EFF Asks For Court Records On Warner Brothers' Robo-Takedowns, As Congress Gets Ready To Hear Testimony About Copyright Enforcement Systems
This week, EFF asked a federal court in Florida to unseal records from the Disney v. Hotfile case describing Warner Brothers' system for sending takedown notices to websites. Warner, and the other plaintiffs in the case,...
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Change the Future of Copyright in Europe—Submit Your Comments to the European Commission
Tell Europe your views on CopyrightThe European Commission's open consultation on copyright ends in less than a week on Mar. 5. It's a rare and important opportunity for anyone who uses the Internet— whether you are a student or artists, librarian or entrepreneur— to influence the future of...
Export regulations on communication and educational technologies loosen for some sanctioned countries and not others—what gives?
With Coursera lifting restrictions for users of its online educational courses in Syria, but upholding restrictions for users in the sanctioned countries of Cuba, Iran, and Sudan, the need for streamlined communication technology policies for countries sanctioned by the U.S. is more necessary than ever.
Cuba, Syria, Sudan,...
EFF to Supreme Court: Clean Up the Software Patent Mess
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) along with Professor Pamela Samuelson of the University of California, Berkeley, urged the U.S. Supreme Court today to clean up the legal mess that is software patent law, reining in overbroad patents that are impermissibly abstract.
In front of the court...
Lawrence Lessig Settles Fair Use Lawsuit Over Phoenix Music Snippets
Senators Take Aim at Patent Troll Demand Letter Abuses
We've made considerable progress in our fight against patent trolls. The House, you may remember, resoundingly passed the Innovation Act last year. The President has since said he would sign it, and make a strong statement in support of reform in this year's State of the Union address. Now,...
Lawrence Lessig Settles Fair Use Lawsuit Over Phoenix Music Snippets
San Francisco - Prof. Lawrence Lessig has settled his lawsuit against an Australian record label over the use of clips of a popular song by the band Phoenix in a lecture that was later posted online. Liberation Music, which represents Phoenix in New Zealand, claimed the clips infringed copyright, demanded...
Congress Must Update Email Privacy Law
Congress Must Update Email Privacy Law
It's time for Congress to follow the Sixth Circuit's lead and update one of the main online privacy laws—the Electronic Privacy Communications Act (ECPA). In the past, the Department of Justice has used the archaic law to obtain private online communications without obtaining a probable cause warrant as...
