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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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Supreme Court Victory for Patent First Sale Doctrine

Posted Tuesday June 10, 2008, 2:13 am, Over one day old

LG Electronics, its first ruling in 66 years addressing the patent exhaustion doctrine. Patent exhaustion is the patent law equivalent to copyright law's first sale doctrine -- once you buy a product, you own it and the patent owner generally can't interfere with your subsequent use.

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Animal Welfare Group Battles Online Censorship of Rodeo Videos

Posted Monday June 9, 2008, 5:47 am, Over one day old

Chicago - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a federal court today to protect the free speech rights of an animal welfare group after its video critiques of animal treatment at rodeos were removed from YouTube due to sham copyright claims.

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Leading Intellectual Property Attorney Joins EFF

Posted Monday June 9, 2008, 5:47 am, Over one day old

San Francisco - Michael Kwun has joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) as a new Senior Intellectual Property Staff Attorney, bringing years of copyright, trademark, and patent litigation experience to EFF's legal team.

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McCain Revises Stance on Warrantless Wiretapping Again

Posted Saturday June 7, 2008, 11:33 am, Over one day old

Previously, McCain had said that the president did not have the inherent authority to conduct warrantless surveillance. Retroactive immunity for the telecoms, which McCain said on Friday "will clear up the ambiguities now going through the courts of the United States of America."

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McCain Adopts Bush Administration's Flawed Legal Analysis of Warrantless Wiretaps

Posted Saturday June 7, 2008, 11:33 am, Over one day old

His position has not changed. Rev. 2002), which is the cornerstone of the Bush Administration's legal argument for its warrantless surveillance program. No good lawyer would endorse the Bush Administration's legal theories claiming the right to defy FISA based upon In re Sealed Case No. 02-001.

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minilinks for 2008-06-06

Posted Saturday June 7, 2008, 11:33 am, Over one day old

Infighting at ISPs over Using NebuAd User tracking technology is proving controversial at ISPs, where some technicians say the technology violates user trust. Show us the Policy Privacy groups say Google should make its privacy policy easier to find.

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Laser Printers Found Guilty of "Making Available" Crimes

Posted Friday June 6, 2008, 2:13 am, Over one day old

They argue that DMCA takedown notices, used as the principle mechanism for enforcing copyright on the Internet, should be viewed skeptically. Even though their clients did not upload or download any files, the researchers received over 400 takedown requests accusing them of copyright infringement.

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McCain Campaign Staffed By Telecom Immunity Lobbyists

Posted Friday June 6, 2008, 2:13 am, Over one day old

Senator John McCain's presidential campaign has strong connections to the high-powered lobbyists employed by AT&T and other telecommunications companies to escape from responsibility for violations of federal law, with paid lobbyists occupying prominant positions in the upper echelons.

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Fair Use Defense Ruled "Likely to Prevail" in "Imagine" Copyright Infringement Suit

Posted Friday June 6, 2008, 2:13 am, Over one day old

In the opinion, the judge explores reasons that the 15-second sample might not be a fair use, such as the fact that film is a commercial work, and that the "Imagine" excerpt could be qualitatively significant as "the heart" of the copyrighted work.

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EFF Asks Judge to Block Unmasking of MySpace User

Posted Thursday June 5, 2008, 1:40 am, Over one day old

Cook County, IL - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a judge in Illinois Wednesday to reject an attempt to identify an anonymous MySpace user who allegedly posted fake profiles of an Illinois official because the request would violate both the First Amendment and federal statute.

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