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23 Feb 2018, 3:05 am by Walter Olson
Federal judge rules Electronic Frontier Foundation need not obey an Australian court order directing it to take down a “Stupid Patent of the Month” blog post, finding the order “repugnant to the United States Constitution. [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 7:45 pm by Scott McKeown
Here, the Appellee, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), is a non-profit organization that seeks to protect the public interest of consumers of digital technology. [read post]
15 Feb 2018, 3:50 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“Face recognition—fast becoming law enforcement’s surveillance tool of choice—is being implemented with little oversight or privacy protections, leading to faulty systems that will disproportionately impact people of color and may implicate innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit, says an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report released today. [read post]
15 Feb 2018, 7:45 am by Karen Gullo
Independent Oversight, Privacy Protections Are NeededSan Francisco, California—Face recognition—fast becoming law enforcement’s surveillance tool of choice—is being implemented with little oversight or privacy protections, leading to faulty systems that will disproportionately impact people of color and may implicate innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit, says an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report released today. [read post]
7 Feb 2018, 5:15 pm by Cyrus Farivar
Enlarge (credit: John Perry Barlow) John Perry Barlow, a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, rancher, and lyricist for the Grateful Dead, died Wednesday at the age of 70. [read post]
1 Feb 2018, 3:43 pm by Rebecca Jeschke
Bad Copyright Law Prevents Innovators from Creating Cool New ToolsSan Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched its “Catalog of Missing Devices”—a project that illustrates the gadgets that could and should exist, if not for bad copyright laws that prevent innovators from creating the cool new tools that could enrich our lives. [read post]
1 Feb 2018, 10:10 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Bob Rowan) The California State Senate this week passed a bill that would impose net neutrality restrictions on Internet service providers, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warns that the proposed law has a high chance of being thrown out in court. [read post]
26 Jan 2018, 1:38 pm by Karen Gullo
Eleven Travelers in Groundbreaking Case Face Substantial Risk of Future Unconstitutional SearchesBoston, Massachusetts—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged a federal judge today to reject the Department of Homeland Security’s attempt to dismiss an important lawsuit challenging DHS’s policy of searching and confiscating, without suspicion or warrant, travelers’ electronic devices at… [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 9:22 am by Jeffrey Neuburger
  Rimini (and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in an amicus brief) also argued on appeal that “bare violations” to a website’s terms of use, “such as when a computer user has permission and authorization to access and use the computer or data at issue, but simply accesses or uses the information in a manner the website owner does not like,” could not constitute a violation of either state statute as a matter of law. [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 6:00 am by Sabrina McCubbin
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the NSA in Jewel on behalf of AT&T customers in 2008. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 5:23 am by Stewart Baker
 Nick wonders whether the data obtained Electronic Frontier Foundation and Lookout violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 7:00 am by Jonathan Bailey
Playboy filed a lawsuit, alleging copyright infringement in sharing the link but Boing Boing, which is being represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), has responded saying that the linking was a fair use. [read post]
21 Jan 2018, 8:14 pm by Omar Ha-Redeye
And as was set forth above, while the immediate national security concerns were somewhat attenuated, the invasion of privacy was substantial… A subsequent case, initiated by The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) last fall in Alasaad v. [read post]
21 Jan 2018, 11:35 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and mobile security company Lookout have uncovered a new malware espionage campaign infecting thousands of people in more than 20 countries. [read post]
19 Jan 2018, 3:20 pm by Karen Gullo
Warrantless Border Searches of Phones, Laptops, Are Unconstitutional San Diego, California—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the U.S. [read post]
19 Jan 2018, 5:00 am by Anonymous
(MPAA) Corynne McSherry - Legal Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation Alex Feerst - Head of Legal, Medium From the Agenda: Is intellectual property uniquely eligible for global enforcement, because it is relatively harmonized around the world by treaties? [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 3:50 pm by Camille Fischer
The Electronic Frontier Foundation urged the Supreme Court today to hold that Microsoft cannot be forced by the U.S. government to disclose the contents of users’ emails stored on the company’s computers in Dublin, Ireland. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 2:43 pm by Cindy Cohn
Cindy Cohn    Executive Director Electronic Frontier Foundation January 16, 2018 Public domain image from Trevor Paglen [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 9:58 am by Karen Gullo
Playboy Lawsuit Against Boing Boing Should Be DismissedLos Angeles, California—Playboy Entertainment's lawsuit accusing acclaimed website Boing Boing of copyright infringement—for doing nothing more than reporting on a historical collection of Playboy centerfolds—is groundless and should be thrown out, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told a federal court today. [read post]