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Google Book Search Settlement: Recent Developments

In recent weeks, there have been a number of important developments relating to the the Google Book Search settlement, currently awaiting approval before a court in New York. As we've written previously, this settlement would end the litigation that has pitting book publishers and authors against Google over...

Massive FBI Data-Mining Project Needs Congressional Oversight

Washington, D.C. - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called on Congress today to examine the Investigative Data Warehouse (IDW) -- a massive FBI data-mining project that includes a billion records, many of which contain personal information on American citizens. Supporting its request, EFF provided Congress with its new report on...

Cindy Cohn at Cleveland City Club

Cindy Cohn will be speaking at Cleveland City Club May 1, 2009.
The Obama administration is facing one of its first big tests on executive authority and government secrecy in addressing the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. Legal challenges to the program present profound questions about the use...

Wiki Operator Sues Apple Over Bogus Legal Threats

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against Apple Inc. today to defend the First Amendment rights of an operator of a noncommercial, public Internet "wiki" site known as BluWiki.
EFF and the San Francisco law firm of Keker & Van Nest represent OdioWorks LLC, which...

Seth Schoen at LinuxFest Northwest

EFF Technologist Seth David Schoen will be speaking at the 10th Anniversary of LinuxFest Northwest in Bellingham, WA! Seth will be giving two talks (see below) so be sure to stop by and find out what EFF is up to! Event admission is free and open to the public. For...

Wikipedia Threatens Artists for Fair Use

Can a noncommercial critical website use the trademark of the entity it critiques in its domain name? Surprisingly, it appears that the usually open-minded folks at Wikipedia think not.
Last February, a pair of artists, working with several collaborators, created a Wikipedia article and invited the general public to...

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