Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Spanish firm abuses copyright act to silence critics of Ecuador’s government
A shady law firm in Spain called Ares Rights has been sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices on behalf of several Ecuadorian state officials, targeting documentaries, tweets, and search results.
#LeyTelecom: Why Mexicans have been taking to the streets
Outraged by a new communications law, Mexicans showed how much their rights mean to them.
Looking back one year after the Edward Snowden disclosures – An international perspective
Ahead of the upcoming one year anniversary of the Edward Snowden revelations, it’s clear that we need to update both our global technical infrastructure and local laws, consistent with long-standing international human rights standards, in order to regain any reasonable degree of privacy, EFF argues.
New “Who Has Your Back” report shows Internet companies competing on privacy
EFF was pleased to find that, in a year rocked by high-profile disclosures of NSA spying reaching into our online accounts, many Internet companies have responded by increasing their commitment to transparency, pushing back against mass surveillance, and fighting for their users.
South Korea officials enact de facto SOPA regime to block foreign websites
The South Korean government has adopted an aggressive interpretation of their copyright law to block websites in the name of copyright enforcement. In practice, this emulates the kinds of extreme provisions that were in the defeated U.S. SOPA bill.
Textbook publisher in U.S. insists students cannot keep or resell books
EFF has been fighting for years for the principle that if you bought it, you own it. The first sale doctrine – the law that allows you to resell books and that protects libraries from claims of copyright infringement – is crucial to consumers. Unfortunately, first sale has been under threat in the digital realm.
New rules proposed by U.S. Communications Commission could threaten net neutrality
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman is circulating a proposal for new FCC rules on the issue of network neutrality. The proposal embraces a standard that could allow ISPs to charge companies for preferential treatment, such as charging web-based companies like Netflix or Amazon to reach consumers at faster speeds.
TPP trade agreement is right where we want it: Going nowhere
Published on April 25, 2014. President Obama is on a diplomatic tour of Asia this week and one of his top priorities is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement that includes restrictive copyright enforcement measures that pose a huge threat to users’ rights and a free and open Internet. In particular, he’s seeking to […]