How PATRIOT Threatens Online Civil Liberties
Under PATRIOT, civil liberties, especially privacy rights, have taken a severe blow:
The law dramatically expands the ability of states and the Federal Government to conduct surveillance of American citizens. The Government can monitor an individual's web surfing records, use roving wiretaps to monitor phone calls made by individuals...
Librarian of Congress Fails Public Interest in Copyright Regulation
Washington, DC - The Librarian of Congress today continued
to disregard consumers' rights and denied exemptions to
copyright law related to consumers' use of CDs and DVDs that
they legally purchase.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) had urged the
Register of Copyrights and the Librarian of...
EFF Analysis Of The Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act
Introduction
On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act (PATRIOT) into law. PATRIOT gave sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that such powers were not abused....
EFF on MIT's LAMP Music System
More RIAA Lawsuits
ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website
San Francisco - Defending the right to link to controversial
information about flaws in electronic voting systems, EFF
announced today it will defend an Internet Service Provider
(ISP) and a news website publisher against claims of
indirect copyright infringement from the electronic voting
machines' manufacturer.
...
SunnComm Backs Down
Electronic Frontier Foundation Defends Alleged Filesharer
Los Angeles, California - EFF today announced that it will
defend Ross Plank of Playa Del Rey, California, against a
wrongly filed complaint, among the 261 copyright
infringement lawsuits the recording industry has filed
against individuals.
The federal lawsuit filed against Plank in Los Angeles
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