http://action.eff.org/ Protect Your Rights! en-us Copyright 2007 Electronic Frontier Foundation Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=109 A bipartisan bill requiring paper trails for electronic voting machines could soon be taken up by the House of Representatives. Take action now and help make sure it passes.]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=299 Should ordinary Americans face jail time for attempted copyright infringement? Should the sort of property forfeiture penalties applied in drug busts also threaten P2P users, mixtape makers, and mash-up artists? Of course not, but the Department of Justice has drafted an outrageous legislative proposal that that applies these severe penalties and much more. Tell your representatives to reject it now.]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=301 The SPY Act is supposed to help stop spyware, deceptive adware, and other malicious software, but it is unlikely to do any good and could actually make things worse. Tell Congress to go back to the drawing board and draft a more sensible law.]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=297 EFF and others have worked hard to fix the proposed Broadcasting Treaty from endangering innovators' and users' rights - and last year many countries, including the United States, said they would support a better treaty. Now a new WIPO draft once again endangers innovators' and users' rights. If one of your senators is on the key Judiciary committee, write to him or her now and stop the U.S. from supporting WIPO's damaging new proposals. ]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=125 A landmark bill that would require tough privacy and security safeguards for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags in state-issued IDs sailed through the California Senate recently on a broad bipartisan vote. It's moving forward in the Assembly now, and we need your help to push it through.]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=221 The PERFORM Act is a backdoor assault on your right to record off the satellite or digital radio and would force Internet webcasters to use DRM-laden formats rather than MP3. Take action to block this bill now!]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=285 The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) helps protect the public's right to know, and new legislation would provide some much-needed updates to this crucial law. One open government bill has already passed the House -- make sure a similar one passes in the Senate.]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site//cablecard Thanks to Hollywood and your cable provider, you'll face "digital rights management" (DRM) restrictions on your TiVo and other devices in the brave new world of high definition (HD) and digital cable. That's bad enough, but the restrictions could get even worse if cable companies can evade certain pro-competitive policies. Take action now to stop them. ]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700 http://action.eff.org/fisa Pull Congress Back Into the Wiretapping Fight!]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:44:04 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=283 The Administration's laundry list of privacy invasions keeps getting longer -- a recent report documents how the FBI has blatantly abused a key PATRIOT Act power and violated the law. Tell Congress to launch thorough and immediate hearings.]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:44:04 -0700 http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=271 The FAIR USE Act would remove some of the entertainment industry's most draconian anti-innovation weapons and chip away at the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's broad restrictions on fair use. Take action to help restore balance in copyright now.]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:44:04 -0700