Macmillan, one of the “Big Five” publishers, is imposing new limits on libraries’ access to ebooks—and libraries and their users are fighting back. Starting last week, the publisher is imposing a two-month embargo period on library ebooks. When Macmillan releases… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘DRM’
Disabilities vs DRM: the World Cup Edition
When the Russian and Saudi teams squared off in a World Cup match on June 14, many fans were treated to an enthralling football match; but for a minority of fans with a visual disability, the match was more confusing… Read More ›
EFF Presents Cory Doctorow’s Science Fiction Story About Our Jailbreaking Petition to the Copyright Office
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA 1201) makes it illegal to get around any sort of lock that controls access to copyrighted material. Getting exemptions to that prohibitions is a long, complicated process that often results in… Read More ›
EFF Presents Mur Lafferty’s Science Fiction Story About Our Fair Use Petition to the Copyright Office
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA 1201) makes it illegal to get around any sort of lock that controls access to copyrighted material. Getting exemptions to that prohibitions is a long, complicated process that often results in… Read More ›
EFF Presents John Scalzi’s Science Fiction Story About Our Right to Repair Petition to the Copyright Office
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA 1201) makes it illegal to get around any sort of lock that controls access to copyrighted material. Getting exemptions to that prohibitions is a long, complicated process that often results in… Read More ›
FanFlick Editor: an entry in the Catalog of Missing Devices from an EFF supporter
You wonderful EFF supporters keep on coming up with great new entries to our Catalog of Missing Devices, which lists fictional devices that should exist, but don’t, because to achieve their legal, legitimate goals, the manufacturer would have to break… Read More ›
Catalog of Missing Devices: Arielle
Today’s world of amazing technology owes its existence to the low cost of entry: anyone can make anything and bring it to the world to see if it catches on. From emoji to email, the web to Netflix, the permissionless… Read More ›
Catalog of Missing Devices: Artificial Pancreas Triptych 3, It’s My Pancreas
Kids are often the involuntary early adopters of controlling, abusive technology, whether that’s spying school laptops, location tracking phones apps, or teenager-repelling buzzers that emit tones that adult ears can’t hear. If you want to see your future, look at… Read More ›
Catalog of Missing Devices: Artificial Pancreas Triptych 2, GlycemiControl
Kids are often the involuntary early adopters of controlling, abusive technology, whether that’s spying school laptops, location tracking phones apps, or teenager-repelling buzzers that emit tones that adult ears can’t hear. If you want to see your future, look at… Read More ›
Catalog of Missing Devices: Artificial Pancreas Triptych 1, SugarSafe
As we move from having computers in our pockets to computers on our skin to computers inside our body, whether we use computers becomes less voluntary, and who gets to control those computers gets more critical. visit original source at… Read More ›