Paranormalist Claims Three-Second Copyright in Attempt to Censor Critical Video
Uri Geller -- the "paranormalist" famous for seemingly bending spoons with his mind -- got bent out of shape when a critic from the "Rational Response Squad" posted a video with a segment from a NOVA program called "Secrets of the Psychics," which challenged the performance techniques of Geller.
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Cowboy Group Tries to Censor Animal Welfare Nonprofit
As part of its campaign to raise awareness about the treatment of animals at rodeos, nonprofit group Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) posted a series of videos of rodeo events to YouTube. In response, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) filed takedown demands for 13 of the videos under...
Real Estate Developers Censor Community Critic's Website
New York City activist Savitri Durkee created UnionSquarePartnershipSucks.org, a website parodying the official website of Union Square Partnership (USP), a group backing extensive redevelopment of the Union Square area. In response, USP sent Durkee's Internet service provider a notice pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act improperly asserting that her...
Car Expo Attempts to Silence Community Protest
Prince Tries to Bury "Dancing Baby" Clip
EFF filed suit against Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) after the music publisher issued a baseless DMCA takedown on a YouTube video of a baby bouncing along to a Prince song on the radio. The incidental inclusion of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" in the video is clearly non-infringing and a...
EFF Celebrates the 2011 Pioneer Award Winners
Earlier this week, EFF recognized the accomplishments of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, encryption expert Ian Goldberg (pictured left), and influential Tunisian blog Nawaat.org at the 20th annual Pioneer Awards Ceremony in San Francisco. EFF established the Pioneer Awards in 1992 to recognize leaders on the electronic frontier...
CBS News Censors McCain Ad During Heated Presidential Campaign
In the heat of the 2008 presidential election season, the McCain campaign posted a satirical video that included a clip of CBS News anchor Katie Couric commenting on sexism in the campaign. CBS News issued a DMCA takedown notice and had the video removed from YouTube. The McCain campaign subsequently...
NBC Issues Takedown on Viral Obama Ad
NBC issued a takedown for this satirical Obama campaign video, which used archival footage of Tom Brokaw to announce the "bad news" that Senator John McCain had been elected president. Intended to motivate Obama supporters to "get out the vote," it was taken down days before a critical voter registration...
Sovereign Keys: A Proposal to Make HTTPS and Email More Secure
This is part 2 of a series on the security of HTTPS and TLS/SSL. [Part 1]
In a previous post, we discussed some structural insecurities in HTTPS and TLS/SSL, and how those are beginning to pose serious problems for the security of the Web.
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The Sovereign Keys Project
EFF's Sovereign Keys project aims to make the encrypted Internet more reliable and secure. It is a proposal to fix structural insecurities in the way that the Web, Email and other Internet protocols currently establish encrypted connections.
