Public Knowledge has posted a great summary of the new Patent Reform Act of 2007, introduced in both the House and Senate this week. The bill is going to be one of the key intellectual property issues in Congress this year, and, though this bill doesn't fix all current...

The REAL ID rebellion is growing. On Tuesday, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer signed into law Montana?s rejection of the Real ID Act, saying "the best way for Montana to deal with the federal government on this issue and many others is to say 'No. Nope. No way and hell...

Tomorrow, the Bush Administration will go before the Senate Intelligence Committee to push a dangerous new spying bill [PDF]. Among other things, the bill could threaten cases like EFF's against AT&T.
We're glad to hear that Senators are already pushing back against this proposal. As...

Students Accuse Anti-Plagiarism Site of CopyingSome high school students sue to stop commercial site from
taking their essays and looking over their shoulders.
Copyright Utopia?EFF's Fred von Lohmann keynotes at the University of
Maryland's conference on alternate IP futures.
YouTube: They're Not Watching...

The illegal NSA spying program remains shrouded in secrecy over five years since it first began, and more privacy invasions continue to come to light. Yet the Bush Administration is reportedly pushing Congress once again to legislate in the dark and expand spying powers.
With the...

A ruling in the Indiana Court of Appeals this week gave a middle school student her free speech rights back.
The girl, who is called "A.B." in the court record, had posted comments on a MySpace page criticizing her school's policy on body piercings. The post was full...