This Week in Tech 144

Microsoft stops scanning books, the FBI's national security letters, and more.

• Leo apologizes to Kevin Rose about last week's Twitter comments. Follow Kevin.
• Microsoft to shut down book search program in face competition from Google Book Search. Microsoft's comments.
• Text Archive, Open Content Alliance, and OpenLibrary.org. OCR is corrected by reCAPTCHA.
• Orphan works legislation now in Congress. Could be good or bad depending on how law is implemented.
• Internet Archive served by FBI in 2007 with national security letter seeking identity and behavior of Internet Archive user.
• Kahle and attorneys were under immediate gag order with penalty of incarceration.
• FBI served 200,000 such letters in four years, circumventing FISA court.
• Archive's only legal recorse was to sue government (Internet Archive v. Mukasey) with help of ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation, arguing law was unconstitutional.
• FBI settled before case was challenged before judge. Internet Archive settled on condition that it could go public.
• Six senators ask FBI for information on this case. Full text.
• Video on Archive.org about NSLs
• Controversy over Ariel Waldman harrassment on Twitter.
• Apple gets 188 mysterious ocean containers filled with "electronic computers." Second coming of iPhone at WWDC?
• Roz Savage rows across the Pacific.
• JPL attempts soft landing on Mars.
• Cory Doctorow selling unprotected version of latest book "Little Brother" online.

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