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EFF wins request for reexamination of ringtone patentOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 11 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags eff, wins, request, reexamination, ringtone, patent,
Synthesized controversyThe US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to reexamine a controversial patent that covers the distribution of certain types read more »
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Government, EFF spar in court over telecom immunityOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 32 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: security | Tags government, eff, court, telecom, immunity, ,
"Lawyers for the Department of Justice and the Electronic Frontier Foundation clashed Tuesday over the constitutionality of legislation immunizing telecoms for their role in warrantless NSA spying." read more »
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EFF To Apple: Free Speech Isn't a DMCA ViolationOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 36 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: internet | Tags eff, apple, free, speech, dmca, violation,
Sarah Perez reports on Apple's takedown request to Bluwiki of the iPodHash open source project which reverse engineers a security hash Apple puts on an iTunes database. The EFF is countering, claimi read more »
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Five years of failure: EFF says RIAA must embrace new modelOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 97 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags EFF, RIAA, new model, , , ,
"In a new report released Wednesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation wonders aloud about the RIAA's litigation conflagration with questions like "Has the arbitrary singling out of nearly 30,000 random American families helped promote public respect for copyright law?" and "Have the lawsuits put the P2P genie back in the bottle or restored the record industry to its 1997 revenues?"" read more »
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EFF to court: Tread carefully when ruling on LimeWireOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 100 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags eff, cdt, lawsuit, digital rights, amicus brief, limewire,
"Are technology manufacturers liable if customers use their products for piracy? The EFF, CDT and other digital rights groups submitted an amicus brief in the Arista v. LimeWire case asking the cour read more »
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EFF launches Coders' Rights site at Black Hat conferenceOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 152 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: security | Tags eff, launches, coders, rights, site, black, hat, conference,
John Timmer writes, "The Electronic Frontier Foundation is using the Black Hat USA conference, taking place in Las Vegas, to launch a site designed to help security researchers navigate the treacherous legal waters they face when exploring the vulnerabilities in commercial software." read more »
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EFF pushes court to block unmasking of anonymous MySpace userOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 213 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags eff, pushes, court, block, unmasking, anonymous, myspace, user,
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation is waging a constitutional challenge against an Illinois politician seeking to unmask an anonymous MySpace user accused of creating..." read more »
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EFF sues the DOJ for withholding records of telecom surveillance immunity lobbyingOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 466 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: communications | Tags eff, electronic, frontier, foundation, doj, , , ,
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the best known defender of consumer rights in the electronic world, has launched a lawsuit agains the Department of Justice (DoJ) for failing to reply within read more »
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