EFF > EFFector > Volume Fifteen

EFFector 15.40 - December 20, 2002

• Hollywood Loses Again in ReplayTV Case
• Jury Acquits Elcomsoft in eBook Copyright Case - Party at EFF!
• EFF Urges Copyright Office to OK Consumer Uses of CDs and DVDs
• Deep Links (4): RIAA Statisticians Have Group Hallucination?

EFFector 15.39 - December 14, 2002

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Rejects Broadcast Flag
• EFF Thanks Bare Bones Software
• Pioneer Awards - Call for Nominations
• Deep Links (5): New Tools for Domestic Spying, and Qualms

EFFector 15.38 - December 6, 2002

• End of Year Message from Shari Steele
• ALERT: Total Information Awareness: Big Brother Comes to America
• Court Considers Morpheus Peer-to-Peer Software Case
• Hollywood Gets Norway to Try Jon Johansen Three Years Later
• Holiday Party (With PGP Key-Signing Extravaganza!)
• Deep Links (5): An Inside Look at China Filters

EFFector 15.37 - November 27, 2002

• ALERT: Keep Public Documents Available to the Public: Save the GPO!
• California Court Cannot Lasso Texas Resident into DVD Case
• DMCA Exemptions Rule-Making Guide: "How to Win (DMCA) Exemptions and Influence Policy"
• Control Freaks Unite: the Skinny on Gator
• EFF Urges Citizens to Ask CSSPAB to Fight "Total Information Awareness"
• EFF Hosts House-Warming Holiday Party!

EFFector 15.36 - November 22, 2002

• "Visa" Torn From Dictionary by Credit Card Company
• Hollywood Tries to Corner Kazaa
• W3C Circulates RF-Only Patent Policy
• EFF Releases Cybersecurity Comments
• Justice Department Granted Broader Authority by Surveillance Court
• UK Considers "Entitlement Card," A.K.A. National ID
• The Twelfth Annual International EFF Pioneer Awards - Call for Nominations
• EFF Hosts House-Warming Holiday Party!
• EFF Needs Your Tax-Deductible Software Donations!
• Deep Links (6): Retailers Swing DMCA To Stop "Black Friday" Sale Info

EFFector 15.35 - November 8, 2002

• ALERT UPDATE: Urge Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the DMCRA!
• ALERT: Bait and Switch: Anticounterfeiting Bill Hurts Your Rights!
• Canadian Trademark Law Overreaching
• Give Twice as Many Gifts this Holiday Season!
• EFF-Austin Is Back!
• Deep Links (4): Security Technologies Could Backfire Against Consumers

EFFector 15.34 - November 1, 2002

• Canadian Surveillance Alert: Submit Your Comments!
• Stanford's Cyberlaw Clinic to Defend Domain Name Owners
• Meet EFF Supporters in Your Area
• Cybersecurity Strategy Comment Deadline Nears
• Deep Links (3): Consumers Shun Copy-Protected CDs

EFFector 15.33 - October 25, 2002

• Hollywood Loses Bid to Limit Representation in ReplayTV Case
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Helps Dive Shop Resist Feds
• Share Your DMCA Horror Stories
• EFF Needs Your (Tax-Deductible) Equipment Donations!
• Deep Links (8): Microsoft Using Kazaa as a Marketing Portal

EFFector 15.33 - October 10, 2002

• ALERT: Tell Congress to Support the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act!
• ALERT: Tell Congress to Support the Digital Choice and Freedom Act!
• Congratulations to EFF Board Member Lawrence Lessig
• Hollywood Slams Electronic Frontier Foundation - The Saga Continues
• EFF Partners With Anonymizer
• Deep Links: Tuning Out the Customer; Copy Protection Robs the Future

EFFector 15.31 - October 3, 2002

• Hollywood Slams Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Supports Digital Media Bills
• Internet Community Supports Verizon's User Privacy Defense
• FISA Appeals Court Accepts Amicus Brief from Civil Liberties Organizations
• EFF Supports ACLU Effort to Protect Anonymity of Online Speech in Landmark Case
• Deep Links: So Scary It's Funny: Ed Felten's Fritz Hit-List

EFFector 15.30 - September 27, 2002

• Action Alert: Help Stop CIPA's School Internet Blocking Provisions!
• Internet Filtering Software Wrongly Blocks Many Sites
• Digital Bookmobile Tour Gives Free Internet Books to Kids
• Deep Links: Inside Operation Candyman, the FBI's crusade to sweep the Net clean of child abuse.

EFFector 15.29 - September 23, 2002

• Rep. Tauzin's Draft TV Mandate Bill Freezes Innovation
• Civil Liberties Groups Challenge Ashcroft Attempt to Expand Wiretap Powers
• EFF Peer-2-Peer Slogan Contest
• Share-In Thanks, Pics
• Deep Links: How Poor Countries Can Avoid the Wrongs of IP Rights

EFFector 15.28 - September 11, 2002

• Motions Filed in Morpheus Peer-to-Peer Case
• EFF's Second Annual Share-In This Weekend!
• Help With Our Internet Blocking in Schools Project
• Deep Links

EFFector 15.27 - September 6, 2002

• EFF, Verizon Guard Client Privacy, Consumers v. RIAA on P2P Anonymity
• Report on Pavlovich Hearing Before California Supreme Court
• EFF to Auction Wil Wheaton's Barney-Beating Boxing Gloves
• Deep Links: The National Journal on the Hollywood v. Tech War
• Deep Links: Death Knell Sounded for Web Radio?

EFFector 15.26 - August 28, 2002

• EFF Share-In 2002: Party in the Park!
• EFF Panels at DragonCon
• Help With our Internet Blocking in Schools Study
• Deep Links: Act for Change Alert on the FBI in Your Library
• Deep Links: Bruce Schneier on TCPA/Palladium and Berman's P2P Hacking Bill

EFFector 15.25 - August 15, 2002

• Judge Grants Consumer Voice in ReplayTV Lawsuit
• Musician Disputes Industry's Stance on Music Sharing
• Shake Your Money Maker; EFF Is Throwing a Party Next Thursday!
• Join the Fun at EFF's VIP Party with Wil Wheaton!
• Court Hearing Set in DeCSS Publication Jurisdiction Case
• Deep Links: Lawrence Lessig's Second-to-Last Speech on Copyright
• Deep Links: The "Total Information Awareness System," or, How to Build a Police State
• Deep Links: Can the Digital Hub Survive Hollywood?

EFFector 15.24 - August 9, 2002

• EFF Submits Letter to FCC Chairman Regarding BPDG Proposal
• Update on Intel Corp. v. Hamidi
• DeCSS Author Johansen's Trial Rescheduled
• Bunnie Presents Paper on XBox Reverse Engineering
• Thanks to DefCon!
• EFF Booth at LinuxWorld
• Deep Links: Baen Books' Releases Reader-Friendly E-Books
• Deep Links: Janis Ian on P2P
• Deep Links: Hometown Paper Discusses Rep. Coble's Support of Berman P2P Hacking Bill
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.23 - August 3, 2002

• Action Alert: Copyright Holders Want to Hack Your PC!
• Court Grants Access to Net Regulatory Corp Records
• The Berman P2P Bill: Vigilantism Unbound
• EFF Releases Comments on the Cyber Security Enhancement Act
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.22 - July 25, 2002

• ACLU Action Alert: Fight TIPS/Citizen Spooks!
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Joins Wireless Crusade
• Tauzin and Hollings Tell FCC to Adopt Broadcast Flag
• Shake Your Money Maker: EFF is Throwing a Party!
• Join the Fun at EFF's VIP Party with Wil Wheaton!
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.21 - July 19, 2002

• Action Alert: Congress Takes Aim at Your Privacy!
• ICANN Director Demands Disclosure
• Tech CEOs Write Letter to Hollywood
• Blogging to Benefit EFF
• DRM Comments Filed with Commerce Department
• Word Training Request
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.20 - July 17, 2002

• Privacy Groups Demand Protection of Users' Anonymity Online
• EFF's Schoen Rebuts MPAA Answer Sheet on BPDG
• Court Orders Site to be Less Findable
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.19 - June 20, 2002

• ALERT: Support Public Hearings On The USA Patriot Act!
• The Quest for Tunes: Carabella Trades Rights for Music
• SCUBA Associations Give Records To FBI Without Telling Members; EFF's Legal Director Responds
• EFF Needs Your Financial Support!
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.18 - June 13, 2002

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Opposes "Broadcast Flag," Submits Letter To Congress
• Biometrics, Surveillance, National ID Threats to Privacy
• EFF Still Needs Your Tax-Deductible Office Chairs
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.17 - June 6, 2002

• EFF & ReplayTV Owners Sue Hollywood
• Court Rejects Hollywood Effort to Spy on ReplayTV Owners
• Organizations Wary of Plan to Restrict Digital Television
• Judge Focuses on "Betamax" Question in P2P File Sharing Case
• Thanks to United Layer
• EFF Needs Office Chairs
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.16 - May 28, 2002

• ALERT: Sing Out Against The CBDTPA

EFFector 15.15 - May 24, 2002

• Check Out the New EFF Action Center
• ALERT: Turner CEO Says Bathroom Breaks are Theft
• ICANN Director Seeks Court Order to Review Records
• Elcomsoft Hits the Courtroom in Late August
• Librarian of Congress Rejects Proposed Webcasting Royalty Rates
• California Supreme Court Hears DVD Trade Secret Case
• Hollywood Wants to Plug the "Analog Hole"

EFFector 15.14 - May 17, 2002

• Court Rejects Review of 2600 Magazine Digital Copyright Case
• Supreme Court Maintains Ban on Internet Censorship Law
• Prevent Court-Ordered Surveillance of TV Users
• Creative Commons Opens the Doors to the Public Domain

EFFector 15.13 - May 10, 2002

• EFF Drafts BPDG Report
• Judge Rejects Challenge to eBook Case
• EFF Thanks Covington and Burling

EFFector 15.12 - May 3, 2002

• Thank Philips for Standing Up to Hollywood
• ALERT: EFF Releases DMCA Three Year Report Card
• Court Orders ReplayTV to Spy on Customers for Movie Studios
• EFF Thanks Google!
• EFF News Flash

EFFector 15.11 - Apr. 12, 2002

• EFF Honors Pioneer Award Winners
• ALERT: Thank Gateway for Standing Up to Music Industry Bullies [global]
• Blizzard Freezes Bnetd Gaming Platform, Sues Own Customers
• Hollywood Backs Down After Copyright Office Threatens Internet Radio Privacy
• EFF at Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference
• "Consensus at Lawyerpoint" Blog and Alphabet Soup Contest Winners
• Exchange Ideas with EFF Founders Kapor & Barlow

EFFector 15.10 - Apr. 5, 2002

• ALERT: Act Now to Stop BPDG From Hobbling Digital TV [global]
• ALERT: Further Update on House Digital Music Alert [US]
• ALERT: ICANN Seeks Comments on Reform [global]
• Court Hears Argument on Constitutionality of DMCA
• EFF's "Consensus at Lawyerpoint" Blog and Alphabet Soup Contest
• Exchange Ideas with EFF Founders Kapor & Barlow

EFFector 15.09a - Mar. 29/31, 2002

• ALERT: Previous Two Alerts Updated with New Contact Info
• ALERT: Defend your Rights to Digital Music! Congress Calls for Public Comments
• California Supreme Court to Review E-mail Pamphleteer Case
• Constitutional Challenge in Russian eBook Formatter Case
• Mark your Calendars for EFF's 11th Annual International Pioneer Awards
• Exchange Ideas with EFF Founders Mitch Kapor and John Perry Barlow

EFFector 15.08 - Mar. 22, 2002

• ALERT: Congress Calls For Public Participation on Digital Music Issues
• EFF Position on Joint AOL-Time Warner/Intel Pro-DRM Statement: A Step in the Wrong Direction
• Exchange Ideas with EFF Founders Mitch Kapor and John Perry Barlow
• Director Sues Organization that Oversees Internet - ICANN Broke Law
• Media Conglomerate Threatens Suit Against Gamer Community
• CHIPA Alert
• EFF Thanks RSA Security

EFFector 15.07 - Mar. 8, 2002

• ALERT: Oppose SSSCA; Support Intel's Bravery
• Judge Ponders Jurisdiction in Russian eBook Formatter Case
• Court Sets Jury Trial in Morpheus Peer-to-Peer Software Case
• Meet Up With EFF Staff and Friends at South by Southwest on Monday, March 11
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.06 - Feb. 27, 2002

• EFF and Law School Clinics Launch ChillingEffects.org
• Senate Hearings Set This Week on Dramatic New Digital Controls
• EFF Defends Shareholder Free Speech
• EFF Defends Internet Linking
• California DeCSS Case Before State Supreme Court
• Exchange Ideas with Larry Lessig at EFF Benefit Dinner
• Negativland Essay Supporting P2P
• Meet EFF Lawyers and Friends in LA on Monday, March 4
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.05 - Feb. 14, 2002

• ALERT: FCC Official Says Industry Groups Should Decide Your Rights
• Philips Alert Update
• Barney's Attack Lawyers Still on the Loose; EFF Looking for other Victims of the Purple Dinosaur
• Trial Date Set for Norwegian Teen; Jon Johansen Prosecuted Under Computer Security Law
• Exchange Ideas with Larry Lessig at EFF Benefit Dinner
• Visit EFF at the RSA Conference
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.04 - Feb. 3, 2002

• EFF ALERT: You Buy It, You Own It! Support Philips in Defending Untainted CDs
• Security Researchers Drop Scientific Censorship Case
• EFF Files Amicus Brief in Elcomsoft Case
• Donate to Jon Johansen Legal Defense Fund
• Exchange Ideas with Larry Lessig at EFF Benefit Dinner
• Join EFF Staff Attorneys in Interactive Discussion at Feb. "BayFF" Meeting
• World Wide Web Consortium Skeptical of Web Patent Royalties
• Donate to EFF by Starting Your B&N or Amazon Shopping with our Affiliate Links
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.03 - Jan. 24, 2002

• EFF Says Network Solutions Inc. Must Protect Public
• EFF Asks Court to OK Morpheus Peer-to-Peer Software
• "Will Free Expression Survive the Digital Media Revolution?"
• EFF Thanks IDG for Generous Donation
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.02 - Jan. 17, 2002

• ALERT: National ID Cards from DMV? Protect Your Privacy!
• Hollywood Forces Publishers Worldwide to California Court
• 2600 Magazine Seeks Relief from Court-Ordered Censorship
• "Will Free Expression Survive the Digital Media Revolution?"
• EFF at Linuxworld '02 in New York City!
• Administrivia

EFFector 15.01 - Jan. 10, 2002

• Norway Indicts Teen Who Published Code Liberating DVDs
• EFF Wins a Partial Victory in Ford Case
• EFF Update on California DeCSS Case
• The Eleventh Annual International EFF Pioneer Awards - Call for Nominations
• Administrivia