Last month, EFF filed an amicus brief in Echostar v. Freetech, where Echostar sought the identities of every consumer who purchased a Freetech "CoolSat" free-to-air (FTA) satellite receiver during the past five years. EFF argued that this demand, issued in discovery in a lawsuit between Echostar and Freetech,...

Spore Makers Sued for Duplicitous DRMGame maker Electronic Arts is facing a lawsuit for the use of copy protection that secretly installs a restrictive program on a user's computer.
ISP: It's Impossible For Us to Stop Illegal P2PA Belgian ISP, ordered by a court to stop illegal...

Joining the ranks of federal district judges in Arizona and Massachusetts, District of Minnesota Chief Judge Michael Davis today concluded [44-page PDF] that simply making a music file available in a shared file does not violate copyright law, and ordered a new trial in Capitol Records v....

South Korean Government Seeks to End Anonymity, Allow Arbitrary Content TakedownAll forum and chat room users will be required to make verifiable registrations using their real names; Web sites can be taken down for 30 days if they receive complaints of fraud or slander.

Confidential Data on Millions...

Late Friday night, the Government started the formal process for retroactive immunity for the telecommunications companies sued by EFF and others for their involvement in the warrantless surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans. The immunity is a key part of the unconstitutional FISA Amendments Act passed by Congress in...

New Bill Would Tighten Rules for Laptop SearchesThe Border Search Accountability Act would place limits on the governments ability to seize and search computers at the border.
RIAA, MPAA Resume Lobbying on Copyright LawThe recording industry and the motion picture industry are pushing the latest version of...

Our friends at Public Knowledge have been getting the word out about S. 3325, the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Act of 2008. The bill was amended by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, but it still aims to give the government the power to bring civil suits against infringers...