Today, a federal court shot down yet another attempt by the government to use "national security" as a blank check for illegal surveillance. Refusing a claim that the government could not even confirm or deny whether it had listened in on calls between attorneys at the Center for...

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It's the latest digital media murder mystery: TiVo Series2's TiVoToGo enabled limited portability of recorded content to PCs and other devices, but the TiVo Series3 HD did not include this feature when recently released. In other words, if you want to upgrade to HD, you have to downgrade your...

Tomorrow, DefectiveByDesign.org is organizing a "day against DRM." Check out the site to learn more. Actions are also taking place overseas -- check out the Free Software Foundation Europe site as well as new DRM.info site for more.

The negotiations have been tough (we hear), but the 2007 WIPO General Assemblies have come to a close with two huge victories for the public interest. On the Broadcasting Treaty, while the GA agreed to convene a Diplomatic Conference in November/December 2007, we now have two welcome safeguards...

[Update, September 30: You did it! The Senate adjourned last night without passing NSA wiretapping legislation. Congress is now in recess until after the November election.]
Against strong opposition, the House last night passed Rep. Wilson's dangerous surveillance bill. The fight isn't over, though -- we can still stop...

EFF is back in Geneva to report on the 2006 General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This is the large annual meeting where progress is measured and paths are charted for the coming year. We're here to cover two issues in particular: the WIPO Development Agenda and...