Today the Supreme Court agreed to hear an important case about whether Congress has the power to "restore" copyright protection to works that already exist in the public domain. To be clear, for more than 200 years the law has been settled – once a work was in the public...

It's starting to look like 2011 could be the year that Congress finally passes patent reform legislation. This week, the full Senate begins debate on the Patent Reform Act of 2011, a bill that is receiving a lot of press, mostly for its funding and first-to-file...

Co-authored by Eva Galperin and Abigail Phillips
Bogus copyright and trademark complaints have threatened all kinds of creative expression on the Internet. EFF's Takedown Hall of Shame collects the worst of the worst. Today, we welcome two new additions to our gallery of villains.
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A leading candidate has emerged for the next EFF Takedown Hall of Shame induction: the Dervaes Institute, which is claiming broad ownership rights over the term “urban homesteading” — a term commonly used to describe a social movement dedicated to achieving more self-sufficient, sustainable living in cities. Last year,...

In Part I of this post, we looked at the FCC’s stated basis for its authority to regulate the Internet in its Report and Order, issued in late December 2010.
Now, we turn to the substance of the FCC’s Order, and specifically how the Order stacks...

When we said that Texas was no place to file suit if you want to bypass due process, we weren't kidding. Senior federal judge Royal Furgeson has "severed" thousands of Does in these and several other cases. (see below for sample order). Judge Furgeson is the same judge...

EFF is extremely pleased to announce a new addition to our Board of Directors: Harvard Law and Computer Science Professor Jonathan Zittrain.
For many of you, Jonathan does not need an introduction, as he is one of the true luminaries of Internet scholarship. His work encompasses the critical issues...