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As many have reported, the Authors Guild has filed a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit [PDF] against Google in the Southern District of New...
... copyright infringement lawsuit [PDF] against Google in the Southern District of New York. The dispute, as we've mentioned before, involves Google Print .
I believe Google has a strong fair use defense here. ...
The main issue for readers is privacy. Because you are searching and reading on a public network, there is little assurance that your browsing and...
... by the government or lawyers in civil cases?
How will Google itself use information about your reading history?
How will Google combine information about your reading habits with other information it ...
Defendant-Appellee Google's Response Brief
Perfect 10 v. Google
Google Reply Brief ...
Eckersley said the collection of personal information from private networks was inexcusable, especially for a company with as many resources as...
... especially for a company with as many resources as Google.
New technologies are radically advancing our freedoms but they ... between you and your search engine, but companies like Google are creating a treasure trove of personal information by logging your ...
EFF Senior Staff Attorney discusses Google's new privacy policy with reporter Mike Taibbi on NBC Nightly News.
EFF Senior Staff Attorney discusses Google's new privacy policy with reporter Mike Taibbi on NBC Nightly News. ... between you and your search engine, but companies like Google are creating a treasure trove of personal information by logging your ... out EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense project.
Google Yahoo MSN AOL and other search engines record your search queries and ...
Oracle v. Google
Google's Supplemental Brief ...
No matter how many times Google chants its "Don't be evil" mantra, its critics just won't disappear...
So is it fair to hold a double standard for...
So is it fair to hold a double standard for...
No matter how many times Google chants its "Don't be evil" mantra, its critics just won't disappear...
So is it fair to hold a double standard for Google and other search companies? Kurt Opsahl of the Electronic Frontier ... its massive data collection, he says that a little evil from Google goes a long way.
"Google gets the most press because it's the ...
Adult entertainment publisher Perfect 10 sued Google's Image Search service arguing that Google violates copyright law by indexing Perfect 10 photos...
Adult entertainment publisher Perfect 10 sued Google's Image Search service arguing that Google violates copyright law by indexing Perfect 10 photos posted on ... photos in its search results. Perfect 10 also contends that Google should be held liable for any copyright infringement that occurs on ...
Today, Google announced that it is switching its Search service for logged-in users over from insecure HTTP to encrypted HTTPS. This is a...
Today, Google announced that it is switching its Search service for logged-in ... or tracked people based on the personalized search results Google gives them — but the protection also extends to outgoing search terms in many situations.
Google has offered HTTPS as an option for search users at ...
EFF has filed suit against the Department of Justice demanding information about communications between the agency's former top privacy official and...
... between the agency's former top privacy official and Google the official's current employer.
DOJ and Google ...
Over the weekend, Google announced significant changes to its new social networking service, Buzz. Responding to criticism (including EFF's), Google...
Over the weekend, Google announced significant changes to its new social networking service, Buzz. Responding to criticism (including EFF's ), Google moved away from the system in which Buzz automatically sets you up to follow the people you email and chat with most. Instead, Google has adopted an auto-suggest model, in which you are shown the friend ...
Google has just announced that it is rolling out an encrypted version of its web search service, https://www.google.com. This is something we've...
Google has just announced that it is rolling out an encrypted version of its web search service, https://www.google.com . This is something we've been asking Google for privately and publicly for some time, and we're very pleased to ...
Google has publicly announced that that it will cease censorship of its Chinese language, Google.cn website, and is reviewing the feasibility of its...
Google has publicly announced that that it will cease censorship of its Chinese language, Google.cn website, and is reviewing the feasibility of its entire operation in ... Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists and what Google calls an "attack on their corporate infrastructure originating from ...
But some experts including the US-based Electronic Frontier Foundation feel that it will be better if Google does not hand over this data to the...
... Frontier Foundation feel that it will be better if Google does not hand over this data to the European authorities. They fear that ... between you and your search engine, but companies like Google are creating a treasure trove of personal information by logging your ...
At issue in Oracle v. Google is whether Oracle can claim a copyright on Java APIs and, if so, whether Google infringes these copyrights. When it...
At issue in Oracle v. Google is whether Oracle can claim a copyright on Java APIs and, if so, whether Google infringes these copyrights. When it implemented the Android OS, Google wrote its own version of Java. But in order to allow developers to write ...
EFF Mixer at Google
Followed by Dinner at "Crave"
February 7, 5:30-6:30 at Beacon Rock Room (GWC5)
In recognition of the...
EFF Mixer at Google
Followed by Dinner at "Crave"
February 7, 5:30-6:30 at Beacon ... who have joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Google employees and their guests are invited by EFF Board member and Googler ...
Authors Guild v. Google, Part II: Fair Use Proceedings
Authors Guild v. Google, Part I: Proposed Class Action Settlement
Brief for Appellee Google ...
Google has filed a rare petition to challenge an ultra-secret national security letter issued by the government to obtain private data about one or...
Google has filed a rare petition to challenge an ultra-secret national security ... Security Letters
In re: National Security Letter
Google Rebuffs Gov ...
A high-profile battle over whether Google must respond to an unusual and dangerous subpoena raises fundamental concerns about federal free speech law...
A high-profile battle over whether Google must respond to an unusual and dangerous subpoena raises fundamental ... the 79-page subpoena in October, seeking information about Google’s policies and practices with respect to content it hosts, Internet ... on allegedly unlawful activities of third parties who use Google’s services. Then in December, journalists reported that documents ...
Garcia v. Google, Inc. is a copyright case in which the Ninth Circuit has ordered Google to remove copies of the notorious "Innocence of Muslims"...
Garcia v. Google, Inc. is a copyright case in which the Ninth Circuit has ordered Google to remove copies of the notorious "Innocence of Muslims" film from ... appearing on-screen, overdubbed, for five seconds—sued Google to have the footage removed. A Ninth Circuit panel ruled 2-1 in her ...
Fred von Lohmann, a lawyer for the digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says the proposed settlement may encourage stakeholders...
... to start worrying about remuneration.
Authors Guild v. Google, Part I: Proposed Class Action Settlement
Google Books: Scanning the Future ...
John Batelle over at SearchBlog was kind enough to invite me to do a short interview about a variety of Google and YouTube copyright questions. Among...
... to invite me to do a short interview about a variety of Google and YouTube copyright questions. Among other subjects touched on, I ... acquisition may well represent a legal opportunity for Google (and the Internet industry generally), rather than a vulnerability. ...
A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Google did not infringe the copyrights of an adult photo publisher by displaying thumbnails of...
A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Google did not infringe the copyrights of an adult photo publisher by ... filed a friend of the court brief in the case in support of Google).
Google Wins Infringement Appeal ...
A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Google did not infringe the copyrights of an adult photo publisher by displaying thumbnails of...
A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Google did not infringe the copyrights of an adult photo publisher by ... filed a friend of the court brief in the case in support of Google).
Google Wins Infringement Appeal ...
Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide......
Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web ... coordinator at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Google seeks help ...
In its endless quest to wring value from users’ personal data, Google is branching out into health records. The Internet search giant has just...
... endless quest to wring value from users’ personal data, Google is branching out into health records. The Internet search giant has just ... in order to have a prescription filled might be welcome.
Google isn't the only business interested in helping people manage their health ...
The language isn't very different from most other ISPs, but the EFF's disappointment is that Google used to the be a company against such arbitrary...
... from most other ISPs, but the EFF's disappointment is that Google used to the be a company against such arbitrary rules. The other reason ... That's why the definition is broad and unfair to users.
Google Fiber Bans Servers ...
The DOJ's demand for one week worth of search histories has raised the concern that the government will go fishing into the data set, looking for...
... what is to prevent the government from returning to Google with a second subpoena?
Over the weekend, Newsweek has reported ... order), and data mine the deeply personal data provided by Google (and the other search engines) to find suspicious searchers to subject ...
Professor Tim Wu has posted a great analysis of the fight between authors and Google Print. Rather than plowing the familiar fair use debate, Tim...
... posted a great analysis of the fight between authors and Google Print. Rather than plowing the familiar fair use debate, Tim asks the ... Vigilantism" Bill in 2002.
File Sharing
More Google Print ...
United States v. Ganias
Google Ganias Amicus Brief ...
... between you and your search engine, but companies like Google are creating a treasure trove of personal information by logging your ...
Viacom v. YouTube
Google's memorandum of law ...
EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian York will speak on a panel entitled "Tomorrow’s world starts today: building a strong,...
... community" from 2:00-3:00 PM. The event is free.
Google Big Tent Mountainview ...
Today, recognizing pending FOIA requests by EFF and Wired News, Google dropped its claim of confidentiality and paved the way for the FCC to release...
... recognizing pending FOIA requests by EFF and Wired News, Google dropped its claim of confidentiality and paved the way for the FCC to ... full text of its explanation of Apple's rejection of the Google Voice iPhone app . As we've reported previously , the FCC is ...
Manalapan v. Moskovitz
Exhibit M - Google Help Page "What Is a Google Account?" ...
"Google will know what pages you read and how often you read it," says Cindy Cohn, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which...
"Google will know what pages you read and how often you read it," says Cindy ... Foundation, which represented authors in the settlement with Google. "Google has come out with a policy saying it promises to protect our privacy, ...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the ACLU of Northern California and the Consumer Watchdog advocacy group wrote to Google to ask the company to "...
... California and the Consumer Watchdog advocacy group wrote to Google to ask the company to "assure Americans that Google will maintain the security and freedom that library patrons have long ...
The settlement, which would have allowed Google Books to publish excerpts of books that had gone out of print, was met with opposition by various...
The settlement, which would have allowed Google Books to publish excerpts of books that had gone out of print, was met ... Property: Defending the Balance
Authors Guild v. Google, Part I: Proposed Class Action Settlement
Judge Rejects Google Book Settlement ...
Host Jonathan Kirsch, an attorney specializing in intellectual property and publishing law, moderates a panel discussion on a landmark literary-legal...
... on a landmark literary-legal settlement. It allows Google to scan and make available online many out-of-print but ... General Counsel for Products and Intellectual Property, Google
James Gleick: Vice President, Authors' Guild
Allan Robert Adler: ... Defending the Balance
Innovation
Authors Guild v. Google, Part I: Proposed Class Action Settlement
Audio: Google Book-Scan ...
A district court in Nevada has ruled that the Google Cache is a fair use.
Blake Field, an author and attorney, brought the copyright infringement...
Blake Field, an author and attorney, brought the copyright infringement...
A district court in Nevada has ruled that the Google Cache is a fair use.
Blake Field, an author and attorney, brought the copyright infringement lawsuit against Google after the search engine automatically copied and cached a story he ...
eff.org/nsa-spying
