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Chilling Effects Clearinghouse              Chilling Effects Clearinghouse > Home  Quick Search: Site Guide Clearinghouse Topics: Copyright and DMCA Fan Fiction John Doe Anonymity Linking Patent Protest, Parody and Criticism Trade Secret Trademark Topic maintained by Chilling EffectsChilling Effects Clearinghouse
A joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, George Washington School of Law, and Santa Clara University School of Law clinics.
Do you know your online rights? Have you received a letter asking you to remove information from a Web site or to stop engaging in an activity? Are you concerned about liability for information that someone else posted to your online forum? If so, this site is for you.
Chilling Effects aims to help you understand the protections that the First Amendment and intellectual property laws give to your online activities. We are excited about the new opportunities the Internet offers individuals to express their views, parody politicians, celebrate their favorite movie stars, or criticize businesses. But we've noticed that not everyone feels the same way. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some individuals and corporations are using intellectual property and other laws to silence other online users. Chilling Effects encourages respect for intellectual property law, while frowning on its misuse to "chill" legitimate activity.
The website offers background material and explanations of the law for people whose websites deal with topics such as Fan Fiction, Copyright, Domain Names and Trademarks,
Anonymous Speech, and Defamation.
In addition, we want your help. We are gathering a searchable database of Cease and Desist notices sent to Internet users like you. We invite you to input Cease and Desist letters that you've received into our database, to document the chill. We will respond by linking the legalese in the letters to FAQs that explain the allegations in plain English.
Periodically, we issue "weather reports" assessing the climate for Internet activity based on the letters we receive and news reports. What areas (topics, legal categories, jurisdictions) are coolest to online conduct? What activities risk being frozen out altogether? What conduct gets the warmest reception?
Getting Started:
The Chilling Effects Clearinghouse contains multiple topic areas. Choose a topic area to view its introduction, Frequently Asked Questions, and annotated Cease & Desist notices, along with reference material and recent news links.
If you are visiting because you have received a Cease & Desist notice, we invite you to input your notice in the database. Questions on the submission form will help to categorize your letter, and then guide you toward topic areas for further information. Once the notice is in our database, clinical law students will be able to annotate it with questions and answers.
Sample Cease and Desist Letter with Analysis
Conceived and developed at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Chilling Effects is a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and clinics at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center, Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society, Boalt Hall's Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic, and other law schools across the country.
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For more information, see the Frequently Asked Questions about Chilling Effects Clearinghouse. Recently Linked Cease & DesistsIndividual complains of photo use in video , [Individual], October 1, 2008Chanels Spots Alleged Imposters, Chanel, Inc., September 23, 2008Photographer complains of link, thumbnail, [photographer], September 1, 2008Counter-Notification to Perfect 10 Takedown, Porn613.net, August 26, 2008New York Times Wrestles Down Copy, The New York Times Company, August 25, 2008Don't Pimp My Infrastructure Link, Opus Solutions, August 22, 2008ProgRock Claims Pirating's Not on the Program, ProgRock Records, August 13, 2008more Weather Reports DMCA "Repeat Infringers": Scientology Critic's Account Reinstated after Counter-Notification, Wendy Seltzer, June 6, 2008Blue Jeans Cable Not Cowed by Monster's Roar, Wendy Seltzer, April 15, 2008Air Force DMCA-Bombs YouTube, Wendy Seltzer, from a report at Wired's Threat Level, March 7, 2008Here Comes Another Takedown, Wendy Seltzer, December 19, 2007Best Buy Apologizes For Cease & Desist Letter to Laughing Squid Blog, Wendy Seltzer, via Scott Beale of Laughing Squid, December 12, 2007more Related ResourcesCease and Desist, (introduction)Build Your Own DMCA Counter-Notice, (form)Letter to Warner Brothers: A Night in Casablanca, Groucho Marx (letter)"The Progress of Science and Useful Arts": Why copyright today threatens intellectual freedom, Free Expression Policy Project (policy paper)illegal-art.org, Stay Free!moreChilling Effects Clearinghouse - www.chillingeffects.orgdisclaimer / privacy / about us & contacts |
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