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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 Lohmann, a staff attorney with... [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, according to Fred von Lohmann, an... [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 antipiracy software onto... [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) and the Home Recording Rights... [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 whoever leaked details... [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 describes this treaty as "a protection racket for... [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 Asteroid, a FireWire audio... [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 Yahoo! [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 label's CDs. [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 Open Rights Group (ORG), has... [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 and Real have all left... [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 the Business Software... [29 Apr 2005]
Apple vs the media - and ISPs, now
News In a posting on its website, the EFF applauded the filings, saying that "the coalition of newspapers and media organisations recognised that the trial court's disregard for the First Amendment would broadly chill reporting by all journalists... [12 Apr 2005]
'How to blog about your boss and not get sacked'
News In order to help would-be bloggers stay on the right side of the law - and their bosses - the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has now launched a guide for blogging in the workplace. The EFF advisory also recommends using anonymising technology... [11 Apr 2005]
