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Deeplinks Blog by Daniel Nazer | October 2, 2013

Patent Troll Lodsys Settles for Nothing to Avoid Trial

Today we learned just how determined the patent troll Lodsys is to avoid a ruling on the merits of its claims. When software security company Kaspersky Lab refused to surrender, Lodsys settled for nothing (yes, you read that right—absolutely nothing) rather than take its claims to trial.
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Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | October 2, 2013

Lowering Your Standards: DRM and the Future of the W3C

On Monday, the W3C announced that its Director, Tim Berners-Lee, had determined that the "playback of protected content" was in scope for the W3C HTML Working Group's new charter, overriding EFF's formal objection against its inclusion. This means the controversial Encrypted Media Extension (EME) proposal will continue...

Event | October 24, 2013

Stop Watching Us Rally

Right now the NSA is spying on everyone's personal communications, and they’re operating without any meaningful oversight. Since the Snowden leaks started, more than 571,000 people from all walks of life have signed the StopWatching.us petition telling the U.S. Congress that we want them to rein in the...

Event | October 19, 2013

Southern District of Califorina CJA Training Seminar

EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury will be talking about social media ethics to the federal criminal defense attorneys at California Western School of Law in San Diego. Registration for the all day MCLE seminar will begin at 8:30 a.m. This event is free of charge and open to the San...

Event | November 18, 2013

FTC Workshop

Event | October 17, 2013

District of Kansas CJA Annual Seminar

EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury will be discussing challenges to electronic surveillance before the federal criminal defense bar of Kansas. He'll be speaking in Witchita on Thursday October 17 and in Lawrence on Friday October 18.

Event | October 7, 2013

NY Tech Meetup

Event | September 30, 2013

Arab IGF

The Arab IGF was established in February 2012 as a result of a multistakeholder consultation under the joint umbrella of UN-ESCWA and the League of Arab States, following several activities within the framework of the two organizations. The Arab IGF aims at putting a platform in place for all stakeholders...

Deeplinks Blog by Parker Higgins | September 30, 2013

In "A Copyright Masquerade," Corporate Lobbying Takes the Spotlight

It's no secret that the copyright lobby exerts an undue influence in shaping Internet policy. But the mechanisms by which that happens—which can include not just the legislative bodies of dozens of countries, but also backroom, off the record dealings—can be confusing and opaque, even to people following it closely.
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Deeplinks Blog by Daniel Nazer | September 30, 2013

Martha Stewart Joins the Fight Against Lodsys as Apple Takes a Timeout

The competition is fierce, but Lodsys might be the worst patent troll in America. Using vaguely worded early-90s patents that barely rise above gibberish, it has waged a massive campaign of lawsuits and intimidation against small application developers. Last week saw two big stories in the ongoing Lodsys saga.
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Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Mitch Stoltz | September 29, 2013

The Law Belongs To Everyone, We Tell Standards Organizations

In the latest salvo in the battle to defend the right to publish the law, EFF filed a counterclaim on Friday against three standards development organizations (“SDOs”), asking a federal court in Washington to declare that the online publication of safety codes does not violate...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | September 29, 2013

US Government Fails Honesty Standards of 12 Year Olds

Imagine a conversation in the kitchen --
"Patrick did you eat the pie I left on the counter this morning?"

"Mom, I did not eat it for breakfast."
"That's not what I asked. Did you eat it anytime?"
"Any other information is in...

Deeplinks Blog by Lee Tien | September 27, 2013

After NSA Court Hearing, Government Must Unseal Documents by December 20

A federal judge ordered the government to unseal more documents concerning the NSA spying programs by December 20, 2013. The judge issued the ruling in EFF's lawsuit, Jewel v. NSA, which began in 2008 over the NSA spying program initiated by the Bush Administration, which continues to this day.
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Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | September 27, 2013

Drone Loans: Customs and Border Protection Records 500 Predator Flights for Other Agencies

Customs & Border Protection released a new list to EFF this week that details the extensive number of times that the agency has flown its Predator drones on behalf of other agencies—500 flights in total over a three-year period. This list shows, yet again, how little we know...

Event | October 2, 2013

INET San Francisco: Surveillance and Public Policy

Join the Internet Society and CNET for an evening of discussion about one of the most critical issues facing the Internet, public policy and the American public today. This event will feature a discussion by two leading experts on cyber surveillance and public policy: EFF staff attorney Nate Cardozo and...

Deeplinks Blog

Deeplinks Blog

Patent Troll Lodsys Settles for Nothing to Avoid Trial

Lowering Your Standards: DRM and the Future of the W3C

Stop Watching Us Rally

Southern District of Califorina CJA Training Seminar

FTC Workshop

District of Kansas CJA Annual Seminar

NY Tech Meetup

Arab IGF

In "A Copyright Masquerade," Corporate Lobbying Takes the Spotlight

Martha Stewart Joins the Fight Against Lodsys as Apple Takes a Timeout

The Law Belongs To Everyone, We Tell Standards Organizations

US Government Fails Honesty Standards of 12 Year Olds

After NSA Court Hearing, Government Must Unseal Documents by December 20

Drone Loans: Customs and Border Protection Records 500 Predator Flights for Other Agencies

INET San Francisco: Surveillance and Public Policy

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