The Electronic Frontier Foundation has just filed a lawsuit that challenges the Constitutionality of Section 1201 of the DMCA, the “Digital Rights Management” provision of…
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I just received this from Pinterst. Ignoring the fact that I don’t recall ever pinning a blank 200×200 jpg (as why would I,) but even…
Wait, what! I thought this had been settled years ago. Guess not… The case is now pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
Two recent headlines showing the utter preposterousness of automated DMCA takedown notices: HarperCollins Accuses Apple of eBook Piracy Due to so many news outlets reporting…
By allowing limited use of copyrighted material for things like criticism, review, commentary, parody, or just personal non-commercial use, fair use has a widespread and…
New legislation sponsored by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Jared Polis (D-CO) takes a broader approach to the issue. In…
My Creative Commons licensed, 2013 novel Homeland, the sequel to my 2008 novel Little Brother, spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and got great reviews…
Copyfighter, journalist, sci-fi writer and Boing-Boing editor Cory Doctorow has fallen victim to the almighty content empire of Rupert Murdoch. In an attempt to remove…
When it comes to YouTube forget about the concept of fair use in certain circumstances: When content is removed from the Internet following a DMCA…