   September 2005 ArchiveSeptember 30, 2005China's Internet Ten Commandments
What you can and can't do online in China, from Reporters Without Borders.
Europe and US Spar Over Who Gets Root
The root domain nameserver, that is. More internecine high-jinks over Net governance.
Important Technologies Are Free Technologies
Don Marti signs off as editor of Linux Journal with a piece on two non-Net technologies that make the Net work.
The Clash of the High-Tech Titans
Nice summary of the issues and figures involved with telecom regulation reform.
Home Recording Rights Coalition vs the Broadcast Flag
The Godfather of Fair Use Rights, the HRRC, has an action alert to fight the digital radio broadcast flag.
The Language of Flags
RIAA and MPAA vie to push through the broadest technology mandate ever.
September 26, 2005Will the Real ID Please Stand Up?
MIT's eCitizen project has launched a blog to examine the Real ID Act.
Schneier on Security: Insecure Flight
Bruce Schneier summarizes the latest developments at TSA's scandal-ridden Secure Flight passenger data-mining project.
Cop to Suspect: Your DNA Is *Mine*
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted in favor of a bill that would let the FBI extract and archive DNA samples from any suspect.
What the Copyright Cartel Wants in a Broadcast Flag
Susan Crawford goggles at the broad language the RIAA wants in legislation that would give the FCC the power to mandate a Broadcast Flag in "all possible home copying and transmission, all possible consumer devices, and all possible online audio services."
Eurocrats Against Data Retention
The EU's privacy watchdog is not convinced that Europe's proposed mandatory data retention is necessary.
September 20, 2005Don't Blame the User for Security Screw-ups
Jakob Nielsen says stop shouting at poor consumers for badly designed security software. Spoilsport.
Obscenity Regs to Hit the Net?
Susan Crawford looks at a draft telecom bill that could put the FCC in charge of "national consumer protection standards" aimed at stopping broadband, VoIP, and broadband video services from transmitting annoying or "indecent" speech.
Levy Breaches in Sweden
MP3 player manufacturer Jens refuses to pay the copyright levy on players, says it's "outdated."
Remember, Kids, Just Say: "Hold On -- Is That Right?"
EFF pal Wendy Seltzer and friends annotate the USPTO's one-sided copyright quiz for kids, highlighting its distortions.
Boucher on Cutting Copyright's Red Tape
Rick Boucher wants it to be easier to license musical works.
Hollywood to Waste $30 Million Believing It Can Build Better Copy Protection
That's the Onion-style headline for a Techdirt article criticizing Hollywood's plans to create home-grown DRM.
A Diebold Insider Speaks
What tabloid reports would look like if tabloids reported on important e-voting issues.
Fair Use as Illicit Housecleaning
EFF's Jason Schultz tears into the strained analogies used to describe the Google Print furor.
Red Hat and Patents
The deputy general counsel for Red Hat takes a look at how patent reform affects free software.
September 13, 2005Net Neutral is Net Positive for Business
Big tech companies, including eBay and Microsoft, push to include net neutrality language in telecomms reform.
Katrina Victims to Receive Pirate Booty
Customs will send Katrina refugees their stockpiles of confiscated fake fashion label clothing.
September 12, 2005EU ID Card Protesters Arrested Before They Even Protest
Presumably their faces didn't match the ones on the giant demonstration cards they had brought.
Proper Recounts Too Hard, Say E-voting Officials
California election clerks complain new e-voting recount rules would make their jobs difficult. They would also make e-voting recounts a lot, lot safer.
Yahoo Chief Admits to Handing Over Dissident to Chinese Authorities
Yahoo says its hands were tied. For them, that's a figure of speech. For the dissident, it's just the beginning.
Notes From the Future
Andrew Raff liveblogs voices from all sides at the Future Of Music conference (including EFF's own Fred von Lohmann).
Your Call May Be Decrypted to Improve Our Government Service
Dan Gillmor wonders if eBay, which happily hands over customer data to law enforcement, will also put gleefully put backdoors in Skype.
September 10, 2005Songs from the Commons
Lisa Rein produces a podcast that's a celebration, explanation, and example of freely licensed creativity.
What's on Fred von Lohmann's iPod?
Our senior staff attorney confesses to his hi-fi obsessions, musical tastes - oh, and his views on the politics of intellectual property.
September 07, 2005EFF Costume at DragonCon
Some imposter tarnishing our precious intellectual property marks. Note he is not wearing any of our standard biometric identification markers or RFID beacons.
UK Pushes Data Retention
"The longer, the better," says the country's justice minister, remarking that human rights should recognize the "circumstances in the modern world." After all, now we've completely cured tyranny and the use of violence, who needs 'em?
Grokster Citings
Bill Patry tracks Grokster as it crops up as precedent in court rulings.
Computer Associates Says It'll Play Nice With OSS Patents
CA promises not to use 14 patents against open source software.
Sorry, May I Rephrase?
RIAA, apparently a little out of practice having to argue its case, asks for a second oral argument.
September 06, 2005Technology, Terror, and the Counterculture
What happens when individuals like Ted Kaczynski take anti-tech politics too far? Craig Baldwin, who organizes the excellent Other Cinema series in San Francisco, will show a documentary exploring that question at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. this Saturday, September 10, at 992 Valencia (@ 21st) in the Mission.
CRIAminology
Michael Geist deconstructs the Canadian recording industry's spin on the Australian KaZaA ruling.
On the Origin of Evidence
Joe Gratz investigates: If the RIAA is allowed to download its own music, how can it use files it downloaded from a P2P user as evidence of infringement?
Wizard Exploits
Bruce Schneier and commenters take a dim view of Hogwart's security policies.
Game Over for These Software Innovators
Hiawatha Bray takes an even-handed look at the BnetD decision.
Is Open Spectrum a Free Speech Issue?
Article 19, the international free speech group, argues that unlicensed spectrum is a human right.
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