{"id":16117,"date":"2012-02-23T10:19:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T08:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16117"},"modified":"2012-02-23T10:19:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T08:19:17","slug":"eff-wins-protection-for-time-zone-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/23\/eff-wins-protection-for-time-zone-database\/","title":{"rendered":"EFF wins protection for time zone database"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every time I proudly wear my EFF member t-shirt, people ask me what is EFF. \u00a0And every time I explain and point them to EFF.org<\/a> for more information. \u00a0It’s a shame that many of those who even live and breath online don’t know what EFF is and what those guys do. \u00a0Have a look at their most recent victory<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In a statement, Astrolabe said, “Astrolabe’s lawsuit against Mr. Olson and Mr. Eggert was based on a flawed understanding of the law. We now recognize that historical facts are no one’s property and, accordingly, are withdrawing our Complaint. We deeply regret the disruption that our lawsuit caused for the volunteers who maintain the TZ database, and for Internet users.”<\/p>\n

“It’s a fundamental principle of copyright law that facts are not copyrightable, and Astrolabe should have known that,” said EFF Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry. “While the lawsuit should never have been filed, we’re pleased that the legal threat to an important resource has been eliminated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can help them do what they do, by joining and donating<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Every time I proudly wear my EFF member t-shirt, people ask me what is EFF. \u00a0And every time I explain and point them to EFF.org for more information. \u00a0It’s a shame that many of those who even live and breath online don’t know what EFF is and what those guys do. \u00a0Have a look at … Continue reading EFF wins protection for time zone database<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[401,1545,577,239],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-copyright","tag-eff","tag-law","tag-time"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12841,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/28\/eff-big-win-over-dmca\/","url_meta":{"origin":16117,"position":0},"title":"EFF big win over DMCA","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Most of the times, when I donate money, I don't really expect anything back. \u00a0I don't see them as an investment to the future of the person or organization, but rather a gratitude and appreciation for the past. \u00a0It was also how I saw my support of Electronic Frontier Foundation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28042,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/28\/w3c-standartizes-drm-eff-resigns\/","url_meta":{"origin":16117,"position":1},"title":"W3C Standartizes DRM, EFF Resigns","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has recently voted in favor the DRM standard.\u00a0 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been fighting against it, now lost, and resigned from the W3C.\u00a0 Read more: It is a tragedy that we will be doing that without our friends at the W3C, and with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11212,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/01\/efforg-needs-more-pr\/","url_meta":{"origin":16117,"position":2},"title":"Eff.org needs more PR","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I've recently made a donation to Eff.org and also bought some stickers from them.\u00a0 Since I put the sticker on my laptop, I am getting this question all the time: \"What is eff.org?\".\u00a0 I even get this question from people who I thought were very familiar with EFF's work. 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