Righthaven Ordered to Pay $5,000 in Sanctions for Its Misrepresentations to Court
Yesterday in Righthaven v. Democratic Underground a federal court in Las Vegas ordered the notorious copyright troll Righthaven to pay $5,000 in sanctions and to file the court transcript containing its admonishment in hundreds of other copyright cases. EFF represents Democratic Underground.
Righthaven tried to build a business...
Computer Search and Seizure: A Three-Panel Cartoon
Think you know what to do when law enforcement seeks access to your digital device? Test your skills with our online quiz. Then brush up on your knowledge with our Know Your Rights whitepaper.
We also highly recommend you print our one-page guide explaining what to...
In Patent Reform Legislation, Congress Starts to Slowly Chip Away at Business Method Patents
The patent reform legislation that continues to snake its way through Congress makes one thing clear: many in Washington don’t like business method patents anymore than we do. (Business method patents cover a merely a "method" or "process," as opposed to something tangible.)
Now that the...
Spotify's U.S. Launch Highlights the Good, the Bad, and the Promise of Subscription-Based Music Services
The 11th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS 2011)
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann joins a panel with Chris Soghoian, Roger Dingledine, Damon McCoy, and Caspar Bowden discussing The Ethics of Research on Tor Users at PETS 2011. The discussion will take place on Thursday, July 28 at 10 a.m.
Registration fees and information:
http://petsymposium.org/2011/registration.php
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Speak With EFF Attorneys in Las Vegas About Your Security Research
Are you planning to be in Las Vegas during Black Hat, DEF CON, and BSidesLasVegas next month? EFF attorneys are available to provide legal information to security researchers about issues such as reverse engineering, vulnerability reporting, copyright, and free speech.
If you have concerns about...
Prosecutors Demand Laptop Password in Violation of Fifth Amendment
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal court in Colorado today to block the government's attempt to force a woman to enter a password into an encrypted laptop, arguing in an amicus brief that it would violate her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
A defendant...
The FBI's Next Generation Identification: Bigger and Faster but Much Worse for Privacy
This week, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and several other organizations released documents from a FOIA lawsuit that expose the concerted efforts of the FBI and DHS to build a massive database of personal and biometric information. This database, called “Next Generation Identification”...
EFF Urges Microsoft and Cisco to Reconsider China
Chaos Communication Camp 2011
Join EFF Senior Staff Technologist Seth Schoen, EFF International Rights Director Katitza Rodriguez, and EFF co-founder John Gilmore at this year's Chaos Communication Camp. The camp is an international hacker's camp that takes place every four years. Speeches are held in large tents and are conducted in both...
