This week, Hollywood started to ramp up its lobbying efforts by holding a symposium in D.C. called "The Business of Show Business." During a luncheon speech, Warner Bros Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer took some shots at Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro and stated, "history shows...

In Washington D.C. on Tuesday, EFF proudly supported the reintroduction of Rep. Rush Holt's (D-NJ) Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 (HR 811). Below the fold, we've posted EFF's statement released in conjunction with Tuesday's press conference. Take action now and tell your representatives to support...

Good news today from the great state of Oklahoma. Debbie Foster, a single mom who was improperly sued by the RIAA back in 2004 for file sharing, has won back her attorneys' fees. The decision today is one of the first in the country to award attorneys fees...

The National Pork Board has apologized for threatening to sue "The Lactivist" blog for using the slogan "the other white milk." This is no joke, though the Board's legal theory was laughable.
After warning blogger Jennifer Laycock that using the slogan on a T-shirt infringed and diluted the Pork...

Florida Governor Charlie Crist says his state should dump the touch-screen voting systems that were installed after the disputed 2000 presidential race in favor of more reliable optical-scanning machines. Voters would mark up a paper ballot and be able to verify their vote on the spot with a paper...

DMCA for China?A new copyright law would make it an offense in China to
"break encryption set by copyright owners."
AACS to Pursue DRM CircumventorsSays it will use "both technical and legal measures." So,
will they be suing their own members for leaving the title
...

It's been just over a week since the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights met in Geneva with the intention of finalizing a new signal-based Broadcasting Treaty to be the basis of negotiations at an inter-governmental Diplomatic Conference scheduled for November. However, after three days of intense meetings,...