After a brief deliberation, a jury this week awarded $1.5 million in statutory damages ($62,500 per recording) to the record label plaintiffs in Capitol v. Thomas-Rasset. The case has repeatedly made headlines as the first action against an individual accused of illegal file-sharing to make it to the...

Join Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl at Speakeasy: Berlin to discuss EFF's latest work and raise a glass to digital freedom. EFF's Speakeasy events are a series of local, informal gatherings that give EFF members a chance to meet the people behind the leading digital civil liberties organization in...

EFF is offering two complimentary VIP admissions (a $200 value) to the 19th Annual Pioneer Awards on November 8, thanks to a generous EFF donor. Meet the Pioneer Awards winners, host Cory Doctorow, EFF founders and board members, and other luminaries at the intimate VIP reception immediately preceding the awards...

This election day, EFF is once again assisting the Election Protection Coalition (EPC) in their nationwide voter-protection efforts. Right now, you can follow their work and keep an eye on election problems across the US live at OurVoteLive.org. We've already logged over 1,000 reports today (November 1), and...

The Identity Project notes on its blog today that the Department of Homeland Security singled out EFF, along with other activist groups and media representatives such as the ACLU, EPIC, Human Rights Watch, AP, etc, for an extra layer of review on its FOIA requests. Records posted online by...