Update, April 2019: For EFF's most up-to-date security advice, please visit Surveillance Self-Defense, a guide to protecting yourself from electronic surveillance for people all over the world.Published July 2009; revised June 2010.6 Ideas For Those Needing Defensive Technology to Protect Free Speech from Authoritarian Regimes and 4 Ways the...

October 2008
WIPO To Consider Copyright Exceptions and LimitationsAn earlier version of this paper was originally published in Third World Network’s South-North Development Monitor, Issue No.6433 on 12 March 2008, and Third World Economics, Issue No. 422, 1-15 April 2008. This version was previously published as Third World Network...

September 2008
I. Prelude: Sue The Technology
II. Phase One: DMCA Subpoenas by the Thousands
III. Phase Two: Mass John Doe Lawsuits
IV. Personal Effects = Devastating
V. Fighting Back
VI. Phase Three: Targeting Higher Education
...

June 2008
Prepared by Policy Intern Raeanne Young
Executive Summary

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Many issued patents upon a new review turn out to lack novelty and obviousness...

November 2007
By Peter Eckersley, Fred von Lohmann and Seth Schoen{pde,fred,schoen}@eff.org

Comcast is the second largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the United States. They run the cable TV and cable Internet networks in many parts of the United States, and many consumers know them as their duopoly or...

By Peter Eckersley, Seth Schoen, Kevin Bankston, and Derek Slater.

Google, MSN Search, Yahoo!, AOL, and most other search engines collect and store records of your search queries. If these records are revealed to others, they can be embarrassing or even cause great harm. Would you want strangers to...

April 2006

This is an old and outdated copy of Unintended Consequences. Please see our most recent version.

Contents
Executive Summary
DMCA Legislative Background
Chilling Free Expression and Scientific Research
Fair Use Under Siege
A threat to innovation and...