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- Pioneer Awards
Honoring leaders on the electronic frontier who are extending freedom and innovation in the realm of information technology. - Cooperative Computing Awards
Encouraging ordinary Internet users to collaborate to solve huge scientific problems.
Legal Cases
Whether defending your rights from attack or seeking front-line justice to establish your rights, EFF battles for digital freedom in the courts. Help us with this important work.
- Capitol v. ThomasLast October, Jammie Thomas was found liable for copyright infringement for file sharing, and hit with a $222,000 judgment. Thomas' case was the first file sharing lawsuit to reach a jury verdict.
- Echostar v. Freetech
- NSA SpyingCases brought against corporations complicit in the NSA's warrantless surveillance of millions of Americans' private domestic communications.
- Travel ScreeningBefore you get on an airplane, the government wants to sift through the personal details of your life. If the data analysis says you're a security risk, too bad -- you may have no way of challenging the error.
Whitepapers
Our whitepapers reflect the results of EFF's clear thinking on issues at the cutting-edge of law and technology.
- 2008 RIAA v. The People: Five Years Later
- 2008 Best Practices for Online Service Providers
- 2008 Patents and the Public Domain: Improving Patent Quality Upon Reexamination
- 2008 A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing
