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EFF reaction to breaking news events will be posted in this area by EFF staff. With regard to particular matters in which EFF is directly involved, information will be supplemented by press releases at a later time. For additional information and interview requests please contact our Media Coordinator/Policy Analyst Annalee Newitz at press@eff.org or +1 415.436.9333 x131

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Continuing Fight Against Telecom Immunity

Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 1:15 am, Over one day old

The debate over telecom immunity has now spanned almost two years. The President vehemently insisted on immunity, repeatedly threatening to make use of his veto power against any FISA reform bill that didn't let his telecom friends off the hook.

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Help EFF Continue the Fight Against Warrantless Wiretapping

Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 4:08 am, Over one day old

We're going to challenge Congress's unconstitutional grant of immunity in our case against AT&T. Now, more than ever, we need your support! http://secure.eff.org/wiretapping The fight for civil liberties would never have come this far without your help.

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Senate Joins House in Caving to White House Immunity Demands

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 5:15 am, Over one day old

"We thank those senators who courageously opposed telecom immunity and vow to them, and to the American people, that the fight for accountability over the president's illegal surveillance is not over," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl.

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Senate Begins Final Debate on Retroactive Immunity

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 5:15 am, Over one day old

The final Senate debate on the dangerously flawed FISA Amendments Act began this morning. If we want companies to follow the law in the future, it sends a terrible message, and sets a terrible precedent, to give them a "get out of jail free" card for allegedly ignoring the law in the past...

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Bush: Telecom Immunity More Important Than Surveillance Powers

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old

If given the choice between new surveillance powers without immunity for telcos on the one hand, or surveillance under the existing law on the other, the Bush Administration said its choice was clear: keep with the existing law.

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Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on FISA

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old

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A Real-Life Orphan Works Dilemma

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old

So, there's orphan works problem in a nutshell: both creativity and commerce are in suspended animation, with no one -- not the photographer/copyright owner, not the archive, not the publisher -- able to express, document, or profit from the works in question.

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Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy

Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 1:48 am, Over one day old

Any information that we or our outside advisors obtain -- which will not include personally identifiable information -- will be used exclusively for the purpose of proving our case against You Tube and Google, will be handled subject to a court protective order and in a highly confidential manner.

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Court Rejects Attempt to Expand the DMCA

Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 1:48 am, Over one day old

Coupons claimed that Stottlemire's tool circumvents technological measures that limit use of its coupons (a "rights-control" claim), but also tried to allege that the tool circumvents measures that limit access to those coupons (an "access-control" claim).

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minilinks for 2008-07-02

Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 1:48 am, Over one day old

Lawsuit Seeks Answers A lawsuit brought by EFF and the ACLU seeks to force release of documents on cellphone tracking. Warning to copyright enforcers: 3 strikes and you're out EFF Fellow Cory Doctorow has a modest proposal to punish serial abusers of copyright law.

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