Today, Mozilla released our transparency report. Transparency and openness are among Mozilla’s founding principles and a key part of who we are and how we operate: from our open, auditable … Read more
In today’s policy discussions around intellectual property, the term ‘rightsholder’ is often misconstrued as someone who supports maximalist protection and enforcement of intellectual property, instead of someone who simply holds … Read more
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) should be reformed to help promote openness online. We’ve made this case before, posting about section 1201 on the circumvention of technological protection measures. … Read more
The Mozilla Manifesto has as its second principle, “The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible.” The Internet is the most significant social and technological … Read more
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), like many modern trade deals, encompasses complex aspects of Internet policy, yet the voice of the Internet community is excluded from the nearly decade long negotiations. … Read more
Last year was a big year for the open Web: net neutrality became a mainstream phrase in the United States, data retention and surveillance were hotly contested at government levels … Read more
At Mozilla, we believe that users trust products more when companies build in transparency and user control. Earned trust can drive a virtuous cycle of adoption, while conversely, mistrust created … Read more
Last year, we unveiled the Mozilla Open Software Patent License as part of our Initiative to help limit the negative impacts that patents have on open source software. While those … Read more
This was originally posted at StaySafeOnline.org in advance of Data Privacy Day. Data Privacy Day – which arrives in just a week – is a day designed to raise awareness … Read more
Today a United States appellate court in Washington, D.C. [heard] oral arguments over a lawsuit challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent net neutrality order. We filed a joint amicus … Read more
The British Government has proposed legislation that would expand the surveillance capabilities of law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The draft omnibus Investigatory Powers Bill purports to modernise and update surveillance … Read more
In April, I wrote about the challenges the patent system presents to open source software development. I believed then that Mozilla needed to do more by leveraging our mission and … Read more