This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on security and privacy on Mastodon, and more are on the way. Something remarkable is happening. For the past two weeks, people have… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Creativity & Innovation’
Stop the Copyright Creep
In 2020, two copyright-related proposals became law despite the uproar against them. The first was the unconstitutional CASE Act. The second was a felony streaming proposal that had never been seen or debated in public. In fact, its inclusion was… Read More ›
How to Ditch Facebook Without Losing Your Friends (Or Family, Customers or Communities)
Today, we launch “How to Ditch Facebook Without Losing Your Friends” – a narrated slideshow and essay explaining how Facebook locks in its users, how interoperability can free them, and what it would feel like to use an “interoperable Facebook”… Read More ›
Giving Big Corporations “Closed Generic” Top-Level Domain Names to Run as Private Kingdoms Is Still a Bad Idea
No business can own the generic word for the product it sells. We would find it preposterous if a single airline claimed exclusive use of the word “air,” or a broadband service tried to stop its rivals from using the… Read More ›
EFF’s DEF CON 30 Puzzle—SOLVED
Puzzlemaster Aaron Steimle of the Muppet Liberation Front contributed to this post. Every year, EFF joins thousands of computer security professionals, tinkerers, and hobbyists for Hacker Summer Camp, the affectionate term used for the series of Las Vegas technology conferences… Read More ›
Hollywood’s Insistence on New Draconian Copyright Rules Is Not About Protecting Artists
Stop us if you’ve heard these: piracy is driving artists out of business. The reason they are starving is because no one pays for things, just illegally downloads them. You wouldn’t steal a car. These arguments are old and being… Read More ›
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act Will Produce Neither Competition Nor Preservation
In response to the very real pressures that online news outlets are facing, Congress continues to believe the very flawed Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is a magic solution. It is not. In fact, it is actively dangerous. And… Read More ›
Our Digital Lives Rest on a Robust, Flexible, and Stable Fair Use Regime
Much of what we do online involves reproducing copyrightable material, changing it, and/or making new works. Technically, pretty much every original tweet is copyrightable. And the vast majority of memes are based on copyrighted works. Your funny edits, mashups, and… Read More ›
Podcast Episode: An AI Hammer in Search of a Nail
It often feels like machine learning experts are running around with a hammer, looking at everything as a potential nail – they have a system that does cool things and is fun to work on, and they go in search… Read More ›
California Law Enforcement Now Needs Approval for Military-Grade Surveillance Equipment. We'll Be Watching.
California residents finally have a law designed to dismantle some of the secrecy around domestic acquisitions of warzone surveillance equipment. The weapons of the United States military—drones, mobile command centers, sound cannons, and more—have been handed off to local law… Read More ›