On June 23, new regulations from the Department of Justice went into effect, dramatically expanding the reach of a statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2257, intended to regulate the adult entertainment industry. Now it includes every blogger, online journalist, and website owner who displays any image falling under the...

After an afternooon listening to the fascinating work of the full Senate Appropriations committee in streaming audio, I can safely report that the rumored Broadcast Flag amendment was not introduced. If this was a trial balloon for future proposals, EFF and Public Knowledge supporters brought it down...

It's about 36 hours into our "48 Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag," and, as is the way with campaigns, I thought I'd blind everyone with a few statistics.

The story so far: ever since the courts struck down the Broadcast Flag, we've been waiting for Hollywood...

We kicked off the second WIPO intergovernmental inter-sessional meeting (IIM) on the Development Agenda yesterday, and the procedural climate was hot. The heart of the matter was how -- or even whether -- to tackle the substantive reforms presented by countries like Brazil, Argentina and others in the...

This week brought yet another privacy scandal for the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) fundamentally flawed "Secure Flight" passenger surveillance program. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) chief privacy officer, Nuala O' Connor-Kelly, is launching an investigation to find out whether the program broke federal privacy law by hiding from the...

glenn mcdonald is the former author of the "Internet-famous" weekly music column "The War Against Silence." Although he hung up the column last year after 500 consecutive installments, he's back for an encore that is well worth reading.

Dearest Industry,
I write today in what began,...

Claire Miller, an Oregon teacher who is participating in the HR 550 lobby effort, canvassed the Oregon House delegation and reports an 80% favorable response. Representatives David Wu, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, and Darlene Hooley all indicated support for the bill and for the need for...