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A Patent on Podcasting? EFF thinks not

FAC November 23, 2009

The Patent Office just granted  Volomedia exclusive rights to  “a method for providing episodic media,” creating a very real threat to the future of free podcasting.  You can help  EEF’s Patent-Busting Project crack the case. EFF’s DeepLinks Blog EFF Tackles Bogus Podcasting Patent – And We Need Your Help News Update by Rebecca Jeschke Patenting podcasting? You’ve got to be kidding. Yet a company called Volomedia just got the Patent Office to grant them such

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Organization for digital rights establishes new website to attack internet censorship

donal brown October 27, 2009

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has established a website “Takedown Hall of Shame” to call attention to internet censorship through what they say are “bogus copyright claims or other legal threats.” -DB Electronic Frontier Foundaton Press Release October 27, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – Websites like YouTube have ushered in a new era of creativity and free speech on the Internet, but not everyone is celebrating. Some of the web’s most interesting content has been yanked from

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Family sues school for brothers’ rights to freedom of expression

donal brown September 10, 2009

Two black brothers say their high school suspended them for displaying gang signs during a football game when they claim they only flashed a peace sign and the “hook ‘em horns” sign of the University of Texas Longhorns. -DB Courthouse News Service September 10, 2009 By Evan Prieskop ALBUQUERQUE (CN) – Two black brothers say Valley High School suspended them and threatened them with expulsion on bogus charges of “throwing gang signs” after a football game.

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