Kurt Opsahl
Kurt Opsahl
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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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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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The word covers a much wider range of speech than threats. It goes beyond the cyber-stalking that proponents were worried about.
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There's something disturbing about the notion that when you search for something the government is going to be looking over your shoulder.
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Sony agreed to stop production of these flawed and ineffective digital rights management technologies. We hope that other record labels will learn from Sony's hard experience and focus more on the carrot of quality music and less on the stick of copy protection.
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Creativity and innovation will end up moving offshore where programmers outside the U.S. can develop technologies that are not required to address the onerous CALEA requirements. The U.S. companies will face competition from foreign providers who will enjoy an advantage.
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What you search for indicates a lot about you: what you're worried about, what you're interested in. It's a window into your personality that people consider to be very private information.
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I believe that the FBI and DOJ want to extend CALEA as far as possible.
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One of the key issues in this case is protecting the rights of journalists
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Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act of 1996 made clear that interactive computer services could not be held liable as publishers or speakers of content posted by third parties. It also provides that no cause of action may be brought, and no liability may be imposed under any state or local law that is inconsistent with the section. And what he proposes is a state law that is inconsistent with that section.
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While they're willing to seek subpoenas for people without associations with Apple, they failed to review laptops or e-mails.