Jeremy Malcolm
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Oakland, CA, United States
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European Copyright Law Isn't Great. It Could Soon Get a Lot Worse.
EFF has been writing about the upcoming European Digital Single Market directive on copyright for a long time now. But it's time to put away the keyboard, and pick up the phone, because the proposal just got worse—and it's headed for a crucial vote on June 20-21. For those who need... → Read More
Brexit Doesn't Have to Mean Deleting Domains
The European Commission dropped a surprise announcement last week that following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union ("Brexit"), British domain owners may no longer be entitled to keep their ".eu" domain names. Not only will it no longer be possible for... → Read More
Blind Users Celebrate as Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Bill Drops
Today the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Bill was introduced into Congress by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Bob Corker (R-TN), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The bill implements the Marrakesh Treaty to... → Read More
Code Review Isn't Evil. Security Through Obscurity Is.
On January 25th, Reuters reported that software companies like McAfee, SAP, and Symantec allow Russian authorities to review their source code, and that "this practice potentially jeopardizes the security of computer networks in at least a dozen federal agencies." The article goes on to explain... → Read More
Is Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance Dying?
Over the last three months of 2017, EFF has been representing the interests of Internet users and innovators at three very different global Internet governance meetings; ICANN, the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS), and this week in Geneva, the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF). All of... → Read More
Resolution on Transparency of Trade Negotiations Endorsed at U.N. Internet Governance Forum Meeting
All this week, EFF is at the 12th annual meeting of the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Geneva. Last year we co-organized the first ever main session of the IGF on trade and the Internet, recognizing how trade negotiations are incorporating an increasing number of Internet-related issues... → Read More
Argentinian Government Bans Civil Society Organizations From Attending Upcoming WTO Ministerial Meeting
The World Trade Organization (WTO), the multilateral global trade body that has almost all countries as members, has been eyeing an expansion of its work on digital trade for some time. Its current inability to address such issues is becoming an existential problem for the organization, as its... → Read More
New European Copyright Enforcement Plans Loom Large Even as Users Revolt Against Filter Proposal
EFF has joined over 80 groups in writing once again to European politicians about disastrous new EU copyright proposals. Along with human and digital rights organizations, media freedom organizations, publishers, journalists, libraries, scientific and research institutions, educational... → Read More
NAFTA's Digital Trade Chapter Could Be Finalized Next Month
The fifth round of negotiations over a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) wound up last week in Mexico. Following conclusion of the round, Mexican Trade Minister Ildefonso Guajardo told reporters that he hoped that the next round, to be held in Washington, DC in the week of 11... → Read More
EFF at Cyberspace Events in Delhi: Protecting the Public Core of the Internet
Last week EFF attended the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS) in New Delhi, India, as one of a small handful of nonprofit organizations invited to participate. This was the fifth in a series of conferences sometimes called the London Process, after the first event that was held in London in... → Read More
European Law Claims to Protect Consumers… By Blocking the Web
Last week the European Parliament passed a new Consumer Protection Regulation that allows national consumer authorities to order ISPs, web hosts and domain registries to block or delete websites... all without a court order. The websites targeted are those that allegedly infringe European... → Read More
Despite A Victory on IP, the TPP's Resurgence Hasn't Cured Its Ills
Update: The official Ministerial statement on the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), including the schedule of suspended provisions, was released on November 11. Ever since the United States withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) back in... → Read More
EFF to ICANN: Don't Pick Up the Censor's Pen
EFF is at ICANN's 60th meeting in Abu Dhabi this week. Along with other members of ICANN's Non-Commercial Users Constituency, we are here to stand up for the rights of ordinary Internet users in the development and implementation of ICANN policies over Internet domain names. In two... → Read More
EFF to ICANN's Registries: Don't Pick Up the Censor's Pen
This week EFF is in Abu Dhabi to deliver a message to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and to its contracted domain name registries and registrars—don't pick up the censor's pen. In our previous post in this series, we explained how domain name registrars... → Read More
EFF to ICANN's Registrars: Don't Pick Up the Censor's Pen
All this week, EFF is at the annual general meeting of ICANN, the global multi-stakeholder regulatory authority for Internet domain names and IP addresses. Our focus during this meeting is on speaking out against the increasing use of the domain name system as a mechanism for content... → Read More
Public Money, Public Code: Show Your Support For Free Software in Europe
The global movement for open access to publicly-funded research stems from the sensible proposition that if the government has used taxpayers' money to fund research, the publication of the results of that research should be freely-licensed. Exactly the same rationale underpins the argument that... → Read More
Portugal Bans Use of DRM to Limit Access to Public Domain Works
At EFF, we've become all too accustomed to bad news on copyright come out of Europe, so it's refreshing to hear that Portugal has recently passed a law on copyright that helps to strike a fairer balance between users and copyright holders on DRM. The law doesn't abolish legal protection for... → Read More
Digital Rights Groups Demand Deletion of Unlawful Filtering Mandate From Proposed EU Copyright Law
Today EFF and 56 other civil society organizations have sent an open letter to European lawmakers outlining our grave concerns with Article 13 of the proposed new Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which would impose a new responsibility on Internet platforms to filter... → Read More
Defending Users in NAFTA 2.0: Who Are We Up Against?
After three rounds of negotiations, with a fourth coming up fast, we are still in the early days of NAFTA 2.0. In particular, the fight over copyright in NAFTA is just beginning, with the United States submitting its opening bid for the Intellectual Property chapter just last week. What does... → Read More
The End Game for European Upload Filtering Approaches
If you've been following the slow progress of the European Commission's proposal to introduce new upload filtering mandates for Internet platforms, or its equally misguided plans to impose a new link tax on those who publish snippets from news stories, you should know that the end game is close at... → Read More