On July10th 2010, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) celebrated its 20th Anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, EFF released the following short animation by cartoonist and free culture activist Nina Paley: More from EFF.

Electronic Frontier Foundation legal director Cindy Cohn talks net neutrality, first amendment and fair use with Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report. From EFF: “In a hard-hitting in-depth interview, Stephen and Cindy sparred over the most important issues facing the Internet today, including Hitler jokes, the Second Amendment, and Beer Cat.” More from Colbert Nation.

Playboy is suing rapper Drake for the unauthorized use of Fallin’ in Love by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (1975) in his break out single Best I Ever Had (2009). Recognizing the “enormous commercial success” of the EP, according to The Boombox, Playboy seeks to destroy all remaining copies of the work and collect damages. [...]

The Hurt Locker producers fire back Just prior to winning best picture at the Academy Awards, the producers of The Hurt Locker were sued by Master Sgt. Jeffrey S. Sarver. Sarver alleges the depiction of the film’s main character, Sergeant First Class William James, amounts to a breach of contract, right of publicity, defamation and [...]

As anticipated, Voltage Pictures LLC, producers of The Hurt Locker have filed a copyright infringement suit against 5,000 unnamed defendants in federal court (Washington DC). Voltage is proceeding without naming the individual defendants, but is confident that discovery will yield the identity of each offender via Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Once identified, the complaint (below) [...]

The Burning Man Organization (BMO) is calling for community feedback on its camera policy, including its approach to image rights. The section reads as follows: “Use of Images” I UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THAT NO USE OF IMAGES, FILM, OR VIDEO OBTAINED AT THE EVENT MAY BE MADE WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM BURNING MAN, OTHER [...]

A group of international organizations, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) have banded together to form Copyright Watch. A database of national copyright laws, the organization seeks to, raise awareness of the importance of balanced copyright law in the information society, and draw attention to points of commonality and [...]

The Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, George Washington School of Law, and Santa Clara University School of Law clinics, has been compiling a database of searchable Cease and Desist (C&D) notices. With the intent of “helping Internet users [...]