Kurt Opsahl
Kurt Opsahl
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We believe AT&T violated the law by providing the communications of its clients to the government without warrants, which is prohibited by federal law.
listened
They have listened to us but there's a lot of resistance.
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A tech mandate requiring backdoors in the Internet endangers the privacy of innocent people, stifles innovation, and risks the Internet as a forum for free and open expression,
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That was a big win for free speech.
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The California courts have a long history of supporting and protecting freedom of the press. We are looking forward to the opportunity to ask the Court of Appeal to correct a ruling that endangers all journalists.
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The California Court of Appeals has a long history of protecting freedom of the press. We're hopeful they'll continue to do so.
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This is not a surprising result. It brings into question whether this is really the best use of the state's resources to constantly put up these clearly unconstitutional laws, only to have them challenged and thrown out. It does seem to be one in this series of law passes, gets challenged, gets struck down. Rinse, lather, repeat.
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It appears that the judge is going to try to split the baby.
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Under current law, the legal question of whether speech is obscene is determined partly by reference to local community standards, ... EFF is concerned that these venue rules permits censorship of speech on the Internet under the standards of the least tolerant community, negating the values that the community standards doctrine was intended to protect -- diversity and localism in the marketplace of ideas.
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We're pleased that Sony BMG responded quickly and responsibly when we drew their attention to this security problem. Consumers should take immediate steps to protect their computers.
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It has this very loose term of 'intent to annoy' which encompasses a much greater area of speech than harassment and threat.
hopeful
I'm very hopeful that not much will come of this.
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The First Amendment requires that compelled disclosure from journalists be a last resort, ... Apple must first investigate its own house before seeking to disturb the freedom of the press.
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All the search engines have created a honey pot of information about people and what they search for. It's a window into their personalities -- what they want, what they dream about. This information gets stored, and that becomes very tempting.