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ASCAP squeezes license fees for ringtone use from Verizon
In yet another bizarre demand, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is demanding that mobile operators pay licensing ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/19596.cfm - 25 September 2009

Google letter to FCC points finger for app rejection at Apple
Google has released the full text of their letter to the FCC regarding Apple's App Store rejection policies. It directly contradicts a claim ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/19460.cfm - 19 September 2009

Jammie Thomas can possibly use bankruptcy to get out of RIAA debt
On Thursday, Jammie Thomas was found to have "committed willful violation" of the copyrights of 24 songs she shared via P2P and the jury awarded ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/18254.cfm - 20 June 2009

EFF files lawsuit against Apple
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) had teamed with OdioWorks lawyers to file a lawsuit against Apple Inc. in a federal court, claiming ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17820.cfm - 29 April 2009

New Zealand 'reconsidering' three-strikes law
Last October, New Zealand adopted a '3 Strikes' law for pirates, meaning alleged pirates are given two warnings before having their Internet shut off. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17400.cfm - 30 March 2009

Mozilla and Skype back iPhone jailbreaking
Earlier this month the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) officially requested that the Library of Congress create a DMCA exemption for jailbreaking ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17043.cfm - 19 February 2009

Apple rejects South Park iPhone app
Last October South Park Studios, creators of the Comedy Central show with the same name, submitted an iPhone app to Apple. According to a sneak ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17020.cfm - 17 February 2009

Apple battles EFF, calls iPhone jailbreaking piracy
After staying notably silent on the subject of jailbreaking for the first year and a half of the iPhone's existence, Apple has now submitted ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16982.cfm - 14 February 2009

USTR fights release of IP treaty details citing national security
Several months ago documents outlining a secret proposal from the US Trade Representative (USTR) for a new intellectual property treaty were ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16835.cfm - 31 January 2009

Google tells you if your ISP is interfering with BitTorrent
If you suspect your ISP is throttling BitTorrent traffic and don't want to wait for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to prove it Google ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16809.cfm - 29 January 2009

EFF releases tool that hunts BitTorrent throttling ISPs
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced the launch of a new software that they say will allows users to keep tabs on their ISPs ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14986.cfm - 3 August 2008

Yahoo to shut down DRM servers for Yahoo Music Limited after September
Yahoo Music Unlimited has now officially become limited. In February they decided to partner with Rhapsody and stop selling music through their ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14902.cfm - 25 July 2008

Universal claims fair use is fair game for DMCA takedown
As we told you last week, a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) for allegedly abusing the DMCA takedown process has finally come before ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14861.cfm - 21 July 2008

Mom fights music giant over DMCA takedown notice
For the Pennsylvania mother Stephanie Lenz, who has stood up to Universal Music Group after a YouTube video of her son dancing to a Prince song ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14850.cfm - 19 July 2008

Secret IP treaty to be discussed this week in Tokyo
The G8 Summit began today in Tokyo, Japan. Among the topics expected to be discussed is the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14718.cfm - 7 July 2008

EFF shoots down "making available" argument in Jammie Thomas case
Last week we told you about briefs filed both for and against Jammie Thomas in her quest to get a new trial for alleged copyright violations ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14574.cfm - 23 June 2008

EFF notes that Microsoft is complying with NBC broadcast flags
Yesterday we reported that NBC had sent off broadcast flags thus causing Vista Media Center users to not be able to record TV episodes of "American ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13992.cfm - 19 May 2008

MPAA awarded $110 million in TorrentSpy suit
Just a few weeks ago BitTorrent site TorrentSpy was shut down by parent company Valance Media LLC, replaced with a message explaining that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13890.cfm - 8 May 2008

EFF backs eBay user in Universal promo CD case
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Keker & Van Nest law firm based in San Francisco filed briefs in federal court last week defending ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13650.cfm - 14 April 2008

SXSW panel to discuss mandatory online music licensing
At a panel discussion called 'Mobility, Ubiquity and Monetizing Music,' which will be held tomorrow at the SXSW (South By Southwest) Music And ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13228.cfm - 13 March 2008

FCC hearing Monday on ISPs' network management practices open to public
If you'd like a ringside seat to a FCC hearing on ISP network management and happen to be in the Boston area on Monday you're in luck. There's ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13034.cfm - 25 February 2008

EFF targets RIAA's 'making available' claims
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been bending the legal system to its position that "making files available" is enough ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12546.cfm - 14 January 2008

EFF details evidence of Comcast traffic management
Consumer rights activixts at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have released a report detailing evidence they've amassed against Comcast ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12023.cfm - 30 November 2007

Comcast gets sued for blocking BitTorrent traffic
A California man has filed suit against the cable giant Comcast claiming that they have engaged in unfair business practices by limiting download ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11831.cfm - 15 November 2007

Woman takes on Prince over DMCA takedown
A Pennsylvania woman, with the help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), is taking Prince to court over his alleged involvement in a ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11632.cfm - 30 October 2007

Senators urge committee chairman to hold Net Neutrality hearing
As expected, recent reports about Comcast's practice of discriminating against BitTorrent uploads have breathed new life into the Net Neutrality ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11597.cfm - 27 October 2007

Comcast P2P filtering energizes Net Neutrality debate
Start with some network "management" that hinders file sharing, add in some public criticism from consumer advocates, and a non-denial that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11589.cfm - 26 October 2007

Rulings against DirecTV's legal tactics upheld on appeal
A U.S. Federal Appeals Court upheld a lower court's refusal to grant a default judgement against two men accused of pirating DirecTV. The judgement, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11082.cfm - 12 September 2007

EFF shows how RIAA lawsuits have failed
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive report on the history of the Recording Industry Association of America's ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10904.cfm - 30 August 2007

EFF and Universal battle over sale of promotional CDs
A legal storm is brewing between the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Universal Music Group over the right to sell CDs distributed for promotional ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10710.cfm - 12 August 2007

EFF & eBay user take on Universal
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are representing Troy Augusto, an eBay user taking on Universal Music Group (UMG) in court after being ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10664.cfm - 6 August 2007

EFF sues Universal over DMCA takedown
Yesterday the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against Universal Music Publishing Group, asking a federal court to protect the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10479.cfm - 25 July 2007

RIAA ordered to pay attorney fees
After losing a suit against an Oklahoma woman for supposedly "vicariously" aiding copyright infringement, the RIAA has been ordered to pay nearly ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10412.cfm - 17 July 2007

Paranormalist's legal claims highlight DMCA problem
Uri Geller, who became famous as a "paranormalist" in the 1970's with an act that included bending spoons, supposedly with his mind, is at the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10333.cfm - 9 July 2007

EFF: RIAA should pay for single mom's two-year ordeal
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has demanded that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) pay for a single mom's two-year ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10320.cfm - 8 July 2007

EFF supports CableVision's RS DVR plan
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), along with a coalition of public interest groups, trade associations, and businesses, urged a federal ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10067.cfm - 11 June 2007

TorrentSpy ordered to log user activity for MPAA
TorrentSpy, a popular BitTorrent search engine, has been ordered to log the activities of its users. The order was made by federal Judge Jacqueline ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10065.cfm - 11 June 2007

EFF criticizes Apple for watermarking DRM-free tracks
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has begun criticizing Apple over its practice of embedding user information into its DRM-free purchased ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9985.cfm - 4 June 2007

Electric Slide creator calls off online takedown campaign
After being hit with a lawsuit from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), The man who claims to have created "The Electric Slide" has agreed ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9809.cfm - 22 May 2007

European Parliament passes IPRED2
The European Parliament has voted to pass the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED2), designed to criminalize people for ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9552.cfm - 27 April 2007

European EFF targets IPRED2 directive
The European arm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has shown its opposition for the IPRED2 directive that is being proposed to harmonize ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9386.cfm - 13 April 2007

EFF: RIAA victim deserves day in court
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a brief with a New York district court, urging a judge to allow Rolando Amurao, a target ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9349.cfm - 11 April 2007

NFL violates DMCA with takedown notice
The National Football League (NFL) has gotten itself caught up in an online battle over a YouTube clip with Brooklyn Law School professor Wendy ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9092.cfm - 23 March 2007

EFF, MoveOn.org sue Viacom over YouTube takedown notice
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has requested that a federal court protect the free speech rights of activism site MoveOn.org and Brave ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9078.cfm - 22 March 2007

American Studios' Secret Plan to Lock Down European TV Devices
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has gained entrance into the "secret' meetings of the Digital Video Broadcasting Porject (DVB), a group ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9040.cfm - 20 March 2007

EFF takes on DMCA abusers
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has recently taken on several individuals that have abused the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9023.cfm - 18 March 2007

New DMCA exemptions granted
On Wednesday, the Copyright Office/Library of congress published its determination in the latest triennial exemption rule-making. Congress mandated ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8154.cfm - 23 November 2006

Macrovision wants DRM to stay
Everyone's favorite copyright enforcer Macrovision is currently in the midst of a bloodmatch with longtime sparring partner Sima Products. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7844.cfm - 18 August 2006

Judge Grants Final Approval for Sony BMG CD Settlement
A New York judge has granted final approval to a settlement for music fans who purchased audio CDs from Sony BMG that contained harmful Digital ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7581.cfm - 24 May 2006

U.S. Senator tries to sneak 'Broadcast Flag' into law
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has snuck the dreaded and condemned "broadcast flag" into a bill on Net Neutrality. It is worth mentioning ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7523.cfm - 3 May 2006

Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is continuing its excellent work with the publication of its latest article, "Unintended Consequences: ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7474.cfm - 15 April 2006

EFF challenges Clear Channel Recording Patent
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has challenged a patent held by Clear Channel Recording because the foundation believes it is "illegitimate". ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7331.cfm - 15 February 2006

SunnComm responds to open letter from EFF
SunnComm, a company that specializes in content protection software, has responded to an open letter written by the Electronic Frontier Foundation ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7278.cfm - 5 February 2006

Sony BMG to re-evaluate CD protection
Sony BMG will now step back and reconsider its approach to protecting the contents of audio CDs, following over a month of controversy about ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7154.cfm - 12 December 2005

EFF: SunnComm's MediaMax security patch is not secure
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is now urging consumers not to apply the patch released by SunnComm just days ago to fix a security ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7140.cfm - 9 December 2005

More insecure CDs from Sony BMG
Sony BMG, which was caught up in a Digital Rights Management (DRM) mess for the last month over the XCP copy protection has today announced, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7127.cfm - 7 December 2005

Sony BMG hit by lawsuits over XCP
Sony BMG is now facing at least three lawsuits (so far) over the XCP copy protection. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) software behaves like ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7016.cfm - 10 November 2005

Audio watermarking to HD-DVDs
A new technology for watermarking movies has been unveiled at a conference held by the DVD Forum in Paris. The new technology relies on unnoticeable ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6999.cfm - 3 November 2005

EFF exposes laser printers' hidden secret code
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has managed to crack a secret printer code with the Xerox DocuColor line of laser printers that allows ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6960.cfm - 20 October 2005

P2P traffic putting enormous strain on Tor network
Tor, an anonymity tool from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is being misused by many file sharers to make their BitTorrent clients ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6945.cfm - 14 October 2005

DRM chip could lock mobile phones to networks and content providers
Mobile phones are one of the most popular gadgets on this planet to date, and they still spread in popularity day by day. To use a mobile phone, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6900.cfm - 5 October 2005

Divorced mom of five may challenge RIAA
Patricia Santangelo, a divorced mother of five children, is one of the thousands of victims of lawsuits by the Recording Industry Association ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6731.cfm - 16 August 2005

Supreme Court rules in favour of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in P2P case
In a major blow to technological innovation today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favour of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in a huge P2P case. Since the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6571.cfm - 27 June 2005

Billionaire backs P2P firms
Billionaire entrepreneur, Mark Cuban has promised to help Grokster financially in its battle against major record labels and movie studios. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6254.cfm - 28 March 2005

Judge slows down MPAA lawsuits
A California Judge has slowed the MPAA's lawsuit campaign against P2P users. Apparently the movie studios have improperly bundled too many separate ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5820.cfm - 24 November 2004

Schwarzenegger deals serious blow to California file-sharers
Governor or California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has dealt a serious blow to file sharers in California by signing an Internet piracy bill that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5622.cfm - 23 September 2004

U.S. Senate passes PIRATE act bill
The U.S. Senate has passed the PIRATE Act bill, which raised several concerns when it was proposed. The Protecting Intellectual Rights Against ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5370.cfm - 30 June 2004

EFF worried about Californian anti-piracy bills
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has expressed its concerns over two anti-piracy bills introduced in California. According to EFF the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5152.cfm - 19 April 2004

Court orders P2P users to be sued individually
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released an update on the proceedings in the legal fight regarding the mass lawsuit against individuals ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5055.cfm - 8 March 2004

Grokster-Morpheus P2P case back in court
One of the most important P2P cases returns to court on Tuesday. The lawyers for both the entertainment industry and the P2P operators Grokster ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4935.cfm - 2 February 2004

$1M donation from 321 Studios to E.F.F.
Buy DVD X Copy now and get a LiteON DVD+/-R for 20$. Yes, sounds crazy but this tempting bundle by the 321 Studios is for real. And it just ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4686.cfm - 13 November 2003

EFF disappointed at DMCA ruling
The U.S. Librarian of Congress has denied most of the major requests for exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Electronic ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4637.cfm - 29 October 2003

RIAA withdraws charges against 65-year-old
RIAA has dismissed a lawsuit it had filed against Sarah Ward, a 65-year-old grandmother. Mrs. Ward was charged with downloading and sharing ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4529.cfm - 26 September 2003

DeCSS lost its "free speech" protection
Californian Supreme Court decided today that a piece of code that we know as the DeCSS code, can't be protected by U.S. constitution's free speech amendment. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4402.cfm - 25 August 2003

EFF's ads target RIAA
Electronic Frontier Foundation has unveiled a campaign named "Let the Music Play" supporting legitimate peer-to-peer file swapping. The campaign ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4234.cfm - 3 July 2003

US Supreme Court: Hollywood can't sue Pavlovich
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed an earlier temporary hold on a case involving DVD descrambling on Friday. The stay was initially requested by ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3689.cfm - 4 January 2003

Motions filed in Morpheus peer-to-peer case
Los Angeles - Attorneys for StreamCast Networks, developers of the popular Morpheus peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software, filed briefs in ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3327.cfm - 14 September 2002

Consumer groups snap RIAA
Consumer and privacy groups, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Consumer Alert, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and National ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3270.cfm - 1 September 2002

EFF filed its briefs to Californian Supreme Court
Electronic Frontier Foundation and First Amendment Project today filed briefs to Californian Supreme Court asking the court to uphold the appeals ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2966.cfm - 23 May 2002

DeCSS author might face 2 years in prison
Norwegian author of DeCSS program, Jon Johansen, might face upto 2 years in prison, it emerged yesterday. He was originally arrested in 1999 ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2562.cfm - 10 January 2002

EFF to defend MusicCity
Electronic Frontier Foundation (or EFF) will defend P2P service operator MusicCity in its case against movie studios and record labels. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2436.cfm - 7 November 2001

Princeton researcher sues RIAA, SDMI and Verance
Princeton University researcher Edward Felten and the organizers of USENIX security conference have sued RIAA, SDMI and Verance over the rights ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2104.cfm - 6 June 2001

DeCSS puts free speech to a test
The hacker magazine 2600 and major movie studios filed their answers last week to a federal appeals court. The court has been asked whether ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2098.cfm - 4 June 2001

DeCSS trial continues on Tuesday
One of the best-known court fights is going to continue tomorrow. The case between website 2600 and MPAA (Movie Picture Association of America) ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2012.cfm - 30 April 2001

2600 gets strong addition to its legal team in DeCSS case
Hacker website 2600 which posted DeCSS source code on its pages and is in middle of on-going legal battle against the MPAA because of this got ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/1959.cfm - 4 April 2001

Studios reiterate arguments in DeCSS case
MPAA sued 2600 website in last year for spreading DeCSS code and won the first round when NY court decided in August that 2600 had broken the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/1863.cfm - 22 February 2001

EFF wants appeals court to reject the court order against 2600
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that court decision in August 2000 against website 2600 didn't consider all the legal aspects of the DeCSS program. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/1797.cfm - 24 January 2001

MPAA won the first round against 2600
Judge Lewis Kaplan yesterday ruled against 2600 website in the case of MPAA against 2600's publisher, Emmanuel Goldstein. Ruling means that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/1460.cfm - 17 August 2000