UPDATE – December 20, 2024 We won! Earlier this week the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion that thoroughly rejects the district court’s dangerous interpretation of copyright law. Recall that, under … Read more
This week, the House Judiciary Committee is expected to mark up the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2426). While the bill is designed to … Read more
Today, EU lawmakers voted to adopt new copyright rules, on which we had been engaged for over three years. Here’s a statement from Raegan MacDonald, Mozilla’s Head of EU Public … Read more
After almost three years of debate and activism, EU lawmakers are expected to give their final approval to new EU copyright rules this week. Ahead of that vote, it’s timely … Read more
Yesterday the EU institutions concluded ‘trialogue’ negotiations on the EU Copyright directive, a procedural step that makes the final adoption of the directive a near certainty. Here’s a statement from … Read more
Today marks a very sad day for the internet in Europe. Lawmakers in the European Parliament have just voted to turn their backs on key principles on which the internet … Read more
On Wednesday 12 September, Members of the European Parliament will hold a crucial vote on new copyright rules that could fundamentally damage the internet in Europe. If adopted, the new … Read more
The European Parliament has today heard the voice of European citizens and voted against proposals that would have dealt a hammer blow to the open internet in Europe. By a … Read more
On 20 June the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee (JURI) approved its report on the copyright directive, sending the controversial and dangerous copyright reform into its final stages of lawmaking. … Read more
The technology industry was dealt a major setback when the Federal Circuit recently decided in Oracle v. Google that Google’s use of Java “declaring code” was not a fair use. … Read more
At Mozilla, we work to advance a healthy internet, because the internet sits at the heart of our global society and economy. In January of 2017, we published our first … Read more
For the past several months, the U.S. Copyright Office has been collecting comments on a part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), specifically related to intermediary liability and safe … Read more