Twenty-four years ago in the Sony Betamax case, the Supreme Court declared that using a VCR to "time-shift" — to record a television program for viewing at a later time — was a fair use. Today, the Second Circuit rejected [PDF] an attempt by the content industry to change...

Explorologist Ltd. and an online critic have settled their legal battle over a YouTube video challenging Uri Geller's claims about his mental powers.
EFF and Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP, represent Brian Sapient, who uploaded an excerpt from a documentary that critiqued Geller's performances and abilities to YouTube....

Kansas Sentator Outraged by Chinese SpyingSenator Brownback objects to dragnet surveillance — when it is done by other countries.
Networks Sue RedlassoFox and NBC made good on a threat to sue Redlasso, the popular service that allows users to clip and post TV shows.
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Ed Foster, the journalist and consumer advocate behind InfoWorld's GripeLine column and GripeLog blog, died of a heart attack this weekend. He was 59.It's no exaggeration to say that Ed was one of the preeminent consumer rights activists of the digital age. During his more than 20 years...

Last week, the patent office agreed to reexamine a patent it granted in 1994 on a "Computer-assisted parts sales method." Orion IP (later renamed Clear with Computers) has filed many, many lawsuits asserting infringement of this and related patents by many, many defendants. Although EFF didn't file this...

Parents to Be Punished For Children's Net Piracy Households that are suspected of illegal downloads will be blacklisted and have Internet access curbed under new rules in the UK.

Senate Bill Asks Attorney General to Investigate Piracy Senators Leahy and Specter have introduced a new bill that would...

The ACLU, EFF, and a coalition of plaintiffs achieved yet another victory for online free speech this week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed [decision, PDF] a district court's decision [decision, PDF] granting a permanent injunction against enforcement of the Child Online...