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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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EFF Supports Senator Bingaman's Immunity Amendment: Congress Should Know What It is Immunizing

Posted Saturday June 28, 2008, 11:48 am, Over one day old

The schedule for the Senate's return on July 8 allows for three amendments to be introduced to the FISA Amendments Act, which in its current form would grant immunity from the law to phone companies who engaged in illegal spying.

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minilinks for 2008-06-26

Posted Friday June 27, 2008, 5:34 am, Over one day old

The Nation's First Tech Czar? Study Finds Teens Have Plenty of Illegal Music on Their iPods A study of teens in the UK finds that almost half the music on their iPods are infringing copies.

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Senate Delays Vote on Immunity

Posted Friday June 27, 2008, 5:34 am, Over one day old

It's official: Thanks to overwhelming grassroots action, and the heroic efforts of Senators Dodd and Feingold, the Senate's vote on whether to grant phone companies immunity from the law for assisting in the President's illegal wiretapping program has been delayed until after July 4th Recess!

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DNI and AG Fear Court Ruling on Warrantless Wiretapping

Posted Friday June 27, 2008, 5:34 am, Over one day old

So there you have it — the Administration admits that the reason for telecom immunity is to avoid judicial scrutiny of their extremist view of Executive power under the constitution.

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Vote On Immunity Appears Imminent, But Anything Could Happen

Posted Thursday June 26, 2008, 3:34 am, Over one day old

But here's the catch: For the suits against them to be "promptly dismissed," they must demonstrate to the judge not that what they did was legal but only that the White House told them to do it.

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Congress Must Investigate Privacy Violations at U.S. Borders

Posted Thursday June 26, 2008, 3:34 am, Over one day old

This morning, EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien testified in a Senate hearing on laptop searches and other privacy violations faced by Americans at the U.S. border. Arnold, an important case concerning suspicionless searches at the border.

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Senators Dodd and Feingold Stand Strong Against Immunity

Posted Thursday June 26, 2008, 3:34 am, Over one day old

If we pass this legislation, the Senate will ratify a domestic spying regime that has already concentrated far too much unaccountable power in the president?s hands and will place the telecommunications companies above the law....

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Charter Communications ISP Halts Traffic Inspection/Advertising Plan

Posted Wednesday June 25, 2008, 2:55 am, Over one day old

Privacy-minded consumers celebrated a victory as the ISP Charter Communications announced a decision to scuttle a controversial advertising plan that would have involved surveillance of customers' Internet traffic -- likely using an invasive technique called deep packet inspection.

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EFF to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Electronic Searches at U.S. Borders

Posted Tuesday June 24, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old

WHO: Lee Tien Senior Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation WHAT: "Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travel" U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution WHEN: 9 a.m.

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Wanted: Prior Art to Bust Seer Patent

Posted Tuesday June 24, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old

One such example might be a system for streaming media files by taking the file one piece at a time and downloading the necessary sound files and musical data for that part before playing it and moving on to another section.

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