Robert Michel

Tom Lantos, especially, is the only holocaust survivor, a jew who survived Nazi Germany, to currently sit on the US senate.

And whatever gets blogged, there is a lot of bipartisan support right now to support bills that would enable US Internet companies to cooperate with foreign law enforcement ..

But such cross border cooperation would be through the US Department of Justice, and applying the internationally recognized concept of dual criminality which means that the action against which the warrant or subpoena has been issued should be regarded as criminal in both countries - the country issuing the warrant, and the country which receives the warrant.

What does this mean for ISPs who will want to do business in the USA as well as In china, if this trend becomes something more pronounced, as it well may?

In other words, if China wants to go after a blogger calling for free elections, or if (say) the Indians want to go after someone who calls a respected historical king in India a coward, it won’t work.

Any warrant that is produced and has to go the crossborder route will run headfirst into the US first amendment, that protects free speech except under some narrowly defined exceptions (speech that causes or may cause immediate harm .. the so-called “shouting fire in a crowded theater” test)

regards
suresh

ps: This kind of bipartisan support and anger can lead to sweeping legislative curbs in short order.

Presidential veto may not work either - the recent override of Bush’s veto - by an overwhelming majority across party lines - on the water bill, and the passing of a previous bill that declared Turkey’s repression of Armenians in around 1910 genocide (to the fury of Turkey, which has been a NATO member for quite some time ..)

I’m Dan from Shoeboxed, and I just wanted to say thanks for the article and to respond to a couple of your points.

First off, I just want to get all my conflicts of interest out there: I’m from the Facebook generation, and I’ve been using computers since I was in 2nd grade.

Maybe I am a little more comfortable with technology and social networking than most. I don’t know if we’re pushing the frontiers of sharing, though, as much as we are trying to replicate online some of the great things in the real world. One of the most important aspects of shopping is getting information. Is this a good deal? Do you have one of those? Is this cool? How much does that cost?

These are questions that Shoeboxed can answer, and our users tend to love us for it. And most people are having a great time with the stereotyping, because they know what they’re getting themselves into when they choose to share.

We obviously stand by our stereotyping feature (and our sophomoric humor!), but we’re not just a bunch of jokesters. The core part of Shoeboxed is, has always been, and will always be receipt organization. I don’t think you’ll find anything comparable to Shoeboxed in this area, and we are constantly adding new features to make this functionality perfect.

We just want to make the experience of shopping a little easier and a little more fun.

It’s also important to note that you don’t have to share items on Shoeboxed, and can easily choose which purchases you want to keep private and which to share. You have complete control over your information.

And this robber? Well, he would certainly have a hard time identifying any individual person on the site. Items are not associated with anyone’s first and last name even. So they’d probably have trouble finding someone’s dorm room!

Keep private what you want. Have fun with the rest!

And sign up free today at www.shoeboxed.com.

Dan Englander
www.shoeboxed.com

Aside from money, IBM’s image will comfort a lot of people who get a little nervous at the idea of open source.