Innovation
New ideas challenge the status quo. That's why people who make cool tools get so much heat from the old guard -- and their lawyers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) thinks that innovation is inextricably tied to freedom of speech, and innovators need to be protected from established businesses that use the law to stifle creativity and kill competition.
Litigation
- US v. ASCAP
- OdioWorks v Apple
- UMG v. Veoh
- Facebook v. Power Ventures
- U.S. v. Nosal
- U.S. v. Lowson
- RealNetworks v. DVD-CCA (RealDVD case)On September 30, 2008, the day Real was to formally launch its RealDVD product, the motion picture studios filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles and asked for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the launch. The same day, RealNetworks filed a lawsuit in San Francisco asking the court to declare that distribution of RealDVD is lawful.
- Arista v. Lime Wire
In The News
- CNET NEWS | October 04, 2010 Senate antipiracy bill shelved--for now
- VARIETY | September 30, 2010 Solons alter piracy bill amid outcry
- THE HILL | September 22, 2010 Advocacy group slams online-piracy bill as censorship
Other Resources
- EFF Google Summer of Code 2010 Projects
- August 14, 2009 Canada Action Alert: Speak Out on the Future of Digital Copyright
- January 15, 2009 Free Your Phone
- Endangered Gizmos
- Patent Busting Project
Related Issues
- Video Games
- Net Neutrality
- Accessibility for the Reading Disabled
- Coders' Rights Project
- Patents
- Trusted Computing"Trusted computing" initiatives propose to solve some of today's security problems through hardware changes to the personal computer.
- Broadcast FlagA mandate would force all future digital televisiontuners to include "content protection" (aka DRM) technologies.
- Digital Rights Management
Whitepapers
Deeplinks Posts
- October 20, 2010 Eight Epic Failures of Regulating Cryptography
- September 22, 2010 Patent Office Agrees With EFF’s Arguments on C2 VoIP Patent
- August 25, 2010 Musopen Wants to Give Classical Music to the Public Domain
Press Releases
- September 15, 2010 EFF Says Violating Company Policies Is Not a Computer Crime
- July 02, 2010 Ticketmaster's Terms of Service Cannot Make You a Criminal
- May 04, 2010 EFF Seeks to Protect Innovation for Social Network Users
Want to learn how you can defend free speech, stand up for privacy, fight for government transparency, support consumer rights, and protect your right to innovation in the digital world? Visit http://eff.org/fight to find ways to help.
