TPP: Campamento Por La Libertad 2013 en Lima, Perú
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...Eso mismo podría cambiar y para mal. ¡Con el TPP Todos Podemos Perder! De tí depende. Ven y participa en el primer campamento por la libertad en Internet y ayúdanos a salvar Internet antes de que sea demasiado tarde! Veintiocho...
How To Protect Against Laptop Webcam Hacking
Last week, a federal judge in Texas refused to authorize the government to hack a computer suspected of criminal use, including controlling the computer's camera. The government had sought a warrant to "surreptitiously install[] software designed not only to extract...
What Is TPP? Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA
The United States and ten governments from around the Pacific are meeting yet again to hash out the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) on May 15-24 in Lima, Peru. The TPP is one of the worst global threats to the Internet since ACTA. Since the...
Support for Online Free Speech Widespread in the Arab World
Just a little more than two years ago, the world witnessed the overthrow of three North African dictators and ensuing protests across much of the Arab world on television and social media, the latter of which was much lauded as a catalyzing tool. But while 2011 was a time of...
Californians, Support Taxpayer Access to Research
Time for Patent Reform: Key Lawmakers Take Aim at Trolls
Oh, how the times are changing. The last few weeks have brought significant encouraging news about the prospects for patent reform. Leaders in D.C., including the chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, along with the President, have all acknowledged the essential need for immediate reform.
This is...
Civil Liberties Groups and Companies Demand Congress Update Email Privacy Law
Update: The bill, S. 607, passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a voice vote. It will now go to the Senate floor for a final vote on the bill.
This week a wide range of civil liberties groups and companies demanded the Senate Judiciary Committee update email...
EFF Fights to Protect Electronic Reserves at College Libraries
When college professors want students to read a small part of a book, they put that book on reserve at the library, so everyone can get access to the bit of information they need without having to buy the entire expensive work. Advances in technology have made this even easier...
Another Lawsuit Threat Raises the Question: Why Don't We Have a Federal Anti-SLAPP Law Yet?
Another innocent customer unfortunately has been sued for defamation, simply for leaving a negative review of a company on eBay. The Ohio-based company, Med Express, had sent a customer in South Carolina a package that required additional postage to be paid. She chose to express her dissatisfaction with the...
Support California's New Open Access Bill
Good news: we are finally seeing real progress toward improving the public's ability to access to the research we pay for. In February, we saw both a White House memorandum and the introduction of bipartisan legislation designed to promote open access to taxpayer-funded research on the federal...





