Thursday, March 23, 2017
Senate Republicans Vote To Gut Internet Privacy Hamza Shaban, writing for BuzzFeed: The Senate voted Thursday to make it easier for internet service providers to share sensitive information about their customers, a first step in overturning landmark privacy rules that consumer advocates and …Monday, July 20, 2015
Democracy.io - Contact your Members of Congress Great stuff from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Failure to effectively reach members of Congress has disastrous consequences. Studies show that politicians fundamentally misconceive their constituents’ views, making it harder for them to …Friday, February 6, 2015
How the DMCA criminalized DIY farm equipment repairKyle Wiens, writing at Wired: Manufacturers have every legal right to put a password or an encryption over the tECU. Owners, on the other hand, don’t have the legal right to break the digital lock over their own equipment. The Digital Millennium …Friday, January 30, 2015
EFF Wins Battle Over Secret Legal Opinions on Government SpyingThe EFF said in a press release yesterday: The U.S. Department of Justice today filed a motion to dismiss its appeal of a ruling over legal opinions about Section 215 of the Patriot Act, the controversial provision of law relied on by …Monday, June 30, 2014
Houston, We Have A Public Domain ProblemParker Higgins of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, lamenting the recent removal of a public domain NASA clip he posted on the audio sharing site SoundCloud: The real goofy bit is that before I started at EFF, I worked at SoundCloud. I actually uploaded …Tuesday, October 8, 2013
EFF’s Legal Guide for BloggersThis is useful. If you have delayed starting your own blog because you’re nervous about the legal issues, give this a read and reconsider.Saturday, August 10, 2013
Legislative failure to define essential terms The definition of terms essential to the application of a law is the most basic requirement for competent lawmaking. Sometimes one or more terms are appropriately defined in an open way, to provide flexibility in the application of a law. This is not one …Tuesday, March 12, 2013
EFF will represent targets of copyright troll Prenda LawCopyright trolls sue lots of people to extract settlements from those who can’t afford to litigate in the face of potentially massive statutory damages. Their claims are often facially lacking in merit and instead leverage intimidation and …Thursday, December 6, 2012
Drones in our backyardsThe Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Jennifer Lynch explains how EFF got data on active drones over US soil. I’m not prone to slippery slope arguments, but with the volume of cyberattacks directed at the US each year, it’s not ridiculous to suggest that our drones may be …Friday, November 9, 2012
EFF’s pre-emptive prior art defense of 3D printingIt’s a great idea, and I hope it yields some useful results.