EFF Urges Congress to Reject Copyright Office Small Claims Bill as 'Devastating'

Copyright legislation Congress is considering could “have devastating effects on regular Internet users and little-to-no effect on true infringers,” Electronic Frontier Foundation Policy and Activism Manager Katharine Trendacosta wrote Monday. EFF urged supporters to tell Congress not to pass the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (see 1909110030). The “obscure” board envisioned by the bill would have “enormous power” to levy huge penalties against “ordinary Americans,” she wrote.