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Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | July 6, 2004

It's the Entire Body of Law, Stupid

Elizabeth Rader of Stanford's Center for Internet & Society offers a rebuttal to the news reports that over-simplify the decision in U.S. v. Councilman: The news spin seems to be that the court found it completely legal for an ISP owner to read his customers' emails because...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | July 6, 2004

Meet the Opposition

Four quick pointers on the Inducing Infringements of Copyright Act (a.k.a. Induce Act), which by extending copyright liability to those who "induce" infringement would give copyright holders an incredibly powerful tool to hamper the development of technologies like the iPod: USA Today: "Internet search giants Google and...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | July 5, 2004

We Need an Avi for RFIDs

When we envision a worst-case scenario for hacking electronic voting machines, many of us imagine a group of political zealots with a cracker-for-hire, or a lonely teenager looking for his 15 minutes of fame. But what about the people who have relatively easy access to the machines? Avi Rubin...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | July 5, 2004

I Write Badly, Therefore I Am a Would-Be Terrorist

The Houston Chronicle has a disturbing-yet-amusing tale of airline security gone awry with a disturbing and not-so-amusing ending: security officials adding an innocent man to the Homeland Security watch list.

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | July 2, 2004

NYT on U.S. v. Councilman

The New York Times has an nice editorial on the decision (PDF) in U.S. v. Councilman, arguing that "Congress ought to update the law to make it clear that email is entitled to the same protection as a phone call." Precisely. Snippet: When you click on "send...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | July 2, 2004

FCC Commissioner-for-a-Day

Much has been written post-wardrobe incident on the way that the FCC interprets and applies its rules about indecency. Is swearing in a foreign language okay? How about using slang "code words" for certain body parts or sex acts? Will the FCC give you a break for...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | July 1, 2004

If You Build It, the DTV Revolution Will Come

Exactly one year from today, the FCC's long-dreaded broadcast flag mandate will take effect. That may be just enough time to create a device that retains the freedoms that the flag will take away. The broadcast flag mandate is part of Hollywood's plan for what it considers...

Press Release | July 1, 2004

The Digital Television Liberation Project Starts Its Engines

One Year Before the Broadcast Flag Locks Up DTV Signals, EFF Announces Plans for a "Build Your Own DTV" Cookbook San Francisco - One year from today, on July 1, 2005, an FCC regulation known as the Broadcast Flag will lock up your digital television signals. But EFF's "DTV...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | July 1, 2004

The Circumvention Will Continue Until Morale Improves

It looks like music publishers may be just as fed up with the restrictions iTunes imposes on the use of legally purchased music as everyone else is. Jon Johansen -- yes, that Jon Johansen -- points to an interesting post over in the Hymn forums by...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | June 30, 2004

The Lawsuits Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Responding to a new FindLaw survey suggesting that most people think the recording industry has gone too far in its litigation campaign against music fans, RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy told the press that it will continue "as long as necessary." Meanwhile, attorney and law professor Sharon Sandeen...

Press Release | June 30, 2004

EFF Announces Ten Most-Wanted Patents

Targets Will Be Busted for "Crimes Against the Public Domain" San Francisco - Start forming your patent-busting posses! Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Patent Busting Project announced which patents the organization will target first in its campaign to rid the world of frivolous patent infringement lawsuits. After sifting through...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | June 29, 2004

P2P Solutions Should Pay Artists, Not Lawyers

Amid the uproar last week over the introduction of the Induce Act, the Senate quietly passed the PIRATE Act -- legislation that would force taxpayers to foot the bill for the recording industry's misguided war on peer-to-peer file sharing. Essentially unchanged from the version released in March, the...

Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | June 29, 2004

Court Rules Bookseller Can Spy on Email

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit delivered (PDF) some very bad news for online privacy today. Ruling in U.S. v. Councilman, the court held that it was not a violation of criminal wiretap laws for an email service provider to monitor the content of users' incoming...

Press Release | June 29, 2004

Online Privacy "Eviscerated" by First Circuit Decision

The First Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a grave blow to the privacy of Internet communications with its decision today in the case of U.S. v. Councilman. The court held that it was not a violation of criminal wiretap laws for the provider of an email service to...

Press Release | June 29, 2004

EFF Declares Supreme Court COPA Decision a Win

EFF applauds today's Supreme Court decision to uphold a preliminary injunction that restricts the government from enacting the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The law, which was passed in 1998, criminalizes sexual expression on the Internet that could be deemed "harmful to minors" by a reasonable person using...

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FCC Commissioner-for-a-Day

If You Build It, the DTV Revolution Will Come

The Digital Television Liberation Project Starts Its Engines

The Circumvention Will Continue Until Morale Improves

The Lawsuits Will Continue Until Morale Improves

EFF Announces Ten Most-Wanted Patents

P2P Solutions Should Pay Artists, Not Lawyers

Court Rules Bookseller Can Spy on Email

Online Privacy "Eviscerated" by First Circuit Decision

EFF Declares Supreme Court COPA Decision a Win

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