When I buy a CD, I look forward to having the lyrics printed in the liner notes. That's part of what I expect in exchange for my money. If the record label omits the lyrics, I feel I'm entirely within my fair use rights to listen closely to the recording...

Mr. Kevin M. Clement
President and Chief Executive Officer
MediaMax Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Clement:
As you know, we have already discovered one security concern arising from the MediaMax software, resulting in the patch issued on Tuesday and the revised patch issued yesterday.
The...

EFF and Sony-BMG today announced the existence of a new security vulnerability that affects Sony-BMG CDs that include SunnComm MediaMax Version 5 copy protection software. The vulnerability was discovered by the security firm iSEC Partners after EFF requested an examination of the SunnComm software.
For more...

Real Networks today announced the availability of a web-based version of its Rhapsody music service. Finally, there is a listen-on-demand authorized music service with deep major label catalog that Mac and Linux users can use. I expect Napster 2.0 and Yahoo! will feel competitive pressure to migrate to a...

When we recently reported that the DOJ had chosen not to appeal two court decisions that forcefully rejected its secret requests to track cell phones without probable cause, we expressed our fear that the government would keep trying to secretly convince other judges to grant these illegal orders while...

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Rep. Rush Holt's
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e-voting reform bill,
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continues to gather support and momentum among individual members of Congress.
And rightly so: it's a well-considered package of fixes to the vulnerabilities
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EFF helped score a big win for election transparency in North Carolina today, convincing a North Carolina judge to dismiss Diebold's attempt to evade the state's tough electronic voting regulations.
North Carolina has enacted one of the most robust laws in the country, requiring that e-voting companies put...