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EFF's first book was published in 1993 as The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet, a beginners' how-to manual by contracted technical writer Adam Gaffin, and made available for free download in many formats. MIT Press published it in paperback form in 1994 as Everybody's Guide to the Internet (ISBN 9780262571050). The online edition was updated ...
July 10, 1990: EFF is founded and the groundwork is laid for the successful representation of Steve Jackson Games in a federal court case to prosecute the United States Secret Service for unlawfully raiding their offices and seizing computers. [1] [2] 1991: Steve Jackson Games v. United States Secret Service. EFF files in federal court. [3]
EFF v. Global Equity (see SPEECH Act § Use in courts) Electric Slide Litigation; Eli Lilly Zyprexa Litigation; Embroidery Software Protection Coalition v. Ebert & Weaver; First Cash v. John Doe; Fix Wilson Yard v. City of Chicago; Frankel v. Lyons (Barney) Fuller v. Doe; Indymedia Server Takedown; JibJab Media v. Ludlow Music ("This Land ...
To approach Barlow's vision of a self-governing Internet, the Cyberspace Law Institute set up a virtual magistrate, now hosted by the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Magistrates would be appointed by the institute and other legal groups to solve online disputes. [7] The declaration has been criticized for internal inconsistencies. [9]
Jewel v. National Security Agency, 673 F.3d 902 (9th Cir., 2011), was a class action lawsuit argued before the District Court for the Northern District of California and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on behalf of American citizens who believed that they had been surveilled by the National Security Agency (NSA) without a warrant. [1]
The Assistant Director of the US Secret Service, Garry M. Jenkins, commented in a press release that, "the Secret Service is sending a clear message to those computer hackers who have decided to violate the laws of this nation in the mistaken belief that they can successfully avoid detection by hiding behind the relative anonymity of their ...
As always, ABC and CNN will host their New Year’s Eve bashes from Times Square with a perfect view of the iconic ball drop, a tradition that dates back to the early 20th century.
The proposed law would have expanded existing criminal laws to include unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content, imposing a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Proponents of the legislation said it would protect the intellectual-property market and corresponding industry, jobs and revenue, and was necessary to bolster enforcement of ...