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EFF Backs Redditor in Fight to Stay Anonymous Religious Group Uses Abusive Copyright Claim to Unmask Online Speaker San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing an anonymous Reddit commenter who is facing an abusive copyright claim from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, a group that publishes doctrines for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Today, EFF filed a motion to quash the attempt by Watchtower to unmask the online commenter. The commenter referred to as “John Doe” in the filing is a lifelong member of the Jehovah’s Witness community. Using the handle “darkspilver,” Doe has chosen to share comments and concerns via one of Reddit’s online discussion groups. Darkspilver’s posts included a copy of an advertisement asking for donations that appeared on the back of a Watchtower magazine, as well as a chart Doe edited and reformatted to show the kinds of data that the Jehovah’s Witness organization collects and processes. Earlier this year, Watchtower subpo...

Real Net Neutrality Protections Passed Their First Vote The Save the Internet Act (H.R. 1644 ) has survived its first vote, 18-11. This is a victory for everyone who wants strong, real net neutrality protections. It is, as is so often the case in the net neutrality battle, a win for the majority of Americans who support these protections against the narrow interests of a few giant Internet service providers (ISPs). Millions of American across the country denounced the FCC’s decision to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order and abandon oversight over the broadband industry. Americans overwhelmingly support net neutrality and the privacy and competition protections that accompany it. The FCC nonetheless tried to ignore common sense, market realities, and the public interest. This bill sets things right, following a clear mandate from the American people. We applaud the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology for listenting to the thousands of you who have spoken up for net...

Le Vaudreuil Smart Factory According to a McKinsey Digital Manufacturing Global Expert Survey , more than 60 percent of respondents in China, Germany, and the United States are more optimistic about the potential of digitization than they were a year ago. My customer interactions fully support this survey, if not more. However, we recognize that different companies are at different stages of adopting digitization. Many of our customers are looking at how they can jump into the digital transformation in a low risk, cost effective way, yet still ensure they are moving fast enough to keep up with digital’s lightning pace. In addition, they want to know that once they get started there is a path to be able to scale and build the momentum of the transformation, while not being stuck with “one platform” or one vendor. I can confirm, it is possible. As more and more manufacturers move forward in their planning and implementation of business-driven digitization initiatives, there are steps...

EU’s Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next? In a stunning rejection of the will five million online petitioners , and over 100,000 protestors this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive in its entirety. There’s now little that can stop these provisions from becoming the law of the land across Europe. It’s theoretically possible that the final text will fail to gain a majority of member states’ approval when the European Council meets later this month, but this would require at least one key country to change its mind. Toward that end, German and Polish activists are already re-doubling their efforts to shift their government’s key votes. If that attempt fails, the results will be drawn-out, and chaotic. Unlike EU Regulations like the GDPR, which become law on passage by the central EU institut...

One of the most luxurious hotels in Sydney, Sheraton on the Park is well-known as a leader in the Australian hotel landscape. Owned by Starwood Hotels and Resorts, the hotel has 557 rooms and suites, several dining areas, a heated swimming pool and spa area, and 18 multifunction meeting rooms. The hotel prides itself on maintaining facilities to a high standard, with top quality furnishings and products used throughout. This same philosophy has been adhered to during an upgrade of the hotel’s backend systems. The upgrade has resulted in an increase in energy efficiency at the hotel, allowing management to take advantage of AusIndustry’s Green Building Fund, which required a reduction in the hotel’s environmental footprint, energy consumption and improvement in overall energy efficiency. Key recommendations To begin the process, management at Sheraton on the Park contracted Enman, a company specializing in efficiency improvements, to conduct an audit of their building management sy...