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what is the issue on Broadcast Flag?
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Today, you can use any device you like with your television: VCR, TiVo, DVD recorder, home theater receiver, or a PC combining these functions and more. But if the broadcast flag mandate is passed, Hollywood and federal bureaucrats will get a veto over innovative devices and legitimate uses of recorded programming.
more on: http://www.eff.org/issues/broadcast-flag |
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what is the issue on Digital Radio?
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Satellite radio, like XM and Sirius, is already at your fingertips, and HD Radio may soon be ubiquitous. If innovators are allowed to build them, so too will devices that time-shift and space-shift radio for you—imagine something like a TiVo for radio. New digital radio technologies should set off a revolution in other technologies that help you get more from your radio—recording music off the radio, moving it to a portable player, streaming it to your other devices online, and much more.
more on: http://www.eff.org/issues/digital-radio-restrictions |
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what is the issue on Digital Video?
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Digital video promises a high quality picture and fresh crop of innovative technologies that will give you new options for manipulating video. But Hollywood is scheming to put shackles on digital video, hoping that the next generation of products will be designed to suit its desires, not yours.
more on: http://www.eff.org/issues/digital-video |
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what is the issue on DMCA?
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Since they were enacted in 1998, the "anti-circumvention" provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") have not been used as Congress envisioned. Congress meant to stop copyright pirates from defeating DRM restrictions (aka content or copy protections) added to copyrighted works and to ban the "black box" devices intended for that purpose.
In practice, the DMCA and DRM have done nothing to stop "Internet piracy." Yet the DMCA has become a serious threat that jeopardizes fair use, impedes competition and innovation, chills free expression and scientific research, and interferes with computer intrusion laws. If you circumvent DRM locks for noninfringing fair uses or create the tools to do so, you might be on the receiving end of a lawsuit. Reference: http://www.eff.org/issues/dmca |
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what is the issue on File Sharing?
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The RIAA's and MPAA's irrational war on P2P is not generating a single penny for artists. In fact, despite lawsuits against many P2P providers and over 20,000 music and movie fans, file sharing is more popular than ever.
Yet the lawsuits have forced ordinary Americans to pay thousands of dollars to music and movie industry lawyers, while many innocent individuals have been caught in the crossfire. What's more, the entertainment industry has threatened innovation in P2P systems and many other tools that help you get more from your media. more on: http://www.eff.org/issues/file-sharing |
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what is the issue on No Downtime for Free Speech Campaign?
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Whether you are quoting someone on your blog, inserting clips of CNN into your own video news report, or using a song sample in a musical parody, your free speech often depends on incorporating and referencing other people's creations as part of your own. The courts call this "fair use", and strong legal precedents exist to protect the limited use of copyrighted material in your work when you do so for expressive purposes.
more on: http://www.eff.org/issues/ip-and-free-speech |
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what is the issue on Patents?
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While patent rights were designed to promote investment, public disclosure, and most importantly, useful innovation, the patent system is often abused. In the past decade, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has been inundated with applications for so-called "inventions" that are neither innovative nor useful. When bogus patent applications are granted, they actually discourage progress and impede the growth of a public domain of knowledge.
more on: http://www.eff.org/issues/patents |
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what is the issue on Terms Of (Ab)Use?
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One cannot go online today without eventually being asked to accept a set of so-called Terms of Service (or TOS). These "terms" are actually purported legal contracts between the user and the online service provider (websites, MMORPGs, communication services, etc.), despite the fact that users never get a chance to negotiate their contents and can often be entirely unaware of their existence.
more on: http://www.eff.org/issues/terms-of-abuse |
