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May 9th, 2008

The e-book snoop threat: Feds force Internet Archive to fight national security letter

By David Rothman

image The Internet Archive, a major source of e-books, had to fight off an FBI request demanding information on a library user under the Patriot Act.

No, I don’t know if the information was e-book related. But you get the point. I’m just happy the Archive prevailed.

Related: Will the FBI monitor your e-book reading on the Kindle and other machines SOMEDAY? Or help censor you?

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