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Deeplinks Blog by Annalee Newitz | October 28, 2004

All Pleasure Leads to Infringement

A staffer at popular alterna-porn site Suicide Girls shared the news yesterday that he'd received a cease and desist letter from Nintendo's lawyers that's sure to make it into Chilling Effects for sheer ludicrousness. The terrifying crimes outlined in this C & D? Apparently an SG site...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | October 28, 2004

It's the Eleventh Hour - Do You Know Where Your Polling Place Is?

Mypollingplace.com is here to help. AP has the scoop: With most states reporting massive new voter registrations and many political observers worrying about potential voter confusion and allegations of fraud on Nov.2, one organization has created a web-based tool to answer questions and provide information. The site, ...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | October 27, 2004

The Key to a Good (Fair Use) Defense

...is a good offense. Fred von Lohmann explains in his latest column at Law.com: Fair use is generally understood as an affirmative defense. This leaves a fair user at a distinct disadvantage in litigation. First, until a copyright owner sends a concrete threat of litigation, the fair user...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | October 24, 2004

Look Before You E-vote - Proof Your Ballot!

Early voting has begun across the country and we're starting to see just how touchy some of the touchscreen voting machines can be. We're hearing that voters in New Mexico and Texas are trying to cast ballots for one candidate but finding that the machine lights up for another. This...

Deeplinks Blog by Annalee Newitz | October 21, 2004

Patents and Social Misfits

Last week Jason Schultz and I had the opportunity to watch the wheels of justice turn at a crucial stage in an Acacia patent infringement case. Acacia's legal adventures have become so intricate and expansive that witnessing them reminded me of the Charles Dickens novel Bleak House...

Deeplinks Blog by Chris Palmer | October 13, 2004

Content Control - How to Ward Off Zombies Without Undue Collateral Damage

EFF has been studying various methods for content control (censorship, spam blocking, detecting copyright infringement, etc.). There are two main challenges: identifying content reliably, and avoiding collateral damage. Randal Schwartz of Perl fame shows off a nifty trick you can do with everyone's favorite operating system (OS), OpenBSD...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | October 12, 2004

No "Fishing License" for the RIAA

This just in: the Supreme Court has denied cert in RIAA v. Verizon, the case in which the recording industry initially won the right to unmask an anonymous KaZaA user with a special non-judicial, PATRIOT Act-like subpoena under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The DC Circuit...

Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | October 8, 2004

Big Media Attacks Betamax in Court

The entertainment industry today filed its petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Ninth Circuit's ruling in MGM v. Grokster. The brief makes two things clear. First, the entertainment industry is plainly mounting a frontal attack on the Betamax doctrine, seeking a radical rewrite of...

Deeplinks Blog by Annalee Newitz | October 6, 2004

A Government-Mandated Backdoor for Every Network

That's what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) promises if the FBI gets its way. The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) was passed in 1994 to make it easier for the feds to listen in to everyone's phone calls. The law forced phone companies to design their digital...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | October 5, 2004

Join EFF for "Resisting Government Secrecy in a Time of Terrorism," Oct. 8-9

EFF is a proud co-sponsor of "Resisting Government Secrecy in a Time of Terrorism," a two-day conference taking place this Friday, Oct. 8th, and Saturday, Oct. 9th, at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. The conference, presented by the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC), features a...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | October 5, 2004

ACLU & Doe v. Ashcroft - the Good Bits

Last week brought an extraordinary victory for privacy and civil liberties: a federal district court struck down a key power under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the USA PATRIOT Act. Specifically, US District Court Judge Victor Marrero ruled that "National Security Letters" (NSLs) violate the Constitution...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Schultz | September 30, 2004

BSA to Hatch -- We're with the Tech & Telecom Industries on Induce

Throughout the ongoing battle over Senator Hatch's controversial Induce Act, the dividing lines have been clear: the RIAA on one side, and the technology and telecommunications industries on the other, with one puzzling exception -- the Business Software Alliance. The BSA did appear at Senator Hatch's initial...

Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | September 29, 2004

4,280 RIAA Lawsuits and Counting.

In this season of Induce, let's not forget that the RIAA is using existing laws to make thousands of American families miserable. Of course, just as the Induce Act won't solve the P2P dilemma, the lawsuit campaign doesn't seem to be working, either. For a recap on the RIAA lawsuit...

Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | September 28, 2004

A Tax on Innovators

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee released yet another version (PDF) of S. 2560, otherwise known as the Induce Act. Today, after facing a withering hail of opposition (PDF) from everyone other than the RIAA, the committee staffers are apparently working on yet another draft, making it the fifth...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | September 27, 2004

California Gets Paper Trail Law

Terrific late-breaking news. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed the voter-verifiable paper trail bill, ensuring that all Californians will have auditable elections by 2006. Senators Ross Johnson (R-Orange) and Don Perata (D-Alameda) authored Senate Bill 1438, which requires all electronic voting machines to produce a voter-verifiable paper trail by January...

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All Pleasure Leads to Infringement

It's the Eleventh Hour - Do You Know Where Your Polling Place Is?

The Key to a Good (Fair Use) Defense

Look Before You E-vote - Proof Your Ballot!

Patents and Social Misfits

Content Control - How to Ward Off Zombies Without Undue Collateral Damage

No "Fishing License" for the RIAA

Big Media Attacks Betamax in Court

A Government-Mandated Backdoor for Every Network

Join EFF for "Resisting Government Secrecy in a Time of Terrorism," Oct. 8-9

ACLU & Doe v. Ashcroft - the Good Bits

BSA to Hatch -- We're with the Tech & Telecom Industries on Induce

4,280 RIAA Lawsuits and Counting.

A Tax on Innovators

California Gets Paper Trail Law

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