Cindy Cohn
{{short description|American attorney}}
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| education = Bachelor of Arts/Science, The University of Iowa
Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Michigan
London School of Economics
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Cindy Cohn is an American civil liberties attorney specializing in Internet law. She represented Daniel J. Bernstein and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in Bernstein v. United States.
Education
She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa and the London School of Economics and her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Michigan.{{Cite web|title=Cindy Cohn|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/cindy-cohn/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Forbes|language=en}}
Law Career
In 1997, Cohn was recognized by California Lawyer Magazine as one of the "Lawyers of the Year" for her work. After serving for 15 years as legal director and general counsel{{cite web|title=Cindy Cohn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/cindy-cohn|access-date=3 October 2014|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited}} for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, she became its executive director in 2015.{{cite web|date=5 November 2014|title=Cindy Cohn to become EFF's new executive director in 2015|url=https://www.eff.org/press/releases/cindy-cohn-become-effs-new-executive-director-2015|access-date=20 February 2015|publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}{{Cite web|title=Cindy Cohn|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/cindy-cohn/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Forbes|language=en}}
In addition to Bernstein, some of Cohn's significant cases include Hepting v. AT&T (class action against AT&T for collaborating with the National Security Agency program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications), In re Sony BMG Tech. litigation (class action against Sony BMG for placing dangerous digital rights management (DRM) on customers' computers), OPG v. Diebold (Diebold was held liable for sending out unfounded cease and desist notices to internet service providers (ISPs) in an effort to stop public discussion of the flaws in its electronic voting machines), and DVD CCA v. Bunner{{cite web|last=Electronic Frontier Foundation|date=September 2005|title=DVD-CCA v. Bunner and DVD-CCA v. Pavlovich|url=http://w2.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725230002/http://w2.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/|archive-date=25 July 2009|access-date=2009-07-07|publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation|authorlink=Electronic Frontier Foundation|df=dmy-all}} (representing Andrew Bunner against the DVD Copy Control Association defending his right to republish a computer program that he found republished elsewhere on the Internet).{{cite web |last1=Premo |first1=Eugene M. |title=DVD Copy Control Ass'n Inc. v. Bunner |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2276448/dvd-copy-control-assn-inc-v-bunner/ |pages=185 |date=27 February 2004}}
Awards and honors
In 2006, Cohn was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal. In November 2018, she was featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" by Forbes.{{cite web|title=Cindy Cohn|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/cindy-cohn/?list=top-tech-women-america|work=Forbes}} Cohn also serves on the board of directors of the nonprofits Human Rights Advocates {{Citation needed|reason=cannot find org|date=January 2025}} and the Verified Voting Foundation.{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://verifiedvoting.org/team/#cohn |website=Verified Voting |access-date=11 January 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.eff.org/about/staff/cindy-cohn Cindy Cohn's Bio on EFF Site]
- [http://www.humanrightsadvocates.org/ Human Rights Advocates Home Page]
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