The government hacking into phones and seizing computers remotely? It’s not the plot of a dystopian blockbuster summer movie. It’s a proposal from an obscure committee that proposes changes to court procedures—and if we do nothing, it will go into… Read More ›
Archive for April 2016
Community Groups Come Together Across the U.S. to Promote Digital Rights
When setting out on a recent speaking tour in the wake of launching the Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) earlier this spring, I expected to encounter supporters of digital rights from all walks of life and backgrounds. My expectations, however, were… Read More ›
Stupid Patent of the Month: Voice2Text Trolls VoIP Providers
This month, a company called Voice2Text Innovations filed patent infringement lawsuits against two voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services, Phone.com and Vitelity. Voice2Text has no website or any other information online; its sole asset appears to be US Patent No…. Read More ›
Mississippi Attorney General Withdraws Burdensome Subpoena, but Google Continues to Fight
Last week, after over a year of fighting in court, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood withdrew a burdensome, 79-page investigatory subpoena issued to Google back in October 2014. Documents from the 2014 Sony hack implied the subpoena was part of… Read More ›
Federal Circuit Declines to Fix Forum Shopping in Patent Cases, Reform Still Needed
In a disappointing but unsurprising ruling, the Federal Circuit confirmed today that patent owners essentially have free rein to file suit in any tiny corner of the country, regardless of its minimal connection to the patent owner, the alleged infringer,… Read More ›
Pentagon Denies War Crimes Allegations In Kunduz Hospital Killings
Nearly seven months after the first shots were fired, the Pentagon has released its full report detailing the night of chaos and horror that left 42 patients and staffers dead at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. In publishing… Read More ›
Why a British Fight Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Matters to the Rest of Us
At first glance, the heated argument two members of the British Labour Party conducted in front of reporters’ iPhones on Thursday, sparked by accusations that one of their colleagues posted anti-Semitic comments on Facebook, seems like a story of interest… Read More ›
Texas Prisons Assert Right to Censor Inmates’ Families on Social Media
On the morning of April 15, Pat Hartwell drove up from her home in Houston, Texas, to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Austin, where the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which runs the state’s prisons, was holding a board meeting…. Read More ›
Banks Assert Constitutional Right to Billions in Subsidies
A trade group for the nation’s largest banks has asserted a constitutional right to risk-free profit from the Federal Reserve. Rob Nichols, the chief lobbyist for the American Bankers Association, argued in a comment letter Thursday that a recent federal… Read More ›
Mauricio Lima, Fotógrafo do NYT e Ganhador do Pulitzer 2016, Denuncia a Globo e o “Golpe” no Brasil
(The English version of this article can be read here) Dez dias atrás, o fotógrafo Mauricio Lima foi festejado pelos grandes meios corporativos de comunicação do Brasil, quando ganhou o Prêmio Pulitzer 2016 na categoria Breaking News Photography, o primeiro… Read More ›