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Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | May 8, 2006

Guardian on the Consequences of Secure Flight and Other Security Theatre

In a recent article, the Guardian covers the many privacy-invasive initiatives being implemented as part of airport security screening. The journey starts with a seemingly innocous event -- finding another traveler's ticket stub: "If the expert was right, this stub would enable me to access Broer's...

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | May 5, 2006

Court Calls FCC CALEA Ruling "Gobbledygook ... Utter Nonsense"

Today, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a suit brought by EFF and a coalition of public interest, industry, and academic groups challenging the FCC's unjustified expansion of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). The suit argues that the FCC ignored the plain...

Deeplinks Blog by Gwen Hinze | May 5, 2006

Blogging WIPO: Webcasting out of WIPO Broadcasting Treaty, At Least For Now

The meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights on the new Broadcasting/ Webcasting Treaty has just concluded and there's some welcome news for those of us in the Internet Community. Webcasting - which was in the current draft of the treaty as an opt-in Annex -...

Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | May 4, 2006

Two Flags, One Train Wreck

The story so far: the broadcast flags, both video and audio, have been wandering the halls of Congress, looking to smuggle themselves into law, like tramps looking for an empty boxcar. For nearly a year, neither the MPAA and RIAA have been able to find them a ride. The MPAA...

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | May 4, 2006

Seventeen Thousand Sign EFF's File Sharing Petition in Last two Weeks

Last week, we urged you to sign our petition to Congress opposing the RIAA lawsuits, and now we need another push to reach our goal of 100,000 signatures. After over 18,000 lawsuits and counting, file sharing has continued to increase rapidly. Meanwhile, music fans, like 12 year-old...

Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | May 4, 2006

Update from the Smithsonian Front

Responding to pressure from Congress, the Smithsonian has said that it will "review" its controversial deal with Showtime Networks. As we've discussed in previous posts (1, 2) and has been extensively covered in the press, the Smithsonian recently inked a controversial deal with Showtime Networks...

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | May 3, 2006

EFF Urges Reversal of FCC's Forcing Internet Services To Be Wiretap-Friendly

On May 5, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in a suit brought by EFF and a coalition of public interest, industry, and academic groups challenging the FCC's unjustified expansion of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). By forcing broadband Internet and interconnected...

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | May 3, 2006

Listen To The Apple v. Does Oral Arguments

On April 20, EFF Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl argued the critical issues in Apple v. Does before a San Jose, California appeals court, telling a panel of three judges that denying confidential source protection to journalists -- whether online or offline -- would deliver a dangerous blow to all...

Deeplinks Blog by Gwen Hinze | May 2, 2006

Blogging WIPO: The Broadcasting/ Webcasting Treaty Hits the Fast Track - SCCR 14, Day 1

The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Committee meets this week to discuss the latest redraft of the contentious new Broadcasting Treaty. The treaty would give broadcasters, cablecasters, and potentially webcasters, broad new 50 year rights to control transmissions over the Internet, irrespective...

Press Release | April 28, 2006

Government Moves to Intervene in AT&T Surveillance Case

DOJ Will Assert Military and State Secrets Privilege and Request Dismissal of Lawsuit San Francisco - The United States government filed a "Statement of Interest" Friday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) class-action lawsuit against AT&ampT, announcing that the government would "assert the military and state secrets privilege" and "intervene...

Deeplinks Blog by Kurt Opsahl | April 28, 2006

Gov't Files Statement of Interest in AT&T Case

The United States filed today a "Statement of Interest" in EFF's class-action lawsuit against AT&T, which accuses the telecom giant of violating the law and the privacy of its customers by collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in its massive and illegal program to wiretap and data-mine...

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | April 28, 2006

Felten: DMCA Does Real Harm to Real People

The litany of DMCA abuses continues to grow, and yet some still deny the damage being done. Perhaps they'd think differently if they tried walking in the shoes of a company or individual who's stared down the barrel of DMCA claims. Take Professor Ed Felten, who EFF has helped...

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | April 27, 2006

RIAA, MPAA Launch Another Short-Sighted Attack on Campus Network File Sharing

Today the RIAA and MPAA sent a nag letter to 40 university presidents, urging them to stop students from swapping music and movies on campus networks. Once again, rather than offering collegiate music fans "all you can eat" sharing plans in exchange for a sensible fee, the entertainment...

Deeplinks Blog by Kurt Opsahl | April 27, 2006

Over Thirteen Million Americans Get News from Blogs

The Pew Internet and American Life project recently published a report regarding how Americans get their news online. According to the report, "Some 50 million Americans turn to the internet for news on a typical day, a new highwater mark for online news-gathering." Moreover, "9% of all internet...

Deeplinks Blog by Derek Slater | April 27, 2006

Petition Congress to Oppose RIAA Lawsuits, Forge Better Way Forward

In response to the RIAA's irrational lawsuit campaign against the tens of millions of American P2P users, EFF set up a petition asking Congress to stop the madness and support ways for artists to get paid without fans getting sued. We're now close to our goal of 100,000...

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Guardian on the Consequences of Secure Flight and Other Security Theatre

Court Calls FCC CALEA Ruling "Gobbledygook ... Utter Nonsense"

Blogging WIPO: Webcasting out of WIPO Broadcasting Treaty, At Least For Now

Two Flags, One Train Wreck

Seventeen Thousand Sign EFF's File Sharing Petition in Last two Weeks

Update from the Smithsonian Front

EFF Urges Reversal of FCC's Forcing Internet Services To Be Wiretap-Friendly

Listen To The Apple v. Does Oral Arguments

Blogging WIPO: The Broadcasting/ Webcasting Treaty Hits the Fast Track - SCCR 14, Day 1

Government Moves to Intervene in AT&T Surveillance Case

Gov't Files Statement of Interest in AT&T Case

Felten: DMCA Does Real Harm to Real People

RIAA, MPAA Launch Another Short-Sighted Attack on Campus Network File Sharing

Over Thirteen Million Americans Get News from Blogs

Petition Congress to Oppose RIAA Lawsuits, Forge Better Way Forward

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