The

Electronic Frontier Foundation The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California. The foundation was formed on 10 July 1990 by John Gilmore, John Perry Barlow and Mitch Kapor to promote Internet ...

is regularly involved in litigation. The following is a list of cases that have involved the EFF to some degree.

Analog hole The analog hole (also known as the analog loophole or analog gap) is a perceived fundamental and inevitable vulnerability in copy protection schemes for noninteractive works in digital formats which can be exploited to duplicate copy-protected wo ...

*'' Macrovision v. Sima''

Anonymity

*'' Burd v. Cole'' *'' Doe v. Cahill'' *''Dominick v. MySpace'' *'' E. Van Cullens v. John Doe'' *'' First Cash v. John Doe'' *'' Fix Wilson Yard v. City of Chicago'' *'' Manalapan v. Moskovitz'' *'' Merkey v. Yahoo SCOX, Groklaw et. al.'' *'' Mobilisa v. Doe'' *'' RIAA v. Verizon Case Archive'' *'' USA Technologies v. Stokklerk''

Bloggers' rights

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Apple v. Does ''Apple v. Does'' (''O'Grady v. Superior Court'') was a high-profile legal proceeding in United States of America notable for bringing into question the breadth of the shield law protecting journalists from being forced to reveal their sources, an ...

'' *'' Barrett v. Rosenthal'' * Eli Lilly Zyprexa Litigation *'' Online Policy Group v. Diebold, Inc.'' * Spocko and ABC/KSFO *'' ALA v. FCC'' * Coders' Rights Project *'' Blizzard v. BNETD'' *'' In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)'' *'' Lexmark v. Static Control Case Archive'' *''

MBTA v. Anderson ''Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al.'', Civil Action No. 08-11364, was a challenge brought by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to prevent three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student ...

'' *'' OdioWorks v Apple'' *'' US v. ElcomSoft Sklyarov'' * CyberSLAPP *'' Ampex v. Cargle Case Archive'' *'' Burd v. Cole'' *'' E. Van Cullens v. John Doe'' *'' First Cash v. John Doe'' *'' Merkey v. Yahoo SCOX, Groklaw et. al.'' *'' Mobilisa v. Doe'' *'' Naas v. Anonymizer et al.''

Digital rights management

* 2006 DMCA Rulemaking *'' Macrovision v. Sima'' *'' RealNetworks v. DVD-CCA (RealDVD case)'' * Sony BMG Litigation Info * United States v. Elcom Ltd. *'' Macrovision v. Sima'' * Paramount v. ReplayTV *

Digital Millennium Copyright Act The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or ...

*'' Blizzard v. BNETD'' *'' Chamber of Commerce v. Servin'' *'' Lexmark v. Static Control Case Archive'' *'' Macrovision v. Sima'' *'' RealNetworks v. DVD-CCA (RealDVD case)'' *'' RIAA v. Charter Communications Archive'' *'' RIAA v. Verizon Case Archive'' *'' StorageTek v. Custom Hardware'' * DMCA Rulemaking * 2000 DMCA Rulemaking * 2003 DMCA Rulemaking * 2006 DMCA Rulemaking * 2009 DMCA Rulemaking * E-Voting Rights *'' Diebold v. North Carolina Board of Elections'' *'' National Federation of the Blind v. Volusia County'' *'' Online Policy Group v. Diebold'' * Sarasota County Re-vote Filing * ''White v. Blackwell'': Creating True Verifiability in a Battleground State

File sharing

* Aimster *'' Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC'' *'' Atlantic v. Howell'' *'' BUMA v Kazaa'' *'' Capitol v. Foster'' *'' Capitol v. Thomas'' *'' Elektra v. Dennis'' *'' Fonovisa v. Alvarez'' *'' In re: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et. al'' *'' Interscope v. Leadbetter'' *'' Lava v. Amurao'' *''

MGM v. Grokster ''MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.'', 545 U.S. 913 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled unanimously that the defendants, peer-to-peer file sharing companies Grokster and Streamcast (maker of Morpheus), coul ...

'' *'' Napster Cases Archive'' *'' RIAA v. Charter Communications Archive'' *'' RIAA v. The People''

Free speech

*'' Abourezk v. ProBush.com'' *'' ACLU v. Reno II'' *'' Ampex v. Cargle Case Archive'' *''

'' *'' Bank Julius Baer & Co v. Wikileaks'' *'' Barrett v. Rosenthal'' *'' Bauer v. Wikimedia et al'' *''

Bernstein v. United States ''Bernstein v. United States'' is a set of court cases brought by Daniel J. Bernstein challenging restrictions on the export of cryptography from the United States. History The case was first brought in 1995, when Bernstein was a student at U ...

'' *'' Burd v. Cole'' *'' Chamber of Commerce v. Servin'' * Chicago Auto Show SHUTDOWN *'' CLC v. Craigslist'' *'' Commonwealth of Kentucky v. 141 Internet Domain Names'' *'' Diehl v. Crook'' *'' Doe v. Cahill'' *''Dominick v. MySpace'' * DontDateHimGirl.com *'' E. Van Cullens v. John Doe'' *'' eBay v. MercExchange'' * Electric Slide Litigation * Eli Lilly Zyprexa Litigation *'' Embroidery Software Protection Coalition v. Ebert & Weaver'' *'' First Cash v. John Doe'' *'' Fix Wilson Yard v. City of Chicago'' *'' Frankel v. Lyons (Barney)'' *'' Fuller v. Doe'' * Indymedia Server Takedown *'' JibJab Media v. Ludlow Music'' ("This Land" Parody) *'' Johnson v. Barras'' *''

Junger v. Daley ''Junger v. Daley'' is a court case brought by Peter Junger challenging restrictions on the export of encryption software outside of the United States. The case was first brought in 1996 (as ''Junger v. Christopher''), when Junger was a professor ...

'' * Landmark and the Internet Archive *'' Long Haul v Regents of the University of California'' *'' Medical Week News v. Sanofi-Aventis'' *'' Merkey v. Yahoo SCOX, Groklaw et. al.'' *'' Mobilisa v. Doe'' *'' MPAA v. The People'' *'' Nitke v. Ashcroft'' *'' OdioWorks v Apple'' *'' Online Policy Group v. Diebold'' *'' Request for Depublication of Novartis v. SHAC'' *'' RIAA v. Verizon Case Archive'' *'' Sapient v. Geller'' *'' Savage v. Council on American-Islamic Relations'' * Spocko and ABC/KSFO *'' Steve Jackson Games v. Secret Service Case Archive'' *'' Tiffany Inc. v. eBay, Inc.'' *'' Williams v. Donald''

''Hollywood v. DVD''

* 2000 DMCA Rulemaking * 2003 DMCA Rulemaking * 2006 DMCA Rulemaking * 2009 DMCA Rulemaking *'' Macrovision v. Sima'' * ''RealNetworks v. DVD'' CCA (RealDVD case)

Innovation

*'' 20th Century Fox v. Cablevision'' * Aimster *'' Arista v. Lime Wire'' *'' Blizzard v. BNETD'' *'' eBay v. MercExchange'' *'' Macrovision v. Sima'' *'' OdioWorks v Apple'' *'' Paramount v. ReplayTV'' *'' Perfect 10 v. Google'' * ''RealNetworks v. DVD-CCA'' (RealDVD case) *'' US v. ASCAP''

Intellectual property

*'' 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU'' *'' 20th Century Fox v. Cablevision'' *'' ACRA v. Lexmark'' *'' American Airlines v. Farechase Inc. Archive'' *'' Arista v. Lime Wire'' *'' Atlantic v. Howell'' *'' Authors Guild v. Google'' *'' Blackboard v. Hoffman'' *'' Blake v. Google'' *'' Blizzard v. BNETD'' *'' Bowers v. Baystate'' *'' Capitol v. Thomas'' *'' Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc.'' * Chicago Auto Show SHUTDOWN *'' Columbia v. Bunnell'' *'' CoStar v. LoopNet'' *'' Diehl v. Crook'' *'' Echostar v. Freetech'' * Electric Slide Litigation *'' Elektra v. Barker'' *'' Embroidery Software Protection Coalition v. Ebert & Weaver'' *'' Frankel v. Lyons (Barney)'' *'' Gatehouse Media Massachusetts I, Inc. v. The New York Times Co.'' *'' Huntsman v. Soderbergh'' *'' J.K. Harris v. Taxes.com Litigation'' *'' JibJab Media v. Ludlow Music'' ("This Land" Parody) *'' Kelly v. Arriba Soft'' *'' KSR v. Teleflex'' * Landmark and the Internet Archive *'' Lava v. Amurao'' *'' Lexmark v. Static Control Case Archive'' *'' Macrovision v. Sima'' *'' Marvel v. NCSoft'' *'' Medical Week News v. Sanofi-Aventis'' *''

'' *'' MPAA v. The People'' * Napster Cases Archive *'' OdioWorks v Apple'' *'' Online Policy Group v. Diebold'' *'' Perfect 10 v. Google'' *'' Quanta v. LG'' *'' RealNetworks v. DVD-CCA (RealDVD case)'' *'' RIAA v. Charter Communications Archive'' *'' RIAA v. The People'' *'' Righthaven LLC v. Democratic Underground'' *'' Sapient v. Geller'' *'' Snow v. DirecTV'' *'' StorageTek v. Custom Hardware'' * The Betamax Case *'' Tiffany v. eBay'' *''

UMG v. Augusto ''Universal Music Group v. Augusto'' was a federal court case filed by Universal Music Group against Troy Augusto, a man who sold promotional CDs on eBay. UMG claimed that the CDs were their property, and Augusto's sales constituted copyright inf ...

'' *'' US v. ASCAP'' *'' Visa v. JSL Corporation''

Locational privacy

*'' US v Jones''

''No Downtime for Free Speech'' campaign

*'' Chamber of Commerce v. Servin'' * Chicago Auto Show SHUTDOWN *'' Diehl v. Crook'' * Discover Communications and the Spankmaker * Electric Slide Litigation *'' Embroidery Software Protection Coalition v. Ebert & Weaver'' *'' Frankel v. Lyons (Barney)'' *'' Jones Day v Blockshopper'' * Landmark and the Internet Archive *'' Lenz v. Universal'' *'' Medical Week News v. Sanofi-Aventis'' *'' MoveOn, Brave New Films v. Viacom'' *'' OdioWorks v Apple'' *'' Online Policy Group v. Diebold'' *'' Sapient v. Geller'' *'' Savage v. Council on American-Islamic Relations'' *'' SHARK v. PRCA'' *'' Tiffany v. eBay'' *'' USP v. Durkee''

NSA spying

*'' Al-Haramain v. Bush'' *'' CCR v Bush'' *'' First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. NSA'' *'' Hepting v. AT&T'' *'' Jewel v. NSA'' * NSA Multi-District Litigation * NSA Spying - State Administrator Cases *'' Shubert v Bush'' * Verizon / MCI

Patents

*'' eBay v. MercExchange'' *''

In re Bilski ''In re Bilski'', 545 F.3d 943, 88 U.S.P.Q.2d 1385 (Fed. Cir. 2008), was an ''en banc'' decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on the patenting of method claims, particularly business methods. The Federal C ...

'' *'' KSR v. Teleflex'' *'' Merck v. Integra'' *'' Quanta v. LG'' *

PATRIOT Act The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush. The formal name of the statute is the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appro ...

*'' Doe v. Mukasey (Doe v. Gonzalez, Doe v. Ashcroft)''

Privacy

*'' Authors Guild v. Google'' *'' AutoDesk v. ODA'' *''

'' *'' Bunnell v. MPAA'' *'' Burd v. Cole'' *'' Columbia v. Bunnell'' *'' Doe v. Mukasey (Doe v. Gonzalez, Doe v. Ashcroft)'' *'' Echostar v. Freetech'' *'' In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)'' *'' Internet Archive et al v Mukasey et al'' *''

'' *'' Long Haul v Regents of the University of California'' * NSA Multi-District Litigation *'' US v Jones'' *'' US v. Arnold'' *'' US v. Councilman'' *'' US v. Ropp'' *'' Warshak v. United States'' *'' Warshak v. USA'' * Terms Of (Ab)Use * Sony BMG Litigation Info *''

'' *'' US v. Drew''

Travel screening

*'' United States v. Arnold''

Uncategorized

*'' Clement v. California'' *'' Newmark, et al., v. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. et al.''

Historical/miscellaneous cases

* 2600 Mall Case *'' AA v. Farechase'' *'' AlScan v. RemarQ'' *'' American Amusement v. Kendrick'' *'' Autodesk v. Oda'' *'' Avrahami v. USNWR'' * BITS Against the Empire & Spunk Press *'' Blackboard v. Hoffman'' * CMU Censorship *'' CRLP v. DOJ'' *

Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel Laurence A. Canter (born June 24, 1953) and Martha S. Siegel (April 9, 1948 – September 24, 2000) were partners in a husband-and-wife firm of lawyers who posted the first massive commercial Usenet spam on April 12, 1994. This event came shortl ...

*'' Cincinnati BBSers v. Hamilton County'' *'' Clue v. InterNIC'' *'' Compuserve v. Patterson'' *'' DAETC v. FCC'' *'' DCI v. InterNIC'' *'' DISC v. InterNIC'' *'' DOJ v. Microsoft'' * Davis Case * Dennis Watson Case *'' Doe v. SEPTA'' *'' Doe v. MySpace Decision'' * DoubleClick Cases *'' EFGA v. GA'' *'' FBI v. Tucholka Tri Tac'' *'' FCC v. Pacifica'' *'' Ford v. Lane'' *'' Fred Cherry v. DOJ'' *'' Giacalone v. InterNic'' *'' Gilmore v. NSA'' *'' Hollis-Eden v. Wells'' *'' Intel v. Schwartz'' Convicted in 1995 of cracking passwords *'' United States v. Baker'' the U. of Michigan and the FBI *'' Knowledgenet v. InterNIC et al'' *'' Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines'' * LaMacchia * Lotus Cases * Loudon Library *'' MTV v. Curry'' *'' Medinex v. Awe2bad4mdnx'' * Montreal BBSes *'' Multnomah Library v. US'' * PGP & Phil Zimmermann *'' PROFS (Armstrong v. Exec. Offc. of the President)'' *

Phiber Optik Mark Abene (born February 23, 1972) is an American information security expert and entrepreneur, originally from New York City. Better known by his pseudonym Phiber Optik, he was once a member of the hacker groups Legion of Doom and Masters of ...

*'' RIAA v. Diamond'' *'' Roadrunner v. InterNIC'' *'' Rural Metro v. Doe'' * Scientology Cases *'' Sheehan v. Experian'' * Smithsonian *'' Stratton, Oakmont, Porush v. Prodigy'' *'' Toys 'R' Us v. Roadkills-R-Us'' *'' US v. Thomases'' *'' USTA v. FCC''

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