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PayPal Banning Books With 'Obscene' Content
PayPal, which curtailed online adult transactions years ago, is asking some ebook distributors to ban books that contain "obscene" themes including rape, bestiality or incest.
EFF Files Brief on Behalf of Porn BitTorrent Defendants
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, in defense of those targeted in a porn BitTorrent case, has asked a federal judge in Washington to protect the identities of individuals named in the suit waged by Hard Drive Productions.
Hawaii Data-Retention Bill 'Still Alive,' Proponent Says
A data-retention bill that would force ISPs to spy on users’ browsing habits may have been tabled last week in Hawaii's Legislature, but its chief proponent plans on keeping it on track.
EFF Analyzes Hijacking of Search Traffic
Adult website owners that were quick to blame Google’s “Panda” update for a substantial decline in organic search traffic may have another culprit to cite.
PROTECT IP Act Would Grant Swift Domain Seizures
Legislation that would allow the Justice Department to seize domains suspected of infringement and force search engines to stop returning results of them is back on the table.
EFF Blasts BlazingBucks' BitTorrent Class Action
The EFF has asked a federal judge in Illinois to quash subpoenas issued in the BlazingBucks copyright infringement suit and urged the court to dismiss the case.
EFF Rolls Out Porn BitTorrent Spreadsheet
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published an Excel spreadsheet document listing recent dismissals of porn BitTorrent cases.
EFF: MasterCard’s Support for COICA Threatens Internet
The Electronic Frontier Foundation this week denounced MasterCard’s support for the passage of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, saying the legislation enlists credit card companies as censors.
EFF Seeks to Protect Rights of BitTorrent Users
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed an amicus brief asking an Illinois judge to throw out subpoenas related to mass BitTorrent lawsuits, which join thousands of defendants together in an effort to secure a financial settlement.
EFF Seeks to Block Porn BitTorrent Dragnet
Federal judges in Texas and West Virginia have been asked to block requests to unmask accused file sharers in numerous BitTorrent copyright lawsuits involving porn.
EFF Says Content Storage Case Threatens 'Safe Harbor'
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and other public interest groups have asked a federal judge to protect "safe harbor" rules for content in the cloud.
EFF Wants to Eliminate E.U. Data Retention Law
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has called on European authorities to scrap legislation that requires Internet service providers to retain customer data.
Copyright Watch Offers Legal Database
A consortium of global digital rights activist groups have come together to form Copyright Watch — an online database of worldwide copyright laws and information.
EFF Demands Release of FBI Surveillance Rules
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed suit last week against the Justice Department, demanding the public release of surveillance guidelines that govern probes by the FBI.
Study: Disk Encryption Not Secure, Particularly With Laptops
A team of researchers has found a major security flaw in several popular disk-encryption technologies that leaves encrypted data vulnerable to attack and exposure, particularly when laptops are in sleep mode.
EFF Wins Reexamination of Internet Subdomain Patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the Electronic Frontier Foundation petition for reexamination of a patent on Internet subdomains, marking the fourth successful request from EFF's Patent Busting Project.
EFF Challenges ‘Bogus’ Patent on Internet Subdomains
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a challenge to what they called a “bogus patent on Internet subdomains” that has been used by the patent holder to intimidate small businesses and technology innovators.
Zada, EFF Respond to Perfect 10 vs. Google Decision
Perfect 10 owner Norman Zada and Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Jason Schultz have both offered their takes on yesterday's ruling.
EFF Asks Judge to Protect Free Speech in ‘Sponsored Links’ Suit
In a case that pits trademark holders against search engine giant Google, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has sided with the Mountain View, Calif.-based technology behemoth, telling the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that restricting the purchase of sponsored links on trademark grounds has a chilling effect on free speech online.
EFF Sues U.S. to Reveal Online Surveillance Project
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed suit against the federal government Wednesday, seeking information on a little-known military unit that reviews hundreds of thousands of websites every month.