Innovation
New ideas challenge the status quo. That's why people who make cool tools get so much heat from the old guard -- and their lawyers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) thinks that innovation is inextricably tied to freedom of speech, and innovators need to be protected from established businesses that use the law to stifle creativity and kill competition.
Litigation
- Arista v. Lime Wire
- RealNetworks v. DVD-CCA (RealDVD case)On September 30, 2008, the day Real was to formally launch its RealDVD product, the motion picture studios filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles and asked for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the launch. The same day, RealNetworks filed a lawsuit in San Francisco asking the court to declare that distribution of RealDVD is lawful.
- OdioWorks v Apple
- US v. ASCAP
- Blizzard v. BNETD
- Paramount v. ReplayTV
- Macrovision v. SimaIn 2005, Macrovision sued Sima to block the sale of the Sima CopyThis! (CT-1, CT-Q1, CT-100, CT-2, CT-200) and GoDVD (SCC, and SCC-2) products, which are designed to digitize analog video, such as the analog video outputs of DVD players and analog VCRs. The Macrovision Analog Copy Protection (ACP) signals often embedded in these analog outputs, however, do not survive the digitizing process, and therefore are not embedded in the outputs of the Sima devices. Macrovision argued that this violates both Macrovision's patents and the DMCA's prohibition on circumvention.
- Perfect 10 v. Google
In The News
- CNET NEWS | March 03, 2010 RealNetworks surrenders in RealDVD case
- CNET NEWS | November 16, 2009 iPhone app developer quits over approval process
- ARS TECHNICA | November 16, 2009 Mac cloner guilty, but "hackintosh" tools will persist
Other Resources
- EFF Google Summer of Code 2010 Projects
- August 14, 2009 Canada Action Alert: Speak Out on the Future of Digital Copyright
- January 15, 2009 Free Your Phone
- Endangered Gizmos
- Patent Busting Project
Related Issues
- Net Neutrality
- Accessibility for the Reading Disabled
- Coders' Rights Project
- Patents
- Trusted Computing"Trusted computing" initiatives propose to solve some of today's security problems through hardware changes to the personal computer.
- Broadcast FlagA mandate would force all future digital televisiontuners to include "content protection" (aka DRM) technologies.
- Digital Rights ManagementDigital Rights Management (DRM) and Copy Protection Schemes
Whitepapers
Deeplinks Posts
- March 18, 2010 Viacom Makes Its Case Against Yesterday's YouTube
- January 25, 2010 HOWTO: Thrive as a Musician Without Suing Your Fans
- January 20, 2010 OK Stop: EMI Puts a Stop to Sharing for the Princes of Viral Video
Press Releases
- November 04, 2009 "The Future of DVD" Panel and Happy Hour
- October 13, 2009 EFF Warns Texas Instruments to Stop Harassing Calculator Hobbyists
- April 27, 2009 Wiki Operator Sues Apple Over Bogus Legal Threats
