Tag Archives: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Tue 17th November 2015
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Electronic Frontier Foundation takes down travesty malware site - Site was spreading malware under “Pawn Storm”. It’s a bit ironic, really. Electronic Frontier Foundation, which defends privacy and online freedoms, was itself spoofed in an attempt to spread malware. The organization has won control of the spoof site, ElectronicFrontierFoundation.org, through a cybersquatting complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization. The domain name was used as part of “Pawn Storm“. A spear-phishing attack included a link to the fake site. The perpetrators, ... read more ...
Wed 22nd September 2010
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EFF: New Domain Takedown Bill Would Break a Internet - EFF calls bill “misguided gift to a shortsighted industry”. Electronic Frontier Foundation is weighing in on the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, and it doesn’t like what it sees. In an analysis EFF posted online, the group says the bill would “break the Internet one domain at a time — by requiring domain registrars/registries, ISPs, DNS providers, and others to block Internet users from reaching certain websites.” EFF makes several ... read more ...
Tue 21st April 2009
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Electronic Frontier Foundation Asks Kentucky Court to Uphold Domain Decision - EFF and other organizations ask Kentucky Supreme Court to uphold lower court decision. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky filed a friend of the court brief with the Kentucky Supreme Court to uphold a lower court’s decision blocking the seizure of gambling domain names. According to an EFF press release: “No state can order a domain name registrar over which it ... read more ...
Wed 21st January 2009
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What Domainers Should (and Shouldn’t) Do Post Kentucky - Here are some things for domainers to consider now that the Kentucky case has been overturned. The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a trial court’s ruling that the state could seize domain names associated with online gambling. The Court of Appeals ruled that domain names weren’t “gambling devices”, which was part of the statute used to justify seizing the domains. As Michael Berkens pointed out, this is a narrow victory. Electronic Frontier Foundation ... read more ...
Mon 17th November 2008
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Common Sense Comes to Kentucky - Finally, someone with common sense lays the hammer on Kentucky’s Governor. A Kentucky appeals court has granted a motion to stay the forfeiture hearing for 141 gambling related domain names until it can hear arguments. Of course the appeals court could still make a blunder, but this is further proof that U.S. courts eventually get most things right and prevent injustice. Although painful and expensive for domain owners, the fact that U.S. courts have a good appeals ... read more ...
Fri 26th September 2008
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Governor Beshear Has Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew - Governor of Kentucky’s drastic step to seize domain names may backfire. Beshear: Public Enemy #1 I haven’t written about what’s going on in Kentucky yet. Frankly, I was so dumbfounded by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s action to seize online gambling domain names that I didn’t know what to write. Yesterday I got a call from a reporter for The Courier-Journal and I spent about a half hour talking through the issues with her. (You can see her article here.) ... read more ...
Tue 1st April 2008
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Top Domain Name News Stories – Mar 2008 - March was another big month for domain name industry news. Here’s a recap of the top stories. March was a record traffic month at Domain Name Wire. The stats counter shows a total of 132,000 visits and 450,000 page views include RSS reads. Here’s a recap of what drew the most attention in March, ranked by page views: 1. Google Lets Advertisers Opt-Out of Domain Parking – we knew it was coming, but the shoe dropped in March. Google (GOOG) advertisers can ... read more ...
Wed 12th March 2008
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EFF: Anti-Phishing Bill “A Free Speech Double Whammy” - Internet freedom group points out several flaws in bill. Electronic Freedom Foundation, a respected organization for promoting free speech and consumer protection on the internet, has spoken out against Senator Snowe’s so-called Anti-Phishing bill, calling it “A Free Speech Double Whammy.” EFF staff member Corynne McSherry points out several problems with the bill: -Does little to protect noncommercial and comparative advertising uses of trademarks -Gives a ... read more ...