Kurt Opsahl

Kurt Opsahl
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One of the key issues in this case is protecting the rights of journalists
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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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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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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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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.
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We can't say that the software is now secure. We're going to continue to raise these issues with Sony.