EFFector Deep Links
Hot off the e-mail presses.
- Pardon Me, Sir - You Left Your Ethics in the Limo
Free concert tickets, pool parties and lobster bakes - election officials are reportedly getting star treatment from the e-voting machine companies competing for your tax dollars - La Regle du Jeu
A fellow Sims player has publicly insulted you. Can you sue for defamation? So asks "The State of Play," a conference exploring the gap between real law and virtual reality - Patent Busters Bankrolled
Innovation, competition and even human health suffer when patents are granted indiscriminately. Enter the newly flush Public Patent Foundation - Hollywood Cracks Knuckles, Glowers at Public
LA Times article in which film industry representatives discuss plans to bring lawsuits against individual file sharers - including contemplating "the size of the coffin" - It's Ten O'Clock. Do You Know Where Your Privacy Is?
To save money, major credit agencies are outsourcing the handling of your Social Security number and credit history to firms overseas - where U.S. privacy laws cannot be enforced - Sony to Offer Use-Limited CDs with Extras
Rule of Marketing #783: Distract the buyer from the inferior product by padding it with filler - ART Aims at Movie Pirates, Misses
A new bill targeting pre-release movie piracy focuses on P2P file sharers, not the major source of Hollywood movies onto the Internet - the leaks from inside the studios themselves - Michael Moore Speaks Out on E-Voting
The normally soft-spoken, timid documentary filmmaker shocked British audiences by openly questioning the wisdom of e-voting machines sold by partisan fund raisers - Rock the Vote - No, Really
The rock band Railer is touring North America - and stumping for a bill that would require e-voting machines to have voter verifiable paper receipts - Toronto Airport Pi**ed Over Urinal Photo Site
An odd public urinal photo website is threatened by odd legal claims from the Greater Toronto Airport Authority - MyTunes Turns iTunes into P2P Application
Like iCommune, this Windows app adds a feature to iTunes bound to make Mr. Jobs very unhappy - Caught in the (Digital Millennium Copyright) Act
The Washington Post on the unintended consequences of the DMCA - Don't Look Now, But the Dean Is Watching
Under pressure by the feds and the record labels, campus administrators are spying on students now more than ever (Ad view nonsense required.)
