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> EFFector Vol. 23, No. 12 April 28, 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 535th issue:
>
> * A SLEW OF NEW FACEBOOK SCHEMES THREATEN USERS' PRIVACY,
> and EFF has created tools to help Facebook users protect
> their information. One of the most radical changes is
> "Instant Personalization," which gives other websites
> (Yelp, Pandora, and Microsoft Docs, at the moment)
> personal information from your Facebook profile as soon
> as you visit their pages. Moreover, even if you opt out of
> Instant Personalization, your friends can leak information
> about you unless you block each application individually.
>
> To completely opt out of Instant Personalization:
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/how-opt-out-facebook-s-instant-personali...
>
> For more on Facebook's plans to make your information
> public:
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-further-reduces-control-over-pe...
>
> * FINALLY, AFTER YEARS OF SECRECY, THE TEXT OF THE
> ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA) HAS BEEN
> MADE PUBLIC. While this is a definitive victory for the
> countless activists who pressed for transparency, the
> officially released text makes it crystal clear that our
> worst fears about this international agreement are real:
> ACTA is not just about counterfeiting. ACTA targets
> citizens' ability to use the Internet to communicate,
> collaborate and create, and it poses significant concerns
> for citizens' privacy, freedom of expression and fair
> use rights.
>
> For EFF's preliminary analysis of the official ACTA text:
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/eff-analysis-officially-released-acta-text
>
> : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
> EFF Updates
>
> * Film Company Takes Down Hitler Parodies on YouTube
> Countless video creators brought Internet fame to a
> scene from the German film, The Downfall, by cleverly
> subtitling an emotional rant by Hitler. Constatin Film,
> the copyright owner, has blithely decided to wipe out
> all the remix videos, fair use notwithstanding.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/everyone-who-s-made-hitler-parody-leave-...
>
> * Consumers International Video: When Copyright Goes Bad
> The short film "When Copyright Goes Bad," featuring EFF
> Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann, chronicles the
> rise of copyright as a global consumer rights issue and
> the ongoing fight for fairer copyright laws.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/consumers-international-video-when-copyr...
>
> * 2010 Global IP Watchlist Promotes Access to Knowledge
> Featuring significant contributions from EFF, the consumer
> rights-focused document presents a detailed survey of
> global copyright laws and their impact on citizens'
> freedom to communicate, learn, and exchange information.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/international-consumer-rights-group-publ...
>
> * Not-So-Gentle Persuasion: The Special 301 Report
> For years, the Special 301 report gave US rightsholder
> industries a way to intimidate other countries into
> amping copyright laws. But for the first time in 2010,
> groups interested in copyright reform were allowed to
> submit comments -- will we see more balance?
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/shaping-ip-laws-not-so-gentle-persuasion...
>
> * Site Shows Government Information and Takedown Requests
> Google's Government Requests tool is a tremendously
> important first step towards informing the public about
> the extent to which governments around the world seek
> information about them.
>
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/google-shows-government-information-and-...
>
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>
> miniLinks
>
> ~ EFF Profile: Protecting Freedom & Privacy
> The SF Chronicle profiled EFF with an interview with
> Executive Director Shari Steele.
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/24/BU2V1D2VCT.DTL
>
> ~ Senator Schumer Takes on Facebook
> Senator Chuck Schumer calls on the FTC to investigate
> "major privacy concerns" raised by recent Facebook
> decisions.
>
> http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=324175
>
> ~ Animator Nina Paley turns down Netflix Due to DRM
> "DRM is designed to benefit Big Media conglomerates,
> not artists."
>
> http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/04/23/turning-down-netflix/
>
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>
> Announcements
>
> * Party in Vegas with EFF's DEF CON Getaway Contest
>
> EFF wants to help you get to DEF CON 18 and party
> in style!
>
> Register for the DEF CON Getaway Fundraising Contest,
> and receive a personalized referral link. Send the link
> to your friends and family, and tell them why they should
> support EFF. The contestant(s) to raise the most money
> for EFF between now and June 30, 2010, will win:
>
> - two DEF CON 18 Human badges;
> - a standard room at the Riviera Hotel for the nights of
> July 29-31;
> - two tickets to the Vegas 2.0 Party at the Top of the
> Riv on July 29;
> - two tickets to the iSEC Partners Party, location and
> date TBD; and
> - two badges to the Ninja Networks Party, location TBD,
> on July 31.
>
> There are prizes for second and third place winners,
> as well. Visit www.eff.org/defcon for more information
> and official contest rules. Contact aaron@eff.org with
> any questions. See you in Sin City!
>
> * 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, SC, 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!
>
> * "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
>
> * EFF Seeking Staff Intellectual Property Attorney
>
> Dream job alert: EFF is seeking an intellectual property
> staff attorney for its legal team. Responsibilities
> include litigation, public speaking, media outreach,
> plus legislative and regulatory advocacy, all in
> connection with a variety of intellectual property and
> high technology matters.
>
> Qualified candidates should have at least four years of
> legal experience, with knowledge in patent law and at
> least one other IP specialty (copyright, trademark, trade
> secret). Litigation experience is required, including
> significant experience managing cases, both overall case
> strategy and day-to-day projects and deadlines. Candidates
> should have good communication skills and interest
> in working with a team of highly motivated lawyers and
> activists in a hard-working nonprofit environment. Strong
> writing and analytical skills as well as the ability to be
> self-motivated and focused are essential. Tech savvy
> and familiarity with Internet civil liberties and high
> tech public interest issues preferred. This position is
> based in San Francisco.
>
> Interested applicants should submit a resume, writing
> sample, and references to ipjob@eff.org.
>
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> * Administrivia
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EFFector Vol. 23, No. 11  April 19, 2010  editor@eff.org

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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.
>
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>
> 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
>
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>
> 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
>
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>
> 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...
>
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>
> 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!
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>
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> richard@eff.org
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From: Effector List <editor@eff.org>
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Subject: EFFector 23.5: Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers
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EFFector 23.5: Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers

EFFector Vol. 23, No. 5, February 19, 2010  editor@eff.org

A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
ISSN 1062-9424

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In our 528th issue:

~ Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers
Over the last few months, the universe of digital books has expanded
dramatically, with products like Amazon's Kindle, Google Books,
Internet Archive's Text Archive, Barnes and Noble's Nook, and Apple's
upcoming iPad poised to revolutionize reading. But while this digital
books revolution could make books more accessible than ever before,
there are lingering questions about the future of reader privacy,
consumers' rights, and potential censorship.

What questions should consumers ask before buying a digital book or
reader? EFF has published "Digital Books and Your Rights," a checklist
for readers considering buying into the digital book marketplace.

Full press release: http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/02/16-0

Full report on Digital Books and Your Rights:
https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-books-and-your-rights

~ Online Software Reseller Battles Bogus Infringement Allegations
EFF, joined by a coalition of public interest, consumer, and library
groups, has urged a federal appeals court to preserve consumers'
rights and the first sale doctrine in a battle over an Internet
auction of used computer software.

Timothy Vernor is an online software reseller who tried to auction
four packages of Autodesk's AutoCAD software on eBay. Autodesk
threatened Mr. Vernor with a copyright lawsuit, claiming that its
software is only "licensed," never sold. With the assistance of the
public interest litigators at Public Citizen, Vernor filed suit in
Seattle against Autodesk, asking the court to clarify his right to
resell the AutoCAD software packages. He prevailed before the district
court in 2009, prompting Autodesk to appeal.

http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/02/11

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Updates:

~ Redbox, Movie Studios, and the Subversion of First Sale
As we&rsquo;ve explained before, a number of Hollywood movie studios
have been on the war path against Redbox, the kiosk-based DVD rental
operation, because Redbox offers DVD new releases for rent at 99 cents
per night. Thanks to the first sale doctrine in copyright law,
Redbox's business is completely legal&mdash;the company buys
legitimate DVDs to stock their kiosks. This is great for consumers,
and it provides an alternative for those who might otherwise opt for
an unauthorized copy online.

But Hollywood wasn't pleased and took a number of steps to interfere
with Redbox's business, which in turn led to lawsuits. Earlier this
week, Redbox and Warner Brothers settled their litigation, with Redbox
promising not to offer Warner DVDs until 28 days after the DVD goes on
sale. In other words, no more Warner new releases in the Redbox
kiosks. Analysts predict this will be a blueprint for similar
settlements with other Hollywood studios.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/redbox-movie-studios-and-subversion-first-sale

~ Google Buzz Privacy Update
Google has announced significant changes to its new social networking
service, Buzz. Responding to criticism, Google moved away from the
system in which Buzz automatically sets you up to follow the people
you email and chat with most. Instead, Google has adopted an
auto-suggest model, in which you are shown the friend list with an
option to de-select people before publishing the list. While a full
opt-in model would be less likely to result in inadvertent disclosures
of private information, this is a significant step forward.
In addition, Google said it would show current Buzz users the setup
process again, giving a second chance to review and confirm the
follower list "over the next couple weeks." We recommend that all
current Buzz users immediately turn off their public lists and review
their friend lists before making them public again.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/google-buzz-privacy-update

~ Music Journalism Is the New Piracy
Imagine you're a music journalist who maintains a blog. You've just
found a great, new, virtually-unknown artist you want to share with
the world. How can you do so in a way that is simple and convenient
for your readers but does not place you or your blog's host at risk of
being sued?
Thanks to the increasingly aggressive copyright-enforcement tactics of
the music industry, this has become a startlingly complicated question
with no good answer.
In the latest signal of this conundrum, at least six music blogs were
deleted by Blogger due to copyright complaints. It's uncertain who
made the accusations that led to the deletions, but the most likely
culprit is the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry,
a copyright-enforcement organization that had previously filed
copyright takedown notices against some of the targeted blogs.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/musicblogocide

~ EFF to Wisconsin: Just Say No to Warrantless GPS Tracking
ACLU National, ACLU of Wisconsin, and EFF have filed an amicus brief
in the Wisconsin Supreme Court arguing that the law of that state
prohibits police from installing a GPS device on you or your car
without first getting a warrant from a judge. A growing number of
state high courts have decided that their citizens should be protected
from suspicionless GPS tracking, recognizing that uninterrupted
around-the-clock surveillance is qualitatively different from ordinary
police observations of a suspect. In the Wisconsin case, People v.
Sveum, we ask the court to follow the example of Washington, New York,
and Massachusetts and find that GPS tracking is a search that requires
a warrant.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/eff-wisconsin-just-say-no-warrantless-gps-tracking

~ Ten Year Term of EFF Chairman Brad Templeton Winds Down
After serving served ten years as EFF's board chairman, Brad Templeton
has rotated out. John Buckman, founder of Magnatune and Bookmooch
(among other ventures) is the new chair, and law professor Pam
Samuelson will serve as vice-chair, replacing John Perry Barlow. John
Perry and Brad remain active members of EFF's board.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/10-year-term-eff-chairman-winds-down-eff-20th

~ Google Superbowl Ad Explains the Need for Search Privacy
Google's ad during this year&rsquo;s Superbowl explained in less than
a minute how the story of someone's life can be pieced together from
their search queries. Using only the search terms and user's clicks of
the search results, Google told the story of a user who seeks love
while studying abroad in Paris, finds it, moves to Paris, marries and
has a child.

The poignant story, along with Google's suite of search stories,
masterfully illustrates how some of the most intimate information in
our lives -- from planning a trip to political activism -- are
routinely and vividly expressed in our interactions with Google, and
highlights the need for that information to have strong privacy
protections.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/google-superbowl-ad-explains-need-search-privacy
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miniLinks

~ Laptop Webcams Used to Spy on Students
BoingBoing reports that a lawsuit charges school administrators with
using laptop webcams to spy on students at school and at home.
http://eff.org/r.g8f

~ Action Alert: Export Fair Use & Innovation Policy
Public Knowledge wants you to contact the US Trade Representative on
"Special 301" and balance in copyright.
http://bit.ly/dnZVQE

~ Australia Deserves an Open Internet
A new coalition Down Under is fighting back against plans to filter
the Internet.

~ Cell Phones and Privacy
The New York Times editorial board speaks out in support of EFF's
recent Third Circuit argument about cell phone location privacy.
http://eff.org/r.g6a

~ Copy Machines and Privacy
CBS-5 reports that many copy machines have a built-in drives that
retain copies of your documents indefinitely.
http://eff.org/r.f6T

~ EFF's 20th Party in Photos
Here's a fun photo-montage of EFF's 20th Anniversary Party last week
in San Francisco.
http://eff.org/r.g9b

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Announcements

* EFF at SCaLE in Los Angeles!

See what's new in free and open source software at the Southern
California Linux Expo from February 19-21!  EFF is proud to support
SCaLE and the open source community.  Stop by our membership booth to
say hello!

Location:
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Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: (310) 216-5858

Exhibition:
February 20 and 21, 2010
Exhibit Hall Room: Westin Grand Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Hours: 10am  6pm

For more information:
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

* NEW Liberty Mecha Member Shirts!

EFF's 20th Anniversary celebration rages on with AMAZING new Liberty
Mecha member shirts from artist Hugh D'Andrade!  Who needs a jetpack
when you have a digital freedom-fighting robotic exoskeleton?  These
super cool Liberty Mecha shirts debuted at our birthday party and are
now available as donor premiums while supplies last!
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> EFFector 23.4: Come Celebrate EFF's 20th Birthday with Adam Savage and
> Friends on February 10!
>
> EFFector Vol. 23, No. 4, February 3, 2010 editor@eff.org
>
> A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
> ISSN 1062-9424
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> In our 527th issue:
>
> Come Celebrate EFF's 20th Birthday with Adam Savage and Friends on
> February 10!
>
> Join TV geek Adam Savage and a cast of EFF legends and luminaries
> at EFF's 20th birthday party! Our birthday fundraiser on February
> 10th will celebrate two decades of digital freedom-fighting in San
> Francisco's world-famous DNA Lounge.
>
> Adam will present a unique look back and forward to EFF's founding
> and the future of digital rights. DJs Adrian & the Mysterious D, the
> duo that founded the seminal, globe-trotting mashup party "Bootie," > will
> get people moving with their genre-mashing blend of tracks, with
> guest DJs dropping sets throughout the evening. It's a once-in-a-
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> celebration!
>
> Doors open at 8 p.m. We'll be asking for a $30 donation at the door to
> fund our work defending your digital freedom.
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> WHAT: EFF's 20th Birthday Fundraiser with Adam Savage and Surprise
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> Doors open at 8 pm
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> 375 Eleventh Street
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> John Gilmore, Mark Klein, Steve Jackson and more!
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> and luminaries! For a special donation of $250, you're invited to
> attend our VIP event before the birthday party, where you can meet
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> milestone. Special VIP donors receive free admission to the
> birthday party, which starts immediately afterwards, as well as a
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>
> ~ Seven "Corporations of Interest" in Selling Surveillance Tools to
> China
> Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's announcement of a new U.S. policy
> on global Internet Freedom included a bold new statement about the
> responsibilities of American technology companies:
>
> "We are urging U.S. media companies to take a proactive role in
> challenging foreign governments' demands for censorship and
> surveillance. The private sector has a shared responsibility to help
> safeguard free expression. And when their business dealings threaten
> to undermine this freedom, they need to consider what's right, not
> simply what's a quick profit."
>
> While Clinton focuses on Internet media companies like Google, Yahoo!
> and Microsoft, there are plenty of other companies deserving scrutiny.
> Many other U.S. and multinational technology companies may be
> knowingly selling Chinese authorities the surveillance equipment used
> to commit or facilitate human rights abuses.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/selling-china-surveillance
>
> ~ Blogging ACTA Across the Globe: Lessons From Korea
> If there's one country that might have insight into what a post-ACTA
> future may look like, it's the Republic of Korea. Korea is known as
> having one of the most advanced networks in the world, but more
> recently it has also been the recipient of some of the strongest
> foreign pressure to ramp up its IP laws. Heesob Nam is a member (and
> former Chair) of IPLeft, a Korean digital rights activist group
> founded in 1999 to critique the increasingly maximalist IP rights
> agenda in that country and to research and present alternative policy
> proposals. He writes of the impact on Korea of Anti-Counterfeiting
> Trade Agreement (ACTA) and other international IP agreements.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/acta-and-korea
>
> ~ Blogging ACTA Across the Globe: The View from France
> La Quadrature Du Net is a French advocacy group formed to promote
> digital rights and online freedom. Its name comes by analogy between
> the unsolvable mathematical problem of "squaring the circle", and
> similarly impossible attempts to "effectively control the flow of
> information in the digital age by the law and the technology without
> harming public freedoms, and damaging economic and social
> development." In our ongoing series of perspectives on ACTA from
> around the globe, Jérémie Zimmermann and Félix
> Tréguer of La Quadrature du Net describe how the trade
> agreement undermines democratic challenges to IP policies in France
> and beyond.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/acta-and-france
>
> ~ Obama Reverses Position on Disclosing Lobbyist Contacts
> In his State of the Union Address, President Obama made another
> important commitment to openness and transparency in government: "It's
> time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf
> of a client with my Administration or Congress."
> This is welcome news. For the past few years, EFF has been litigating
> a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case against the government,
> seeking the identities of lobbyists who contacted the Department of
> Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on
> behalf of their telecommunications company clients in order to push
> for telecom immunity. With the help of lobbyists from AT&T,
> Verizon, and Sprint, the FISA Amendments Act passed with an
> unconstitutional provision to retroactively grant immunity to the
> telecoms for collaborating with the warrantless wiretapping program.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/obama-reverses-position-disclosing-lobbyist-contac
>
> ~ FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Would Permit Blocking of BitTorrent
> Remember what put the debate over net neutrality into high gear? In
> 2007, EFF and the Associated Press confirmed suspicions that Comcast
> was clandestinely blocking BitTorrent traffic. It was one of the first
> clear demonstrations that ISPs are technologically capable of
> interfering with your Internet connection and that they may not even
> tell you about it. After receiving numerous complaints, the FCC in
> 2008 stepped in and threw the book at Comcast, requiring the company
> to stop blocking BitTorrent. The Comcast-BitTorrent experience put net
> neutrality at the top of the FCC agenda.
> Yet now that the FCC has formally issued draft net neutrality
> regulations, they include a huge copyright loophole -- a loophole that
> would theoretically permit Comcast to block BitTorrent just like it
> did in 2007 simply by claiming that it was "reasonable network
> management" intended to "prevent the unlawful transfer of content."
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/net-neutrality-plan-would-permit-blocking-bittorrent
>
> ~ Help EFF Research Web Browser Tracking
> What fingerprints does your browser leave behind as you surf the web?
> Traditionally, people assume they can prevent a website from
> identifying them by disabling cookies on their web browser.
> Unfortunately, this is not the whole story.
> When you visit a website, you are allowing that site to access a lot
> of information about your computer's configuration. Combined, this
> information can create a kind of fingerprint -- a signature that
> could be used to identify you and your computer. But how effective
> would this kind of online tracking be?
> EFF is running an experiment to find out. Our new Panopticlick website
> will anonymously log the configuration and version information from
> your operating system, your browser, and your plug-ins, and compare it
> to our database of five million other configurations. Then, it will
> give you a uniqueness score -- letting you see how easily identifiable
> you might be as you surf the web.
>
> https://panopticlick.eff.org/
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/help-eff-research-web-browser-tracking
>
> ~ A Primer on Information Theory and Privacy
> If we ask whether a fact about a person identifies that person, it
> turns out that the answer isn't simply yes or no. If all I know about
> a person is their ZIP code, I don't know who they are. If all I know
> is their date of birth, I don't know who they are. If all I know is
> their gender, I don't know who they are. But it turns out that if I
> know these three things about a person, I could probably deduce their
> identity! Each of the facts is partially identifying.
> There is a mathematical quantity that allows us to measure how close a
> fact comes to revealing somebody's identity uniquely. That quantity is
> called entropy, and it's often measured in bits. Intuitively you can
> think of entropy being generalization of the number of different
> possibilities there are for a random variable: if there are two
> possibilities, there is 1 bit of entropy; if there are four
> possibilities, there are 2 bits of entropy, etc. Adding one more bit
> of entropy doubles the number of possibilities.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/primer-information-theory-and-privacy
>
> ~ Browser Versions Carry An Average of 10.5 Bits of Identifying
> Information
> Whenever you visit a web page, your browser sends a "User Agent"
> header to the website saying precisely which operating system and web
> browser you are using. This information could help distinguish
> Internet users from one another because these versions differ, often
> considerably, from person to person. We recently ran an experiment to
> see to what extent this information could be used to track people (for
> instance, if someone deletes their browser cookies, would the User
> Agent, alone or in combination with some other detail, be unique
> enough to let a site recognize them and re-create their old cookie?).
> Our experiment to date has shown that the browser User Agent string
> usually carries 5-15 bits of identifying information (about 10.5 bits
> on average). That means that on average, only one person in about
> 1,500 (210.5) will have the same User Agent as you. On its own, that
> isn't enough to recreate cookies and track people perfectly, but in
> combination with another detail like geolocation to a particular ZIP
> code or having an uncommon browser plugin installed, the User Agent
> string becomes a real privacy problem.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/tracking-by-user-agent
>
> ~ Blogging ACTA Across the Globe: FFII's Ante Wessels on Exporting
> Europe's Flaws
> Every major country in the ACTA negotiations claims that its own laws
> will remain unchanged by the treaty. But without changing a word of
> domestic law, ACTA can still be dangerous to a country's or a
> continent's economy. We asked guest bloggers from around the world to
> give their perspective on the trade agreement. Giving the view from
> the heart of the European Union is Ante Wessels, analyst for the
> Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, a group best known
> for its work in Europe's debate over software patents.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/blogging-acta-across-globe-ffiis-ante-wessels-expo
>
> ~ Terms of (Ab)Use: US and UK Consumers Dance to Different iTunes
> Too often, online services draft their "Terms of Service" (TOS)
> agreements in ways that are one-sided and overreaching. In Europe,
> however, regulators are beginning to step in to protect consumers. In
> late November, the U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced that
> Apple, Inc., agreed to change the terms and conditions for its popular
> iTunes online music store in the United Kingdom. In particular,
> according to the statement from the OFT, the changes would make the
> iTunes terms "clear, fair and easy to understand," and, more
> importantly, give consumers "clear and accurate information about
> their rights in case things go wrong." The OFT took action following a
> similar intervention by the Norwegian Consumer Council.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/terms-ab-use-dancing-different-itunes-differences
>
> ~ HOWTO: Thrive as a Musician Without Suing Your Fans
> TechDirt's Mike Masnick put together a fantastic memo to the
> International Association of Entertainment Lawyers: The Future Of
> Music Business Models (And Those Who Are Already There).
> Masnick writes that the mainstream entertainment industry's formula
> for contending with the Internet desperately trying to invent "new
> copyright laws or new licensing schemes or new DRM or new lawsuits or
> new ways to shut down file sharing" is counterproductive. He lists a
> dozen artists who've done well for themselves through various
> permutations of this model. Everyone knows about the efforts of big
> names like Trent Reznor and Radiohead, but Mike also draws attention
> to less-famous success stories like Josh Freese, Jill Sobule, Corey
> Smith, Jonathan Coulton, Moto Boy, Amanda Palmer, Matthew Ebel,
> Moldover and K-Os.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/howto-thrive-musician-without-suing-your-fans
>
> ~ Clinton on Internet Freedom, and Principled Stands
> Secretary Clinton’s speech on Internet Freedom was an important
> step in bringing online free expression and privacy to the forefront
> of the United States' foreign policy agenda.
> But for all the strong language, it was also a speech of caveats:
> powerful statements like "we stand for a single Internet where all of
> humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas" sat close to hedges
> about the dangers of anonymous speech and how it might be used to
> distribute "stolen intellectual property." Clinton expressed concern
> at those who "violate the privacy of citizens who engage in
> non-violent political speech," but she also spoke of "redoubl[ing]
> efforts" similar to the Convention on Cybercrime, a document that
> provides scant protections for the privacy of anyone being
> investigated by a foreign government.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/clinton-internet-freedom-and-principled-stands
>
> ~ Over-Redaction in Audit of FBI’s Use of Illegal Exigent
> Letters
> The DOJ's Inspector General issued a heavily redacted report about the
> FBI's Communications Analysis Unit (CAU), which found "shocking"
> violations, including embedded telecom employees providing customer
> phone records in response to post-it notes.
> While the underlying violations are egregious enough, the report
> itself is problematic because it redacts huge swaths of information
> that is already publicly known.
> The report cryptically refers to AT&T, Verizon and MCI as Company
> A, B and C. Yet, the source that identified the telecoms embedded with
> the CAU was none other than FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni, in
> sworn testimony before Congress. Moreover, information in the IG
> report combined with letters to Congress from the telecoms themselves
> shows that Company A is AT&T.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/over-redaction-audit-fbi-s-use-illegal-exigent-let
>
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>
> miniLinks
>
> ~ The Case Against The iPad
> Timothy B. Lee says the iPad is part of Apple's attempt to roll back
> the trend towards open computing platforms.
> http://timothyblee.com/?p=2169
>
> ~ 3-Strikes Is Not Mainstream
> Michael Geist says 3-strikes provisions in different countries have
> proven unpopular, expensive and controversial.
> http://www.thestar.com/business/article/755443--geist-three-strikes-and-you-re-out-system-draw-cries-of-foul-from-governments
>
> ~ ArsTechnica on EFF's Panopticlick
> Even without cookies, a browser leaves a trail of crumbs.
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/even-without-cookies-a-browser-leaves-a-trail-of-crumbs.ars
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