A decade ago, DRM seemed like it was on the ropes: it had disappeared from music, most video was being served DRM-free by YouTube and its competitors, and gamers were united in their hatred of the technology. But by 2016,… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘DMCA’
This Year in U.S. Copyright Policy: 2016 in Review
Three years into Congress’s copyright review and it’s still more talk than action. The talk: at the start of the year, the Commerce Department released its long-awaited recommendations for copyright reform, and in the spring, the Copyright Office moved forward with three major copyright policy studies. President… Read More ›
Fair Use Is Essential to a Free Press
News Media Alliance’s Call to Weaken Protections Is Dangerous When copyright law and the First Amendment come into conflict, the First Amendment must win. The fair use doctrine—the idea that there are certain ways that you can use a piece… Read More ›
The World Wide Web Consortium at a Crossroads: Arms-Dealers or Standards-Setters?
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has a hard decision to make: a coalition including the world’s top research institutions; organizations supporting blind users on three continents; security firms; blockchain startups; browser vendors and user rights groups have asked it… Read More ›
Copyright Office Sets Trap for Unwary Website Owners
Making Safe Harbors Expire Is Dangerous and Unnecessary Under a new rule from the Copyright Office, website owners could be exposed to massive risk of copyright liability simply for neglecting to submit an online form on time. The rule could… Read More ›
Samsung Sets Its Reputation on Fire With Bogus DMCA Takedown Notices
While there are countless examples of DMCA abuse, sometimes a story stands out. Last week, Samsung sent a series of takedown notices aimed at videos showing a GTA V mod in action. The modification replaced an in-game weapon with an… Read More ›
Tell the Copyright Office: Copyright Law Shouldn't Punish Research and Repair
After eighteen years, we may finally see real reform to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s unconstitutional pro-DRM provisions. But we need your help. In enacting the “anti-circumvention” provisions of the DMCA, Congress ostensibly intended to stop copyright “pirates” from defeating… Read More ›
Don't Hide DRM in a Security Update
HP Promises to Restore Printers’ Functionality, But Questions Remain Over 10,000 of you have joined EFF in calling on HP to make amends for its self-destructing printers in the past few days. Looks like we got the company’s attention: today,… Read More ›
What HP Must Do to Make Amends for its Self-Destructing Printers
Tell HP: Say No to DRM. Dion Weisler President and CEO HP Inc. 1501 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 September 26, 2016 Dear Mr. Weisler, I write to you today on behalf of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a… Read More ›
Copyright Loophole Could Undermine Important Consumer Protection Bill
The Consumer Review Fairness Act Is a Noble Bill but Could Leave the Door Open for Copyright Abuse There’s a bill making its way through Congress that would protect consumers’ freedom of speech by limiting unfair form contracts. The Consumer… Read More ›