4 month ago
nelson : EFF/archive.org victory - The forces of good fought a Patriot Act gag order and won
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16 month ago
Isofarro : Outrageous - Mark's story about how he was effectively pressurised against his will into applying for a patent. Mark's unsettled me because its one of my fears of working for a US company with a known patent portfolio, particularly when I've created an idea that could
nelson : Patent shame - Mark shares his feelings about being caught up in the stupid US patent system
Andy Baio : Mark Pilgrim on the US patent system - "an institutionalized form of madness, outrageous, all-consuming, and incurable"
deusx : Outrageous [dive into mark] - "It’s an institutionalized form of madness, outrageous, all-consuming, and incurable. I’m ashamed to have been a part of it."
kaninka.net : Outrageous [dive into mark]
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16 month ago
Rod Begbie : "Psychic" Uri Geller sued after trying to remove critical YouTube clip | CNET News.com - Hooray for the EFF. Or frankly anyone who sues that bullshit artist. [via] #
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16 month ago
Rod Begbie : EFF: 09 f9: A Legal Primer - Outline of what the current HD-DVD key legal maelstrom is all about. #
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17 month ago
jimray : MoveOn.org, EFF get Viacom to admit that they were overly litigious - Quite possibly the one useful thing MoveOn.org has actually accomplished
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26 month ago
Rod Begbie : EFF: Key Quotes from Today's EFF v. AT&T Decision - Some excellently common sense from the judiciary. "Dismissing this case at the outset would sacrifice liberty for no apparent enhancement of security." Go donate the EFF some cash now! #
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26 month ago
deusx : EFF: Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry - "EFF has prepared a sample list of tough questions for times when you hear entertainment industry representatives speaking and want to challenge their positions."
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29 month ago
Rod Begbie : EFF DeepLinks: Who Are You Calling "Pirate"? - See kids, the consumer electronics industry has your back! It's those pesky "content" folks that are ruining it for you and me. #
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38 month ago
plasticbag : Danny O'Brien: The right to digital freedom - "While these conflicts are tremendously important, they are more than 3,000 miles away. Battles for Britain's digital future are taking place more locally - yet we barely hear the fights here."
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39 month ago
Andy Baio : EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers - I could've used this at least five times last year [via] [via]
jimray : Legal guide for bloggers - The EFF on how to blog within the law
kayodeok : EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers - "The goal here is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may confront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights, and to encourage you to blog freely with the knowledge that your legitimate speech is protected"
François Nonnenmacher : EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers - EFF created this guide, compiling a number of FAQs designed to help you understand your rights and, if necessary, defend your freedom. Alas with legalese, it's purely US centric
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41 month ago
Andy Baio : Broadcast Flag struck down by Appeals Court! - "nothing has changed to give the FCC the authority it now claims"
jimray : Appeals court overturns FCC mandated broadcast flag - Wow, there's hope that technology can exist without being beholden to the overlords of entertainment
plasticbag : The DC Circuit of the US Court of Appeals strikes down the US Broadcast Flag - "And to the studio execs whom I faced across the table, who shouted at us and excluded us and told us that this was going to happen no matter what: NEENER NEENER NEENER."
jkottke : The stupid and ridiculous Broadcast Flag was struck down in US Appeals Court on Friday - Congratulations to the EFF and Cory on this victory.
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jimray : EFF: Cooking with EFF: KnoppMyth r5a5 and pcHDTV for DTV Liberation - Now that TiVo is on deathwatch and everyone's decided Comcast's DVR pretty much blows (it kinda does), building your own may be the way of the future [via boingboing]
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52 month ago
François Nonnenmacher : Patent Busting Contest - Kill a stupid Internet patent!
jkottke : The EFF is holding a patent busting contest - The EFF is holding a patent busting contest ("The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Patent Busting Project is here to protect you from dangerously bad patents. And you can help us pick which patents we're going to bust first!")
François Hodierne : The Patent Busting Project - Elisez votre brevet logiciel favori ! #
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