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Etopia News Interviews Cindy Cohn
Etopia News has an in-depth interview with EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn about the Diebold E-Voting case and its relation to the DMCA.…
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Students drafted a Privacy policy/data retention policy that EFF is circulating to other organizations for comment. Contact gelman@stanford.edu if you would li…
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Motion to Quash Hearing Set
A hearing on the subpoenaed persons' Motion to Quash the subpoena issued to Yahoo! is scheduled for December 5 at 9:00 AM in the Santa Clara County Superior…
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Case Documents (via the EFF)
* Judge Fogel's order, setting expedited hearing schedule for Preliminary Injunction * Diebold's opposition to TRO * Complaint * Application for…
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Judge Expedites Hearing on Preliminary Injunction in Diebold case
Today a California Federal District Court agreed to expedite the process that will determine whether two Swarthmore students may post internal corporate docume…
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AP on Diebold
The Associated Press covers the Diebold case with this article.…
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Swarthmore/Diebold off to a slow start
This morning I went up to US District Court in San Francisco expecting a hearing on the motion for a TRO against Diebold sending out frivolous cease and desist…
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Second Circuit Rules Identity Theft Techniques Trigger Sentencing Enhancements
In an identity theft case, James Rinaldo Jackson pled guilty to 29 counts of criminal activity, including credit card fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(2), (b)(1), (c)…
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Maryland Court Finds No Personal Jurisdiction over Egyptian “Semi-Interactive” Website
Plaintiff, Electronic Broking Services, Limited (“Electronic Broking”), a British company, has brought suit before the U.S. District Court for the District of M…
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Fourth Circuit Rules Damage Caused by AOL Software did not Constitute Property Damage Under Insurance coverage
Within a few months of the release of America Online, Inc. (AOL) Version 5.0 access software in October 1999, consumers began filing class action lawsuits again…
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Seventh Circuit Rejects ISP Liability in Video Voyeurism Case
The plaintiffs in this case were members of several collegiate sports teams who, without their knowledge or consent, were taped by cameras hidden in locker room…
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VOIP Provider Succeeds in Enjoining Minnesota PUC
The case rose out of a Minnesota Department of Commerce (“MDOC”) investigation of Vonage, a firm providing voice-over-IP (VoIP) services which allow voice commu…