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EFF to Fight Obama Administration on Access to ACTA Documents
May 7th
A couple months ago we reported on President Obama’s failure to live up to his desire for a transparent government when he opted to allow his administration to play the national security card to keep details of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) out of the eyes of the general public.
On April 30, 2009, the government released a second batch of documents related to the treaty, ultimately providing little substance. Since the Obama administration continues to withhold more than a thousand pages of material about ACTA the EFF has opted to resort to legal attacks to force the government to open up about this potentially dangerous [secret] treaty.
Google is Not In Danger Thanks to The Pirate Bay Guilty Verdict
Apr 21st
Late last week the verdict was announced in the most closely watched P2P related legal skirmish to date, the Swedish trial of the four administrators of The Pirate Bay. All of the defendants were found guilty of “assisting in making copyright content available” and received 1-year jail sentences and a fine totaling over $3.5m.
In the aftermath of the decision, many folks are speculating that Google might be an entertainment industry target of opportunity because the most widely used search engine provides the ability to locate copyrighted content owned by the music and movie studio. Is this really a possibility?
Facebook Relents on Terms of Service Updates Thanks To Community Pressure!
Feb 18th
After all the ill will surrounding the recent modifications made to Facebook’s Terms of Service, the company relented thanks to the community pressure, reverting the document back to the September 2008 version while continuing to study how best to move forward. Each and every Facebook user has the community to thank for this move because it was the very community Facebook relies upon which allowed this crisis to be at least temporarily averted.
Facebook’s New Terms Of Service – Trust Us Because We’re Not Evil. No, Really!
Feb 17th
Ever since Facebook launched their updated Terms of Service (TOS) roughly two weeks ago the world has been turned upside down. The very vocal minority has been pretty actively articulating their opinion against the most recent modifications, and for very good reason – Facebook seems to think they now own your data forever!
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