FBI Records Show Gonzales Knew About Years of Chronic NSL
Problems
Documents obtained by the EFF show years of chronic problems
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's use of National
Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal
information and that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has
long been aware of these problems.
Full release
July 10, 2007
Dangerous Ruling Forces Search Engine to Log Users
EFF and Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) urged a
California court Friday to overturn a dangerous ruling that
would require an Internet search engine to create and store
logs of its users' activities as part of electronic
discovery obligations in a civil lawsuit.
Full release
June 24, 2007
Congress Set to Uncover Truth About NSA Spying Program
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted today
to authorize subpoenas related to the National Security
Agency (NSA)'s domestic spying program, setting the stage
for a Congressional showdown over the surveillance of
millions of ordinary Americans. The subpoenas demand
certain legal documents that the Administration has
withheld despite Congress' repeated requests.
Full release
June 21, 2007
Travelers Deserve Protection from Baseless Laptop Searches
The government should not search travelers'
computers at border crossings without suspicion, said the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Association of
Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) in an amicus brief filed
today in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Full release
June 20, 2007
Court Protects Email from Secret Government Searches
The government must have a search warrant
before it can secretly seize and search emails stored by
email service providers, according to a landmark ruling
Monday in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court
found that email users have the same reasonable expectation
of privacy in their stored email as they do in their
telephone calls -- the first circuit court ever to make
that finding.
Full release, Warshak v. United States Case Page
June 18, 2007
Judge Orders FBI to Release NSL Abuse Records
A judge ordered the FBI today to finally
release agency records about its abuse of National Security
Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal information.
The ruling came just a day after the EFF urged the judge to immediately respond in
its lawsuit over agency delays.
Full release,
June 15, 2007
EFF Urges Judge to Require the FBI to Release Surveillance Abuse Records
EFF urged a judge Thursday to force the FBI to finally release
records about its now documented abuse of National Security
Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal information.
EFF's filing comes as an internal FBI audit revealed that
the bureau's misuse of surveillance authority has been more
widespread then previously thought.
Full release,
June 14, 2007
Secret Surveillance Evidence Unsealed in AT&T Spying Case
More documents detailing secret government
surveillance of AT&T's Internet traffic have been released
to the public as part of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation's (EFF's) class-action lawsuit against the
telecom giant.
Full release, AT&T Case Page
June 12, 2007
Spoon-Bending 'Paranormalist' Ramps Up Illegal Attacks on
Online Critic
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
urged a judge Monday to dismiss a frivolous lawsuit filed
by Uri Geller -- the "paranormalist" famous for seemingly
bending spoons with his mind -- because of its blatant
attempt to silence critic Brian Sapient with bogus
copyright claims.
Full release, Sapient v. Geller Case Page
June 12, 2007
Hollywood Continues Legal Battle Against Remote DVRs
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
and a coalition of public interest groups, trade
associations, and businesses urged a federal appeals court
Friday to overturn a damaging lower court ruling that puts
companies that provide remote computing technologies at
risk of copyright infringement liability.
Full release
June 11, 2007
Novell and EFF Team Up to Reform Software Patents
Novell
and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today
announced they are teaming up to work on reforms to
software patents worldwide. Novell and the EFF will work to lobby governments and
national and international organizations to develop
legislation and policies around patents designed to promote
innovation.
Full release
May 23, 2007
'Electric Slide' Creator Calls Off Online Takedown Campaign
The man who claims to have created "The
Electric Slide" has agreed to call off his online video
takedown campaign and to stop threatening people using the
popular line dance for non-commercial purposes. Instead,
he's making the dance available for all noncommercial use.
Full release
May 22, 2007
Universal Music Group Backs Off Claims to Michelle Malkin
Video
Universal Music Group has backed off
of its attempt to silence nationally syndicated columnist
Michelle Malkin's online criticism of one of its
controversial artists after Malkin fought back with the
help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Full release
May 14, 2007
Spoon-Bending 'Paranormalist' Illegally Twists Copyright
Law
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
filed suit Tuesday against Uri Geller -- the
"paranormalist" famous for seemingly bending spoons with
his mind -- on behalf of a YouTube critic who was silenced
by Geller's baseless copyright claims.
Full release,
For the brief,
May 9, 2007
Corporate Critic Fights to Keep Internet Anonymity
EFF and the California First Amendment Coalition have
asked a California appeals court to scrutinize a chemical
company's attempt to strip the anonymity from a participant
in an online message board.
Full release,
For the brief,
More on anonymity
May 3, 2007
EFF Challenges Bogus Patent Threatening Consumer Awareness
Products
EFF took aim today at a bogus patent threatening innovative
technologies that enhance consumer awareness, requesting a
reexamination by the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
Full release,
Full Re-exam Request
April 24, 2007
Viacom Admits Error -- Takes Steps to Protect Fair Use on YouTube
Responding to Viacom's willingness to take steps to protect the free
speech rights of those who post videos to YouTube and similar video
sharing sites, the EFF and Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project
today dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of MoveOn.org Civic Action
and Brave New Films.
Full release,
More on MoveOn & Viacom
April 23, 2007
Consumers, Librarians, and Innovators Tell EU 'We're Not Criminals'
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's)
European Office today announced a broad coalition aimed at
fixing a poorly drafted intellectual property enforcement
proposal that could make criminals of thousands of people
in the European Union.
Full release, More on IPRED2
April 18, 2007
EFF Sues Justice Department for Immediate Release of NSL
Abuse Records
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
has asked a judge to issue an emergency order requiring the
FBI to immediately release agency records about its abuse
of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans'
personal information.
Full release,
More on the filing
April 10, 2007
Recording Industry Target Deserves Day in Court
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
has filed a brief with a New York district court, urging a
judge to allow the target of a recording industry lawsuit
to fight back with counterclaims of his own.
Full release,
EFF's Amicus [PDF]
April 10, 2007
Free Speech Battle Over Online Parody of 'Colbert Report'
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a federal court today
to protect the free speech rights of MoveOn.org Civic Action and Brave
New Films after their satirical send-up of "The Colbert Report" was
removed from YouTube following a baseless copyright complaint from
media giant Viacom.
Full release,
More on the case
Mar 22, 2007
DMCA Abuser Apologizes for Takedown Campaign
Michael Crook, the man behind a string of meritless online copyright
complaints, has agreed to withdraw those complaints, take a copyright
law course, and apologize for interfering with the free speech rights of
his targets.
Full release,
More on the case
Mar 14, 2007
American Studios' Secret Plan to Lock Down European TV Devices
An international consortium of television and technology companies is devising draconian anti-consumer restrictions for the next generation of TVs in Europe and beyond, at the behest of American entertainment giants.
Full release,
The Full Report
Mar 13, 2007
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