Viacom released the following statement today in response to the YouTube user data controversy (first reported on this blog):"It is unfortunate that we have been compelled to go to court to protect Viacom's rights and the rights of the artists

Is the Gov't Tracking Us Through Our Cellphones? Lawsuit Seeks AnswersA lawsuit brought by EFF and the ACLU seeks to force release of documents on cellphone tracking.RIAA requests internet filtering in international treatyThe ACTA treaty is too secret for the

Yesterday, a district court dismissed several claims in the case Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire, in which we had, in March, filed an amicus brief. Coupons offers online coupons that consumers can access and print using software provided by Coupons. The

A few months back, SF Gate cartoonist Mark Fiore introduced his character Snuggly, the Security Bear, with a brilliant take on telecom immunity. Now, Snuggly is back, and he has a few words to say about "compromise."

As we reported yesterday, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California has just issued a key ruling in Al Haramain v. Bush, one of the cases challenging the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program. Judge Walker is also overseeing

Apparently no longer even bothering with coherent or rational arguments, supporters of the flawed surveillance bill have now resorted to namecalling. Here's Senator Orrin Hatch's argument in last Thursday's Senate debate. (h/t ThinkProgress) "How many times have we heard claims

As EFF has been saying for years, the best way forward in the wars over illegal filesharing is the creation of a Voluntary Collective Licensing system. It sounds simple enough: Music fans would pay a small fee each month in

New NSA Spying Decision Undermines Arguments for Telecom ImmunityToday, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California, issued an opinion in Al Haramain v. Bush, one of the cases challenging the NSA warrantless wiretapping program. The Court found

Yesterday, in the Viacom v. Google litigation, the federal court for the Southern District of New York ordered Google to produce: all data from the Logging database concerning each time a YouTube video has been viewed on the YouTube website

Washington, D.C. - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit on behalf of a member of the European Parliament today, demanding that the U.S. government release records about her "risk assessment" score and other information gathered about her during her

Tor Project Blocked in China -- FinallyAfter years of aiding those seeking anonymity and bypassing censorship, Tor is finally blocked by the Great Firewall of China.China's Overeager American Censors"Practically every U.S.-owned search engine has caved to the Chinese government's demands

There is a growing movement to surveil the drivers of cars - for insurance purposes.One idea is that vehicle insurance premiums should depend on verifiable, periodic measurements of how far a car has been driven. The case for such premiums

Thursday evening, Senator Reid officially delayed a final vote on the FISA Amendments Act until July 8. That gave us just twelve days - now, eleven - to change the political calculus and avoid a Congressional seal of approval on

The schedule for the Senate's return on July 8 allows for three amendments to be introduced. One, from Senators Dodd and Leahy, would strip immunity from the bill altogether. A second, from Senator Specter [PDF], would would allow the court

Schwarzenegger Asks ISPs to Block NewsgroupsThe California Governor and Attorney General have asked ISPs to jump on the newsgroup-blocking bandwagon -- an attempt to stop child porn that will likely block legitimate speech as well.Prince v. Tribute to PrinceA Norwegian

EFF and others have long suspected that one reason the White House and its allies have fought for telecom immunity so fervently has been their fear that a judicial ruling on the legality of telecoms' participation would lead to a

It's official: Thanks to overwhelming grassroots action, and the heroic efforts of Senators Dodd and Feingold, the Senate's vote on whether to grant phone companies immunity from the law for assisting in the President's illegal wiretapping program has been delayed

There have been rumors that the Senate's vote on final passage of the FISA Amendments Act might be delayed until after next week's Congressional recess. Anything could happen, as the Senate is simultaneously rushing to complete two other controversial bills

The Senate is once again arguing whether to pass The FISA Amendments Act, a deeply flawed and unconstitutional surveillance bill. Tuesday evening, Senator Dodd of Connecticut clarified what's at stake:This legislation includes provisions which would grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications

This morning, EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien testified in a Senate hearing on laptop searches and other privacy violations faced by Americans at the U.S. border. Lee's testimony [PDF] outlined the dangers of random and invasive searches of travelers'