Neuros Technology, manufacturer of open-source powered, analog-to-digital video recorder hardware, is spearheading a new effort to educate consumers about digital rights management (DRM) by establishing the "Unlocked Media" brand. The idea is for the "Unlocked Media" trademark to be freely available to innovators making products that allow media...

At 4.30pm today, Harry Reid announced on the floor of the Senate that, given the complexity and contentiousness of immunity (which he says he backs Dodd in opposing) the bill will not come up before the holidays.
A very wise decision. Thanks are due to Senator Dodd, grassroots support,...

It's been a roller-coaster few weeks for digital rights activists in Canada. A few weeks ago, rumors began circulating that the current minority Conservative government was going to present a copyright reform act before the New Year.
Unlike previous reform attempts, this new law was preceded by no...

Facebook was the the target of much criticism in recent weeks, thanks to the rapid spread of reports about Facebook's Beacon, a tool that allows third-party websites to send information about user activities back to Facebook.The controversy began when bloggers reported that their activity on certain non-Facebook sites was showing...

This week, members of the House Judiciary Committee introduced the "Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act of 2007," a bill that ratchets up the federal government's role in dealing with intellectual property infringement. While portions of the bill seem legitimately targeted at combating mass, commercial...

Today, EFF took action in our latest representation aimed at protecting the anonymity of an online speaker. And in this case, for a slight change of pace, the at-fault litigant is a governmental entity.
On June 13, 2007, the New Jersey Township of Manalapan filed a malpractice suit against...

An Arizona appellate court today joined a growing judicial consensus recognizing the need to protect the anonymity of online speakers from overreaching discovery requests.
Mobilisa, a Washington-based communications company, went to court last year to seek the identity of an individual who had obtained an email initially sent...