Canary Watch – One Year Later
We announced Canary Watch a year ago as a coalition project to list Warrant Canaries and monitor them for changes or removal. Canary Watch was a joint project, with EFF, Freedom of the Press Foundation, NYU Law, Calyx and the Berkman Center.
Along the way, the project...
Senate Judiciary Committee Must Pass the Email Privacy Act Without Weakening Amendments
Update May 26, 2016: Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Grassley (R-IA) postponed marking up the Email Privacy Act. The committee website will provide further details on whether or not the bill will be marked up in June.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on the...
Chilean Bid to Help Authors Will Chill Audiovisual Content Online
Authors around the world are realizing the benefits of sharing their work in new ways, finding new audiences by refusing to articipate in traditional methods of distribution and licensing. But a new proposal in Chile could undermine those choices, at least for Chilean creators.
In pursuing copyright reform around...
Pakistan's Senate Gets Smart About Terrible Cyber-Crime Bill
Over the last few months, Pakistan's Internet community has been fighting to stop the passage of one of the world's worst cyber-crime proposals: the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB). Thanks in part to the hundreds of messages sent to Pakistan's senators, they secured a major victory this week—public...
EFF at Copyright Office Roundtables Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco
San Francisco—On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 24-25, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Staff Attorney Kit Walsh and Senior Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz will participate in public roundtable discussions about the impact of U.S. copyright law on freedoms to investigate and improve the software embedded in everyday products,...
Zendesk and the Art of Trademark Trolling
Zen. The word has come to be associated with simplicity, intuition, and a sense of enlightenment. It originates from a branch of Buddhism that emphasizes meditation and self-reflection as the way to achieve enlightenment.
Naturally, given the cultural cachet of the word, it’s been adopted to various degrees by...
An Open Letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley
Don’t Give Up on Venue Reform
Stand up for comprehensive patent reform.
Dear Sen. Chuck Grassley,
I work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an organization that fights for digital rights in the U.S. and abroad. Like you, my colleagues and I are...
EFF Asks Court to Reverse Chelsea Manning’s Conviction for Violating Federal Anti-Hacking Law
EFF Asks Court to Reverse Chelsea Manning’s Conviction for Violating Federal Anti-Hacking Law
Fort Belvoir, Virginia—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday to overturn Chelsea Manning’s conviction for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), arguing that the law is intended to punish people for breaking into computers systems—something Manning didn’t do.
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Trade Commission Report Reveals Few Benefits From the TPP and Ignores its Costs
The White House has been curiously quiet on the Trans-Pacific Partnership front, following its earlier fanfare about the agreement when it was signed in February. Yesterday with the release of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)'s almost 800-page report on the TPP's Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and...
