Members-Only Speakeasy: Bay Area Is Back!
Current members will be invited to join EFF technologists, activists, attorneys, and fellow members for happy hour at a secret San Francisco location on Thursday, April 21st. We'll present a brief update on the topic of YOUR choice! Vote to hear about our latest tech projects, activism campaigns, or legal...
Lawsuit Against YouTube Threatens Global Growth of Political Speech
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of advocacy groups have asked a federal appeals court to reject attempts to thwart federal copyright law and saddle online communities with new litigation fears in the appeal of Viacom v. YouTube.
In an amicus brief filed Thursday,...
EFF's Members-Only Speakeasy: Bay Area Is Back!
Current members will be invited to join EFF technologists, activists, attorneys, and fellow members for happy hour at a secret San Francisco location on Thursday, April 21st. We'll present a brief update on the topic of YOUR choice! Vote to hear about our latest tech projects, activism campaigns,...
Mass Copyright Litigation Roundup: Positive Trend for Due Process?
Judicial decisions are starting to come fast and furious in the movie copyright troll cases – and the trend is mixed but promising for those of us who care about protecting due process.
The good news is that judges continue to recognize the fundamental flaws in these cases....
Fully-qualified Nonsense in the SSL Observatory
Yesterday, I posted about how internet certification authorities will sign unqualified names, which have no meaning on the internet.
In addition to unqualified names being meaningless — or, worse than meaningless — there are also meaningless fully-qualified names. And, yes, CAs will sign those names too.
As...
Work for EFF's Activism Team This Summer
Are you an undergraduate or graduate student who is interested in protecting civil liberties online and fighting for a free and open Internet? Do you have strong writing and research skills? Do you love delving into the latest issues in technology, privacy, intellectual property, and transparency? Apply for EFF’s Summer...
Unqualified Names in the SSL Observatory
Appeals Court Hears Argument in the "Breast Cancer Gene" Case
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. heard oral argument yesterday in the closely watched “breast cancer gene” patent case. At issue are two patents covering naturally occurring human genes that, when present, signal an increased likelihood of developing breast cancer. The ACLU and the ...
Urban Homesteaders Fight Baseless Legal Claims Over Generic, Descriptive Term
San Francisco - Activists in the urban homesteading movement petitioned today to cancel the registration of bogus trademarks for the terms "urban homesteading" and "urban homestead" -- trademarks that have been used to threaten other urban homesteaders and remove online content and discussion.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has...
EFF to Oregon Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant to Search Arrestees' Cell Phones
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the Oregon Supreme Court to block warrantless searches of arrestees' cell phones Friday, arguing in an amicus brief that granting law enforcement free rein to search data on the devices violates basic privacy protections guaranteed by the Constitution.
Other state...




