Tag: freedom
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Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2010: why should people care?
One of our goals for the 2010 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference is to reach out to a broader and more diverse community. Our upcoming “save the date” announcement is the first good opportunity for this. Getting some attention on Twitter, blogs, and email lists can help raise awareness of “the best computer conference you’ve…
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Happy birthday, EFF!
EFF’s 17th birthday party is tonight at 111 Minna in San Francisco. Cleverly timed to coincide with Macworld, it features Adrian and the Mysterious D of Bootie fame, and is sponsored by Louis Rosetto’s (of Wired) new chocolate company TCHO. And they’ll be beta-testing TCHO’s new dark chocolates! [Hmm … DJs, mashups, chocolate. What does…
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Four out of four ain’t bad: Sony BMG to throw in towel on DRM
Catherine Holahan reports in BusinessWeek.com that In a move that would mark the end of a digital music era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is finalizing plans to sell songs without the copyright protection software that has long restricted the use of music downloaded from the Internet, BusinessWeek.com has learned. Sony BMG, a joint venture of…