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Statewide Information Technology Security Assessment
White Papers The Progress and Freedom Foundation ranked Texas as tenth overall among the states in its adoption of electronic government. Texas is a recognized leader in the nation's transition to electronic government.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
CIA Funds Chatroom Surveillance
News EPIC director Marc Rotenberg, whose nonprofit group obtained the documents through the Freedom of Information Act, said the CIA's clandestine involvement was worrisome. Their proposal, also disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, received...
[November 25, 2004, 7:35]
Software Patents: 'A Really Bad Idea'
News Robin Gross is an attorney and executive directive of IP Justice, a US-based grassroots civil liberties organisation that promotes balanced intellectual property law and protects freedom of expression.
[May 19, 2004, 16:50]
US Hits Legal Turbulence Over EU Passenger Data
News The EFF is using the Freedom of Information Act to try and find out how EU passenger data transferred to the US is retained, secured, used, disclosed to other entities, and combined with other information.
[November 23, 2006, 16:26]
File-swappers Fight Back
News This case is about the freedom of technologists to innovate and the public's right to communicate," said Fred von Lohmann, senior intellectual property attorney for the EFF. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which has represented hackers...
[November 7, 2001, 14:22]
Cyberterrorism: Security Versus Liberty
News EPIC, along with the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, filed on 21 August its own Freedom of Information Act request for details on how Patriot Act powers are being used.
[August 27, 2002, 13:35]
Hollywood's War On Open Source: Don't Fence Me In
News Now it appears that their worst fears -- crackdowns on freedom of speech and civil liberties -- are coming true. Both the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) fought the legislation before it was...
[February 28, 2000, 9:17]
Encryption Export Picture Remains Unclear
News They went on to call the ruling "a victory for free speech, academic freedom, human rights and the prevention of crime. SAFE (the Security and Freedom through Encryption bill) cleared the House Committee on International Relations...
[August 27, 1997, 10:04]
Russians To Be Tried Under DMCA
News Enacted in 1998, the law was a compromise between copyright owners and telecommunications companies seeking freedom from liability over acts of online piracy. The problem is we live in a world where copyright holders are increasingly turning to...
[May 9, 2002, 14:02]
Software-licensing Law Loses Supporters
News They say it grants software makers too much freedom in restricting the use of their products and in dictating settlement terms for conflicts. Because it's on the books in two states, courts across the country could be influenced by it, according to...
[August 8, 2003, 13:10]
DeCSS Code-crack Dispute Back In Court
News But in another case, a federal appeals court in California ruled that the National Security Agency's attempt to prevent professor Daniel Bernstein from posting encryption software was a restraint on freedom of expression.
[April 30, 2001, 9:36]
Big Brother Awards Nominees Plumb New Depths
News Sir Richard Wilson earned his nominations, said the judges, for "his long-standing commitment to opposing freedom of information, data protection and ministerial accountability. The Internet Watch Foundation has joint nominations for Most Invasive...
[February 25, 2002, 11:13]
Open-source Search Looks For Web Niche
News Already itching to work on another search engine, Cutting spearheaded the effort from there, bringing on three founding developers, and forming a board of directors that includes Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus and co-founder of the Electronic...
[August 18, 2003, 17:05]
Digital Rights And Actual Wrongs
Leader Take a look at the work of the Electronic Freedom Foundation in the US, and if you like what you see and want to help something similar here, join the Pledge Bank to make it happen. Sony is rightly embarrassed.
[November 7, 2005, 13:45]
Norway Piracy Case Brings Activists Hope
News The Norwegian judges' ruling protects intellectual freedom by recognising that once you buy a DVD movie, Hollywood no longer has a lawful right to control the way you can access that film," said Robin Gross, executive director of IP Justice, a new...
[January 9, 2003, 9:02]
US Report: Commerce Subcommittee Passes 'CDA II'
News In a statement from the Internet Freedom of Expression Alliance, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Library Association, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists, and a host of other...
[September 18, 1998, 9:50]
US Justice Department Ready To Prosecute File-swappers
News A lot of people think these activities are legal, and they think they ought to be legal," Malcolm told an audience at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's annual technology and politics summit. A few weeks ago, some of the most senior members of...
[August 21, 2002, 7:51]
Apple In Court Over Leaks
News Online journalists "should enjoy as much protection as anyone", said Gregg Leslie, legal defence director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Arlington, Virginia. The brief was prepared by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and...
[February 15, 2005, 8:10]
P3P: Big Backers, Slow Pickup
News Sagi Leizerov, Ph.D.a privacy expert with Ernst & Young LLP, cites a May 2002 survey by the Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) that indicates that 35 percent of the most popular Web sites have implemented P3P to some extent.
[June 11, 2002, 10:02]
Justice Dept Cools On Suing Swappers
News That idea is "something that people should take with a grain of salt", Pate said at a conference held by the Progress & Freedom Foundation. Under a 1997 law called the No Electronic Theft Act, federal prosecutors can file criminal charges against...
[August 24, 2004, 11:45]
