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RSS effGoogle Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News As expected, lawyers for Microsoft, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and a coalition called the Open Book Alliance blasted the deal as anticompetitive and detrimental to consumers. However, an umbrella group... [09 Sep 2009]
Apple: Jailbreaking iPhones violates copyright
News The EFF is trying to get the Copyright Office to grant a DMCA exemption on behalf of iPhone owners who have chosen to jailbreak - hack - their iPhones, or bypass the restriction Apple places on standard iPhones that only... [16 Feb 2009]
Woman hit with $220k bill in file-sharing case
News Cindy Cohn, EFF's legal director, called the verdict "heartbreaking" and said it was proof of how out of step damages for copyright law have become. This is unlikely to be the end of the case, according to Fred von... [05 Oct 2007]
Data breach fears over iTunes songs
News Apple is in trouble with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for embedding customer information within iTunes music. Apple includes customer names and email addresses within song files purchased from iTunes,... [04 Jun 2007]
Sony BMG faces ongoing rootkit fallout
News The EFF's Cohn said that something positive may come from the fiasco: the case provides another reason for entertainment companies to abandon DRM. Sony BMG is making amends in California and Texas for secretly loading... [21 Dec 2006]
Copyright tussle looming over online video?
News The signatories included AT&T, Dell, HP, Intel, Sony, TiVo and Verizon Communications, as well as the American Library Association, the Broadband Service Providers Association, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)... [06 Sep 2006]
Apple calls off employee witch-hunt
News EFF's Opsahl said that while the case may continue, the decision reiterates that a company "just can't take a shortcut through a journalist" to identify a leaker. Apple has abandoned a high-profile legal effort to unmask... [13 Jul 2006]
Google wi-fi rollout begins
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released a report which found that among the original six proposals from bidders, the Google-EarthLink pitch was among the worst in addressing privacy concerns. [08 Jun 2006]
Webcasting ejected from broadcasting treaty
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Friday welcomed the news that webcasting will no longer be included in the World Intellectual Property Organization's (Wipo) broadcasting treaty. The EFF... [09 May 2006]
Judge grills Apple over "snitch" hunt
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which is representing the Apple news site PowerPage.org, is hoping the appeals court will pull the plug on a subpoena that could yield details about who leaked information about... [21 Apr 2006]
AOL: No 'email tax' on not-for-profits
News On Monday, a consortium of not-for-profit and public interest groups, including the AFL-CIO, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Gun Owners of America and MoveOn.org Civic Action, lashed out at the plan by AOL and... [06 Mar 2006]
Sony unearths new copy-protection threat
News Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) digital rights group jointly announced Tuesday that they had found, and fixed, a new computer security risk associated with some of the record... [07 Dec 2005]
Cyber rights get a new champion
News ORG will serve as a hub for other cyber-rights groups campaigning on similar digital rights issues and follows in the footsteps of the US group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). A digital rights organisation, the... [13 Sep 2005]
Apple, Microsoft, Napster slammed over DRM
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has put the issue of DRM (digital rights management) in online music under the microscope - and has found the key digital song shops seriously wanting. Apple, Microsoft, Napster... [02 Sep 2005]
Apple legal row backed by Intel
News EFF represents three online journalists whose records are being sought by Apple in the case. The potential conflict between trade secrets and First Amendment rights intensified earlier this week as Genentech, Intel and... [29 Apr 2005]
