October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archive
October 27, 2004
The Argument for Auditable E-voting
EFF Pioneer Award winner Avi Rubin with a lucid essay on why it's critically important that electronic voting machines have voter-verfied paper audit trails.
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Posted at 05:08 PM by Donna Wentworth |
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E-Voting
October 26, 2004
Singapore to Start Jailing, Fining Copyright Infringers
And when it does, that bastion of liberalism could finally pull even with the US in terms of copyright extremism.
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Posted at 07:07 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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International IP
Obscure Holiday Film to Be Released on Self-Destructing DVDs
Wow. I don't know if I've ever wanted to buy anything *less.*
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Posted at 07:06 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Companies Join Forces to Stop EU Software Patents
This group, composed primarily of open-source businesses, may be the first coalition of companies in Europe to oppose software patents as a rule.
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Posted at 07:04 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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International IP
How Nastygrams Chill Speech
The Free Expression Policy Project has a report on how cease & desist letters cause people to self-censor.
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Posted at 07:02 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Free Speech
Music Sales, File Sharing on the Rise
The Register puts it best: "Music Sales Rise Despite RIAA's Best Efforts."
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Posted at 07:01 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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What's in Echelon's Gadget Bag?
This article examines the technology behind Echelon, the world's largest surveillance project.
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Posted at 06:59 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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MPAA Head Throws Lavish Party in France
The French public, which pays a blank audio, video, and CD tax, picked up the €300,000 tab.
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Posted at 06:58 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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International IP
More on FL E-voting
This editorial ponders the question of whether e-voting will make Florida the next Florida.
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Posted at 06:54 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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MIT's LAMP Relights
This project is smart and novel, but it had to be dumbed down before copyright lawyers would leave it alone. Check out this post from Ed Felten on LAMP and "regulatory arbitrage."
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Posted at 06:53 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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John Kerry -- DMCA Reformer?
Declan McCullagh wonders whether a future President Kerry would defang extremist copyright law.
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Posted at 06:50 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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FL Judge Cuts Paper Trail Suit
The court squashed Rep. Robert Wexler's bid to get the state to provide paper trails for electronic voting machines.
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Posted at 06:48 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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E-Voting
The Engadget Interview: Wendy Seltzer
EFF Staff Attorney Wendy Seltzer sat down with the fine folks at Engadget for this interview. They actually conducted the interview over email, but we're pretty sure that both parties were sitting down.
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Posted at 06:47 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Misc.
The Skinny on Indymedia's Server Seizure
Team EFF has assembled the authoritative account of how Indymedia servers in England were seized - and returned - following an international bricolage of secret legal maneuvers.
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Posted at 06:45 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Free Speech
Fair Use Goes on the Offensive
Our own Fred von Lohmann on how judo-minded attorneys can turn baseless copyright claims into a fair use smackdown.
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Posted at 06:42 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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