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
It's a familiar story: A fan uploads a video shot at a Prince concert to YouTube, and that video promptly disappears the moment Prince's lawyers issue a DMCA takedown notice. But in this case, it's not at all clear that Prince had the right to issue this notice.
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According to Washington Technology magazine, Verizon received $1.3 billion, Sprint $839 million and AT&T $505 million in federal prime contract revenue for fiscal 2007, for a total of $2.6 billion.
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Apart from the little information in the request for comments, citizens were given only a one and a half page "Fact Sheet" on ACTA, which failed to inform the public of its substance -- making the comment process a leap in the dark.
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Three Countries Appeal OOXML India, Brazil, and South Africa appeal the ISO approval of Microsoft's office format. White House Opposition Dooms Global Online Freedom Bill The President has come out against a bill that would restrict company's actions in "internet-restricting" countries.
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This weekend, marches and meetings across Germany will protest the overreaction of countries to the threat of terrorism, and the re-emergence of a surveillance state in that country. The organizers hope to expand across Europe for an even larger protest on September 20th of this year.
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Federal and state laws that criminalize unauthorized access to computers also hobble the rights of customers and security experts to use their own browsers to test whether a computer server adequately protects their data from thieves and fraudsters.
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(Note that we're not looking for "Can't Record Program" errors with shows received via either CableCard units or analog TV tuners -- we know that Microsoft obeys copy controls on these systems. Record a 60 second sample of the stream: Open a cmd prompt and run:
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Right after the New York Times revealed the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program, McCain expressed his doubts about the program, telling MSNBC?Theoretically, I obviously wouldn?t like it." And they do not like it any more than McCain does.
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"The purported immunity 'compromise' announced on Thursday by Senator Bond is a pure sham that's even worse than the original immunity provision passed by the Senate," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston.
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