   October 2005 ArchiveOctober 26, 2005An Open Letter to Yahoo's Jerry Yang
The full text of the powerful, damning message to Yahoo's co-founder, from Beijing dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Lack of a Broadcast Flag Boosts HDTV Tuners
"With the broadcast flag being struck down...tuner card manufacturers are aggressively doing HDTV TV tuner card products for retail," says a software PVR developer.
Selling Your CDs, Pt 2
Copyright expert Bill Patry steps in on the legality of selling your CDs after making digital copies.
Doctorow on Europe's Coming Broadcast Flag
O'Reilly reports on Cory's speech at EuroOSCON
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October 24, 2005Patent Office Three-Way, November 17, Munich
State what you think of software and business practice patents to the heads of Japanese, US and EU patent offices.
Authors for Google Print
Jason Kottke on an author who wants her publisher to cooperate with Google Print, not sue it.
Bill Gates Against "Anti-Consumer" DRM
Blu-ray copy-protection crosses the line (handily drawn a little away from Microsoft's own DRM).
CALEA Goes to College
Schools are balking against the costs of wire-tapping their students.
Digital Music Copying Law Unclear
Can you sell your CDs and keep your ripped music? No one — including EFF and the RIAA — knows for sure.
EULAs I Have Known
Tom's Guide takes a look at some of the more egregious EULA terms they've seen.
Iranian Blogger Receives 124 Lashes
The Committee to Protect Bloggers has more info and a show of support HTML snippet to include on your site.
October 20, 2005DVD Jon Moves From Norway to USA
Joins Bunnie Huang in the reverse engineering mines of San Diego.
Identity Theft With Four Easy Keystrokes
UK politician claims Brits will be able to view - and edit - their national ID card info online using a PIN number.
US Navy Bans Webmail
Not quite the port blockade they're known for.
J'Accuse, Yahoos
Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo writes to Jerry Yang, asking him to stop collaborating with Chinese repression.
October 18, 2005JibJab Parodies Themselves?
Sadly, it appears not. Legal letters sent to someone using 9 seconds of JibJab material, claiming infringement.
No one Suspects the National Clandestine Service!
One more three-letter-acronym spook hut.
Face-recognition for the Rest of Us
A blog of a start-up that will scan and put your friends' names to your photographs. Feel free to chart the ramifications.
Surveillance by the Numbers
Mother Jones tallies up the spying stats.
October 13, 2005Your Right to Bare Arms
Thrown off an airplane for the message on your t-shirt? One clothing company will arrange free alternative travel.
The Window Vanishes
Is there a move to eliminate the gap between theatrical and DVD release dates?
Danish Justice Minister Says EuroMPs "not Adult Enough" to Invade Privacy
The European Parliament and Europe's ministers face off over data retention.
October 12, 2005Fined for Typing Two URLs
Daniel Cuthbert, a British security consultant, is found guilty of computer misuse for checking that a site wasn't phishing.
Why Libertarians Don't Like the DMCA
Tim Lee responds to Patrick Ross' peculiar "free trade" defense of the DMCA.
Hardest Job in the World
The Privacy Officer at the Department of Homeland Security steps down, after a brave but tough time.
Euro Consumers Against Overexpansive Copyright
"Consumers are treated like organized criminal gangs," says the UK's National Consumer Council.
Europe's Creative Economy: a Meeting of Closed Minds
Copyfighters comment on a disappointing EU conference on intellectual property.
User Modification Site Excluded From AOL Deal
The modding HackADay site is being excluded from the Time-Warner/Weblogs, Inc deal, apparently for fear of being silenced.
Spot the Terrorist
Wendy Grossman on why, when screening for terrorists, it's the "normal" people you need to keep an eye on.
October 06, 2005It's Hand Over Your Details to the Feds and Airlines Day
From now on, foreign and domestic travel agencies have to collect and hand over passenger information to the US government.
Music Labels Too Costly for Microsoft
Either the music labels don't want Gates in their market, or they're delusional about how much they can charge for subscription services. Conceivably, it's both.
Dolphins Sing "Batman" Theme
Can animals infringe, or does cuteness merit a special fair use exemption?
Napster: The Inside Story
How the recording industry blew years of revenue suing Napster.
Most Monitors Won't Play New HD Video
The Washington Post catches on to HDCP and the DRM-crippled "features" of Microsoft Vista.
October 05, 2005Public Knowledge - Policy Blog
Our beltway buddy Public Knowledge blogs what's going down in the Washington digital rights scene.
Lessig to Speak on Free Wi-Fi
EFF Board Member Lawrence Lessig looks into the implications of muni wi-fi in San Francisco on October 10th.
Declaration of InDRMpendence
ZDNet's David Berlind has had enough of purposely crippled technology.
Throwing the Book Right Back At You
An RIAA defendant in Oregon counter-sues with pretty much every law in the book.
Anything You Can Scan I Can Scan Better
Yahoo and Google engage in a virtuous battle to digitize libraries and the public domain.
Customize Google with Firefox Extension
An open source, anonymizing remixer for the Google site.
Who Owns Barbie?
A mainstream article providing an overview of what happens when fans and artists make use of characters and images corporations control.
Duke Podcasting Symposium
EFF's own Jason Schultz spars with the RIAA in the "Law and Policy Panel Discussion" at Duke's recent podcasting symposium.
I Like First Mondays
The academic webzine puts together an anthology of open source thinkers.
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