Thursday, February 15, 2007

Free Speech group EFF needs videographer in Syracuse (CraigsList) Date: 2007-02-15, 9:12PM EST we are looking for someone who has a good-quality Mini-DV camera and can produce good lighting (natural is fine) and sound (onboard is fine, it just has to be very clear) for a brief videotaped statement. this is to support an online free speech case. details here: http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/11/01/eff-crook-dmca-lawsuit/ the subject to be shot is in/around Syracuse. we may be able to pay expenses for travel by car. if you respond to this note, EFF lawyers will contact you with more info. this video will be distributed widely across the webernets and we can offer a prominent production credit, as well as the warm, fuzzy feeling that you've helped EFF's ongoing defense of digital free speech. please respond with with your availability over the next week or so. 10:26:39 PM

ID Theft: Where you live makes a difference, study finds. ID Theft: Where you live makes a difference, study finds. New York, California, Nevada and Arizona are among the riskiest U.S. states for ID theft, while Wyoming, Vermont, Montana and North Dakota are among the safest, according to a study by ID Analytics Inc. [Computerworld Privacy News] 8:47:49 PM

Drive-by Web Attack Could Hit Home Routers. Drive-by Web Attack Could Hit Home Routers. If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, do so now. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 5:18:30 PM

Media Giant Bullies Internet Critic. Media Giant Bullies Internet Critic. Discovery Communications Tries to Chill Speech with Baseless Legal Claims San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warned Discovery Communications, Inc., today to cease its demands for the removal of an online template that uses humor to help people criticize the media company. The "SpankMaker," located at http://www.spankmymarketer.com/, helps users create parodies of a controversial marketing campaign in connection with a Discovery television production. The online tool provides images from the marketing campaign and Discovery's corporate websites, and allows users to modify them with commentary. A lawyer for Discovery has demanded that the website operator remove the template, claiming it infringes Discovery's copyright and is used to defame the company. But in a letter sent in response today, EFF outlines how the use of the images in the template is clearly a non-infringing parody. EFF also explains that the comments that offended Discovery are not libelous and that, in any event, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects the creator of the SpankMaker from liability for comments written by others. "Once again, a business is trying to use false legal claims to chill criticism," said Staff Attorney Corynne McSherry. "Fortunately, more and more, the targets of these kinds of threats are fighting back." EFF's letter is part of its ongoing campaign to protect online free speech. Earlier this month, EFF provided legal support for environmental activists who were threatened by the Chicago Auto Show after posting an Internet parody. In November, EFF reached an agreement with the corporate owners of the popular children's television character Barney the Purple Dinosaur to withdraw meritless legal threats against a website publisher who parodied the character. For EFF's response letter: http://eff.org/legal/cases/discoverycom_v_rubinstein/response_letter.pdf Contact: Corynne McSherry Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation corynne@eff.org [EFF: Breaking News] 5:14:41 PM

© Copyright 2007 Paul Hardwick. Last update: 3/4/07; 10:21:08 AM.