, N.H. -- The former executive director of the state Republican
Party was sentenced Thursday to seven months in prison for jamming
Democratic telephone lines during the 2002 general election.

Chuck McGee pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to make
anonymous calls to annoy or harass. He also was fined $2,000 and
ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. He faced up to 5
years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/03/10/ 
former_gop_party_head_sentenced_to_seven_months_in_phone_jamming/

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From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Apple Can Demand Names of Bloggers, Judge Says
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:24:36 -0500


By LAURIE J. FLYNN

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 - A California judge ruled Friday that Apple
Computer has the right to subpoena the names of sources and documents
relating to confidential company information that was published late
last year by three Web sites.

Judge James P. Kleinberg of the Santa Clara County Superior Court in
San Jose, Calif., said in a 13-page ruling that Apple's interest in
protecting its trade secrets outweighed the public's right to
information about Apple and the right of bloggers to disseminate that.

The ruling skirted the question of whether the Web sites were
protected by the same laws that protect professional journalists, as
civil liberties groups had argued, and focused on the notion that the
published information included trade secrets and was essentially
stolen property.

The ruling came in the three-month-old lawsuit brought by Apple
against the unnamed individuals, presumably Apple employees, who
reportedly leaked information about new music software, code-named
Asteroid, which the company said constituted a trade secret. Under
California law, divulging trade secrets is subject to civil and
criminal penalties.

That information was published on three Apple enthusiast Web sites,
Apple Insider, Think Secret and PowerPage. The Web sites were not
named in the suit.

In the course of discovery, Apple served a subpoena on Nfox.com, the
e-mail service provider for PowerPage, seeking information and
documents that might identify the source of the disclosure of Apple's
new product.  The Web sites sought to block that subpoena.

The case has been closely watched for its potential impact on the
publishers of Web sites and bloggers, who say the privilege of reporters
to protect their confidential sources should extend to online writers.

But Judge Kleinberg wrote that assuming Apple's accusations are true,
the information is "stolen property, just as any physical item, such
as a laptop computer containing the same information on its hard drive
(or not) would be."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/12/technology/12blog.html? 
hp&ex=1110603600&en=65f05a7ccf104a46&ei=5094


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: To read New York Times on line each day
with no login or registration requirements, read it here at our site
at http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/nytimes.html . Hundreds of new
items each day.   PAT]

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:55:18 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: EFFector 18.4: EFF Announces New Privacy Tool


EFFector  Vol. 18, No. 4  February 11, 2005  donna@eff.org

A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
ISSN 1062-9424

In the 320th Issue of EFFector:

 * EFF Announces New Privacy Tool
 * EFF Urges Congress to Vote "No" on Real ID Bill
 * Mandatory Student IDs Contain RFIDs
 * BayFF Event: EFF Celebrates Innovation, Feb. 22 
 * EFF Seeks Summer Interns
 * MiniLinks (17): RIAA Sues Dead People
 * Administrivia

http://www.eff.org/effector/18/04.php

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:56:24 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: EFFector 18.5: EFF Asks Court to Protect Online Journalists


EFFector  Vol. 18, No. 5  February 18, 2005  donna@eff.org

A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
ISSN 1062-9424

In the 321st Issue of EFFector:

 * EFF Asks Court to Protect Online Journalists
 * RFID Tracking Program Ended in Sutter School
 * EFF Warns Consumers about the Dangers of EULAs
 * BayFF Event: EFF Celebrates Innovation, Tuesday, Feb. 22 
 * EFF Seeks Summer Interns
 * MiniLinks (18): European Parliament Rejects Software Patents 
 * Administrivia

http://www.eff.org/effector/18/05.php

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:55:35 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: EFFector 18.6: Action Alert - Help Save the Orphan Works!


EFFector  Vol. 18, No. 6  February 25, 2005  donna@eff.org

A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
ISSN 1062-9424

In the 322nd Issue of EFFector:

 * Action Alert: Help Save Orphan Works!
 * Online Journalists Get Their Day in Court
 * Fight the Broadcast Flag From Your Armchair
 * Patent Threats Hurt Scientific Research
 * Texas E-voting Forum Open to the Public
 * EFF, Public Knowledge to Hold Press Conference 
   on Grokster Case, March 1
 * CFP 2005: Panopticon - April 12-15
 * MiniLinks (10): FCC "Can't Regulate Washing Machines" 
 * Administrivia

http://www.eff.org/effector/18/06.php

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:54:47 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: EPIC Alert 12.04


======================================================================
                          E P I C  A l e r t
======================================================================
Volume 12.04                                         February 26, 2005
----------------------------------------------------------------------

                           Published by the
             Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
                           Washington, D.C.

            http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_12.04.html

======================================================================
Table of Contents
======================================================================

[1] EPIC Urges ChoicePoint To Give Access to 145,000 Victims
[2] California School Drops RFID Tracking Program After EPIC Protest
[3] EPIC Opposes Sharp Increase in TSA Surveillance Spending
[4] EPIC Comments on DC Metro's Public Access to Records Policy
[5] Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Enhance Open Government
[6] News in Brief
[7] EPIC Bookstore: Michael Chesbro's Privacy Handbook
[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events

http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_12.04.html

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:54:52 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: EPIC Alert 12.05


========================================================================
                           E P I C  A l e r t
========================================================================
Volume 12.05                                              March 11, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           Published by the
              Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
                           Washington, D.C.

            http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_12.05.html

========================================================================
Table of Contents
========================================================================

[1] EPIC Launches West Coast Office, Continues to Probe ChoicePoint
[2] New Report: FTC Market Approach Fails to Protect Consumer Privacy
[3] "Spotlight on Surveillance" Highlights Federal Spending on Snooping
[4] EPIC Urges Careful Scrutiny of Proposed Federal Profiling Agency
[5] Comments Outline Voter Registration Problems in the 2004 Election
[6] News in Brief
[7] EPIC Bookstore: William S. Hubbartt's Workplace Privacy
[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events

http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_12.05.html

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:56:07 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Privacy Self-Regulation, A Decade of Disappointment


Excerpt from EPIC Alert 12.05
http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_12.05.html

EPIC Report: Privacy Self-Regulation, A Decade of Disappointment:

     http://www.epic.org/reports/decadedisappoint.html

A high-resolution PDF version of the report features advertisements
for personal data sold by major companies, including Victoria's Secret
and 1-800-FLOWERS:

     http://www.epic.org/reports/decadedisappoint.pdf

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From: pgrogan@gmail.com
Subject: Need PC Based Call Attendant/Answering Service
Date: 11 Mar 2005 21:20:14 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


I'm looking for an inexpensive (under 400) software/hardware solution
that will act as an answering service/call attendant.  Preferably
something that can run off of a PC and with Vonage (VoIP).  Here are
the features that I need:

-Multiple Mailboxes
-Ability to transfer caller to my cell phone (if caller chooses this
 option)

Any ideas?  This software package seems like it might work, but I have
never heard of them:

http://www.nch.com.au/ivm/index.html

TIA

Ron

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From: summitcircle <phil@summitcircle.com>
Subject: Re: How to Make Skype Wireless ?
Date: 11 Mar 2005 18:07:57 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


Tina,

There are plenty of companies that sell phones made specifically for
Skype. Some of these phones are wireless. One of the more popular ones
that I have noticed can be found at http://www.dualphone.net/

If you are interested in all the other vendors who have created phones
for Skype you can the directory of Skype phone vendors that I have
created at http://www.summitcircle.com/

Louis Philip

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From: Diamond Dave <dmine45.NOSPAM@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Long Distance Carrier Verification
Organization: The BBS Corner / Diamond Mine On-Line
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:31:07 -0500


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:57:28 -0500, Michael Muderick
<michael.muderick@verizon.net> wrote:

> Has anyone tried 700-555-4141 lately to verify long distance carrier?
> It's still a published number, but in the Phila. area, I keep getting
> a busy signal.  Is there a new number available?

Have you done the obvious and dialed it as 1-700-555-4141 ?

Dave

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:34:59 -0500
From: Marcus Didius Falco <falco_marcus_didius@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Wiring Two Lines on One Jack


LB@notmine.com responded to emb120skw@aol.com on the topic of
Re: Wiring Two Lines on One Jack on Fri, 11 Mar 2005 06:21:25 -0500

> emb120skw@aol.com wrote:

>> Hi,

>> I would like to wire one jack for two lines. Here is the setup of the
>> wires after opening the jack.

>> The red screw terminal has two blue and 1 orange wires connected to
>> it.  The green screw terminal has 2 white/blue and 1 white/orange wire
>> connected to it. I'm just curious as to why there are 3 wires
>> connected per terminal.

>> The yellow an black screw terminals are not connected to any
>> wires. Now what should I do to be able to access a second line?

>> Thank you!

>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Red/green is traditionally one pair;
>> and yellow/black is  traditionally the second pair. You want to use
>> the unused yellow/black screw terminals for your second line. Can
>> you tell us more about the _type of phone instrument_ currently in
>> use on your (I presume) working single line? With no other knowledge
>> it is difficult to answer your question; was this/is this part of
>> a business phone arrangment? Does the pair which is 'wired' at
>> present go to a working instrument?   PAT]

> As Pat says red-green and black-yellow are what you care about.  You
> (actually the telco does this when you sign up) would normally add
> the extra line to the yellow-black at the box where the phone enters
> the premises.  The extra wires sound like they go to extra phones.
> If that box (with extra wires) is outside the premises you might
> want to ask the telco or the cops unless those wires clearly go to
> extra phones or devices you know about.

Many years ago the standard was somewhat different, and the yellow
wire was sometimes used as a ground. Then, for a time, I think the
yellow wire was used to power the lights on princess phones. Almost
certainly the yellow wire is either dead or shorted to one of the
other wires. Check this with a volt meter.

In any event, with modern equipment you can use the red-green and 
yellow-black pairs as described by others.

As others have said, your wiring is almost certainly from jack to jack
in a loop topology (not a star pattern). That is, there are one or two
loops of wire through the house, originating and terminating at the
service entrance. Each wire is normally continuous. If a wire is not
continuous, but is a sort of spur, this can work for telephone, but
will sometimes act as an antenna and put noise on the line.

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