Recently, there was a minor scandal when TechCrunch accused Last.fm of turning over information — the identities of people listening to copies of a leaked U2 album — to the RIAA. Last.fm issued a scathing denial of these allegations, and it's good to hear that the site...

Judge Orders Defendent to Decrypt LaptopA federal judge in Vermont ordered a criminal defendant to provide his PGP passphrase so that prosecutors can examine his computer.
Applying the 4th Amendment to the InternetOrin Kerr presents some general principals for a technology-neutral translation of 4th Amendment principals from...

This morning it seemed that complaints from EFF and other privacy advocates and journalists had apparently helped created a change in White House policy concerning the use of cookies and tracking technologies on whitehouse.gov. We were ready to give kudos to the Obama Administration for listening to privacy advocates, something...

It's hard to find many people who've worked as hard to create an open and transparent government as Carl Malamud. To name just a few of his recent accomplishments: He's convinced C-SPAN to license Congressional hearings under Creative Commons, worked to free California and Oregon state legislation...

We've brought you several posts explaining Warner's unfortunate crusade to censor its music from YouTube videos, even when those activities would clearly qualify as fair use. Here's a concrete example: a YouTube creator that goes by the moniker Dust Films has pioneered a new parody video genre,...

We've made two amazing additions to our staff with a new Systems Administrator and a new Membership Coordinator. Here's a quick introduction to our two newest staff members!
Aaron Jue comes to us from the New England Aquarium, where he gained experience working as membership coordinator, and...

Scientists who receive funding from the National Institutes of Health are required to make their research publicly available within 12 months after the research is published. This "open access" policy not only promotes free scientific communication and innovation, it strikes many as fundamentally fair. After all, shouldn't taxpayers have direct...