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Free speech victory for DVD crackers
News Hollywood studios have contended that software that can break through their anti-piracy techniques is simply a tool and does not warrant free-speech protections. He's appealing that ruling, saying that the decision violates his free-speech rights.
[November 2, 2001, 10:12]
Free speech online finding limits
News A one-two punch handed down this week by US courts to free-speech advocates may signal that the freewheeling days of unfettered speech on the Internet are numbered, First Amendment experts said. Charles Sims, a partner with Proskauer Rose who...
[November 30, 2001, 12:23]
US court backs right to free speech on Web
News Judges have sided with free-speech advocates in some cases and the companies seeking the identities in others. Earlier this year, the ACLU argued along with free-speech group the Liberty Project that a court should not release the names of an...
[April 23, 2001, 9:41]
Court dismisses free-speech lawsuit
News In short, plaintiffs' speech has not been chilled. As we have said time and again, professor Felten is free to publish his findings. A New Jersey judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit brought against the music industry, saying that threatened...
[November 29, 2001, 11:42]
Yahoo free speech battle thrown out
News In a case that pits European restrictions on "hate speech" against the values of free expression enshrined by the United States' First But Yahoo won its initial court battle in the US A federal district judge ruled in November 2001 that "although...
[January 13, 2006, 8:15]
Amnesty: ISPs must protect free speech
News The human rights group Amnesty International has called on internet service providers to do more to protect free speech online. So far, more than 60,000 people have signed the site's pledge to protect freedom of speech on the internet.
[February 19, 2007, 12:15]
Can free speech and the Internet co-exist?
News The proposed domains -- .union, .customers, .isnotgreen, .isnotfair, .sucks, .complaints and .ecology -- would be reserved for free-speech purposes, similar to the manner that .edu remains the mainstay of universities and .gov is used exclusively...
[March 2, 2000, 9:02]
Internet free speech threatened by data protection laws
News Civil liberties advocates warn Tuesday the decision to force a Web site to reveal the identity of bulletin board contributors could stifle Internet free speech in Britain. Anonymity favours free speech and the Internet provides a forum for informed...
[June 13, 2000, 17:05]
News Burst: Free-speech group blasts Net rating system
News The international Net community is to meet Thursday through Saturday at the Internet Content Summit in Munich to discuss rating schemes for Net content. Advocates of content rating are hoping a global framework for filtering out pornography, hate...
[September 9, 1999, 9:15]
Internet companies 'must respect free speech'
Talkback Excellent to see some coverage of this. Thank you.
[January 10, 2006, 18:45]
US court backs right to free speech on Web
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[November 2, 2003, 3:03]
EFF files free speech lawsuit against record labels
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit on Wednesday on behalf of a group of scientists, asking that they be allowed to publish research on anti-copying technology despite protests from the entertainment industry.
[June 7, 2001, 8:32]
Internet companies 'must respect free speech'
News IT companies operating in countries with repressive regimes should face tighter regulation when it comes to supporting freedom of speech, according to a leading anti-censorship organisation. Press freedom group Reporters without Borders issued a...
[January 10, 2006, 16:25]
European Court asked to rule on Internet free speech
News British Web site Outcast will ask the European Court of Human Rights to consider whether English libel laws breach the right to freedom of expression on the Internet, reports the Financial Times Friday.
[April 17, 2000, 9:38]
Retool delays hackers' free-speech app
News An ambitious attempt by an international coalition of hackers to create a file-sharing program that can defeat censorship has gone back to the drawing board, the project's leader said Wednesday. Known as "Peekabooty" -- and previously as Project X...
[June 28, 2001, 14:16]
DeCSS banned again
News In another setback for free speech advocates, hacker magazine 2600 has lost its bid for an appeal of a ruling banning it from posting code that can be used to crack DVD copy protections. The ruling, issued last week, is another blow to the efforts...
[May 20, 2002, 7:31]
US kicks out online decency act
News In a move being hailed as a pivotal victory for free speech and a boon to the evolution of the Internet, the Supreme Court today ruled that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment , affirming two lower court rulings barring its...
[June 27, 1997, 8:53]
Freedom of speech v the will to protect children
News In America the debate between free speech advocates and the bible belters has long raged around the issue of pornography and censorship. Whilst admitting the bill has become a free speech issue, Peterson believes it has been misinterpreted.
[March 22, 1999, 10:55]
Web war rages over DVD-cracking site
News In a move that free-speech activists hope will be trendsetting, Internet service provider Verio is standing up to the movie industry by refusing to remove a Web site the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) says is illegal.
[January 25, 2001, 9:03]
2005: Apple's 1984?
Talkback NDA, and the protection of intellectual property *DOES NOT* take a backseat to free speech and the 1st Amendment. Journalists would tell us that free speech is the #1 concern, more than personal property rights, right to a jury trial, gun rights etc.
[January 18, 2005, 17:11]
