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Critical Fixes for the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz's tragic death, Internet users around the country are taking a hard look at the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the federal anti-hacking law. In addition to the below overview, we have a three part series explaining these problems in detail...

TOSBack Hackathon: How to Make a Rule Contribution

This is a re-posting of a guide by TOSBack developer Jimm Stout
TOSBack is an open-source project that aims to assist users around the world by tracking the changes to Terms of Service (TOS) and other policies on the web, but we need some help to bring it back...

Join EFF at Campus Party Brazil for a Hackathon on TOSBack

EFF, TOS;DR and Campus Party Brazil are Teaming Up for a Liberty-Enhancing Hackathon
UPDATE (2/1/13): For the last three days, hackers and activists in Sao Paulo attending Campus Party have been working with EFF and TOS;DR to improve the free software tool TOSBack. TOSBack is a software project spearheaded...

Part 2: EFF's Additional Improvements to Aaron's Law

In our first post, we presented some initial thinking about how to fix the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and wire fraud law in light of the tragic prosecution of Aaron Swartz.
Now we present part two: suggestions to address the CFAA's penalty structure. The CFAA,...

Petition to Cancel Gaymer Trademark

A group of Reddit “gaymers” fought back with EFF's help to protect the name of their online forum after a website operator managed to register the term as a trademark and then claimed the group’s Reddit forum infringed his trademark rights. In a petition filed with the U.S. Patent and...

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