   January 2006 ArchiveJanuary 31, 2006Your Senator Needs an iPod
IPac starts a campaign to bring modern, innovative technology into the hands of Senators--so they'll know first hand what the flag laws could do to interoperability and fair use.
Evading the Google Eye
MIT Tech Review interviews EFF Chief Technologist Chris Palmer about how to protect your privacy.
DRM: Media Companies' Next Flop?
CNET casts a skeptical eye over how DRM will improve the content industry's bottom line.
Code Is Not A Crime (European Edition)
The UK considers banning software with possible malicious uses.
Exit, Pursued by a Lawyer
Copyright maximalism comes to the world of play direction.
Spies, Lies and Wiretaps
New York Times efficiently presents the obvious flaws in the Administration's wiretap non-answers.
Some Thoughts on Google in China
Matthew Skala with some thoughtful commentary on Google's options--both moral and stock.
Liberte, Interoperabilite, User-modifiabilite
A french take on the problems with DRM, free software, and anti-circumvention law.
News From the Evil Parallel Universe EFF Chair
Brad Templeton--or rather his evil twin--explains how CALEA wiretapping regulations will be a boon to incumbent telcos, and a marvelous disaster for new entrants into world of telephony.
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January 27, 2006Logging and the Law
Representative Markey proposes a bill to regulate search engine privacy.
No Results Found--Did You Mean "Sorry?"
MSN's search team gives their reasons for handing over user data to the DOJ. None-too-happy users comment.
United States Versus Google Over Search Data
Danny Sullivan's useful guide to the legal documents on Google's fight with the DOJ.
The Sausage Factory--Live!
Senator Obama introduces a law that would put the details of pork barrel projects and last minute amendments, online for all to see before a vote.
Derek Slater to Join EFF
You can look forward to his work in the next few weeks.
Hint: Users Vote Too
Canadian MP Sam Bulte, days after railing against "pro-user zealots" and "EFF members," is kicked out of office.
Stereophile for Fair Use
The influential hi-fi magazine gapes open-mouthed at the broadcast flag legislation.
Your Face is Ours Forever
Lauren Gelman notes that Facebook sneaks itself an irrevocable, perpetual non-exclusive license to all of its student users' content.
Video iPod Revolutionaries
Think your video iPod is hard to fill? Blame the DMCA. Declan shows the growing movement to reform it.
The Brin Defense
Sergey Brin gives his justification for censoring Google in China.
State of the Anonymous Web
The New York Times notes the increasing interest in anonymous Net access, and gives Tor top marks.
Fact-Checking and the Fourth
Glenn Greenwald spots that in June 2002, the Administration declined to accept from Congress the powers that they now claim they have, worrying that it might be unconstitutional.
Hacking a Bit of Google Privacy
If you worry that Google is tying your searches to your cookie, Don Marti has a Perl script for you (we do similiar proxy filtering on EFF site searches).
Evaporating Watermarks
Ed Felten takes a close look at CD DRM--in this case, the watermarking used by SunComm's MediaMax.
The Several Hundred Banned Words
Wikipedia, banned in China, shows you what is banned in China.
January 20, 2006Senator Stevens Threatens Net Sites With Mandated Ratings System
Unless--somehow--the entire Internet decides to introduce its own rating system.
Banned Searches In Google And MSN
Search engines refuse some technical keyword searches, with the implication that it's to prevent viruses from spreading. Sounds like a dangerous road.
Schoolchildren Recruited as Copyright Spies in Hong Kong
Some 200,000 are encouraged to monitor and report on "suspect" web sites.
EPIC Sues Justice Department for Surveillance Documents
The privacy group applied for an expedited Freedom of Information Act request hours after the NSA wiretapping program was revealed, and are suing to get a quick response.
Respect The Music
German indie groups come out against DRM on their music.
UK's Consumer Council Comes out Against DRM
The advocacy group calls for government regulation.
January 18, 2006The Google Robot FAQ (Last update: November 1st, 2030)
"Again, we take great measures to ensure no privacy is ever invaded. Even if there is a Google Robot next to you, it doesn't mean he records everything you say. You can think of him as a quiet neighbor doing gardening work."
The Professional Device Hole
Ed Felten begins a series examining the proposed Analog Hole legislation.
Filtering Your Rights Away
Nart Villeneuve shows how filtering Net content--any filtering--can quickly overreach.
Christopher Hitchens vs NSA Wiretapping
A supporter of the administration's war against terror explains why he has joined the ACLU's wiretapping case.
A Modest Top Level Domain Proposal
What if, asks Danny Younger, we declared a trademark-free TLD?
Godwin's Lib
Mike Godwin writes a guide to DRM for librarians.
January 11, 2006In Praise of Imitation
William Patry thoughtfully considers the effect of the anxiety of influence--and the fear that any copying is morally and legally wrong--on new creators.
What Tech Companies can do to Protect Free Speech
Reports Without Borders has a checklist.
Senate Judiciary Committee to Fix All Known Tech Problems This Quarter
David Isenberg lists the Committee's packed agenda, with links to webcasts.
January 10, 2006Calls for House, Criminal Investigation
Representatives look for a House panel and a DOJ investigation into the constitutionality of the NSA wiretaps.
USPTO and Open Source Community Working to Fix Patents
Groklaw reports on the team attempting to fix the software patent problem.
Hoofnagle's Consumer Privacy Top 11
EPIC's Chris Hoofnagle gives a laundry list of the quickest, easiest ways you can protect your privacy.
January 09, 2006"Pretexting isn't Lying." Pretexts Cell Phone Privacy Invader
Companies that steal your phone records do so by pretending to be you. But that's not lying, apparently.
Microsoft and Falun Gong Repression
An FG organization pulls together the evidence of the extent of Microsoft involvement in Chinese repression.
Never Buy an Anti-DRM CD Again
Pledge to boycott DRM publicly (especially if you weren't planning to anyway).
January 06, 2006NSA Watch
The ACLU relaunches their informational surveillance network mini-site.
Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists
How to data-mine with a few scripts, and a lot of publicly available data.
Reality Mining
MIT data-mining experiment shows just how much you can learn from a sprinkling of traffic data.
Berlind, Neuros Fight Against Analog Hole Plugging
The ZDNet editor and CEO of consumer tech company point out how any new legislation would kill tech innovation and raise prices.
North Carolina County Commissioners Only Want to Break Voting Law a Bit
The Commissioners council denies they want to throw out the state's e-voting law. They just want the power to ignore it.
Senator Conyers Defends the Analog Hole Legislation
Prominently buried in comment #95 of his blog entry. Apparently, it's "just the beginning of the debate."
Telephone Call Records For Sale
Now everyone with $110 or more has the opportunity to invade privacy.
January 03, 2006L.A. Times on the Analog Hole Law
"As Sony BMG learned ... unanticipated glitches can inflict more than enough pain to offset any reduction in illegal copying."
Our Tunes
The Guardian on how UK indy music makers are using the net to bypass the labels and make money for themselves.
Canadian Copygraft Scandal Grows
Michael Geist continues the investigation into money paid to MP Sam Bulte, Canada's strong copyright advocate in parliament.
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