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Media Coverage - Old Coverage
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Voting Machine Maker Retracts Threat to Sue Students
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Diebold, Inc., a supplier of touchscreen voting machines, agreed not to sue or further threaten student activists around the country after months of legal haggling over the publication of sensitive Diebold documents on the Internet, Daily Princetonian (December 3, 2003)
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Diebold Backs Off Legal Challenge
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Diebold Election Systems is withdrawing legal threats against voting activists and Internet service providers for publishing copies of internal staff e-mails that the company says were stolen from its servers, Wired News (December 2, 2003)
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Diebold Retracts Legal Threats Over Voting Machine Flaws
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Diebold Elections Systems spokesperson David Bear told TechNewsWorld that the company simply "chose not to pursue legal action" that was based on copyright protection and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), TechNewsWorld (December 2, 2003)
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Hack the Vote
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Inviting Bush supporters to a fund-raiser, the host wrote, "I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year", New York Times (requires registration) (December 2, 2003)
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Diebold Backs Down in eVoting Case
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E-voting machine manufacturer Diebold has agreed to withdraw its cease-and-desist orders against privacy groups and several ISPs that had hosted or linked to sites that published internal e-mails discussing problems with e-voting technology, InternetNews.com (December 2, 2003)
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Diebold Drops Suits Against Voting Activists
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In a move hailed as a victory for free speech advocates, Diebold Election Systems has said that it won't follow up on its threats to sue those who published information that indicated flaws in the company's electronic voting machines, IDG News Service via PC World (December 2, 2003)
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Diebold Drops Suits Against Voting Activists
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In a move hailed as a victory for free speech advocates, Diebold Election Systems has said that it won't follow up on its threats to sue those who published information that indicated flaws in the company's electronic voting machines, IDG News Service via PC World (December 2, 2003)
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Diebold Won't Sue Voting Rights Activists
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In a move hailed as a victory for free speech advocates, Diebold Election Systems Monday said that it won't follow up on its threats to sue those who published information that indicated flaws in the company's electronic voting machines, IDG News Service via Network World Fusion (December 2, 2003)
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E-Voting Company Faces Congressional Inquiry
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Diebold has withdrawn its DMCA-based challenge against people who posted its internal emails online, but one group will continue the legal fight to prove that it was not a case of copyright infringement, CNET News.com via ZDNet (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Speech Advocates
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Wilmington Morning Star (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Washington Post (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Speech Advocates
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Times Daily (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Speech Advocates
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via The Ledger (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Speech Advocates
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via The Desert Sun (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Speech Advocates
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Speech Advocates
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Ocala Star-Banner (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Speech Advocates
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Miami Herald (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Speech Advocates
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Mercury News (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic-Voting Firm Says It Won't Sue Online Publishers
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In a major victory for free-speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting-rights advocates who publish stolen documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Freedom Forum (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via BizReport (December 2, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via BizReport (December 2, 2003)
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Diebold Ends Fight With Online Critics
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Diebold Inc. threw in the towel on copyright infringement lawsuits Monday, promising a federal judge that it will no longer pursue a growing throng of rebellious Web site operators, Akron Beacon Journal and Bloomberg News (December 2, 2003)
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Diebold Backs Down But -
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Electronic voting machine maker Diebold Systems has backed down from its threats against people who publish details online about flaws in its machines, and 'irregularities' with certifying the systems for elections, p2pnet.net (December 1, 2003)
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Diebold Won't Sue Students
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A coalition of college students who had disseminated damaging internal memos of Diebold Election Systems won a major victory last week when the company backed down from threats to sue, Harvard Crimson (December 1, 2003)
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Diebold Retreats; Lawmaker Demands Inquiry
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Diebold is facing threats on two fronts as free-speech advocates pursue monetary damages against it and a presidential candidate urges a congressional inquiry into the company, CNET News.com via ZDNet (December 1, 2003)
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Diebold Retreats; Lawmaker Demands Inquiry
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Diebold is facing threats on two fronts as free-speech advocates pursue monetary damages against it and a presidential candidate urges a congressional inquiry into the company, CNET News.com (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Wichita Eagle (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Salon (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Rapid City Journal (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Miami Herald (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Mercury News (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Fort Worth Star Telegram (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Fort Wayne News Sentinel (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Bradenton Herald (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Biloxi Sun Herald (December 1, 2003)
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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case
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In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting, Associated Press via Akron Beacon Journal (December 1, 2003)
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Diebold Folds In DMCA E-Voting Lawsuit
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Diebold has filed a responsive pleading (PDF) in the lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to challenge Diebold's practice of using the DMCA to suppress discussion of the critical flaws with electronic voting, Slashdot (November 27, 2003)
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Diebold Withdraws Threats
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Electronic voting machine maker Diebold Systems says it's withdrawing more than a dozen legal threats against ISPs for hosting users who publish or link to corporate documents suggesting there are
flaws in its equipment and irregularities with certifying the systems for elections, p2pnet.net (November 26, 2003)
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Diebold Fights to Pull Memos Off the Net
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An Internet rights group is leveling charges that Diebold Election Systems Inc. is conspiring to keep the public in the dark about critical security problems with its touchscreen voting machines, Silicon Valley Biz Ink (November 21, 2003)
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Australia to Watch Diebold Hyperlinking Case
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The legality of hyperlinks is back under the spotlight again, and Australia will be watching for the decision of a U.S. federal judge who is considering whether to issue an injunction to prevent a company issuing cease-and-desist letters in relation to hyperlinks, ZDNet Australia (November 19, 2003)
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Online Voting Firm Gags Critics
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A US civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Australian IT (November 19, 2003)
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Diebold C and D Ruling Coming Soon
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US District Judge Jeremy Fogel could issue a ruling this week on whether or not an injunction should be issued stopping e-voting company Diebold Inc from sending cease-and-desist letters to people publishing links to documents discussing alleged Diebold security flaws, p2pnet.net (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A US civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via WMAR ABC 2 (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Wilmington Morning Star (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Wichita Eagle (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via USA Today (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Times Daily (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via SiliconValley.com (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (November 18, 2003)
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Activists Resist Warnings From E-Voting Company Diebold
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A group says it fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via NewsMax.com (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Newsday (November 18, 2003)
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Civil Rights Group Fears Legal Threats from E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Mid Columbia Tri City Herald (November 18, 2003)
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Civil Rights Group Fears Effect of E-Voting Company's Threats
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Fort Worth Star Telegram (November 18, 2003)
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Civil Rights Group Fears Effect of E-Voting Company's Threats
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Fort Wayne News Sentinel (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Bradenton Herald (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Always On (November 18, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via USA Today (November 18, 2003)
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Touch-Screen Maker Opposes Postings
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Diebold Inc., which makes touch-screen voting machines, told a judge that allowing Web sites to continue posting data about possible flaws is akin to handing trade secrets over to competitors, Akron Beacon Journal (November 18, 2003)
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Judge to Rule on Linking Policy
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If your site links to stolen documents hosted on someone else's system, should your entire ISP and its broadband service backbone face legal threats from the documents' creator?, PC World (November 17, 2003)
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Judge to Rule on Linking Policy
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If your site links to stolen documents hosted on someone else's system, should your entire ISP and its broadband service backbone face legal threats from the documents' creator?, PC World (November 17, 2003)
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David Weekly on OPG v Diebold Case in Court Today
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Today, a federal judge will hear arguments that will determine whether or not e-voting manufacturer Diebold Systems can use the DMCA to force 'Net users into removing links to online discussion archives stolen from Diebold earlier this year, Boing Boing (November 17, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Miami Herald (November 17, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Fort Worth Star Telegram (November 17, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Fort Wayne News Sentinel (November 17, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Biloxi Sun Herald (November 17, 2003)
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Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
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A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Akron Beacon Journal (November 17, 2003)
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Civil Rights Group Fears Effect of E-Voting Company's Threats
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A civil rights group fears that legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates, Associated Press via Akron Wichita Eagle (November 17, 2003)
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Die, Diebold, Die!
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In yet another stunning example of how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act can be abused, voting-machine manufacturer Diebold has issued a series of cease and desist orders to college students protesting the company's shoddy and irresponsible business practices, AlterNet (November 12, 2003)
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Machine Politics in the Digital Age
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In mid-August, Walden W. O'Dell, the chief executive of Diebold Inc., sat down at his computer to compose a letter inviting 100 wealthy and politically inclined friends to a Republican Party fund-raiser, to be held at his home in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. "I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year," wrote Mr. O'Dell, whose company is based in Canton, Ohio, New York Times (November 9, 2003)
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E-Voting Vendor Sued for DMCA Takedown
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Two college students and a non-profit will seek a restraining order tomorrow to prevent electronic voting machine vendor Diebold Systems from using the DMCA to plug a leak, The Register (November 7, 2003)
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Students Sue Over Voting Vulnerability
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Two students from Swarthmore College have filed suit against one of the nation's largest makers of electronic voting machines, alleging that Diebold, Inc. had abused copyright laws to keep information from the public that is crucial to the health of America's democracy, Daily Princetonian via Common Dreams (November 7, 2003)
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Diebold Voting Documents Case Tests DMCA
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Can Diebold Systems Inc. use copyright claims to pressure Internet users into removing links to online discussions archives stolen from the company in March?, IDG News Service (November 6, 2003)
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Diebold Voting Documents Case Tests DMCA
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Can Diebold Systems Inc. use copyright claims to pressure Internet users into removing links to online discussions archives stolen from the company in March?, IDG News Service (November 6, 2003)
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Students Sue Over Voting Vulnerability
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Two students from Swarthmore College have filed suit against one of the nation's largest makers of electronic voting machines, alleging that Diebold, Inc. had abused copyright laws to keep information from the public that is crucial to the health of America's democracy, Daily Princetonian via Common Dreams (November 6, 2003)
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Students Sue Over Voting Vulnerability
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Two students from Swarthmore College have filed suit against one of the nation's largest makers of electronic voting machines, alleging that Diebold, Inc. had abused copyright laws to keep information from the public that is crucial to the health of America's democracy, Daily Princetonian (November 6, 2003)
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Students Sue Over Voting Vulnerability
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Two students from Swarthmore College have filed suit against one of the nation's largest makers of electronic voting machines, alleging that Diebold, Inc. had abused copyright laws to keep information from the public that is crucial to the health of America's democracy, Daily Princetonian (November 6, 2003)
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Dispute Tests Limits of Free Speech Online
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How can colleges and universities promote their students' political engagement and free expression without running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?, PC World (November 5, 2003)
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Dispute Tests Limits of Free Speech Online
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How can colleges and universities promote their students' political engagement and free expression without running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?, IDG News Service via PC World (November 5, 2003)
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Diebold Voting Documents Case Tests DMCA
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Can Diebold Systems Inc. use copyright claims to pressure Internet users into removing links to online discussions archives stolen from the company in March?, IDG News Service via IT World (November 5, 2003)
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Diebold Case Raises Tough Questions for Universities
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The legal dispute that erupted last week between Diebold Inc. and student voting activists poses difficult questions for colleges and universities that want to promote students' political engagement and free expression, but are wary of running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), according to university officials and legal experts, IDG News Service via IT World (November 5, 2003)
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Diebold Voting Documents Case Tests DMCA
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Can Diebold Systems Inc. use copyright claims to pressure Internet users into removing links to online discussions archives stolen from the company in March?, IDG News Service via IT World (November 5, 2003)
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Diebold Case Raises Tough Questions for Universities
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The legal dispute that erupted last week between Diebold and student voting activists poses difficult questions for colleges and universities that want to promote students' political engagement and free expression, but are wary of running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, according to university officials and legal experts, IDG News Service via Network World Fusion (November 5, 2003)
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EFF Case Vs Diebold Stalls
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The ISP Online Policy Group (IOPG) will have to wait a little bit longer to find out whether a judge will approve its restraining order against Diebold Inc., which has been sending the non-profit company cease-and-desist orders over publication of vulnerabilities in Diebold e-voting machines, DC Internet.com (November 5, 2003)
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ISP Seeks Court Order Over "Cease-and-Desist Notices"
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The ISP Online Policy Group (IOPG) will have to wait a little bit longer to find out whether a judge will approve its restraining order against Diebold Inc., which has been sending the non-profit company cease-and-desist orders over publication of vulnerabilities in Diebold e-voting machines, DC.Internet.com (November 5, 2003)
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Company Sued for Threatening Online Publishers
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Free-speech advocates sued a manufacturer of electronic voting machines yesterday, demanding it stop sending legal threats to groups that publish company documents leaked by a hacker, Associated Press via First Amendment Center (November 5, 2003)
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Lawsuit Filed Against Diebold Over Legal Threats
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Attorneys specializing in free speech on the Internet sued Diebold Inc. Tuesday, demanding the voting equipment company stop sending legal threats to organizations that publish its leaked documents, Associated Press via KTVU (November 5, 2003)
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Company Sued for Threatening Online Publishers
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Free-speech advocates sued a manufacturer of electronic voting machines yesterday, demanding it stop sending legal threats to groups that publish company documents leaked by a hacker, Associated Press via First Amendment Center (November 5, 2003)
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EFF Stanford Law Clinic Sue E-Voting Company
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A nonprofit Internet Service Provider (ISP) and two Swarthmore College students are seeking a court order on Election Day tomorrow to stop electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold Systems, Inc., from issuing specious legal threats, Scoop (November 4, 2003)
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Diebold Voting Case Tests DMCA
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Can Diebold Systems use copyright law to pressure Netizens into removing links to online discussion archives stolen from the company in March? That question is before a federal judge, PC World (November 4, 2003)
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EFF sues Diebold!
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EFF is suing Diebold on behalf of the Online Policy Group, who are being threatened with a bogus copyright action in retaliation for linking to a website that describes the technical failings off Diebold's voting machines, Mekka (November 4, 2003)
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EFF Looks To Block Diebold Threats
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The ISP Online Policy Group (IOPG) will find out later today whether a San Francisco judge will approve its restraining order against Diebold Inc., which has been sending the non-profit company cease-and-desist orders over publication of vulnerabilities in Diebold e-voting machines, InternetNews.com (November 4, 2003)
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EFF Looks To Block Diebold Threats
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The ISP Online Policy Group (IOPG) will find out later today whether a San Francisco judge will approve its restraining order against Diebold Inc., which has been sending the non-profit company cease-and-desist orders over publication of vulnerabilities in Diebold e-voting machines, Internet.com (November 4, 2003)
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Diebold Voting Case Tests DMCA
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Can Diebold Systems use copyright law to pressure Netizens into removing links to online discussion archives stolen from the company in March?, IDG News Service via PC World (November 4, 2003)
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Diebold Case Raises Tough Questions for Universities
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The legal dispute that erupted last week between Diebold and student voting activists poses difficult questions for colleges and universities that want to promote students' political engagement and free expression, but are wary of running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, according to university officials and legal experts, IDG News Service via Network World Fusion (November 4, 2003)
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Diebold Voting Case Tests DMCA
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Can Diebold Systems use copyright law to pressure Netizens into removing links to online discussion archives stolen from the company in March? That question is before a federal judge, IDG News Service via PC World (November 4, 2003)
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Civil Rights Groups Sue Electronic Voting Company Over Threats
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Attorneys specializing in free speech on the Internet filed suit Tuesday against Diebold Inc., demanding the voting equipment company stop sending legal threats to organizations that publish its leaked documents, Associated Press via Miami Herald (November 4, 2003)
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Civil Rights Groups Sue Electronic Voting Company Over Threats
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Attorneys specializing in free speech on the Internet filed suit Tuesday against Diebold Inc., demanding the voting equipment company stop sending legal threats to organizations that publish its leaked documents, Associated Press via Fort Wayne News Sentinel (November 4, 2003)
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Civil Rights Groups Sue Electronic Voting Company
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Attorneys specializing in free speech on the Internet sued Diebold Inc. Tuesday, demanding the voting equipment company stop sending legal threats to organizations that publish its leaked documents, Associated Press via Sarasota Herald Tribune (November 4, 2003)
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Students, ISP Sue Diebold
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The campaign against Diebold that began as electronic civil disobedience took an exciting turn today as the EFF announced that they were filing suit against Diebold for abuse of copyright claims, Slashdot (November 3, 2003)
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Students, ISP Sue Diebold
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Quixotic1 writes "The campaign against Diebold that began as electronic civil disobedience took an exciting turn today as the EFF announced that they were filing suit against Diebold for abuse of copyright claims. They will be representing Swarthmore College students and the ISP Online Policy Group, who hosted and linked to copies of controversial internal memos", Slashdot (November 3, 2003)
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File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech
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Diebold Election Systems, which makes voting machines, is waging legal war against grass-roots advocates, including dozens of college students, who are posting on the Internet copies of the companys internal communications about its electronic voting machines, New York Times via Tuscaloosa News (November 3, 2003)
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File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech
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Diebold Election Systems, which makes voting machines, is waging legal war against grass-roots advocates, including dozens of college students, who are posting on the Internet copies of the companys internal communications about its electronic voting machines, New York Times via Ledger (November 3, 2003)
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File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech
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Diebold Election Systems is waging legal war against grass-roots advocates, including dozens of college students, who are posting on Internet copies of company's internal communications about its electronic voting machines, New York Times (November 3, 2003)
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File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech
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Diebold Election Systems, which makes voting machines, is waging legal war against grass-roots advocates, including dozens of college students, who are posting on the Internet copies of the companys internal communications about its electronic voting machines, New York Times via Infoshop (November 3, 2003)
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Black Box Voting Blues
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Electronic ballot technology makes things easy, but some computer-security experts warn of the possibility of stolen elections, Newsweek via MSNBC (November 3, 2003)
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Activist Group to Sue E-Voting Firm
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On Tuesday, online activist group the Electronic Frontier Foundation will file suit in a California federal court, seeking to enjoin Diebold from claiming copyright infringement over the release of company emails and memos, National Public Radio (November 3, 2003)
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Legal Challenge to Diebold's DMCA Tactics
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Diebold, a company that sells disturbingly flawed electronic voting machines, wants get back some embarrassing internal documents that have leaked onto the Net, Dan Gillmore eJournal (November 3, 2003)
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Students Buck DMCA Threat
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When Diebold Election Systems learned that its internal e-mail correspondence had popped up on the Web, it used a common legal tactic: sending cease-and-desist letters to Webmasters, CNET News (November 3, 2003)
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Students Buck DMCA Threat
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When Diebold Election Systems learned that its internal e-mail correspondence had popped up on the Web, it used a common legal tactic: sending cease-and-desist letters to Webmasters, CNET News.com (November 3, 2003)
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ISP Defies Electronic Voting Machine Maker’s Copyright Claims
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Electronic voting company Diebold sent out dozens of notices to ISPs linking to or publishing copies of controversial internal Diebold memos demanding they remove the information from their websites, and one ISP, Online Policy Group, rejected the takedown demand, Democracy Now (October 30, 2003)
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E-Vote Protest Gains Momentum
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Swarthmore College students embroiled in a legal battle against voting-machine maker Diebold Election Systems have received a groundswell of support from universities and colleges nationwide, Wired News (October 29, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threats to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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One of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers is threatening to sue activists for publishing leaked company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Wichita Eagle (October 28, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threats to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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One of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers is threatening to sue activists for publishing leaked company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Mercury News (October 28, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threats to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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One of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers is threatening to sue activists for publishing leaked company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Fort Worth Star Telegram (October 28, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threats to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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One of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers is threatening to sue activists for publishing leaked company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Fort Wayne News Sentinel (October 28, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threats to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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One of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers is threatening to sue activists for publishing leaked company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Detroit News (October 28, 2003)
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E-Voting Firm Threatens Legal Action Over Internal Documents
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via BizReport (October 28, 2003)
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Diebold Warns on Electronic Voting Papers
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Los Angeles Times (October 28, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threat to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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One of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers is threatening to sue activists for publishing leaked company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Akron Beacon Journal (October 28, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threat to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents they say raise serious security questions, Associated Press via San Diego Union Tribune (October 27, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threat to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents they say raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Mercury News (October 27, 2003)
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Diebold Warns on Electronic Voting Papers
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents they say raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Fort Wayne News Sentinel (October 27, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threat to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents they say raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Fort Wayne News Sentinel (October 27, 2003)
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Diebold Warns on Electronic Voting Papers
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Boston.com (October 27, 2003)
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E-Voting Flap Generates Legal Threats
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation’s largest electronic voting
machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites
internal company documents that they claim raise serious security questions,
Associated Press via MSNBC (October 27, 2003)
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Diebold Warns on Electronic Voting Papers
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Wilmington Star (October 27, 2003)
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Diebold Threatens Publishers of Leaked Electronic-Voting Documents
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Mercury News (October 27, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Threat to Publishers of Leaked Documents
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Despite lawsuit threats from one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine suppliers, some activists are refusing to remove from Web sites internal company documents that they claim raise serious security questions, Associated Press via Miami Herald (October 27, 2003)
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SCDC to Take Legal Action Against Diebold; Why-War? Continues to Host Memos
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In a press release jointly issued by SCDC and Why-War? the groups announced that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit group that works to protect digital rights, has already issued a public declaration to defend the ISP Online Privacy Group (OPG) for San Francisco IndyMedia, a website that hosts links to the memos and received a takedown notice from Diebold, Daily Gazette (October 23, 2003)
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Diebold Targeted By Electronic Civil Disobedience
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Defending the right of a fair, democratic election, Why War? and the Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons (SCDC) announced today that they are rejecting Diebold Elections Systems' cease and desist orders and are initiating an electronic civil disobedience campaign that will ensure permanent public access to the controversial leaked memos, IndyMedia (October 22, 2003)
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Students Fight E-Vote Firm
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A group of students at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania has launched an "electronic civil disobedience" campaign against voting machine maker Diebold Election Systems, Wired News (October 21, 2003)
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Students Fight E-Vote Firm
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A group of students at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania has launched an "electronic civil disobedience" campaign against voting machine maker Diebold Election Systems, Wired News (October 21, 2003)
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E-Voting Machine Maker's Copyright Claims Rejected
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In a media release, the EFF said on October 10, Diebold sent a cease-and-desist letter to the non-profit ISP Online Policy Group (OPG), demanding that OPG remove a page of links published on an Independent Media Center (IndyMedia) website located on a computer server hosted by OPG, The Age (October 20, 2003)
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E-Voting Machine Maker's Copyright Claims Rejected
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In a media release, the EFF said on October 10, Diebold sent a cease-and-desist letter to the non-profit ISP Online Policy Group (OPG), demanding that OPG remove a page of links published on an Independent Media Center (IndyMedia) website located on a computer server hosted by OPG, Sydney Morning Herald (October 20, 2003)
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Diebold Issues Cease and Desist to Indymedia
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Diebold, manufacturer of election equipment, has issued a Cease and desist notice to the upstream provider of San Francisco Indymedia for having links to mirrors of a leaked internal diebold memo, Slashdot (October 18, 2003)
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Google Ordered to Pay Fine in French Trademark Case
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The civil court in Nanterre, near Paris, fined privately held Google 75,000 euros for allowing advertisers to link text Internet advertisements to trademarked search terms and gave the company 30 days to stop the practice, common at Internet search services, Reuters via Yahoo! News (October 18, 2003)
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ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website
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Defending the right to link to controversial information about flaws in electronic voting systems, EFF announced today it will defend an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a news website publisher against claims of indirect copyright infringement from the electronic voting machines' manufacturer, Dangerous Citizen (October 17, 2003)
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ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website
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Electronic voting company Diebold, Inc., sent a cease-and-desist letter to the nonprofit OPG ISP demanding that OPG remove a page of links published on an IndyMedia website located on a computer server hosted by OPG, Online Policy Group (October 16, 2003)
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ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website
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Defending the right to link to controversial information about flaws in electronic voting systems, EFF announced today it will defend an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a news website publisher against claims of indirect copyright infringement from the electronic voting machines' manufacturer, Magic City Morning Star (October 16, 2003)
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ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website
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Defending the right to link to controversial information about flaws in electronic voting systems, EFF announced today it will defend an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a news website publisher against claims of indirect copyright infringement from the electronic voting machines' manufacturer, Kansas City InfoZine (October 16, 2003)
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ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website
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On October 10, 2003, electronic voting company Diebold, Inc., sent a cease-and-desist letter to the nonprofit Online Policy Group (OPG) ISP demanding that OPG remove a page of links published on an Independent Media Center (IndyMedia) website located on a computer server hosted by OPG, Infoshop (October 16, 2003)
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Middle East Website Posts Then Removes LGBT Story
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We must express our extreme disappointment that Al Bawada capitulated to the pressures put upon them by fundamentalist conservative closed minded people that would like us to believe that there are no G.L.B.T. people in the middle east, GayMiddleEast.com (October 4, 2003)
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MSN to Close Chat Rooms
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Microsoft says it will drop chat room services in 28 countries next month, in a move it says will ward off pedophiles and junk e-mailers, CNN (September 24, 2003)
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Spammers, Pedophiles Force Microsoft to Quit Chat
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Microsoft Corp. announced on Wednesday it would shut down its Internet chat rooms in 28 countries, saying the forums had become a haven for peddlers of junk e-mail and sex predators, Reuters (September 23, 2003)
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CI Host Says AOL Blocking It, Sues
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CI Host, a Bedford-based Web-hosting business, has sued America Online, saying the Internet provider has unfairly labeled the company as a spammer and blocked the company's clients from communicating with AOL customers, Star-Telegram (August 22, 2003)
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Attack of the Smartasses
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Friendster.com creator Jonathan Abrams wants to purge his über-hip dating site of phony profiles. But online "fakesters" are fighting back, SF Weekly (August 13, 2003)
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Don't Privatize Our Airwaves
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The contemplated FCC action to privatize the airwaves could result in the biggest special interest windfall, at the expense of American taxpayers, in history, Mercury News (August 13, 2003)
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Internet Filters Block Valuable Data, Too
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A 17-year-old girl thinking about having sex for the first time logs onto her school's computer for the latest facts about sexually transmitted diseases, USA Today (August 12, 2003)
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Report: ISPs Block 17 Percent of Legit E-mail
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Top Internet service providers blocked 17 percent of legitimate permission-based e-mail in the first half of the year, according to a report issued by Return Path, InternetNews.com (August 12, 2003)
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Ministry to Filter Sites to Mobiles
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The Japanese telecommunications ministry plans to develop a system for rating and filtering Web sites accessed by cellphones to prevent minors from viewing sex-related and other inappropriate content, ministry sources said, Asahi Shimbun (July 30, 2003)
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Thailand Proposes ID Cards for Game Servers
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Online game servers should authenticate national ID cards so that older players won't be trapped by a curfew aimed at students, according to a proposal by a Thai minister, CNET Asia via ZDNet UK (July 28, 2003)
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Friendster Censoring Images
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I received an email today from a Friendster user who had her image removed from Friendster for being deleted as a violation of their policies, Connected Selves (July 21, 2003)
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Daily Reminders About Girth and Length
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Spam -- unsolicited, unwanted e-mail -- accounts for roughly half of all the e-mail out there, according to Will Doherty, a spokesman for the Online Policy Group, PlanetOut Partners (July 11, 2003)
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When Spam Filters Go Bad
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In June, the company that provides cable modem service, Road Runner, installed a superaggressive new set of spam blockers on its e-mail servers and this reporter suddenly noticed all email stopped for nearly three hours, Salon (June 19, 2003)
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The Ignoble Savage
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Talk Radio Network Inc. (TRN), an Oregon-based company that syndicates Savage's hate-filled right-wing talk show, "The Michael Savage Show," to 305 radio stations around the country, is suing Julie Sigwart, co-founder of the Web site TakeBacktheMedia.com (TBTM); Thomas and Gunilla Leavitt and Leavitt Enterprises, who produce www.savagestupidity.com; and unknown individual "John Doe," who produces www.michaelsavagesucks.com, Alternet.org (June 9, 2003)
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Can the Web Beat Big Media?
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FCC czar Michael Powell says new technologies will let diversity flourish even as giant corporations consolidate their control over TV and newspapers...Dream on, Salon (May 21, 2003)
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Monster.com's Resume Purge Draws Fire
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In a move the company claims is designed to comply with federal regulations, Monster.com on Thursday will delete most references to certain countries from job postings and resumes, CNET News.com (April 23, 2003)
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Software Rams Great Firewall of China
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The news and propaganda wing behind the U.S. government's Voice of America broadcasts has commissioned software that lets Chinese Web surfers sneak around the boundaries set by their government, CNET News.com (April 16, 2003)
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Report Criticizes Google's Porn Filters
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Children using Google's SafeSearch feature, designed to filter out links to Web sites with adult content, may be shielded from far more than their parents ever intended, CNET News.com (April 10, 2003)
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Pa. Won't Identify Web Sites Blocked
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Pennsylvania's attorney general is citing laws against distributing child pornography in refusing to identify any of hundreds of Web sites his office has forced the nation's largest Internet providers to block under a unique state law, Associated Press via SiliconValley.com (April 3, 2003)
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Anti-Abortion Activist Complains Paypal Seized His Account
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Neil Horsley, publisher of The Christian Gallery News Service, has reported that Paypal seized his account and impounded the funds therein because, in Paypal's words, Horsley ran "an ultra violent anti-abortion web site that advocated the murder of abortion doctors", Resistance Radio (requires Flash) (March 4, 2003)
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DMCA: Dow What It Wants to Do
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Responding to Digital Millennium Copyright Act charges over a Dow Chemical parody site, Verio plans to throw The Thing--an ISP which has provided Internet connectivity, technical support and Web design services to New York City artists and political activists for over a decade--offline next month, Wired News (December 31, 2002)
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French Order Is Greek to 9th Circuit
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An order barring the cross-Atlantic enforcement of a French court's order against Yahoo Inc. hit rough waters Monday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, The Recorder (December 3, 2002)
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The Censor and the Artist: A Murky Border
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A conference on free expression and the arts at Columbia University focused on new limits on artistic freedom in a high-tech culture in which artists seeking access to images and information often find themselves in battle with companies determined to protect their content and trademarks from unauthorized use, New York Times (November 26, 2002)
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News the New Net Addiction
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A recent survey found that workers frequent on-line news sites more often than things like pornography, gambling or even shopping sites -- and they consider news one of the most addictive things available on the Internet, Reuters via GlobeTechnology.com (September 23, 2002)
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WorldCom Blocks Access to Child Porn
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Last week, a Pennsylvania judge, at the request of Attorney General Mike Fisher, ordered WorldCom, the bankrupt Internet and voice provider, to block access to five purported child pornography sites, CNET News.com (September 23, 2002)
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Yahoo's China Concession
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Yahoo has recently signed a voluntary pledge to purge its Chinese Web site of material that China's communist dictatorship might deem subversive, Washington Post (August 19, 2002)
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Labels Move to Block 'Piracy' Site
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A group of major record labels have sued internet service providers to block access to a website they claim allows people to copy music, BBC News (August 18, 2002)
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Portal Silent on Censor Claims in China
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Yahoo! officials have remained tight-lipped after being criticised by human right groups for signing a voluntary self-censorship pledge in China to help purge Web content that the government deems subversive, South China Morning Post via asiamedia.ucla.edu (August 13, 2002)
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South St. Paul Abortion Foe Ordered to Halt Using Trade Name
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A man who used well-known trademarked names such as Coke and Pepsi to promote views opposing abortion on the Internet was ordered Tuesday to stop, at least temporarily, by a federal judge in Minneapolis, Minneapolis Star Tribune (July 24, 2002)
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Could Hollywood Hack Your PC?
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Congress is about to consider an entertainment industry proposal that would authorize copyright holders to disable PCs used for illicit file trading, CNET News.com (July 23, 2002)
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Yahoo Admits Changing E-Mail Text to Block Hackers
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Yahoo! Inc. confirmed on Wednesday that its e-mail software has automatically changed certain words -- including evaluate -- in a bid to prevent hackers from spreading viruses, Reuters via Yahoo! News (July 17, 2002)
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Net Watchdog Blasts China Web Rules
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Tough new Internet regulations in China and a self-censorship pledge taken by major Web portals represented a major setback for freedom of expression in China, a New York-based press watchdog said, Reuters via CNET News.com (July 17, 2002)
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Yahoo! Censors Portal, Kisses Beijing's Ass
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Yahoo! has caved in to Chinese government intimidation and agreed formally to refrain from "producing, posting or disseminating pernicious information that may jeopardize state security and disrupt social stability" or spreading "superstition and obscenity," such as religious beliefs, say, or fair political analysis, The Register (July 16, 2002)
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China Signs Net Access Pact
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Internet portals in China, including Yahoo!'s Chinese-language site, have signed a voluntary pledge to purge the Web of content that China's communist government deems subversive, organisers of the drive say, Associated Press via news.com.au (July 15, 2002)
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Dear Member: You've Been Deleted
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OPG Executive Director Will Doherty comments on Yahoo!
yanking the Guerilla Queer Bar website, as well as similar
activities of other online services providers, Wired News (July 11, 2002)
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The Mystery of the Bounced E-mails Solved -- The ISP Filtered It
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Mary Alice Gorman and Richard Goldman, the husband and wife owners of Oakmont, Pennsylvania's Mystery Lovers Bookshop, are veteran e-newsletter publishers, but it never occurred to them that an ISP was bouncing their e-mails on purpose, Bookselling This Week (July 10, 2002)
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China's Internet Industry Wants Self-Discipline
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More than 100 Chinese Internet business players signed a public pledge Tuesday to promote self-discipline in the country's Internet industry, the first such pledge in China, People's Daily Online (March 27, 2002)
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Clean It Up
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If you take a classroom full of kids, several computers, an Internet connection, and a single teacher charged with overseeing it all, you're bound to have a problem, PC Magazine (September 25, 2001)
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Yahoo Porn Backtrack
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Flipflop Over Adult & Erotica Store; Crackdown on Adult Clubs and Groups, Daze Reader (June 15, 2001)
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Yahoo Goes Beyond Initial Plan Against Adult Sites
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Yahoo continues removal of sexual content from its site including making chat rooms and clubs harder to find while representatives of free speech organizations explain that First Amendment covers only government censorship of speech, New York Times (May 16, 2001)
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AOL's New Filter on the Block
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AOL integrates content recognition software produced by RuleSpace for website blocking using
Parental Controls, Wired News (May 7, 2001)
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AOL's New Filter on the Block
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AOL integrates content recognition software produced by RuleSpace for website blocking using
Parental Controls, Wired News (May 7, 2001)
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Yahoo's Secret War
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There has been sensational gossip in the web world ever since Yahoo's mid-April announcement that it would be expanding its "adult" (i.e. sex-related) content, Metro via Metroactive.com (May 3, 2001)
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Yahoo!'s Secret War
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There has been sensational gossip in the Web world ever since Yahoo!'s mid-April announcement that it would be expanding its "adult" (i.e., sex-related) content, San Francisco Bay Guardian (May 2, 2001)
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Sweaty Scenes From the Life of an AOL Censor
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A personal account from an
employee in AOL's campaign to
keep the Web safe for surburbia;
though this month, the Florida
Supreme Court ruled the
corporation couldn't be held accountable for its
customers' behavior, Village Voice (March 23, 2001)
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French Auschwitz Group Seeks Symbolic Yahoo Damages
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French representatives of Nazi concentration camp inmates filed a suit against the head of Yahoo! Inc.,
claiming a symbolic one franc (15 U.S. cents) of damages for the U.S. Internet giant's alleged
justification of war crimes, Reuters (January 22, 2001)
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AOL Boots Gay Newspaper Site
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America Online booted the Web site
for Memphis-based publication THE TRIANGLE JOURNAL NEWS
because of complaints about adult
content on the site, a violation of AOL's terms of service [yet]
the newspaper has a new host and can be
found at http://www.memphistrianglejournal.com, PressPassQ (November 17, 2000)
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