A company called Volomedia just got the US Patent Office to grant them exclusive rights to patent podcasting. Say what? The Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting, and is putting out a call for help for all the O.G. podcasters out there.

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A compilation of websites that allow you to make "complaints" online

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A digital privacy watchdog group has filed suit against the Department of Justice in an attempt to make public new FBI surveillance rules that allow the bureau to spy on Americans even without any suspicion of terrorist activities.

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On Wednesday June 3, 2009 U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker dismissed the lawsuits against the nation's telecoms for participation in the drag-net electronic surveillance program that captured untold riches about who we all really are.

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Judge Rules Telecoms Have Immunity Under Unconstitutional FISA Amendments Act

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Craigslist's critics are calling for the site to remove its 'erotic services section' in response to controversy.

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In August 2006, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sought government records concerning the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s Investigative Data Warehouse (IDW) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

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President Barack Obama invoked "state secrets" to prevent a court from reviewing the legality of the National Security Agency's warantless wiretapping program, moving late Friday to have a lawsuit that challenged the program dismissed.

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation today has taken the wraps off a new Web site designed to help you keep the government from taking the wraps off your personal communications and stored data.

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Overturning bad patents does not happen at Internet speed, and if you need evidence for that thesis, consider the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Patent Busting Project.

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In recent years technology giants Microsoft, Yahoo and Google have been widely criticised for their business practices in repressive countries such as China.

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When a federal judge ordered Rep. Jim McDermott to pay House Minority Leader John A.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been routinely monitoring the e-mails, instant messages and cell phone calls of suspects across the United States -- and has done so, in many cases, without the approval of a court.

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press, two of the biggest backers of the FCC's investigation into Comcast's traffic management practices, late last week filed reply comments with the Commission.

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Researchers with Princeton University and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have found a flaw that renders disk encryption systems useless if an intruder has physical access to your computer -- say in the case of a stolen laptop or when a computer is left unattended on a desktop …

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The seizure of electronics at U.S. borders has prompted protests from travelers who say they now weigh the risk of traveling with sensitive or personal information on their laptops, cameras or cellphones.

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Google and Earthlink, the companies building San Francisco's Wi-Fi network, want to place cameras and sensors atop lampposts at the same time they are installing their Wi-Fi antennae.

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The record industry received a blistering response when it sought the names of students using a filesharing network.

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a report (PDF) containing analysis of Comcast's Internet traffic interference activities.

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Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial information.

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Electronic Arts announced yesterday plans to donate the original version of the SimCity computer game to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project so that it can be distributed to schoolchildren in developing countries on OLPC's XO laptop.

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The pop star wanted YouTube to remove a clip of an infant boy dancing to his 1984 hit song "Let's Go Crazy." When the clip got scrubbed, the baby's mother cried foul and filed suit asking for damages.

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Internet users take for granted the free flow of information that has made the Net such a vibrant and innovative communications medium.

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T on January 31, 2006, accusing the telecom giant of violating the law and the privacy of its customers by collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in its massive, illegal program to wir …

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Amazon's contract says you "may copy, store, transfer and burn the Digital Content" for personal use.

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