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Opposition is mounting against the Cheney-Specter surveillance bill. Specter postponed a vote on the bill until after a hearing on Wednesday, having tried to rush it through yesterday.
As we pointed out, yesterday's victory allowing our case against AT&T to go forward demonstrates that the...

Lawyer Ray Beckerman has admirably represented many individuals accused of infringing file sharing. In an interview with the Defective by Design campaign, he discusses the state of these cases, the overreaching legal claims the RIAA has made, and the ordinary individuals harmed by these misguided lawsuits.
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Today, EFF achieved a critical victory in our case against AT&T. Here are some key quotes from the decision:
p.36, "To defer to a blanket assertion of [state] secrecy here would be to abdicate that duty, particularly because the very subject matter of this litigation has...

I predicted back in December that DRM was beginning to lose its charm for the major record labels. Well, here's the latest evidence -- Sony-BMG is offering a new "customizable" Jessica Simpson track for download through Yahoo Music. And it's an MP3. That's right, no DRM restrictions. Plays...

YouTube has been sued in federal court for copyright infringement.A Los Angeles video news service sued YouTube Inc. on Friday in federal court for allowing its users to upload copyrighted video footage onto the popular Web site, including the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 riots.Los Angeles...

Reuters is reporting that, "Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said he has negotiated a proposed bill with the White House" regarding the NSA's illegal spying program. This bill has not been made public yet. The draft bill seen by EFF (which is likely similar if not identical...