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Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | January 20, 2023

Right to Repair Advocates Have Had Good Victories. We Have To Keep Fighting.

It’s been a good year for right to repair advocates. Colorado passed an important law to allow wheelchair users access to resources they need to fix their own chairs. The Federal Trade Commission has stepped up enforcement of companies that limit the right to repair. And New York made history...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | January 19, 2023

Fair Use Creep Is A Feature, Not a Bug

Lawyers, scholars, and activists, including EFF, often highlight Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Section 230 (originally of the Communications Decency Act) as the legal foundations of the internet. But there’s another, much older, doctrine that’s at least as important: Fair use, which dates back many decades...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | January 19, 2023

Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again: Rethinking Tech Regulation and Creative Labor

The Internet Copyright Wars are in their third decade, and despite the billions of dollars and trillions of phosphors spilled on its battlegrounds around the world, precious little progress has been made. A quarter of a century after Napster’s founding, we’re still haunted by the same false binaries that have...

Press Release | January 19, 2023

EFF Warns Supreme Court That Users’ Speech is at Stake When Increasing Platforms’ Liability

SAN FRANCISCO – Increasing online platforms’ liability for hosting their users’ speech would lead to severe censorship that could undermine the very architecture of the free and open internet, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argued to the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief ...

Deeplinks Blog by Rory Mir, Molly de Blanc | January 18, 2023

Open Data and the AI Black Box

Artificial Intelligence (AI) grabs headlines with new tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2, but it is already here and having major impacts on our lives. Increasingly we see law enforcement, medical care, schools and workplaces all turning to the black box of AI to make life altering decisions– a trend...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | January 17, 2023

Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 35.1

It's a new year! There's no better time to keep up with the latest updates on your digital rights. Version 35, issue 1 of our EFFector newsletter is out now. Catch up on the latest EFF news by reading our newsletter or listening to the audio version below. This...

Event | February 14, 2023

EFF-Austin: Digital Privacy At The Texas Legislature

EFF-Austin , a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Digital Privacy At The Texas LegislatureFrom the Organizers:Every two years when the Texas Legislature is in session, EFF-Austin checks in with Kathy to discuss bills related to digital rights and privacy. Current...

Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | January 16, 2023

US Copyright Term Extensions Have Stopped, But the Public Domain Still Faces Threats

Every January 1st, we celebrate the creative works that become free to use and adapt as their copyright expires. This year, that includes the iconic sci-fi film “Metropolis,” the first Best Picture Oscar winner “Wings,” and the last of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Along with these...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | January 16, 2023

It’s Copyright Week 2023: Join Us in the Fight for Better Copyright Law and Policy

We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, and addressing what's at stake, and what we need to do to make...

Deeplinks Blog by Rebecca Jeschke | January 12, 2023

Kurt Opsahl Moves to EFF Special Counsel

Longtime EFFer and Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel Kurt Opsahl will be moving on from the Electronic Frontier Foundation after nearly 20 years, on February 1. But we aren’t going to let him go too far: Kurt will continue on as a Special Counsel of EFF. Kurt will be...

Event | March 8, 2023

Online Speech and The Supreme Court

What Policymakers Need to Know About the First Amendment and Section 230The Supreme Court is about to hear two cases - Twitter v. Taamneh, and Gonzalez v. Google - that could dramatically affect users’ speech rights online, and we invite you to a panel discussing what legislators need to know...

Deeplinks Blog by Kit Walsh | January 10, 2023

Beware the Gifts of Dragons: How D&D’s Open Gaming License May Have Become a Trap for Creators

The company that owns Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is planning to revoke the open license that has, since the year 2000, applied to a wide range of unofficial, commercial products that build on the mechanics of the game.

Event | January 24, 2023

USENIX Enigma

EFF is proud to support USENIX Enigma! This year's conference is in-person at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara in Santa Clara, CA. Registration is open!Need to renew your support for EFF from a past Enigma conference? Use this link to browse our membership options, make a donation, and...

Event | January 27, 2023

EFF at CactusCon

EFF is thrilled to attend CactusCon for the first time in Mesa, AZ! We will have a booth, so be sure to stop by and chat with our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up a special gift...

Event | January 20, 2023

EFF at ShmooCon

Once again, EFF is excited to be back in Washington, DC for ShmooCon 2023! Stop by the EFF booth to chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up a special gift as a token...

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Right to Repair Advocates Have Had Good Victories. We Have To Keep Fighting.

Fair Use Creep Is A Feature, Not a Bug

Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again: Rethinking Tech Regulation and Creative Labor

EFF Warns Supreme Court That Users’ Speech is at Stake When Increasing Platforms’ Liability

Open Data and the AI Black Box

Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 35.1

EFF-Austin: Digital Privacy At The Texas Legislature

US Copyright Term Extensions Have Stopped, But the Public Domain Still Faces Threats

It’s Copyright Week 2023: Join Us in the Fight for Better Copyright Law and Policy

Kurt Opsahl Moves to EFF Special Counsel

Online Speech and The Supreme Court

Beware the Gifts of Dragons: How D&D’s Open Gaming License May Have Become a Trap for Creators

USENIX Enigma

EFF at CactusCon

EFF at ShmooCon

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