Fake Copyright Arguments at the FCC on Set-Top Boxes
The FCC may give consumers full control of their set-top box and that scares a lot of companies.
As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continues working on breaking up the TV set-top box monopoly, the onslaught by large companies who have zero interest in promoting a competitive open technology...
Minnesota Legislators Go Crazy, Pushing Dangerous PRINCE Act
Just a few weeks after his death, some Minnesota legislators are using Prince’s name to ram through a dangerous publicity rights law that will give his heirs – and the heirs of any other Minnesotan – broad and indefinite rights to shut down all kind of legitimate speech and...
Decentralized Web Summit
This event aims to explore how we can "lock the web open" to ensure access to information and avenues of free expression. Join keynote speakers Vint Cerf, Cory Doctorow, Brewster Kahle, and more in sharing where we are in building the Decentralized Web and to...
In Hearing on Internet Surveillance, Nobody Knows How Many Americans Impacted in Data Collection
The Senate Judiciary Committee held an open hearing today on the FISA Amendments Act, the law that ostensibly authorizes the digital surveillance of hundreds of millions of people both in the United States and around the world. Section 702 of the law, scheduled to expire next year, is designed...
EFF at Copyright Office Roundtable Thursday and Friday in San Francisco
San Francisco—On Thursday and Friday, May 12-13, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Legal Director Corynne McSherry will participate in public roundtable discussions about the effectiveness of safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) at the United States Ninth Circuit James R. Browning Courthouse in San...
Tell Law Enforcement: Come Back with a Warrant
2016 Pioneer Award Nominations Are Now Open
Nominations are now open for EFF's 25th Annual Pioneer Awards, to be presented this fall in San Francisco. EFF established the Pioneer Awards in 1992 to recognize leaders who are extending freedom and innovation in the realm of technology. The nomination window will be open until 11:59pm PDT on...
Australian Productivity Commission Slams Protectionist Copyright and Patent Laws
Last month we wrote about a discredited industry report that spread misinformation about the supposed costs of Australia adopting fair use into its copyright law. That document, commissioned by media and entertainment giants, had been written in anticipation of a recommendation for the adoption of fair use...
Senate Judiciary Committee Begins Review of Mass Surveillance Statute
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act Tuesday May 10. The Act, passed in 2008, created what is now known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Section 702 is used for mass...
Mexico's Supreme Court Won’t Halt Data Retention: Activists Plan to Take Case to International Court
In a disappointing decision, Mexico’s Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Mexico’s Ley Telecom data retention mandates and its lack of legal safeguards. The challenge, or writ of amparo—a remedy available to any person whose rights have been violated—was filed by R3D.mx on behalf of a coalition of...
