To Safeguard the Public Domain (and the Public Interest), Fix Copyright’s Crazy Penalties
EFF at ShmooCon
It's a Bad Week to be a Patent Troll: Big Updates from New York and Newegg
Patent trolls are having a bad week. Today the New York Attorney General announced it had reached a settlement with MPHJ, the so-called scanner troll. That deal, not entirely unlike the one already in place in Minnesota, is great news for New Yorkers who have found themselves facing...
The Law Belongs In the Public Domain
You Bought It, You Own It! Time to Reclaim the Right to Use/Tinker/Repair/Make/Sell/Lend Your Stuff
EFF Calls Out DOJ for Failing to Provide Crucial Public Information in NSA Case
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a federal court on Friday to order the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release more thorough information about the dragnet electronic surveillance being conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). The filing in EFF's long-standing case, Jewel v. NSA, also...
Supreme Court to Tackle Big Questions in Patent and Copyright Law
Last Friday the Supreme Court granted certiorari in three important cases. This means a busy spring for EFF as we will likely file amicus briefs in all of them.
In ABC, Inc., v. Aereo, Inc., the Court will decide whether Aereo “publicly performs” television programs it...
Transparency Is Fundamental to Good Copyright Policy
Copyright Week: Taking Copyright Back
President’s Review Group Puzzler: Why is Massively Overbroad Surveillance Wrong under 215 but OK under Section 702?
The report from the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies on the U.S. government’s mass spying—domestically and around the globe— has much that’s good in it. As the folks handling the only ongoing case where National Security Letters have been declared unconstitutional, we also especially appreciate...





