The implementation process of Article 17 (formerly Article 13) of the controversial Copyright Directive into national laws is in full swing, and it does not look good for users’ rights and freedoms. Several EU states have failed to present balanced… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Fair Use’
Cops Using Music to Try to Stop Being Filmed Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Someone tries to livestream their encounters with the police, only to find that the police started playing music. In the case of a February 5 meeting between an activist and the Beverly Hills Police Department, the song of choice was… Read More ›
Some Answers to Questions About the State of Copyright in 2021
In all the madness that made up the last month of 2020, a number of copyright bills and proposals popped up—some even became law before most people had any chance to review them. So now that the dust has settled… Read More ›
A Smorgasbord of Bad Takedowns: 2020 Year in Review
Here at EFF, we take particular notice of the way that intellectual property law leads to expression being removed from the Internet. We document the worst examples in our Takedown Hall of Shame. Some, we use to explain more complex… Read More ›
The CASE Act Is Just the Beginning of the Next Copyright Battle
As we feared, the “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act”—the CASE Act—that we’ve been fighting in various forms for two years has been included in a “must-pass” spending bill. This new legislation means Internet users could face up to $30,000… Read More ›
This Disastrous Copyright Proposal Goes Straight to Our Naughty List
Just yesterday we saw two wretched copyright bills-the CASE Act and a felony streaming bill — slipped into law via a must-pass spending bill. But it seems some people in Congress were just getting started. Today, Senator Thom Tillis launched… Read More ›
Filters Do More Than Just Block Content, They Dictate It
Today, EFF is publishing a new white paper, “How YouTube’s Content ID Discourages Fair Use and Dictates What We See Online.” The paper analyzes the effects of YouTube’s automated copyright filter, Content ID, on the creative economy that has sprung… Read More ›
Podcast Episode: You Bought It, But Do You Own It?
Episode 006 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet Chris Lewis joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they discuss how our access to knowledge is increasingly governed by click-wrap agreements that prevent users from ever owning things like… Read More ›
Today: Tell Congress Not To Bankrupt Internet Users
We are at a critical juncture in the world of copyright claims. The “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act”—the CASE Act—is apparently being considered for inclusion in next week’s spending bill. That is “must pass” legislation—in other words, legislation that… Read More ›
GitHub Reinstates youtube-dl After RIAA’s Abuse of the DMCA
GitHub recently reinstated the repository for youtube-dl, a popular free software tool for downloading videos from YouTube and other user-uploaded video platforms. GitHub had taken down the repository last month after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) abused the… Read More ›