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  • Last verified: 2026-06-25

Mitch Stoltz

Summary

Mitch Stoltz is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who focuses on copyright, trademark, antitrust, telecommunications, and free speech, with particular work fighting the use of copyright as a tool for censorship and keeping the internet open for creativity and innovation.

Verified Facts

  • The official EFF biography describes Stoltz as a Senior Staff Attorney.
  • He focuses on copyright, trademark, antitrust, telecommunications, and free speech.
  • He has worked for years to fight the use of copyright as a tool for censorship.
  • He works to keep the internet open for creativity and innovation.
  • Before his career as an attorney, Stoltz was Chief Security Engineer at Netscape and Mozilla.org.
  • He has a JD from Boston University School of Law and a BA in Public Policy Analysis and Computer Science from Pomona College.
  • Before joining EFF, he worked on copyright and antitrust litigation for high-tech clients.
  • He has spoken on the history of the free software and open source movements and the practical and ethical issues they face.

Relevance to Open Source and Software Companies

Stoltz's combination of technical security background and legal expertise in intellectual property makes him directly relevant to open source companies facing copyright abuse, trademark disputes, or attempts to use IP law to suppress software distribution. His specific work on the free software movement and open source licensing ethics makes him a key contact for companies in this space.

Relationships

  • PERSON-MITCH-STOLTZ cites SRC-STOLTZ-EFF-BIO.
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Research Debt

  • Document specific cases handled relevant to open source.
  • Add detail on workshop presentation on free software movement ethics and licensing.
  • Document how open source companies can reach EFF for copyright-related issues.