It's time for music fans who bought Sony BMG CDs loaded with harmful XCP or MediaMax copy protection to claim their settlement benefits: clean versions of the music, plus (in many cases) additional downloads and cash. Submitting a claim not only gets fans music that will play on...

The USACM (U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery) has recently issued a set of policy recommendations regarding DRM. They are sensible and make for good reading.
It's good to see an association made up of technical professionals take a stance on the DRM-related...

On the heels of Google's setting up shop in China, EFF has called on Internet companies operating abroad to implement services that better protect human rights. According to ComputerWorld, Google has taken a step in the right direction and decided to store their massive data logs outside of...

Today, Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-N.J.) introduced the "Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act of 2006," H.R. 4861, a House companion bill to the Senate's broadcast flag bill.
This bill would require that all future digital radios (both terrestrial, like HD Radio, and satellite, like XM and Sirius) "include...

Last week, EFF filed an amicus brief on behalf of Tenise Barker, one of the more than 19,000 Americans who have been sued by the record labels for file sharing. Ms. Barker, represented by Ray Beckerman, is fighting back in court.
EFF's brief makes one...

The first meeting of WIPO's Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a Development Agenda (PCDA) has just ended, amidst a last-minute flurry of activity. The question on everyone's mind is where to from here? The answer is not so clear.
After four days of discussions about interesting proposals from...

While you wouldn't know it from the headlines, I think yesterday's preliminary injunction ruling [1.3mb PDF] against Google will be remembered as a little bad for Google, but a lot good for the Web. (Full disclosure: EFF filed an amicus brief supporting Google in the case.)First, the...