Yale fellow Ernest Miller and EFF's own Jason Schultz on Friday broke a story that provides an excellent opportunity for demonstrating the harm that the combination of overly restrictive copyright law and user-override technology can do to speech fundamental to a functioning democracy.
The story in...

The RIAA has finally seen the light with regard to its "Clean Slate" program, which offered false amnesty, or shamnesty, to people who admitted to file sharing. Citing the success of its "education" campaign, the group has abruptly cancelled the program.
"Clean Slate" promised...

Security Focus (hyperlinks, mine): "A one-time enforcer in DirecTV's anti-piracy campaign is suing his ex-employer for wrongful discharge, after he allegedly resigned rather than continue to prosecute the company's controversial war against buyers of hacker-friendly smart card equipment.
John Fisher, a former police officer, alleges in...

As we noted last week, Google has introduced a new beta email service called "Gmail" that raises a number of privacy concerns.While the media has largely focused on the fact that Gmail will scan the contents of your email messages in order to target ads, the more serious problem...

Today, we filed comments (PDF) with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to warn against overbroad interpretation of the CAN-SPAM Act -- new federal legislation aimed at stemming the current tidal wave of spam. We are pessimistic that the law will be effective in that respect, and...

An attorney lets his 10 year-old install a computer game. Here's what happens:
So my 10 year-old took the lead and started installing the software. When he got to the license agreement, he quipped, "Let's see, it says I have to click 'accept' to continue. Well DUH! It's...

In a victory for due process, a Pennsylvania judge has reaffirmed his previous finding requiring that record companies that seek to sue filesharers bring individual cases against the defendants, rather than lumping them all together.
Our favorite part of the ruling (PDF): when Judge Newcomer lists ways that...