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FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel
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coondoggie writes "In the ongoing battle to let us eat dinner in peace without being interrupted by amazingly annoying telemarketer blather, and in this case the even more infuriating recorded telemarketing drivel, the Federal Trade Commission today basically outlawed recorded telemarketing calls. Specifically, the FTC changed its venerable Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to prohibit, as of Sept. 2009, telemarketing calls that deliver prerecorded messages, unless a consumer has agreed to accept such calls from a given caller/seller. Between now and 2009, telemarketers must provide an obvious, easy and quick way for consumers to opt-out of any call, the FTC said. Such an opt-out mechanism needs to be in place by December 1, 2008."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/2229245&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/19/2229245"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/2229245&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=ztno9J"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=ztno9J" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/369706607" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-20T05:51:00+00:00communicationsbut-will-it-stop-321-504-7429tech153153,152,128,102,35,17,13http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/2229245&from=rssJudge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "In Vermont, US Magistrate Judge Jerome Niedermeier has ruled that forcing someone to divulge the password to decrypt their hard drive violates the 5th Amendment. Border guards testify that they saw child pornography on the defendant's laptop when the PC was on, but they made the mistake of turning it off and were unable to access it again because the drive was protected by PGP. Although prosecutors offered many ways to get around the 5th Amendment protections, the Judge would have none of that and quashed the grand jury subpoena requesting the defendant's PGP passphrase. A conviction is still likely because prosecutors have the testimony of the two border guards who saw the drive while it was open." The article stresses the potential importance of this ruling (which was issued last November but went unnoticed until now): "Especially if this ruling is appealed, US v. Boucher could become a landmark case. The question of whether a criminal defendant can be legally compelled to cough up his encryption passphrase remains an unsettled one, with law review articles for the last decade arguing the merits of either approach." Update: 08/19 23:49 GMT by KD : Several readers have pointed out that this story in fact did not go unnoticed.<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/2028235&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/19/2028235"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/2028235&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=yWiIRl"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=yWiIRl" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/369423197" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-19T22:21:00+00:00courtcold-dead-fingersnews573573,564,466,342,85,49,38http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/2028235&from=rssDPI and Net Neutrality's Overseas Weak Spot
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Ian Lamont writes "An unnamed source at an American ISP says staff there briefly considered using Deep Packet Inspection to comply with an order from Argentina's Department of Justice to block access to a local gambling site. The ISP ended up not going that route, owing to the cost, but some engineers at the company worry that DPI will eventually be implemented on the ISP's overseas network, thereby positioning it for an easier US rollout should Net Neutrality lose out in Washington. Besides being used for traffic-shaping, DPI can also monitor the traffic of ISP subscribers to supply targeted advertising."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/202232&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/19/202232"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/202232&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=24WMm4"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=24WMm4" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/369389360" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-19T21:38:00+00:00internetin-by-the-back-doortech7070,69,53,44,20,10,5http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/202232&from=rssMIT Students' Gag Order Lifted
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mytrip and several other readers let us know that a judge in Boston has lifted the gag order — actually let it expire — against three MIT students who discovered flaws in the security of the local transit system, the MBTA. We've discussed the case over the last 10 days. "Judge O'Toole said he disagreed with the basic premise of the MBTA's argument: That the students' presentation was a likely violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a 1986 federal law meant to protect computers from malicious attacks such as worms and viruses. Many had expected Tuesday's hearing to hinge on First Amendment issues and what amounts to responsible disclosure on the part of computer security researchers. Instead, O'Toole based his ruling on the narrow grounds of what constitutes a violation of the CFAA. On that basis, he said MBTA lawyers failed to convince him on two points: The students' presentation was meant to be delivered to people, and was not a computer-to-computer 'transmission.' Second, the MBTA couldn't prove the students had caused at least $5,000 damage to the transit system."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1848245&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/19/1848245"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1848245&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=jOwpbw"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=jOwpbw" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/369295294" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-19T19:22:00+00:00courtcommon-sense-descendsyro145145,141,116,91,43,23,17http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1848245&from=rssSupport Grows For Blanket Music Licensing
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Anti-Globalism sends in Ars coverage of a speech by Jim Griffin, who is a consultant for Warner, one of the big four music labels. Griffin is encouraging dialog on the idea of blanket licensing of music — a topic heretofore more likely to be heard from the EFF or the Barenaked Ladies. "Taking music without paying for it may not be 'morally voluntary,' Griffin says, but he admits it has become 'functionally voluntary.' No civilized society, he adds, can endure 'purely voluntary payment for art, knowledge, and culture.' So Griffin's job is to help Warner monetize digital music, and he's convinced that the issue of payment for music is nothing less than 'our generation's nuclear power.' Griffin's most intriguing idea, and one he's been pitching for some time now, is a voluntary, blanket music license; essentially, bringing the collection society model to end users. In this model, consumers would pay royalties into a pot (by paying an extra monthly fee to their ISPs, for instance) and would then have access to all the music from all the labels that participate in the scheme."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1821215&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/19/1821215"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1821215&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=WRy4a9"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=WRy4a9" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/369260286" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-19T18:38:00+00:00musicpay-me-once-and-be-done-with-ityro539539,538,448,372,79,39,27http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1821215&from=rssA Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail
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Ashik Ratnani writes with this snippet from Hungry Hackers: "A tool that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions and breaks into Google Mail accounts has been presented at the Defcon hackers' conference in Las Vegas. Last week, Google introduced a new feature in Gmail that allows users to permanently switch on SSL and use it for every action involving Gmail, not just authentication. Users who did not turn it on now have a serious reason to do so, as Mike Perry, the reverse engineer from San Francisco who developed the tool, is planning to release it in two weeks."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1433206&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/19/1433206"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1433206&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=rc9AAs"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=rc9AAs" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/369131837" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-08-19T15:26:00+00:00securityoh-that-hurtsit500500,499,380,279,77,56,41http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/1433206&from=rssRIAA 'Elektra V. Barker' Case Is Settled
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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Elektra v. Barker, one of the leading cases repudiating the RIAA's 'making available' theory, has been settled. Unlike in most cases, the actual settlement agreement (PDF) is on file with the Court, and a matter of public record. Now Ms. Barker's attack on the constitutionality of the RIAA's damages theory, as well as her other defenses — including unclean hands based on MediaSentry's illegal behavior, the RIAA's inability to sue for statutory damages, and innocent infringement — will not be adjudicated, and it will fall on the shoulders of other defendants to carry the day on those issues. Ms. Barker, a young social worker who lives in the Bronx, once told p2pnet 'I love music. I grew up in a house where music was played all the time. We had milk crates filled with albums.... So to be sued for having music files on my computer is an insult. It's a slap in the face. This experience has left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wanted to swear off music.'"<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/1634257&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/18/1634257"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/1634257&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=XPOutv"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=XPOutv" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/368365523" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-08-18T19:30:00+00:00courtare-we-there-yetnews295295,287,233,195,67,42,38http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/1634257&from=rssGrokking SCO's Demise
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An anonymous reader writes "You have already heard the news that the SCO Group's US$5 billion threat against Linux is effectively finished. It was the Web site Groklaw.net that broke the news and posted the complete 102-page ruling; after that, it was picked up by mainstream media and trade press. In fact, it's Groklaw that has covered every aspect of SCO's legal fights with Linux vendors IBM , Novell and Red Hat and Linux users Daimler Chrysler and AutoZone ever since paralegal Pamela Jones started the site as a hobby in 2003. This feature does a great job of chronicling Groklaws' hand in the demise of SCO's case."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/1436212&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/18/1436212"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/1436212&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=GmIQyl"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=GmIQyl" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/368257007" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-08-18T17:00:00+00:00calderaremember-that-oneyro236236,232,185,149,65,42,30http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/1436212&from=rssDell Loses Bid To Trademark "Cloud Computing"
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1sockchuck writes "The USPTO has issued a 'non-final determination' refusing Dell's request to trademark the term 'cloud computing' (we discussed the application earlier), finding that the term is generic and 'therefore incapable of functioning as a source-identifier for applicant's services.' According to Data Center Knowledge, 'Dell has the option of filing a response to submit arguments to dispute the USPTO examiner's findings.'" Here is the USPTO's ruling. A week and a half ago the PTO cancelled its 'notice of allowance' for the mark, a move little remarked upon at the time.<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/0248224&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/18/0248224"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/0248224&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=ALZInW"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=ALZInW" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/367747366" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-18T03:17:00+00:00internetanswer-cloudy-try-again-latertech142142,136,108,83,38,28,22http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/0248224&from=rssCanadians Battling Proposed Canadian DMCA
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An anonymous reader writes "CTV reports on how Canadians are fighting back against the Canadian DMCA. Led by Michael Geist, the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group is nearing 90,000 members. There are local chapters, a YouTube contest, wikis, and people writing letters and organizing rallies against the copyright bill. Geist said, 'When you get tens of thousands of Canadians speaking out like this, there's big political risk for any political party who chooses to ignore it.'"<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/2020251&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/17/2020251"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/2020251&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=1HZv1l"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=1HZv1l" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/367605818" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-17T23:24:00+00:00internetleave-us-a-commons-ehtech201201,196,158,123,59,38,24http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/2020251&from=rssCan I Be Fired For Refusing To File a Patent?
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An anonymous reader writes "I am a developer for a medium-sized private technology company getting ready for an IPO. My manager woke up one morning and decided to patent some stuff I did recently. The problem is, I'm strongly opposed to software patents, believing that they are stifling innovation and dragging the technology industry down (see all the frivolous lawsuits reported here on Slashdot!). Now, my concern is: what kind of consequences could I bring on myself for refusing to support the patent process? Has anybody been in a similar position and what was the outcome?"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/0123241&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/17/0123241"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/0123241&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=Bf6RAH"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=Bf6RAH" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/367110710" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-17T08:02:00+00:00patentsif-you-don't-cooperate-your-replacement-willyro609609,605,456,329,78,52,34http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/0123241&from=rssDoubts On Yahoo's Human Rights Code of Conduct
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Ian Lamont writes "The US Senate has been pushing American technology companies to work with rights groups to develop a human rights code of conduct, which would help to guide their overseas activities. Yahoo now claims that it has established the 'core components' of a global code of conduct, and a more complete version will be ready this fall. However, the Industry Standard notes that there's a fundamental flaw with such efforts: US law is not world law. Following the local laws is a requirement of doing business in any country, and conflicts between corporate ethics and the law of the land in which these corporations do business are inevitable. The US Senate's push for such a code was prompted by a number of incidents, including Yahoo's complicity in the arrest of Chinese dissidents and a Chinese journalist."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/020229&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/17/020229"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/020229&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=BQxOki"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=BQxOki" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/367049900" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-17T05:48:00+00:00yahoodo-as-i-saytech100100,99,69,49,12,8,7http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/17/020229&from=rssAnti-Net Neutrality Astroturfer Exposed
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Ever wonder about all those groups claiming Google had a 'search monopoly' (as if there are no other search engines), or worse, coming out against Net Neutrality? CNet has a story about a shady DC lobbying group called LawMedia Group, being paid by Microsoft and Comcast, that is behind many of these attacks. That said, it's a mystery why they weren't able to pay more authoritative groups than the American Corn Growers Association or the League of Rural Voters to weigh in on technical matters. As a computer geek from corn country, I wouldn't solicit their opinion on tractor repair, let alone Internet policy."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/237253&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/16/237253"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/237253&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=dGiaVq"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=dGiaVq" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/366929817" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-17T01:50:00+00:00internetghost-writing-101tech152152,143,129,102,46,33,25http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/237253&from=rssInternet Radio's "Last Stand"
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We've been discussing the plight of Internet radio for some time, as the Copyright Royalty Board imposed royalties that industry observers predicted would prove lethal to the nascent industry. We discussed Web radio's day of silence in protest, which won the industry a reprieve, and the futile efforts to find relief in Congress. Now it's looking as if the last act is indeed close. Death Metal Maniac sends along this Washington Post story with extensive quotes from Pandora CEO Tim Westergren, who said: "The moment we think this problem in Washington is not going to get solved, we have to pull the plug because all we're doing is wasting money... We're funded by venture capital. They're not going to chase a company whose business model has been broken." The article estimates that XM Satellite Radio will pay "about 1.6 cents per hour per listener when the new rates are fully adapted in 2010. By contrast, Web radio outlets will pay 2.91 cents per hour per listener." That's 70% of projected revenue for Pandora; smaller players estimate the hit at 100% to 300% of revenue.<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/1929217&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/16/1929217"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/1929217&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=I6hLuh"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=I6hLuh" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/366752683" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-08-16T20:20:00+00:00musicsee-i-told-you-there-was-a-wolfyro314314,311,267,194,54,43,35http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/1929217&from=rssJudge Rejects H-1B Visa Injunction
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theodp writes "Judge Faith Hochberg has denied a preliminary injunction sought by the Programmers Guild to put a hold on a controversial 'emergency' rule change by the Department of Homeland Security to permit foreign students to work continuously in the US for two-and-a-half years after graduation without an H-1B visa. Hochberg indicated she failed to see how an increased labor supply could result in wage depression for engineers and computer workers. That seems disingenuous, since in Andaya v. Citizens Mortgage Corporation, Judge Hochberg recently saw first-hand how a US employer got away with paying an H-1B computer engineer as little as $15,000 to do a job with a 'prevailing wage rate' of $41,000. In that case, Hochberg ruled against Filipino H-1B visa holder Almira Andaya, arguing that 'nonpayment of wages as listed on the H-1B visa petition ... does not raise a substantial question of federal law.'"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/1222219&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/16/1222219"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/1222219&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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