Privacy info. This embed will serve content from youtube-nocookie.com Was there a moment in your life when you had an awakening about the importance of digital privacy? Maybe your parents snooped around an email account when you forgot to log… Read More ›
After almost two decades of litigation, you’d think the contours of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbors would be settled. But the cases just keep coming, and while the overall trend is pretty favorable, the latest ruling takes… Read More ›
We’ve previously highlighted how payment service providers like Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and others go beyond the law to isolate and effectively censor websites that infringe their sometimes arbitrary standards. This has resulted in websites that provide information on sexuality, pharmaceuticals, or… Read More ›
A measure to roll back crucial privacy protections has crossed the finish line, and Internet users are worse off for it. Despite massive backlash from the American people, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law a resolution that… Read More ›
Yesterday a draft letter was leaked from acting USTR Stephen Vaughn to Congress on the Trump administration’s intentions towards NAFTA. The letter describes the administration’s intention to “update” NAFTA to include provisions on topics such as copyright and e-commerce that… Read More ›
This is our last chance to save critical online privacy protections. Take part in the action! We are one vote away from a world where your ISP can track your every move online and sell that information to the highest… Read More ›
Copyright safe harbors for Internet intermediaries are under attack from Big Media both in the United States and in Europe. Laying the blame for falling revenues on platforms such as YouTube and Facebook (despite that fact that revenues aren’t actually falling… Read More ›
Even before U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) nominee Robert Lighthizer takes office, he’s already feeling the heat from Congress and from public interest representatives about improving transparency and public access to trade negotiations. In written answers given as part of Lighthizer’s… Read More ›
It can be difficult to understand the intent behind anti-terrorist security rules on travel and at the border. As our board member Bruce Schneier has vividly described, much of it can appear to be merely “security theater”—steps intended to increase… Read More ›
Copyright rules don’t belong in trade agreements—so where do they belong? For the most part, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is probably the right place; it’s a fully multilateral body that devotes its entire attention to copyright, patent, and… Read More ›