Security Backdoors are Bad News—But Some Lawmakers Are Taking Action to Close Them
As many privacy advocates have pointed out recently, it looks like some people in the federal government are intent on reviving the failed Crypto Wars of the 90s. And despite recent assurances, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) still hasn’t done enough to address NSA’s involvement...
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Troll-Proofed Defensive Patent License Launches With 23 Patents From EFF Cofounder
In the movement toward patent reform, the Patent Office, Congress, and the courts aren't the only targets for change. Individual and corporate patent owners have steps they can take to reduce the harmful effects of software patents and disempower patent trolls, largely through alternative licensing schemes.
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EFF Asks Court to Shine Light on Patent Troll's Claims
Legend has it that trolls turn to stone when faced with sunlight. That’s why yesterday, EFF filed a motion in the Eastern District of Texas (a favorite jurisdiction for patent trolls) to intervene and unseal documents in a patent infringement case. In the motions, EFF argues that...
The Danger of New Post-Fixation Rights in the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been working towards the development of a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations since 1998; about three times as long as the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations have taken so far, but with far less to show for it. Part...
Obama’s Plan for Better Policing: The Good, the Bad, and the Body Cameras
You may be shocked to hear that EFF doesn't think technology is a solution to every problem. That includes problems with the police and with public safety. And, as we’ve pointed out when it comes to drones and other types of local surveillance, we think adoption of new...
We're Back at the World Intellectual Property Organization to Fight For Users' Rights at the UN
We're Back at the World Intellectual Property Organization to Fight For Users' Rights at the UN
EFF is in Geneva this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), where the organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is gathered to debate proposals for a treaty to give new legal rights to broadcasters, and for instruments that would standardize copyright limitations and exceptions...
Music Publishers Sue Cox For Not Kicking People Off the Internet
The lawsuit filed last week by music publishers BMG and Round Hill against Cox Communications could be the next battle in the major media companies’ long-term campaign to turn Internet service providers into copyright police. BMG and Round Hill are asking a federal court to...
