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Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | September 6, 2004

MSFT About-Face on "Freedom of Music Choice"

As we reported last week, Microsoft's new music download store, MSN Music, advised its frustrated iPod-toting customers to simply burn their purchases to CD, then rip them to an open format like MP3. That way, they could play their MSN Music downloads on their iPod (or any other device...
Press Release | September 3, 2004

EFF Files Brief in Email Privacy Case

Councilman Case Should Be Heard Before Full Court Boston, MA - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in a case that will have a profound effect on the privacy of Internet communications. The brief argues that US v. Councilman, previously decided by a panel of First...
Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | September 2, 2004

MSFT Offers Real "Freedom of Music Choice"

Tech support for Microsoft's new MSN Music service is responding to the incompatibility between its downloads and the iPod by advising its customers to burn the downloads to CD, then rip the CD to a compatible format: Although Apple computers and Apple iPods do not support the PC standard...
Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | August 30, 2004

Speaking of CAPPS III...

Bruce Schneier has a new op-ed questioning the rationale behind checking all air travelers against the government's "no-fly" list, the central feature of the new CAPPS II, "Secure Flight": Imagine a list of suspected terrorists so dangerous that we can't ever let them fly, yet so innocent that...
Deeplinks Blog by Annalee Newitz | August 25, 2004

No Logs Are Good Logs

Deep in the darkest heart of your servers, there live files known as logs. They contain all manner of intensely revealing information about people who use your systems. Web server logs might show which URLs somebody has visited, for how long, and what they wrote on an anonymous message board...
Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | August 24, 2004

This Song Belongs to You and Me

EFF has just announced that the JibJab suit has been settled. The resolution was a complete victory for JibJab, which will be entitled to continue distributing the "This Land" animation without further interference from Ludlow. Two things made this outcome possible. First, JibJab's fantastic animation is a...
Press Release | August 24, 2004

Music Publisher Settles Copyright Skirmish Over Guthrie Classic

EFF Believes "This Land Is Your Land" Belongs to You and Me San Francisco - Music publisher Ludlow Music, Inc., has officially backed down on its threats against web animation studio JibJab Media Inc. over the widely circulated "This Land" animated parody lampooning President Bush and Senator Kerry. JibJab had...

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