   June 2006 ArchiveJune 26, 2006AT&T Rewrites Rules: Your Data Isn't Yours
The perils of privacy policies, as spotted by the SF Chronicle.
Twelve Minutes of Script is Enough to Sue
Hollywood studio files injunction over short film based on tiny part of leaked Oliver Stone script.
Podcasters' Rights and the WIPO Broadcast Treaty Petition
Podcasters from around the world are joining up to stop the treaty.
Seeking Volunteers to Investigate Congress
Investigate the 539 representatives whose disclosure forms have not been scrutinized.
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?
Salon investigates rumors of NSA taps at the heart of the domestic Net.
Bill Gates' Piracy Confession
Billg watches unauthorised videos on YouTube. Perhaps he was escorted from the premises, after all?
Public Policy and the XBox Hackers
Ed Felten asks what place the law should have in the battle to install Linux on the Xbox.
UK Music Label Petitions to Stop Music Industry Prosecutions
A fine companion to EFF's Stop the RIAA Petition.
Template for News Stories on Government Data Gathering
REPEAT UNTIL (fixed OR privacy == nil)
Alleged MPAA Hacker Named
TorrentSpy reveals the identity of Canadian who says he was paid to infiltrate their systems.
June 19, 2006Ulysses, James Joyce, and the Right to Research
The New Yorker peers at the unhappy tale of Joyce material that was sucked out of the public domain, into the hands of capricious executors.
Fighting the Australian DMCA
Linux Australia kick-starts a campaign.
Is the Broadcast Treaty Unconstitutional?
James Boyle, writing in the Financial Times, notes that the constitution only grants IP rights to "authors and inventors."
John W. Dean on "State Secrets Privilege" and the NSA
The Nixon counsel on why cases against the illegal wiretapping program should not be blocked.
Fair Use Network
An online guide to creators for their rights under fair use.
The Corruptibles - The Man Replies
Our esteemed opponents post their response to EFF's cartoon on YouTube.
Tech vs. Telcos in Washington
The challenges of Silicon Valley companies battling entrenched telco lobbyists in D.C.
Broadcast Flag and Network Neutrality in the Stevens Bill
Regulation: bad for telcos, but okay for consumer technology?
June 13, 2006Pwning Washington
Cory of Linden Labs wonders if it isn't time gamers joined the lobbying effort.
Musicians Get It
A catalog of musicians who understand how to make money in a digital world.
Skype and CALEA
Tim Lee wonders if Skype's free US phone call plan isn't a pre-emptive defence against overbroad CALEA requirements.
June 12, 2006Google Backtracks
Brin reaffirms that Google will remain in China.
Brin Says Google Compromised PrinciplesJune 07, 2006Inside the Battle for EU Software Patents
Florian Mueller self-publishes his take on lobbying in Europe.
Yahoo Boss Not Sure if He'd Collaborate With Nazis
Search engine executive meets Godwin's Law.
Anti-Trust, Anti-Privacy
ACLU asks the FCC to hold the AT&T-BellSouth merger, until the allegations of NSA data mining are investigated.
Death by DMCA
Wendy Seltzer, Fred von Lohmann spell out the gizmos that died.
Quitting Verizon
Take a moral stance, get a free month of service!
Hilary Rosen: I Don't Like the RIAA Lawsuits
Doesn't much like DRM these days, either.
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