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Do you own your devices or not? The jailbreaking argument

Posted January 26, 2012 - 11:56 am

Those who believe people should be able to do anything with their own devices are getting organized.
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Net watchdogs, Apache side with Microsoft in patent dispute

Posted February 2, 2011 - 4:54 pm

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge and the Apache Software Foundation -- siding with Microsoft in a long-running legal battle -- have joined forces in urging the United States Supreme Court to make it easier for juries to invalidate software patents.
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Sony sends 'dangerous' message with PS3 suit, says EFF

Posted January 24, 2011 - 12:54 pm

A recent lawsuit filed by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. against several security researchers for allegedly jailbreaking the company's PS3 hardware is evoking howls of protest from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
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EFF dubs Apple a 'jealous feudal lord' over iPhone dev contract

Posted March 10, 2010 - 11:07 am

Apple's agreement with iPhone developers contains several "troubling" clauses that paint the company as a "jealous and arbitrary feudal lord," the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday.
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EFF publishes iPhone developer agreement

Posted March 9, 2010 - 5:45 pm

If you've followed the news of App Store rejections over the past couple years, you may have wondered what exactly is engraved upon the stone tablets that govern the terms of Apple's App Store and developing for the iPhone. The trouble is we haven't been able to tell you, as the agreement itself contains terms that prohibit publicly discussing it. But on Monday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) legally obtained and published a copy of the agreement for the first time.
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YouTube changes cookie use policy on Whitehouse.gov

Posted June 14, 2009 - 8:16 pm

In an apparent acknowledgment of the concerns expressed by privacy advocates, YouTube has changed its use of tracking cookies for videos embedded on the Whitehouse.gov Web site.
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Fight to legalize iPhone jailbreaking set for Friday

Posted May 1, 2009 - 4:06 pm

Apple's iPhone marketing chief will square off against the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others Friday as the U.S. Copyright Office considers whether to allow an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that would permit jailbreaking.
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College student fights warrant seizing his computer

Posted April 16, 2009 - 2:13 pm

Boston College is finding itself in the middle of a controversy over its handling of a case involving a student who allegedly sent an e-mail claiming that a fellow student was gay and used a college computer network to change grades.
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EFF berates Apple over open-source iTunes project

Posted November 25, 2008 - 10:31 pm

The EFF says Apple is wrong to shut down a site that posted information on how to make the iPod work with Linux.
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EFF files surveillance lawsuit against NSA, Bush, Cheney

Posted September 18, 2008 - 7:55 pm

The EFF has filed a lawsuit against the NSA, U.S. President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other government officials, alleging that an NSA electronic surveillance program continues to illegally spy on U.S. residents.
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EFF, Public Knowledge sue US gov't over secret IP pact

Posted September 18, 2008 - 5:18 pm

Digital rights advocacy groups EFF and Public Knowledge have filed a lawsuit against the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in an attempt to get the office to turn over information about a secret international treaty being negotiated to step up cross-border enforcement of copyright and piracy laws.
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