Today, the EFF and a coalition of organizations and individuals asked the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to explore fair labeling rules that would require retailers to warn you when the products you buy come locked down by DRM (“Digital… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘DMCA’
EFF at the Eleventh Hope
Last weekend EFF took part in the Eleventh Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) conference in New York City and got to meet so many of our wonderful supporters. We’ve collected the HOPE talks given by EFF staff below, with the… Read More ›
Research and Remixes the Law Won’t Allow
Some day, your life may depend on the work of a security researcher. Whether it’s a simple malfunction in a piece of computerized medical equipment or a malicious compromise of your networked car, it’s critically important that people working in… Read More ›
Section 1201 of the DMCA Cannot Pass Constitutional Scrutiny
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act forbids a wide range of speech, from remix videos that rely upon circumvention, to academic security research, to publication of software that can help repair your car or back up your favorite… Read More ›
A Call to the Security Community: The W3C’s DRM Extension Must Be Investigated
The World Wide Web Consortium has published a “Candidate Recommendation” for Encrypted Media Extensions, a pathway to DRM for streaming video. A large community of security researchers and public interest groups have been alarmed by the security implications of baking… Read More ›
Big Win for User-Generated Content Hosts in Vimeo Case
The Second Circuit has released its long-awaited opinion in Capitol Records v. Vimeo, fully vindicating Vimeo’s positions. EFF along with a coalition of advocacy groups, submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, supporting Vimeo. The Second Circuit considered three important… Read More ›
W3C, EME and EFF: Frequently Asked Questions
What is EFF worried about? The W3C effort to standardize Encrypted Media Extensions (EME, part of the Media Extensions Working Group) marks a new era in W3C standardization. For the first time, implementations of a W3C standard will be covered… Read More ›
An Open Letter to Members of the W3C Advisory Committee
Dear member of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Advisory Committee, You may have heard that over the past year we’ve been trying to insert legal safeguards into the Encrypted Media Extensions project at the W3C, which standardizes streaming video DRM…. Read More ›
YouTube’s Copyright Robots Help Sony Shake Down Bluegrass Educators
A series of bluegrass history lectures has become the latest victim of the bullying that is enabled by content filtering systems like YouTube’s Content ID. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbors protect websites like YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, and many… Read More ›
Save Firefox!
Once upon a time, there were two major browsers that virtually everyone used: Netscape and Internet Explorer, locked in a death-battle for the future of the Web. They went to enormous lengths to tempt Web publishers to optimize their sites… Read More ›