Deeplinks Blog

Features news and information identified as important by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Author: Authors include Tim Jones, Electronic Frontier Foundation activism & Internet projects coordinator; Gwen Hinze, an attorney and EFF's international policy director; Fred von Lohmann EFF senior staff attorney; Emily Berger, an attorney and intellectual property fellow; Cindy Cohn, EFF legal director and general counsel; Corynne McSherry, EFF staff attorney; and Hugh D'Andrade, EFF designer/activist.

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Recent Posts from Deeplinks Blog

Why Hollywood Hates RealDVD
Why does Hollywood hate RealDVD so much? Here's a hint: it has nothing to do with piracy and everything to do with controlling innovation. Earlier this week, a district court in San Francisco extended the…
New NSA Whistleblowers Say NSA Spied on US Service Members and Aid Workers
This has been a bad week for President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. First, a government study reported that data-mining is actually a hindrance in the fight against terrorism. And now, two new whistleblowers have come…
Freedom Not Fear 2008
Freedom Not Fear is the world's ongoing demonstration against the encroachment of civil liberties by anti-terrorist laws -- particularly in the online world. This year the protests take place this Saturday, October 11th in…
Government Painfully Fuzzy on the Effects of Infringement
Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged President Bush to sign the PRO-IP Act, claiming that "counterfeiting and piracy of [intellectual property] is a growing problem that costs U.S. businesses nearly $250 billion in…
EFF Challenges Bogus Patent on Internet Music Files
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is challenging a bogus patent on Internet music files that could stifle new innovations in online music distribution. Seer Systems was awarded this illegitimate patent for a…
Robots for EFF: Artist Creates Robots and Monsters As a Benefit for EFF
The artist Joe Alterio has just announced a fantastic benefit that we heartily support. He is re-launching his project, Robots and Monsters: A Charitable Menagerie, trading original, custom-made art for donations to EFF! Here's how…
minilinks for 2008-10-03
Passport Hack Resurrects ElvisA hacker was able to access the personal data on an RFID passport, inserting the identity of Elvis Aaron Presley. House Limits Constituent EmailsA massive influx of public input on the…
Chinese Skype Client Hands Confidential Communications to Eavesdroppers
This Wednesday, Information Warfare Monitor published damning evidence showing that TOM-Skype, the version of the voice and chat program distributed in China not only blocks keywords from chat conversations, but also spies on and remotely…
California Governor Signs Off On New Protections for Free Speech
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed Assembly Bill 2433 and filled a significant gap in protection for anonymous speech online. Authored by Assemblymember Paul Krekorian and co-sponsored by EFF, the California Anti-SLAPP Project and the…
Book Review: ©ontent by Cory Doctorow
A glowing review of Cory Doctorow's latest book on EFF's Deeplinks should come as no surprise. Not only is Cory is one of the loudest and most prominent promoters of EFF, tirelessly promoting the cause…