Publications

Over the years, we’ve witnessed dozens of anti-piracy campaigns. Despite these efforts, reported piracy rates appear to increase, seemingly undeterred. Research has indicated that piracy is a complex phenomenon that’s not always easy to grasp. Howe...

In October 2020, the RIAA filed a DMCA takedown notice at GitHub targeting ubiquitous YouTube ripping tool, youtube-dl. “The clear purpose of this source code is to (i) circumvent the technological protection measures used by authorized streaming s...

In 2021, German Internet providers agreed to voluntarily block structurally infringing pirate sites. The ISPs teamed up with rightsholder groups and launched the “Clearing Body for Copyright on the Internet” (CUII), which became responsible for handi...

Pintere.com is a straightforward tool that enables users to download images, videos, and boards from Pinterest. The service also works with other platforms, including Facebook, Imgur, and Instagram, but its name suggests that Pinterest is of prime...

Press freedom wins in Chicago court, but fight continues Chicago journalists won a big First Amendment victory Oct. 9, when a federal court temporarily curbed federal officers’ abuses at protests. But the fight isn’t over. The order still allows offi...

A federal judge just reminded the government that the First Amendment still applies in Chicago. On Oct. 9, Chicago journalists and protesters scored a major legal win, when Judge Sara Ellis issued a temporary restraining order reigning in federal off...

Austin, Texas is a major tech hub with a population that’s engaged in advocacy and paying attention. Since 1991, EFF-Austin an independent nonprofit civil liberties organization, has been the proverbial beacon alerting those in central Texas to the p...

Online surveillance is everywhere—and understanding how you’re being tracked, and how to fight back, is more important than ever. That’s why EFF partnered with Women In Security and Privacy (WISP) for our annual Global Members’ Speakeasy, where we ta...

Everyone accepts that pirate suppliers are responsible for redistributing and profiting from content they don’t own and for that there could be a heavy price to pay. Yet when punishments for ordinary people enter the equation, that’s a completely d...

Back in July, the Brussels Business Court issued a sweeping ex parte site-blocking order targeting several “shadow libraries” including Anna’s Archive, Libgen, and Z-Library. Unusually, the order also included the Internet Archive’s Open Library, a...