After the Tragedy in Boston, More Government Surveillance is Not the Answer
Since the tragedy in Boston three weeks ago, there has been much talk in the media and political circles about technology that helped capture the suspects, the role of surveillance, and the critical issue of how privacy should be handled in the digital age. Yet the public facts known so...
EFF and ACLU Sue LA Law-Enforcement Agencies Over License-Plate Reader Records
Takedown Hall of Shame Inductions, May 2013
In the 15 years since the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) went into effect, bogus copyright and trademark claims and overzealous enforcement bots have misused the system to silence legitimate speech and creative expression online. We collect the most egregious examples of this kind of abuse in our gallery of...
EFF and ACLU Sue LA Law-Enforcement Agencies Over License-Plate Reader Records
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU-SC) today jointly filed suit against two Los Angeles-area law-enforcement agencies over their failure to produce records related to the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs).
Mounted on squad cars and...
The Raspberry Beret Lifetime Aggrievement Award
The Raspberry Beret Lifetime Aggrievement Award is granted for extraordinary abuses of the takedown process in the name of silencing speech. And of course we're proud to bestow the inaugural title on the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince himself.
Prince is far from alone...
Homeland Insecurity Through Bogus Takedowns
Fox owns a TV show called Homeland. It doesn't own the word "homeland," the concept of a homeland, or the many other works that go by the name "Homeland." But it seems no one thought to tell that to Fox's automated copyright enforcement bots that are programmed to send massive...
The Most Litigious Dessert in America
Louisville-based Kern's Kitchen has asserted a trademark over the term "Derby Pie," a popular Southern dessert made with chocolate and walnuts. For decades, Kern’s has threatened and sued restaurants that include derby pies on the menu and magazines that have the temerity to share “derby pie” recipes, even though...
The New Face of TPP and ACTA in the US
Celebrating World Press Freedom Day
Twenty years ago today, the United Nations (UN) established World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness of press freedom and remind governments of their duties under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year’s official celebration, sponsored by the UN, highlights what EFF has known for...
