One of the most crucial issues in the fight for digital freedom is the question of who will control the hardware that you have in your home, in your pocket, or in your own body. Have you ever been frustrated… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Fair Use and Intellectual Property: Defending the Balance’
Copyright Week 2016: Making Copyright Work For The Public
We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing what’s at stake, and… Read More ›
Stupid Patent of the Month: Microsoft’s Design Patent on a Slider
For the first time ever, this month’s Stupid Patent of the Month is being awarded to a design patent. Microsoft recently sued Corel for, among other things, infringing its patent on a slider, D554,140, claiming that Corel Home Office has… Read More ›
Who’s Driving This Thing? Anti-DRM Victories and Milestones: 2015 in Review
Sometimes news events make your point better than you ever could. That was the case this year as we completed the triennial rulemaking cycle of requesting exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA)’s restrictions on circumventing DRM. The process… Read More ›
A Ban on CD Ripping Marks This Year’s Lowest Point in International Copyright: 2015 in Review
2015 has been quite an interesting year for copyright law around the world—at least in the sense of that apocryphal Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times.” That is to say that most of this year’s copyright developments have… Read More ›
We Threw a Wrench in the White House’s TPP Fast Track Plan: 2015 in Review
Our campaign to fight the anti-user Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was a rollercoaster this year. Our mobilization against the Fast Track trade bill resulted in some major twists and turns before the sudden conclusion of the negotiations in the Fall,… Read More ›
EFF Responds After License Compliance Services Attacks Fair Use
In recent years, the stock photo industry has sent out thousands of boiler plate demand letters asking Internet users to pay for photos that appear on blogs and other websites. In many cases, the industry appears to be leveraging the… Read More ›
EFF to Court: Stop Shielding Patent Trolls That Send Baseless Demand Letters
Getting a patent demand letter from a troll can be a scary experience. The letters often include a lot of legal jargon, not to mention a patent that is often impenetrable (at least, not without hiring an expensive lawyer to… Read More ›
Cómo el TPP Te Afectará a Tus Derechos Digitales
Gracias a Hiperderecho por la traducción. Internet es un ecosistema diversificado entre actores de origen público y privado. Mediante la exclusión de distintas comunidades -como desarroladores de herramientas de seguridad, artistas, bibliotecas y grupos protectores de derechos de usuarios- los… Read More ›