Judge mocks FCC's legal argument for wiretapping VoIP
A suit to force the FCC to stop demanding wiretapping back-doors in VoIP programs has had a major step forward today. EFF and a coalition of public-interest, industry and academic groups brought the suit agains the FCC, and today saw a hearing in the DC Court of Appeals. Judge Harry Edwards presided, and he openly mocked the FBI's arguments:"'This is wholly ridiculous,' [Judge Harry] Edwards said, saying that Congress' meaning was clear. The FCC's argument 'is such gobbedlygook, it's really funny.... It's utter nonsense.'"Link
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Cory Doctorow
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