"YouTube is UsTube&...

Plenty of folks, from copyright lawyers to Internet entrepreneurs to investment bankers, have been watching the long-running legal battle between Viacom and Google/YouTube carefully, well aware that a decision in the case could have a profound effect on the future of the Internet....

Required Reading: Adrian...

I’ve just finished Adrian Johns’ 2009 book, Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates , a 500+ page magnum opus stretching from the 1600s to the present. Johns is a noted University of Chicago historian, and his book is a fascinating and essential...

How to Get More Privacy ...

Today, Facebook announced new privacy controls and settings in response to the tremendous public outcry over its April changes. Here we explain step-by-step how to take advantage of the new settings and maximize your privacy on Facebook See original here:  How to Get More Privacy...

Facebook’s New Pri...

In response to a firestorm of criticism from EFF and others ([ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ]), and after much internal debate , Facebook today announced a series of privacy changes to the social networking site as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised on Monday . We will be publishing instructions...

Tell Your Lawmakers: &qu...

Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus, Montana Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Kent Conrad, North Dakota Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico John Kerry, Massachusetts Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas Ron Wyden, Oregon Charles Schumer, New York Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Maria Cantwell, Washington Bill...

Nominations still open...

Nominations for a number of internal positions have been open for just over a week now. Campaigns officer and Regional Administrator nominations close in just under a week, Monday May 31st, and Governor nominations close in just over three weeks, Thursday 17 June More:  Nominations...

Facebook Violates Privac...

A Wall Street Journal article today draws attention to yet another unexpected way in which Facebook’s privacy practices have not complied with its public statements and have disregarded users’ privacy rights . Just last week, when asked about Facebook’s privacy...

Google launches encrypte...

Google has just announced that it is rolling out an encrypted version of its web search service, https://www.google.com . This is something we’ve been asking Google for privately and publicly for some time, and we’re very pleased to see it come to pass Go here to read...

German software patents ...

Those members who know me well will be aware that one of the main reasons that I originally got involved with the Pirate Party was because of its support for patent reform, and in particular its opposition of software patents. Today is a sad day for software in Europe; the German...

Time For Google to Grow ...

Last week’s news that Google’s Street View cars collected the content of messages flowing over open wireless networks while mapping the location of those access points is a privacy wake-up call to the company and wireless users alike. See original here: Time For Google...