Breaking News Archive

Here you'll find the latest news about EFF, as well as our reactions to current events. Check back often for updates on our issues.

May 2005

• EFF Announces New Activism Coordinator

• EFF Event Focuses on Technical Ways to Protect Your Online Anonymity

April 2005

• EFF Responds to Apple's Arguments in Online Journalism Appeal

• Law Firm Shows Ignorance of the Law in Anonymous Emailer Case

• News Publishers and Internet Industry Urge Reversal in Apple Case

• Blog Without Getting Burned

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Announces Pioneer Award Winners

March 2005

• Supreme Court Justices Grill Both Sides at Copyright Hearing

• WIPO Lockout Inspires Global Protest

• Leading Nonprofits Take Stand Against Business Method Patents

• EFF Appeals Ruling in Apple Case

• Counting Down to Grokster with EFF

• Court Crushes Online Journalists' Rights

• WIPO Shutting Out Public Interest Organizations

• No Ruling Issued Yet in Apple Case

• Hearing Friday Could Determine the Future of Online Journalists' Rights

• New Bill Will Protect Californians' Privacy Rights

February 2005

• March 1 Press Conference on Supreme Court File-Sharing Case

• Texas Voting Forum Open to the Public

• Patent Threats Hurt Scientific Research

• Online Journalists to Get Their Day in Court

• Fight the Broadcast Flag from Your Armchair

• EFF Warns Consumers About the Dangers of EULAs

• RFID Tracking Pilot Program Ended in Sutter School

• Celebrate Innovation with EFF on Feb. 22

• EFF Asks Court to Protect Online Journalists

• Mandatory Student ID Cards Contain RFIDs

• EFF Announces New Privacy Tool

January 2005

• Texas Court Orders Voting Examiners' Meetings Opened to Public

• EFF Announces Endangered Gizmos List

• Supreme Court Date Set for Grokster

• Can the FBI Monitor Your Web Browsing Without a Warrant?

• Texas Election System Examiners' Meetings Shrouded in Secrecy

• Will Blizzard Destroy the Future of Videogames?

• Sham Recount Process on Diebold E-voting Machines

• Apple Can't Strongarm Bloggers

• Music Industry Must Respect Privacy of Filesharers

December 2004

• EFF Joins Forces with Tor Software Project

• EFF Becomes Omidyar Network Partner

• Supreme Court to Hear MGM v. Grokster

November 2004

• Libel Case Could Chill Speech Online

• Court Blocks Movie Studios' Bulldozer Legal Strategy

• EFF Fights for Justice at WIPO

• Public Interest Groups Support Cox in Protecting User Privacy

• Election Verification Project Press Conference

• EFF Continues Push for Access to Secret Court Order

• EFF Urges FCC Not to Mandate Surveillance Regime on Internet

• EFF Files Brief in Support of Email Privacy

• Anti-Spam Measures Block Free Speech

• EFF, Nonprofits Challenge Secret Government Blacklists

• StreamCast and Grokster File Supreme Court Brief

• Movie Studios to Sue File Sharers

• EFF Appeals Anti-Competitive BnetD Ruling

• Presidential Votes Miscast on E-voting Machines Across the Country

October 2004

• EFF, Verified Voting Foundation Host Press Conference on Election Day

• Court Orders New Protections for People Targeted by RIAA

• EFF Launches "Paper or Plastic 2004" to Educate CA Voters About Paper Ballot Option

• Sixth Circuit Court Protects the Right to Reverse Engineer

• E-voting Ground Zero on November 2

• EFF Challenges Secret Court Order

• Resources for Voters in E-voting Hotspots

• California Pollworkers Told to Withhold Information from Voters

• Diebold Coughs Up Cash in Copyright Case

• Indymedia Servers Mysteriously Reappear, But Questions Remain

• EFF Challenges Secret Government Order to Shut Down Media Websites

• In File-Sharing Witchhunts, RIAA Is Foiled Again

• Servers in UK Containing Indymedia Websites Seized by Government

• Entertainment Giants Push Supreme Court to Rewrite Copyright Law

• Court to Rehear Email Privacy Case

• EFF, Public Interest Groups Challenge Legality of the Broadcast Flag

• WIPO Announces Plans to Support Public Domain, Open Source

• California Ruling Makes Accurate Recount on E-voting Machines Impossible

September 2004

• Dangerous Ruling Menaces Rights of Free Software Programmers

• EFF Wins in Diebold Copyright Abuse Case

• Court Strikes Down Key USA PATRIOT Power

• Court of Appeals Revives Florida E-voting Lawsuit

• Draft 9/11 Legislation Goes Too Far, Revives PATRIOT II

• Government to Demand Airline Records to Test "Secure Flight"

• EFF Releases Voting Machine Quick Reference Guides

• A New Hope for Patent Reform

• Transportation Department Fails to Protect Traveler Privacy

• Court Rejects Government's Bid for Secrecy in Airport ID Appeal

• BBC Charter Opens the Gates to Cultural Renaissance

• New Induce Act Proposal Is a Bad Idea

• Pennsylvania Court Rules Website-Blocking Law Violates First Amendment

• EFF on Copyright Bill Moving in Congress

• EFF Files Brief in Email Privacy Case

• Court Ruling Opens Door to More Competition in After-Market Parts

August 2004

• Music Publisher Settles Copyright Skirmish Over Guthrie Classic

• ID Checks at Airports Violate Fourth Amendment

• EFF Scores Landmark Win for P2P

• Texas Secretary of State Backs Down

• Credit Card Companies Cannot Be Held Liable for Customer Infringements

• EFF Welcomes Four New Hires

• Sunshine Sought for Texas Election Systems Examiners

• Maryland E-Voting Suit Pushes to Decertify Diebold Machines

July 2004

• Election Integrity Organizations Ask Judge to Protect Ohio Elections

• Freedom Fest Is Coming!

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Awarded $131,000 for E-Voting Campaign

• CAPPS II Cancelled

• Federal Court Rules in Favor of Paper Trail Reform in E-Voting

• The Digital Television Liberation Project Starts Its Engines

June 2004

• EFF Announces Ten Most-Wanted Patents

• Online Privacy "Eviscerated" by First Circuit Decision

• EFF Declares Supreme Court COPA Decision a Win

• Will the Inducing Infringement Act Kill the iPod?

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Partners with No Starch Press

• Personal Technology Freedom Coalition Created

• RIAA Asks FCC to Lock Down Digital Radio Broadcasts

• Court Rules DirecTV Must Prove More than Possession

• DirecTV to Narrow Anti-Piracy Campaign

• Being a Webmaster for Controversial Islamic Websites Not a Crime

• EFF Asks Public to Identify Bad Patents in Patent Busting Contest

• Pro-Consumer Privacy Bill Gets a Hearing

• Maryland Election Officials Under Fire From Voters

May 2004

• FBI's "National Security Letters" Threaten Online Speech and Privacy

• EFF Argues That Californians Can Have Secure Voting by November

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Announces $50,000 Grant from The Parker Family Foundation

• EFF at DMCA Reform Hearing

• EFF is Invited to Attend WIPO Meeting on Broadcasting Treaty

• EFF Comments in FCC "Cognitive Radio" Proceeding

April 2004

• California Bans Insecure E-Voting Machines

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Announces New Patent Busting Campaign

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Files Comments on FBI Plan

• Orlando Court Orders Record Companies to File 25 Separate Lawsuits Against Accused Filesharers

March 2004

• European Parliament Adopts Controversial IP Enforcement Directive

• 321 Studios Counts Down for Fair Use Rights

February 2004

• Court Overturns Ban on Posting DeCSS

January 2004

• Federal Judge Rules That Part of the USA PATRIOT Act Is Unconstitutional

• DVDCCA Surrenders in Bunner DVD Descrambling Case

• RIAA Announces "John Doe" Suits Against Filesharers

• EFF Comments on Intel's LaGrande Technology Policy

• Johansen Acquittal Final

• EFF on Pew Downloading Report

December 2003

• EFF Helps Win Ninth Circuit Appeal, Right to Use English Language, for eVisa.com

• Court Rules Verizon Can Refuse to ID Customers to Music Industry

• Forest Service Drops Plans to Ignore Public Voice

• RIAA Hires Head of ATF for Piracy Enforcement

November 2003

• EFF on Chamberlain v. Skylink DMCA Garage Door Opener Case

• FCC Tramples Fair Use, Adopts Broadcast Flag

October 2003

• EFF on MIT's LAMP Music System

• More RIAA Lawsuits

• SunnComm Backs Down

• EFF on SunnComm's Threat Against Princeton Student

• Princeton Researcher Debunks Copy Protection, Again

• EFF Welcomes Suspension of VeriSign's SiteFinder Service

• EFF Analysis on Trusted Computing

• EFF Commentary on Coleman hearings

September 2003

• RIAA Finds Few Takers for Shamnesty

• EFF Supports the Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act

• Verisign's "Sitefinder" Harms Internet

• EFF Comment on DMCA Garage Door Opener Ruling

August 2003

• SCO to Sue Individual Linux Users

• Massachusetts Court Stops RIAA Juggernaut

July 2003

• EFF on FCC's Order Regarding Implementation of Children's Internet Protection Act

June 2003

• EFF on 7th Circuit Aimster Ruling

• EFF on RIAA's Attack on the American Public

• EFF responds to Hatch on computer destruction

• EFF on Digital Networks' decision to disable ReplayTV's features

• EFF Statement on Court Order Requiring Verizon to Identify Users Pending Further Rulings

• Dastar Court strengthens public domain

May 2003

• EFF on Veto of Colorado Super-DMCA

• TIA Report Shines No New Light

• Court Hears 321 Studios Argument

• EFF on College Student Settlements

April 2003

• Court Gives Hollywood Broad Powers to Violate Your Privacy

• EFF on Interz0ne threats

• EFF on RIAA's Latest P2P Lawsuits

March 2003

• CBS Rejects Gateway Ad

• EFF on SonicBlue Bankruptcy

February 2003

• Patriot II