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Movie Studios Seek SOPA Power Through Broad Site-Blocking Order
Major movie studios are again trying to make a website they don’t like disappear without a trial. This time, the studios are asking for one court order to bind every domain name registrar, registry, hosting provider, payment processor, caching service, advertising network, social network and bulletin board — in short, the entire internet — to…
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How Do The Online Services You Use Deal With Government Data Requests?
This is important! The EFF’s annual report card is out on how tech companies respond to government requests for your private data. Some companies take a firm position against government spying while others are basically government patsies. Where do the services you use stand?
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Preserving Video Games: Another Thing The DMCA Is Screwing Up
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act is the most fundamental piece of US legislation underpinning digital rights. It’s also woefully broken, with its wide-reaching language being used to tinkering with your own smartphone illegal. The latest trick? Screwing over anyone who wants to preserve video games.
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One Year Later, Obama Failing On Promise To Rein In NSA
A year ago, President Obama made tepid promises to reform the NSA (check out our analysis of those commitments). This week, he followed up with more specifics.