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Apple Has Removed Airfoil Speakers Touch From The iOS App Store
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Apple's Crystal Prison and the Future of Open Platforms
Two weeks ago, Steve Wozniak made a public call for Apple to open its platforms for those who wish to tinker, tweak and innovate with their internals. EFF supports Wozniak's position: while Apple's products have many virtues, they are marred by an ugly set of restrictions on what users and...
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EFF Challenges National Security Letter Statute in Landmark Lawsuit
Since the first national security letter statute was passed in 1986, the FBI has issued hundreds of thousands of such letters seeking private telecommunications and financial records of Americans without any prior approval from courts. Indeed, for the period between 2003 and 2006 alone, almost 200,...
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Tor trip report to an FBI conference
In October I attended an FBI conference, as part of my work to try to keep Tor on good relations...
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Twitter's descent into the extractive
Twitter started out life as a wonderfully inclusive society. There were very few rules and the ones there were the people loved. Thou shall be brief, retweet to respect. Under this constrained freedom, Twitter prospered and grew rapidly for the joy of all. Budding entrepreneurs built apps that m…
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They may just be chat bubbles, but they’re our chat bubbles
Atlassian and Slack have forged a new strategic partnership.
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What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?
What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2012? Under the law that existed until 1978 . . . Works from 1955 The End of Eternity, The Body Snatchers, Why Johnny Can’t Read: And What You Can Do About It, Rebel Without a Cause, Lady and the Tramp, To Catch A Thief, Picasso’s Don Quixote, […]
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Cheaper than free: paying for music after searching for a free download
A few months ago, we began tracking the starting point of every sale that happens on Bandcamp. In the course of looking at the data (which we’re using to help us plan out what to do next), we…
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If Money Doesn't Make You Happy, Consider Time
Forget Suze Orman. Time, not money, is your most precious resource. Spend it wisely.
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No Copyrights on APIs: Help Us Make The Case
Earlier this year, we applauded District Court Judge Alsup for getting it right and holding that, as a matter of law, one could not copyright APIs. The case, Oracle v. Google, is now on appeal to the Federal Circuit, where a three-judge panel is going to revisit Judge Alsup’s ruling.We’ve explained...
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First Sale Under Siege: If You Bought It, You Should Own It
As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2012 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. Click here to read other blog posts in this series. The "first sale" doctrine expresses one of...
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New study affirms that fewer copyright restrictions benefit the economy
A new study from Australia presents the latest evidence that loosening copyright restrictions not only enables free speech, but can improve an economy as well. The study, published by the Australian Digital Alliance, indicated that if Australia expanded copyright exceptions like fair use, along...
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Google will start warning Chinese users about problematic search terms
Over the past couple years, we’ve had a lot of feedback that Google Search from mainland China can be inconsistent and unreliable. It depend...
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Good News: Craigslist drops exclusive license to your posts
In a welcome course correction, craigslist has removed its short-lived provision that required users to grant it an exclusive license to--in other words granting them ownership of--every post. We were unhappily surprised to see this click-through demand, but are glad to see that craigslist has...
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10,000,000,000,000,000 bytes archived
Ten Petabytes (10,000,000,000,000,000 bytes) of cultural material saved! On Thursday, 25 October, hundreds of Internet Archive supporters, volunteers, and staff celebrated addition of the 10,000,000,000,000,000th byte to the Archive’s massive collections. We also announced full 80Terabyte web crawl to researchers; the…
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Keep the Internet free and open
If you agree and want to support a free and open Internet too, I invite you to join us by signing the petition.
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Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama's Re-election
Note: for questions about the methodology/approach of this post, see the FAQ (added 16:20 EST 11/9/2012). Note: as of 11:00 EST 11/10/2012...
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Your Facebook password should be none of your boss' business
Today, the Associated Press reports that some employers are asking applicants for their Facebook usernames and passwords. According to the article:
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