Mitch Stoltz

Lawyer doing IP, free speech, antitrust/competition at @EFF. Preserving what's best about the Internet. Views are my own. Also at

[EFF @EFF]

The court-ordered fix for Google's search monopoly is a big disappointment. No structural changes to Google. No ban on Google paying billions to Apple, others for default placement. Users' sensitive search queries for sale to competitors with uncertain privacy protections.

[Mitch Stoltz @mitchstoltz]

Well, it's finally happened—site blocking bills are back. Tell Congress it's still a terrible idea. https://t.co/Mhka8jM17r

[EFF @EFF]

The DOJ and states have a plan to unlock competition in internet search, undoing Google's monopoly. It's a strong plan - but the court should do more to protect users' privacy. https://t.co/9ac1HCXqcN

[EFF @EFF]

Laws against stripping DRM from an audiobook to listen to it privately via different software is “another example of how anti-circumvention laws interfere with consumers’ rights of ownership over the things they buy," EFF’s @mitchstoltz told @arstechnica. https://t.co/VNzfKTvGQX

[EFF @EFF]

It seems like lawmakers have learned nothing because new site-blocking laws for copyright were once again written in secret by a handful of industry representatives. That was unacceptable in 2012, and it’s even more unacceptable in 2025. https://t.co/rzd5InZA7M

[Mitch Stoltz @mitchstoltz]

This is perhaps a good time to reiterate that I boycott all Mel Gibson movies that don't have Tina Turner in them.

[EFF @EFF]

We are proud to have joined two briefs supporting Fubo's antitrust fight to offer real choice to sports viewers. We're disappointed that Fubo abandoned that fight and agreed to be acquired by Disney. Streaming should be an escape from Big Media, not cable by another name.

[Mitch Stoltz @mitchstoltz]

@matthewstoller Matt, I'm with you on the rest, but I wish you could at least acknowledge that AI training probably doesn't violate copyright, at least under current law. We can disagree on what the law should be, but that's not what you're doing here.

[Mitch Stoltz @mitchstoltz]

Thank you, @sonic! Worth the wait. And we've escaped from the Death Star.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

It’s weird that the Democratic ticket apparently thinks that a good way to court working class voters is to deploy the party’s billionaire tech donors to demand the firing of an antitrust regulator.

[EFF @EFF]

Copyright is not a tool to punish and silence a critic. That’s why EFF is defending concerned parent Zachary Parrish against a suit by the controversial religious education program LifeWise. https://t.co/C983pWpl0t

[Mitch Stoltz @mitchstoltz]

We sued a local TV station in Waltham, MA for sending false DMCA takedowns against citizen journalists. https://t.co/Z5k62RqH8Q

[EFF @EFF]

Fair use is important to documentary filmmakers—even if the documentary is Tiger King. https://t.co/t4CsojCwX0

[EFF @EFF]

Hey @motionpictures, if you want to force US ISPs to do China-style website blocking, you don't respect the First Amendment. https://t.co/7V9QaHeMMS

[EFF @EFF]

There’s not much time left -- please show your support for EFF and our “How to Fix the Internet” podcast in the Anthem Awards Community Voice competition, and help spread our vision of a brighter tech future for us all! https://t.co/0gvihTin1l

[David Wolpe @RabbiWolpe]

1/3 Resigning, a Hanukkah Message: As of today I have resigned from the antisemitism advisory committee at Harvard. Without rehashing all of the obvious reasons that have been endlessly adumbrated online, and with great respect for the members of the committee, the short explanation is that both events on campus and the painfully inadequate testimony reinforced the idea that I cannot make the sort of difference I had hoped.  Still, there are several points worth making. I believe Claudine Gay to be both a kind and thoughtful person.  Most of the students here wish only to get an education and a job, not prosecute ideological agendas, and there are many, many honorable, thoughtful and good people at the institution.  Harvard is still a repository of extraordinary minds and important research.

[EFF @EFF]

Copyright trolls are still abusing internet users. We're telling the Supreme Court not to make things worse by letting trolls dig up copyright claims from years and years ago. https://t.co/SNUf6CUkwm

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

If there was a city council meeting at which rightwingers said anything remotely as evil, stupid, wrong, and indefensible as this every single major media outlet would run it constantly and every Republican politician would be asked to condemn it. Even if you think I’m wrong, most conservatives agree will agree with me in whole or in part. Refusal to condemn this sort of garbage is a poison pill for the center left.

[Re:Create Coalition @recreateco]

TLDR: monsters in the public domain (Dracula, Frankenstein) are ok but applying makeup like Hollywood characters (Corpse Bride, Pennywise) for Halloween is copyright infringement

The spookiest thing about this analysis is that they're completely serious
https://t.co/55lWuEEPIT

[Mitch Stoltz @mitchstoltz]

So excited to see @sonic pulling fiber in my neighborhood! I'm hoping this means the wait is over. Also, being up in the cherrypicker while the truck drives down the street looks fun.