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Twitchcon: Legal Self-Defense for Streamers

As part of the TwitchCon gaming conference, EFF activist Parker Higgins will participate in a panel on "Legal Self-Defense" for people streaming video game play. He'll be joined by falc0nred and Joe Gratz in discussion that promises to be lively and full of audience participation.

Vote for EFF on CREDO's September Donation Ballot

EFF has been selected to receive a portion of CREDO's revenue in September and you can boost the amount that we receive by voting for us!Until September 30, CREDO customers and action members can visit CREDO's ballot website and vote for EFF using their member email address. If...

Senate Judiciary Committee Finally Focuses on ECPA Reform

On Wednesday, September 16, nine months into the 114th Congress, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the federal law that regulates government access to private communications records stored by third parties.

Right now, the statute allows the government to...

Hacker Q+A at Symbiosis

Join EFF Staff Technologist Noah Swartz, EFF Activist Nadia Kayyali, Open Whisper Systems developer Jake McGinty, and Marc Juul and Jenny Ryan, cofounders of Sudo Mesh / People’s Open Network, Hackerspace Sudo Room, and the Omni Oakland Commons for this exciting panel. The panel will cover a variety of exciting...

Important Win for Fair Use in ‘Dancing Baby’ Lawsuit

San Francisco – A federal appeals court in San Francisco today affirmed that copyright holders must consider whether a use of material is fair before sending a takedown notice. The ruling came in Lenz v. Universal, often called the “dancing baby” lawsuit.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) represents Stephanie...

Heightened Trade Secrets Restrictions Could Chill Global Speech

Trade secrets are seeing a resurgence of attention by policymakers at home and around the world. While there can be legitimate reasons to keep commercially valuable information secret, particularly amongst those with whom it has been shared in confidence, the latest trade secrets push goes further, potentially entangling whistleblowers and...

Techno Activism Third Mondays -- September

Sock-puppets, Astroturfing, and the Discerning Techno-Activist
Individuals have been successfully presenting a fictionalised version of themselves since the Net began, including creating fake histories, multiple personalities, and imaginary communities. But in an environment where journalists, politicians and other voters use the Net to gauge public sentiment, what are the...

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