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...break a whole host of moral values.” “The fact that a worker can be notified with less than one day’s notice...is part of a systemic problem that is at its core [representative of] the very limited legal protections” enjoyed by American workers today, Becker said. —Staff Writer Peter F. Zhu can be reached at pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Janitors Face Job Losses | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other prominent female legal figures urged audience members to continue the fight for women’s rights at a conference given by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study yesterday afternoon...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Justice Speaks on Gender | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

...everyone saw al-Zaidi as a political scapegoat. Nibras Maamorie, a correspondent with Iraq's Sumaria television station, said al-Zaidi's actions were an embarrassment to the country and to his profession. "He's set a bad example for journalists in Iraq," she said. "I'm not a legal expert - I don't know if he should have been sentenced - but as a journalist, I reject his actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraqis Divided over Jail Sentence for Shoe Thrower | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...parliament, would create a new Internet surveillance system to combat online piracy - one that critics call a Big Brother-like attempt to police people's Web activity. Introduced by Sarkozy's Culture Minister, Christine Albanel, the bill seeks to enlist Internet service providers (ISPs), entertainment-industry organizations and French legal authorities in an effort to identify and dissuade illegal downloading of copyrighted music and video. A monitoring agency would send Web users who illegally download media a cease and desist notice. Should two warnings go unheeded, ISPs would be forced to cut Web access for one to 12 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Cracks Down on Internet Downloads | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...that again. Judicial experts and consumer groups say the bill's proposed policing system will generate many legal challenges - especially regarding invasion-of-privacy issues, and the identification of IP addresses to track people who illegally download. That's especially true in a world where the most prolific pirates - hackers and computer geeks - can hide their identities behind hijacked ones. "The bill violates the principle of presumption of innocence," noted consumer group UFC Que Choisir in a statement, "because the onus would be on the Internet users to prove their good faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Cracks Down on Internet Downloads | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

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