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> > EFFector Vol. 23, No. 10 April 9, 2010 editor@eff.org
>
> A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
> ISSN 1062-9424
>
> effector: n, Computer Sci. A device for producing a
> desired change.
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> In our 533rd issue:
>
> * JOURNALIST EVAN RATLIFF WILL DISCUSS HIS ATTEMPT TO
> "VANISH" at the next installment of EFF's dynamic Geek
> Reading series on Tuesday, April 13. In a groundbreaking
> experiment last August, Evan challenged readers of
> Wired Magazine to track him down as he dodged across
> the country. Evan will share his behind-the-scenes
> experiences of what it means to disappear in the digital
> age, exploring the questions of privacy, surveillance,
> and identity. Join us this upcoming Tuesday at 7 PM at
> 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Hope to see you there!
>
> For ticketing information:
> http://action.eff.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=100181
>
> * THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DEALT A BLOW TO THE
> FCC'S PROPOSED NET NEUTRALITY REGULATIONS by overturning
> the FCC ruling against Comcast for interfering with the
> BitTorrent traffic of its subscribers. This is the right
> outcome for the court case -- if the FCC's "ancillary
> jurisdiction" argument had been accepted today for
> net neutrality regulations (something we might like),
> it could just as easily have been invoked tomorrow for
> any other Internet regulation that the FCC dreams up
> (including things we won't like).
>
> The fight now moves back to Congress and the FCC, with
> numerous net neutrality advocates urging the FCC to
> "reclassify" Internet access services under Title II
> of the Communications Act -- another effort to find
> FCC authority to regulate ISPs without having to go to
> Congress. In the meantime, everyone who cares about net
> neutrality will continue to watch ISPs closely for more
> evidence of discriminatory practices.
>
> For more about the FCC, Comcast, and net neutrality:
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/court-rejects-fcc-authority-over-internet
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> EFF Updates
>
> * EFF's Fred von Lohmann Wins Copyright Award
> Kudos to EFF Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann,
> who was named the 2010 winner of the L. Ray Patterson
> Copyright Award issued by the American Library Association
> Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and its
> Copyright Advisory Subcommittee.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/effs-fred-von-lohmann-wins-copyright-award
>
> * Digital Due Process: Coalition Urges Privacy Reforms
> EFF and a broad coalition of technology companies and
> privacy groups issued recommendations for strengthening
> the federal privacy law that regulates government access
> to private phone and Internet communications and records,
> including cell phone location data.
>
> http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/03/30
>
> * Court Rules That Warrantless Wiretapping Violated Law
> Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the federal district court
> in San Francisco found that the government illegally
> wiretapped an Islamic charity's phone calls.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/court-rules-warrantless-wiretapping-illegal
>
> * Sham Email Subpoena Violates Constitutional Rights
> EFF defends email privacy once again, after a
> prosecutor used a sham grand jury subpoena to obtain a
> whistleblower's personal email communications.
>
> http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/03/31
>
> * Fair Use Gets a Fair Shake in Second Life
> Linden Lab updated the Terms of Service for its virtual
> world, Second Life, to include language that will protect
> fair use of screenshots and machinima.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/fair-use-gets-fair-shake-second-life
>
> * Sony Steals Feature From Your PlayStation 3
> A remote firmware update to the video game console
> removed support for the option to run GNU/Linux, again
> demonstrating how DRM silently waits to protect someone
> else's interests, at the expense of the user's.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/sony-steals-feature-from-your-playstation-3
>
> * 50,000 New Lawsuits Against Movie Downloaders
> A group of lawyers has quietly targeted 20,000 BitTorrent
> users for legal action, explicitly for the purpose of
> extracting money from the peer-to-peer users.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/50-000-i-new-i-lawsuits-against-movie-do...
>
>
> * New Protections from Hidden Video Surveillance Needed
> EFF argued for better privacy laws at a Congressional
> hearing convened in response to reports that school
> administrators secretly spied on students in their homes
> by remotely activating the webcams on school-issued
> laptops.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/privacy-protections-against-hidden-video
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> miniLinks
>
> ~ UK to Disconnect Suspected Infringers
> The House of Lords passed the Digital Economy Bill,
> which allows users to be disconnected from the Internet
> for suspected copyright infringement.
>
> http://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/disconnection/why-care
>
> ~ Free Speech Unmoored in Copyright's Safe Harbor
> Copyright scholar Wendy Seltzer's paper on why the DMCA
> is chilling free speech.
>
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1577785
>
> ~ Don't Feed The Troll!
> Electronic Frontiers Australia on why a mandatory
> government censorship scheme is just "feeding the trolls."
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/a-mollycoddling-internet...
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> Announcements
>
> * "Life 2.0" at the San Francisco International Film Fest
>
> EFF is proud to be a presenter of Life 2.0, directed
> by Jason Spingarn-Koff, at the 53rd San Francisco
> International Film Festival (April 22-May 6). EFF
> consulted with the filmmakers during the making of
> this film.
>
> Documented both online and in the real world, Life 2.0
> examines the effects both humorous and unnerving of the
> virtual world Second Life by focusing on the lives of
> its users and chronicling their successes, failures,
> lives and loves.
>
> Showings at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas:
> Friday, April 30 at 3:00 PM
> Sunday, May 2 at 1:00 PM
> Wednesday, May 5 at 9:15 PM
>
> For more information on Life 2.0, visit
> http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=45
>
> For tickets and more information on SFIFF53:
> http://fest10.sffs.org
>
> * Work With EFF and Tor for Google's Summer of Code
>
> EFF and Tor are looking for student coders to help us with
> tech projects as part of Google's Summer Of Code 2010.
>
> Projects at EFF include:
>
> 1) TOSBack, which tracks changes to the terms of service
> of the Internet's most popular websites;
> 2) OurVoteLive, which tracks problems in elections with
> polling places and voting machines across the US; and
> 3) Switzerland, a passive IP-layer network neutrality
> testing system.
>
> Our friends and colleagues at the Tor project have dozens
> of ideas for improving their software, which allows users
> to route around Internet censorship and surveillance.
>
> For more about the Google Summer of Code with EFF:
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/gsoc
>
> * Help EFF Go to SouthEast LinuxFest!
>
> EFF is looking for donations of airline miles, flight
> vouchers, and hotel points for travel to SouthEast
> LinuxFest in Spartanburg, NC, as well as other conferences
> and speaking engagements. If you have enough airline miles
> for a free ticket and would like to send an EFF staffer
> to a conference, let us know, and we will help you with
> the process of making the reservation. Please note that
> at this time we are unable to combine miles from multiple
> individuals. We are also looking for hotel rewards points
> to help reduce our overall travel costs.
>
> As a thanks for your donation, we can offer a free
> membership and a mention in EFFector (if you'd
> like). Please contact aaron@eff.org if you can help!
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> * Administrivia
>
> EFFector is published by:
> The Electronic Frontier Foundation
> 454 Shotwell Street
> San Francisco CA 94110-1914 USA
> +1 415 436 9333 (voice)
> +1 415 436 9993 (fax)
> http://www.eff.org/
>
> Editor:
> Richard Esguerra, EFF Activist
> richard@eff.org
>
> Membership & donation queries:
> membership@eff.org
>
> General EFF, legal, policy, or online resources queries:
> information@eff.org
>
> Reproduction of this publication in electronic media is
> encouraged. Signed articles do not necessarily represent
> the views of EFF. To reproduce signed articles
> individually, please contact the authors for their express
> permission.
>
> Press releases and EFF announcements & articles may be
> reproduced individually at will.
>
> Current and back issues of EFFector are available via the
> Web at:
> http://www.eff.org/effector/
>
> Click here to unsubscribe or change your subscription
> preferences:
> http://action.eff.org/site/CO?i=8e02ex_r08xztXFZPxbhSde6_1tDNOuU&cid=1041
>
> Click here to change your email address:
> http://action.eff.org/addresschange
>
> This newsletter is printed on 100% recycled electrons.
>
> EFF appreciates your support and respects your privacy.
> http://www.eff.org/policy
Test. Make shure you know your local wep keys today call (213)814-1185 Http://KayO.LA
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StoneAgeMag.Com Begin forwarded message:
> > EFFector Vol. 23, No. 10 April 9, 2010 editor@eff.org
>
> A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
> ISSN 1062-9424
>
> effector: n, Computer Sci. A device for producing a
> desired change.
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> In our 533rd issue:
>
> * JOURNALIST EVAN RATLIFF WILL DISCUSS HIS ATTEMPT TO
> "VANISH" at the next installment of EFF's dynamic Geek
> Reading series on Tuesday, April 13. In a groundbreaking
> experiment last August, Evan challenged readers of
> Wired Magazine to track him down as he dodged across
> the country. Evan will share his behind-the-scenes
> experiences of what it means to disappear in the digital
> age, exploring the questions of privacy, surveillance,
> and identity. Join us this upcoming Tuesday at 7 PM at
> 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Hope to see you there!
>
> For ticketing information:
> http://action.eff.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=100181
>
> * THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DEALT A BLOW TO THE
> FCC'S PROPOSED NET NEUTRALITY REGULATIONS by overturning
> the FCC ruling against Comcast for interfering with the
> BitTorrent traffic of its subscribers. This is the right
> outcome for the court case -- if the FCC's "ancillary
> jurisdiction" argument had been accepted today for
> net neutrality regulations (something we might like),
> it could just as easily have been invoked tomorrow for
> any other Internet regulation that the FCC dreams up
> (including things we won't like).
>
> The fight now moves back to Congress and the FCC, with
> numerous net neutrality advocates urging the FCC to
> "reclassify" Internet access services under Title II
> of the Communications Act -- another effort to find
> FCC authority to regulate ISPs without having to go to
> Congress. In the meantime, everyone who cares about net
> neutrality will continue to watch ISPs closely for more
> evidence of discriminatory practices.
>
> For more about the FCC, Comcast, and net neutrality:
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/court-rejects-fcc-authority-over-internet
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> EFF Updates
>
> * EFF's Fred von Lohmann Wins Copyright Award
> Kudos to EFF Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann,
> who was named the 2010 winner of the L. Ray Patterson
> Copyright Award issued by the American Library Association
> Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and its
> Copyright Advisory Subcommittee.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/effs-fred-von-lohmann-wins-copyright-award
>
> * Digital Due Process: Coalition Urges Privacy Reforms
> EFF and a broad coalition of technology companies and
> privacy groups issued recommendations for strengthening
> the federal privacy law that regulates government access
> to private phone and Internet communications and records,
> including cell phone location data.
>
> http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/03/30
>
> * Court Rules That Warrantless Wiretapping Violated Law
> Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the federal district court
> in San Francisco found that the government illegally
> wiretapped an Islamic charity's phone calls.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/court-rules-warrantless-wiretapping-illegal
>
> * Sham Email Subpoena Violates Constitutional Rights
> EFF defends email privacy once again, after a
> prosecutor used a sham grand jury subpoena to obtain a
> whistleblower's personal email communications.
>
> http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/03/31
>
> * Fair Use Gets a Fair Shake in Second Life
> Linden Lab updated the Terms of Service for its virtual
> world, Second Life, to include language that will protect
> fair use of screenshots and machinima.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/fair-use-gets-fair-shake-second-life
>
> * Sony Steals Feature From Your PlayStation 3
> A remote firmware update to the video game console
> removed support for the option to run GNU/Linux, again
> demonstrating how DRM silently waits to protect someone
> else's interests, at the expense of the user's.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/sony-steals-feature-from-your-playstation-3
>
> * 50,000 New Lawsuits Against Movie Downloaders
> A group of lawyers has quietly targeted 20,000 BitTorrent
> users for legal action, explicitly for the purpose of
> extracting money from the peer-to-peer users.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/50-000-i-new-i-lawsuits-against-movie-do...
>
>
> * New Protections from Hidden Video Surveillance Needed
> EFF argued for better privacy laws at a Congressional
> hearing convened in response to reports that school
> administrators secretly spied on students in their homes
> by remotely activating the webcams on school-issued
> laptops.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/privacy-protections-against-hidden-video
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> miniLinks
>
> ~ UK to Disconnect Suspected Infringers
> The House of Lords passed the Digital Economy Bill,
> which allows users to be disconnected from the Internet
> for suspected copyright infringement.
>
> http://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/disconnection/why-care
>
> ~ Free Speech Unmoored in Copyright's Safe Harbor
> Copyright scholar Wendy Seltzer's paper on why the DMCA
> is chilling free speech.
>
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1577785
>
> ~ Don't Feed The Troll!
> Electronic Frontiers Australia on why a mandatory
> government censorship scheme is just "feeding the trolls."
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/a-mollycoddling-internet...
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> Announcements
>
> * "Life 2.0" at the San Francisco International Film Fest
>
> EFF is proud to be a presenter of Life 2.0, directed
> by Jason Spingarn-Koff, at the 53rd San Francisco
> International Film Festival (April 22-May 6). EFF
> consulted with the filmmakers during the making of
> this film.
>
> Documented both online and in the real world, Life 2.0
> examines the effects both humorous and unnerving of the
> virtual world Second Life by focusing on the lives of
> its users and chronicling their successes, failures,
> lives and loves.
>
> Showings at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas:
> Friday, April 30 at 3:00 PM
> Sunday, May 2 at 1:00 PM
> Wednesday, May 5 at 9:15 PM
>
> For more information on Life 2.0, visit
> http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=45
>
> For tickets and more information on SFIFF53:
> http://fest10.sffs.org
>
> * Work With EFF and Tor for Google's Summer of Code
>
> EFF and Tor are looking for student coders to help us with
> tech projects as part of Google's Summer Of Code 2010.
>
> Projects at EFF include:
>
> 1) TOSBack, which tracks changes to the terms of service
> of the Internet's most popular websites;
> 2) OurVoteLive, which tracks problems in elections with
> polling places and voting machines across the US; and
> 3) Switzerland, a passive IP-layer network neutrality
> testing system.
>
> Our friends and colleagues at the Tor project have dozens
> of ideas for improving their software, which allows users
> to route around Internet censorship and surveillance.
>
> For more about the Google Summer of Code with EFF:
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/gsoc
>
> * Help EFF Go to SouthEast LinuxFest!
>
> EFF is looking for donations of airline miles, flight
> vouchers, and hotel points for travel to SouthEast
> LinuxFest in Spartanburg, NC, as well as other conferences
> and speaking engagements. If you have enough airline miles
> for a free ticket and would like to send an EFF staffer
> to a conference, let us know, and we will help you with
> the process of making the reservation. Please note that
> at this time we are unable to combine miles from multiple
> individuals. We are also looking for hotel rewards points
> to help reduce our overall travel costs.
>
> As a thanks for your donation, we can offer a free
> membership and a mention in EFFector (if you'd
> like). Please contact aaron@eff.org if you can help!
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> * Administrivia
>
> EFFector is published by:
> The Electronic Frontier Foundation
> 454 Shotwell Street
> San Francisco CA 94110-1914 USA
> +1 415 436 9333 (voice)
> +1 415 436 9993 (fax)
> http://www.eff.org/
>
> Editor:
> Richard Esguerra, EFF Activist
> richard@eff.org
>
> Membership & donation queries:
> membership@eff.org
>
> General EFF, legal, policy, or online resources queries:
> information@eff.org
>
> Reproduction of this publication in electronic media is
> encouraged. Signed articles do not necessarily represent
> the views of EFF. To reproduce signed articles
> individually, please contact the authors for their express
> permission.
>
> Press releases and EFF announcements & articles may be
> reproduced individually at will.
>
> Current and back issues of EFFector are available via the
> Web at:
> http://www.eff.org/effector/
>
> Click here to unsubscribe or change your subscription
> preferences:
> http://action.eff.org/site/CO?i=8e02ex_r08xztXFZPxbhSde6_1tDNOuU&cid=1041
>
> Click here to change your email address:
> http://action.eff.org/addresschange
>
> This newsletter is printed on 100% recycled electrons.
>
> EFF appreciates your support and respects your privacy.
> http://www.eff.org/policy
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