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Landmark contends that the documentary infringes its copyright in the Forum course, while citing to copyright registration of the Forum leader's manual. Using the alleged copyright violation as a pretext, Landmark subpoenaed three websites hosting the video -- the Internet Archive, Google Video, and YouTube -- seeking the identities of the anonymous uploaders. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) allows a content owner to issue a subpoena for the identity of an alleged infringer without first filing an actual lawsuit.</p> <p>"This is a classic example of using a bogus copyright claim to squelch free speech," said EFF Staff Attorney Corynne McSherry. "To the extent that the documentary uses any Landmark material, that use is clearly non-infringing. Landmark is simply trying to use the streamlined DMCA subpoena process to obtain the identities of its critics."</p> <p>Landmark's efforts are being challenged on multiple fronts. The Internet Archive is fighting its subpoena, and EFF filed official objections on its behalf Friday. Later this week, EFF will also file a motion to quash the subpoena issued to Google Video, on behalf of the anonymous speaker who uploaded the video. Google has advised Landmark that it will not produce the requested information pending a ruling on that motion. YouTube sent notification to the user about its subpoena and is giving the user a reasonable opportunity to move to legally nullify, or "quash," it.</p> <p>"Sharing videos on the web is the latest example of free speech flowering on the Internet," said Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl. "Unfortunately, it is being met by a simultaneous rise in the use of baseless legal claims as an excuse to pierce anonymity and chill speech. This kind of intimidation has to stop."</p> <p>For EFF's objection to the Internet Archive subpoena: <br /> <a href="http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/eff_letter.pdf">http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/eff_letter.pdf</a></p> <p>For more on Landmark's subpoena campaign: <br /> <a href="http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/">http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/</a></p> <p>Contacts:</p> <p>Corynne McSherry<br /> Staff Attorney<br /> Electronic Frontier Foundation<br /> corynne@eff.org</p> <p>Kurt Opsahl<br /> Staff Attorney<br /> Electronic Frontier Foundation<br /> kurt@eff.org</p> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-field-issue"> <h2 class="pane-title">Related Issues</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-eff-share-blog mobile"> <div class="share-links"> <strong>Share It</strong> <a class="share-twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Self-Help%20Group%20Bullies%20Net%20Critics&url=https%3A//www.eff.org/press/archives/2006/10/30&via=eff&related=eff" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><span class="element-invisible">Share on Twitter</span><i></i></a> <a class="share-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A//www.eff.org/press/archives/2006/10/30&title=Self-Help%20Group%20Bullies%20Net%20Critics" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><span class="element-invisible">Share on Facebook</span><i></i></a> <a class="share-clipboard disabled" href="https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2006/10/30" title="Copy to clipboard"><span class="element-invisible">Copy link</span><i></i></a> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column side-content"> </div> </div> <div class="onecol column content-footer"> <div class="panel-pane pane-effector-signup"> <h2 class="pane-title">Join EFF Lists</h2> <form action="https://supporters.eff.org/subscribe" method="post" class="newsletter-form" accept-charset="UTF-8"> <h3 class="effector-title">Discover more.</h3> <div class="effector-desc"> Email updates on news, actions, events in your area, and more.</div> <div class="form-item form-type-textfield effector-form-item-email-address"> <label for="edit-email" style="">Email Address</label> <input placeholder="" id="edit-email" type="email" name="email" value="" maxlength="128" class="form-text" /> </div> <div class="form-item form-type-textfield effector-form-item-postal-code"> <label for="edit-postal-code" style="">Postal Code (optional) </label> <input placeholder="" id="edit-postal-code" type="text" name="postal_code" value="" maxlength="64" class="form-text" /> </div> <div class="form-item form-type-textfield effector-form-item-challenge"> <label for="edit-challenge" style="clear: left; line-height: 1.25; margin: 1rem 0 0.3rem; text-transform: none">Anti-spam question: Enter the three-letter abbreviation for <em>Electronic Frontier Foundation</em>:</label> <input type="text" name="challenge" id="edit-challenge" value="" maxlength="3" size="6" class="form-text" /> </div> <div class="link-textfield"> <div class="form-item form-type-urlfield form-item-link"> <label for="edit-link">Don't fill out this field (required)</label> <input autocomplete="off" type="url" id="edit-link" name="link" value="" size="20" maxlength="128" class="form-text form-url"> </div> </div> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Submit" class="effector-form-submit" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="eff_supporters_library_subscribe_form" /> <div class="thank-you"> Thanks, you're awesome! 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We have<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/age-verification-mandates-would-undermine-anonymity-online"> long</a><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/uk-online-safety-bill-will-mandate-dangerous-age-verification-much-web"> cautioned</a> about the<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/hack-age-verification-company-shows-privacy-danger-social-media-laws"> dangers</a> of<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/vpns-are-not-solution-age-verification-laws"> these</a><a href="https://www.eff.org/document/age-verification-harms-users-all-ages"></a>...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--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="/deeplinks/2025/03/trump-calls-congress-pass-overbroad-take-it-down-act-so-he-can-use-it-censor"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/trump-freespeech_1.png?itok=DfvBBiY8" width="500" height="250" alt="Trump free speech" title="Trump free speech" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/jason-kelley">Jason Kelley</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | March 5, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/03/trump-calls-congress-pass-overbroad-take-it-down-act-so-he-can-use-it-censor" rel="bookmark">Trump Calls On Congress To Pass The “Take It Down” Act—So He Can Censor His Critics</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>We've <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/take-it-down-act-flawed-attempt-protect-victims-will-lead-censorship">opposed the Take It Down Act</a> because it could be easily manipulated to take down lawful content that powerful people simply don't like. 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York</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 25, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-uk-pm-starmer-call-sisi-free-alaa-and-save-laila" rel="bookmark">EFF to UK PM Starmer: Call Sisi to Free Alaa and Save Laila</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">UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a public commitment on February 14 to Laila Soueif. While that commitment was welcomed by the family, it is imperative that it now be followed up with concrete action.</div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--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="/deeplinks/2025/02/senate-passed-take-it-down-act-threatening-free-expression-and-due-process"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/tossed-2_0.jpg?itok=zhlZ8jup" width="500" height="250" alt="fingers prepared to flick a small person with a megaphone off the screen" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/india-mckinney">India McKinney</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 25, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/senate-passed-take-it-down-act-threatening-free-expression-and-due-process" rel="bookmark">The Senate Passed The TAKE IT DOWN Act, Threatening Free Expression and Due Process </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>Earlier this month, the Senate passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146">S. 146</a>), by a voice vote. The bill is meant to speed up the removal of non-consensual intimate imagery, or NCII, including videos that imitate real people, a technology sometimes called “deepfakes.” <b>Protecting victims of these heinous privacy</b>...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--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="/deeplinks/2025/02/judicial-conference-should-continue-liberally-allow-amicus-briefs-critical"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/eff30-banner-blue.jpg?itok=FNz_s3Fa" width="500" height="250" alt="A lighthouse with EFF logo in a storm" title="EFF30 banner blue" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/sophia-cope">Sophia Cope</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 21, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/judicial-conference-should-continue-liberally-allow-amicus-briefs-critical" rel="bookmark">The Judicial Conference Should Continue to Liberally Allow Amicus Briefs, a Critical Advocacy Tool</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 does a lot of things, including impact litigation, legislative lobbying, and technology development, all to fight for your civil liberties in the digital age. 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