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The laws enacted by Texas and Florida violate the First Amendment and will lead to greater censorship of users' speech and the loss...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/cases/netchoice-must-carry-litigation" rel="tag" title="NetChoice Must-Carry Litigation">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about NetChoice Must-Carry Litigation</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/abo-comix-et-al-v-county-san-mateo-and-christina-corpus"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/letter-spy-2a_0.png?itok=xzhMO60-" width="500" height="250" alt="A letter behind bars inside a spying eye" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/abo-comix-et-al-v-county-san-mateo-and-christina-corpus" rel="bookmark">A.B.O Comix, et al. v. San Mateo County</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>In 2021, San Mateo County banned anyone incarcerated in its jails from receiving any physical mail other than attorney communications. Under this new policy, the senders of mail must route their letters to Smart Communications, a private for-profit company, which scans and then destroys the physical copy. The digital copy...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/cases/abo-comix-et-al-v-county-san-mateo-and-christina-corpus" rel="tag" title="A.B.O Comix, et al. v. San Mateo County">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about A.B.O Comix, et al. v. San Mateo County</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/asian-american-liberation-network-v-smud-et-al"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/smart_meter_surveillance_final.jpeg?itok=io6syhWZ" width="500" height="250" alt="A smart meter alert glows red while cops approach a suburban home" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/asian-american-liberation-network-v-smud-et-al" rel="bookmark">Asian American Liberation Network v. SMUD, et al.</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Sacramento’s public-owned utility and police are searching entire zip codes’ worth of people’s private data without any legal authorization or a specific investigation, creating a mass surveillance program that invades the privacy of entire communities.The Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) data sharing with the Sacramento Police Department violates people’s right...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/cases/asian-american-liberation-network-v-smud-et-al" rel="tag" title="Asian American Liberation Network v. SMUD, et al.">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Asian American Liberation Network v. SMUD, et al.</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/alhathloul-v-darkmatter-group"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/og-laptop_0.png?itok=2oj32Pbv" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/alhathloul-v-darkmatter-group" rel="bookmark">AlHathloul v. DarkMatter Group</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>EFF is representing prominent Saudi human rights activist Loujain AlHathloul in a lawsuit against spying software maker DarkMatter Group and three of its former executives for illegally hacking her iPhone to secretly track her communications and whereabouts.AlHathloul is among the victims of an illegal spying program created and run by...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/cases/alhathloul-v-darkmatter-group" rel="tag" title="AlHathloul v. DarkMatter Group">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about AlHathloul v. DarkMatter Group</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/digital-books-og.png?itok=qI1e-QSq" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive" rel="bookmark">Hachette v. Internet Archive</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), with co-counsel<a href="https://www.mofo.com/"> Morrison Foerster LLP</a>, is defending the Internet Archive against a lawsuit that threatens its Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) program.The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library, preserving and providing access to cultural artifacts of all kinds in electronic form. CDL allows people...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive" rel="tag" title="Hachette v. Internet Archive">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Hachette v. Internet Archive</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even views-row-last"> <article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/green-v-us-department-justice"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/OG-1201-cases_0.jpg?itok=MbdVXnDo" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/green-v-us-department-justice" rel="bookmark">Green v. U.S. Department of Justice</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><i>Green v. Department of Justice</i> is an EFF lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions on First Amendment grounds. These provisions, located in Section 1201(a) of the DMCA, restrict people’s ability to access, use, or even discuss copyrighted materials that they purchase, by...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/cases/green-v-us-department-justice" rel="tag" title="Green v. U.S. Department of Justice">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Green v. 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WhenU</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Trademark law at its heart is intended to protect consumers from confusion -- for example by preventing Pepsi from passing off its cola as Coca-Cola. Increasingly however trademark owners are trying to use their trademarks in ways that actually harm consumers by restricting their access to information from and about...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/2000-dmca-rulemaking"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/tinker-tech_0.png?itok=26abDTx-" width="500" height="250" alt="Tinker Repair" title="Tinker Repair" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2000-dmca-rulemaking" rel="bookmark">2000 DMCA Rulemaking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/20000217_eff_dmca_comments.html">EFF's comments to the Copyright Office on the topic of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and its anti-circumvention provisions.</a> <i>February 17, 2000</i> <a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/20000331_eff_dmca_reply_comments.html">EFF's reply comments</a> to the Copyright Office responding to the arguments advanced by corporate intellectual property holders who support the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA...</div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail" style="background: #943576"><a href="/cases/2003-dmca-rulemaking"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/dmca-copyright-1.png?itok=v5NoPiXt" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2003-dmca-rulemaking" rel="bookmark">2003 DMCA Rulemaking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">In 2003 EFF applied for four exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) asking the Copyright Office to allow consumers to:Play copy-protected audio CDs that malfunction to prevent playbackView foreign region-coded DVD movies on U.S. playersFast-forward through unskippable commercials prior to movies on DVDsPlay and make full use of...</div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/2006-dmca-rulemaking"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/tinker-tech_0.png?itok=26abDTx-" width="500" height="250" alt="Tinker Repair" title="Tinker Repair" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2006-dmca-rulemaking" rel="bookmark">2006 DMCA Rulemaking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>EFF did not file for DMCA exemption requests in 2006. Instead we explained why <a href="/press/archives/2005/12/01">the rule-making process is fundamentally broken and unable to protect consumers</a>.</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/2009-dmca-rulemaking"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/issues/fair-use-og-1.png?itok=ipGI1kcg" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2009-dmca-rulemaking" rel="bookmark">2009 DMCA Rulemaking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>In the 2009 rulemaking EFF <a href="https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/07/26">won</a> three critical exemptions protecting the important work of video remix artists iPhone owners and cell phone recyclers from legal threats.<br /> The first proposal was aimed at protecting the video remix culture currently thriving on Internet sites like YouTube. The filing asked for...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail" style="background: #943576"><a href="/cases/2012-dmca-rulemaking"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/dmca-copyright-1.png?itok=v5NoPiXt" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2012-dmca-rulemaking" rel="bookmark">2012 DMCA Rulemaking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits "circumventing" <a href="http://www.eff.org/issues/drm">digital rights management</a> (DRM) and other "technological measures" used to protect copyrighted works. While this ban was meant to deter copyright infringement, many have misused the law to chill competition free speech and fair use. Every three years the U.S. Copyright Office...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/2015-dmca-rulemaking"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/OG-1201-cases_0.jpg?itok=MbdVXnDo" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2015-dmca-rulemaking" rel="bookmark">2015 DMCA Rulemaking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca">Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)</a> limits the circumvention of software that's designed to restrict access to copyrighted works. Unfortunately, such a blanket restriction can chill competition, free speech, and fair use. In an attempt to mitigate those harms, every three years the <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca-rulemaking">U.S. Copyright Office holds a</a>...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/2016-internet-archive-nsl"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/internet-archive-public-domain.jpg?itok=hFe5yeyv" width="500" height="250" alt="Internet Archive public domain photo" title="Internet Archive" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2016-internet-archive-nsl" rel="bookmark">2016 Internet Archive NSL</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>In this case, the Internet Archive pushed back against a formerly secret national security letter (NSL). Represented by EFF, the Archive informed the FBI that it did not have the information the agency was seeking and pointed out that NSL included misinformation about how to contest the accompanying gag order...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/2018-dmca-rulemaking"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/tinker-tech_0.png?itok=26abDTx-" width="500" height="250" alt="Tinker Repair" title="Tinker Repair" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2018-dmca-rulemaking" rel="bookmark">2018 DMCA Rulemaking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca">Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)</a> limits the circumvention of software that's designed to restrict access to copyrighted works. Unfortunately, such a blanket restriction can chill competition, free speech, and fair use. In an attempt to mitigate those harms, every three years the <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca-rulemaking">U.S. Copyright Office holds a</a>...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/2021-dmca-rulemaking"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/OG-1201-cases_0.jpg?itok=MbdVXnDo" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/2021-dmca-rulemaking" rel="bookmark">2021 DMCA Rulemaking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca">Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)</a> limits the circumvention of software that’s designed to restrict access to copyrighted works. Unfortunately, such a blanket restriction can chill competition, free speech, and fair use. In an attempt to mitigate those harms, every three years the <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca-rulemaking">U.S. Copyright Office holds a</a>...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd views-row-last"><article role="article" class="node node--case node-teaser node--teaser node--case--teaser"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/cases/20th-century-fox-v-cablevision"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/issues/icon-2019-innovation.png?itok=DB4NQ2_j" width="500" height="250" alt="Creativity and Innovation issue banner, a colorful graphical representation of a light bulb" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/20th-century-fox-v-cablevision" rel="bookmark">20th Century Fox v. 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As a result lots of companies now sell digital video recorders (DVRs) that enable you to do this including TiVo and it's generally accepted that selling DVRs is perfectly legal...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="attachment attachment-after"> <ul class="pager"><li class="pager__item pager__item--current">0-9</li><li class="pager__item"><a href="/pages/legal-cases?group=A-D" class="active">A-D</a></li><li class="pager__item"><a href="/pages/legal-cases?group=E-G" class="active">E-G</a></li><li class="pager__item"><a href="/pages/legal-cases?group=H-K" class="active">H-K</a></li><li class="pager__item"><a href="/pages/legal-cases?group=L-N" class="active">L-N</a></li><li class="pager__item"><a href="/pages/legal-cases?group=O-R" class="active">O-R</a></li><li class="pager__item"><a href="/pages/legal-cases?group=S-V" class="active">S-V</a></li><li class="pager__item"><a href="/pages/legal-cases?group=W-Z" class="active">W-Z</a></li></ul> </div> 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