EFF Deep Links & News
Cool stuff in this weeks EFFector. If you don't subscribe, you really should.
- Los Alamos Pulls Plug on E-Voting Purchase: The community that brought us the atom bomb is scared of e-voting machines. Anyone else nervous?
- Too Quick to Copyright (PDF): Legal Times article pointing out the hypocrisy of corporations accusing file sharers of a lack of respect for copyright law when they themselves routinely flout it - by laying claim to material that is free for everyone to use
- Australian Court Gives Students Jail Time for Violating Music Copyrights : Two students were sentenced to 18 months in prison for copyright violations - but because of their youth and the fact they never profited from the infringement, the sentences have been suspended
- Rep. Kucinich Speaks Out on E-Voting: He blasts Diebold's copyright claims, calls for increased e-voting security and supports the Holt bill. Kucinich should start a voting machine company if he doesn't become the next president
- Sharing Music the Old Fashioned Way: Some Apple iPod owners are stopping each other on the street, wordlessly exchanging headphone jacks, and then proceeding on to their destinations
- Sad Day for Music Lovers: MP3.com to Destroy Library: MP3.com, digital music pioneer, will delete from its servers hundreds of thousands of songs and destroy the original tapes, CD-ROMs, and other media
- Gold Records, Glass Houses: A survey of Australian music professionals reveals that 45% download music from the Internet - and half never pay for it
- Three Republicans Sign E-Voting Bill: The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act has 74 co-sponsors, but it didn't have any Republican support until now. We hope the dam is breaking
- U.S. Fails in Hemisphere-Wide Push for Restrictive IP Policy: And instead chooses to pick off Central and South American countries one-by-one, using smaller, nastier treaties (NYT; registration unfortunately required.)
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