Publications

When rightsholders, broadcasters, and ISPs have a shared interest in the success of a multi-billion euro broadcasting rights deal, there’s no dispute over the need for a blocking order. With formalities out of the way, who argues against asking the...

Syrian ruler Bashar Al-Assad “would always be very welcome here”, Tony Blair told an Arab monarch in July 2000, declassified files show. Blair made the comment to Bahrain’s King Hamad a month after Assad assumed power in Damascus following the death...

School is almost out for summer! You know what that means? Plenty of time to catch up on the latest digital rights news! Don't worry, though—EFF has you covered with our EFFector newsletter. This edition of EFFector explains why efforts to privatize...

Last September, Apple removed the popular music streaming app Musi from its App Store, affecting millions of users. Apple’s action wasn’t completely unexpected. Music industry groups had been trying to take Musi down for a long time, branding it a...

After 19 months of supporting Israel’s “right to self-defence”, gently criticising its actions (mostly when Israeli soldiers have killed aid workers and medics) and avoiding references to ethnic cleansing and genocide, leading UK news outlets appear...

Nation states, established with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, maintain sovereignty within their borders and not beyond them. Therefore, despite offering many advantages over the governance systems that predated them, they struggle to tackle modern...

Portugal now has a decade of experience with pirate site blocking measures, which were made possible through a voluntary agreement In 2015, the country’s blocking scheme was formalized through a deal between several parties, including the Government,...

LaLiga’s 2024/2025 season is officially over. FC Barcelona were actually crowned champions on Thursday after it became mathematically impossible for Real Madrid to conjure up seven points or more from the six points available. The final matches of...

If it was possible to strip away the roles and behaviors that inevitably lead to head-on clashes, in some cases pirates and piracy fighters might find ways to get along. In some cases they may love the same things. Yet back in the real world, the ins...

Praised by major rightsholders as progress in the fight against piracy, Italy’s Piracy Shield system made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Authorized under new legislation and promoted as a killer blow to piracy of live sports, Piracy Shield’s...