Riding the Fences of the “Urban Homestead”: Trademark Complaints and Misinformation Lead to Improper Takedowns
A leading candidate has emerged for the next EFF Takedown Hall of Shame induction: the Dervaes Institute, which is claiming broad ownership rights over the term “urban homesteading” — a term commonly used to describe a social movement dedicated to achieving more self-sufficient, sustainable living in cities. Last year,...
What Does the "Track" in "Do Not Track" Mean?
There is a lot of discussion about Do Not Track at the moment. The FTC has announced support for the idea; Mozilla has added a Do Not Track header option into Firefox betas, and Congresswoman Jackie Speier has introduced a Do Not Track bill. Other proposed privacy...
Pt II: EFF Evaluates the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules in its “Report and Order”
In Part I of this post, we looked at the FCC’s stated basis for its authority to regulate the Internet in its Report and Order, issued in late December 2010.
Now, we turn to the substance of the FCC’s Order, and specifically how the Order stacks...
Southern California Linux Expo
Digital Music Forum: EAST
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Julie Samuels participates in the discussion regarding the current status of music piracy and the latest in legal and policdy developments at "LAWYERS, GUNS & MONEY:Finding the Right Balance between Enforcement & Innovation."
When: Thursday, February 24 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Where:...
EFF at Council of Europe
Katitza Rodriguez, EFF International Rights Director will be participating in the Council of Europe advisory group on cross border Internet, an Ad hoc group of the Steering Committee on the Media and New Communication Services. The main items on the agenda will be a draft declaration of the...
Newly Released Documents Detail FBI’s Plan to Expand Federal Surveillance Laws
EFF just received documents in response to a 2-year old FOIA request for information on the FBI’s "Going Dark" program, an initiative to increase the FBI's authority in response to problems the FBI says it's having implementing wiretap and pen register/trap and trace orders on new communications technologies. The documents...
Don't Mess With Texas Continued: Thousands of Defendants Severed
When we said that Texas was no place to file suit if you want to bypass due process, we weren't kidding. Senior federal judge Royal Furgeson has "severed" thousands of Does in these and several other cases. (see below for sample order). Judge Furgeson is the same judge...
Will the Rise of Wikileaks Competitors Make Whistleblowing Resistant to Censorship?
Since it began publishing a trove of classified United States Embassy cables on November 28, 2010, Wikileaks has faced an onslaught of censorship that demonstrated how online speech is vulnerable when intermediaries refuse to host contentious or unpopular speech. When payment providers, service providers and even ...
EFF Appoints Jonathan Zittrain to the Board of Directors
EFF is extremely pleased to announce a new addition to our Board of Directors: Harvard Law and Computer Science Professor Jonathan Zittrain.
For many of you, Jonathan does not need an introduction, as he is one of the true luminaries of Internet scholarship. His work encompasses the critical issues...
