Press Releases: August, 2004
Music Publisher Settles Copyright Skirmish Over Guthrie Classic
EFF Believes "This Land Is Your Land" Belongs to You and Me
ID Checks at Airports Violate Fourth Amendment
EFF Protests Anti-Privacy Ruling in Appeal to the Ninth Circuit
EFF Scores Landmark Win for P2P
Ninth Circuit Declares Grokster, Morpheus Not Liable for Infringement
California - Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals made a crucial decision (PDF) in support of technology innovators by declaring that distributors of the peer-to-peer software Grokster and Morpheus cannot be held liable for the infringing activities of their users. The Electronic Frontier Foundation argued on behalf of Streamcast, the creator of the Morpheus software, in a case that pitted dozens of entertainment conglomerates against two small software companies.
Texas Secretary of State Backs Down
Agrees to Postpone Closed Voting Examiner Meetings in Face of ACLU Lawsuit
Austin, TX - The Texas Secretary of State today agreed to indefinitely postpone a meeting of the state's voting examiners following the filing of a lawsuit by the ACLU of Texas and a Texas voter. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is serving as co-counsel in the case. The lawsuit challenged the practice of holding closed meetings in violation of the state's Open Meetings Act.
Credit Card Companies Cannot Be Held Liable for Customer Infringements
California - In a ruling the Electronic Frontier Foundation hailed as a step forward, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled today that Visa and several other credit card companies would not be held liable for the copyright infringements of its business customers.
EFF Welcomes Four New Hires
Organization Grows with Addition of Attorneys, Technical, and Membership Staff
San Francisco, CA - Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation announced the addition of four new staff members. Kurt Opsahl and Matt Zimmerman join the legal team as staff attorneys, while systems administrator Matt Peterson brings expertise to the technical team and membership coordinator Kyle Pedersen will work on EFF membership development.
Sunshine Sought for Texas Election Systems Examiners
Lawsuit Attacks Secrecy of Meetings Where E-voting Machines Are Evaluated
Austin, TX - The ACLU of Texas and a Texas voter today filed a lawsuit demanding that the meetings of the state's voting examiners be held in public.
Maryland E-Voting Suit Pushes to Decertify Diebold Machines
EFF and National Voter Rights Organizations Support Appeal to State's Highest Court
