   August 08, 2004 - August 14, 2004 ArchiveAugust 13, 2004DVD Jon Forces Apple to Play with Others
"DVD Jon" Johansen has figured out how to make the AirportExpress play music from non-Apple devices. In order to make it work, he had to add encryption to the streams of the other devices. Neat!
Paper Trail Catches Glitch in E-Voting Machine
A recent demonstration of Sequoia Voting Systems' new paper trail-enabled voting machine proved more than expected: when the machine malfunctioned, the paper trail caught the error.
Teaching Kids About Copyright
The American Library Association is about to launch an education campaign that balances the copyright-maximizing propaganda being pushed by Hollywood. This Wired News article mentions EFF's proposal to do the same.
August 12, 2004Developing Nations Choose Linux Over Windows
The price is right, and many are concerned about relying on Microsoft products.
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More Grassroots Opposition to the PATRIOT Act
The NY Times on "the 330 communities and 4 states that have condemned or expressed worry about the act."
Improving Canadian Copyright Law
Michael Geist examines the recording industry's proposed changes to Canadian copyright law, and offers a few of his own.
Iran Cracks Down on Internet Use
A new law would increase jail terms for dissident speech and "give the police the power to search Internet users' homes or the premises of any legal entity involved in Internet activity, without a judge's authorisation."
555-SPAM Could Be Your Next Cellphone Number
A new bill may make it easier for cellphone spammers to send unsolicited text messages.
Napster Enrolls, Napster Enlists
The downloading service has been inking deals with colleges for over a year, and now they've agreed to let the U.S. military access the service for... drumroll... 10% off!
The Revolution Will Be Downloaded, then Televised
Farhad Manjoo on the important convergence of BitTorrent and RSS.
Universities to School Acacia
Over 50 universities are coordinating a legal response to Acacia Media Technologies, which claims that the schools are violating its patents by using streaming audio and video in their courses. Acacia is on the EFF Patent Busting Project's "Most Wanted list."
August 11, 2004Oh Surveillance, You're So Complex
The ACLU recently launched a project on the privatization and buildup of our nation's "surveillance-industrial complex."
August 09, 2004It's Free, It's Easy, It's...
OK/Cancel, with a cartoon on sites that require registration. Thankfully, you don't need to register to see it.
UK Passports No Laughing Matter
The UK's Home Office has issued a rule barring smiles in passport photos because "open mouths can confuse facial recognition systems."
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