There is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens.…
Category: Politics & Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DconsfGsXyA Published on Mar 25, 2013 Cody R Wilson has figured out how to print a semi-automatic rifle from the comfort of his own home. Now…
With the possibility of comprehensive copyright reform in the US in the air, we warned that lobbyists from all sides were about to be very, very busy on Capitol…
Over at Rolling Stone, the spectacular Matt Taibbi has been taking a look at issues of privacy and secrecy when it comes to the US…
This is all over the social web this morning but in case you’ve missed it: Today’s decision vindicates the “first sale” doctrine, which allows the…
For close on six years the dizzying file-sharing case of the RIAA vs Jammie Thomas-Rasset has been winding its way back and forth through the…
From Playbill.com: A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Central California filed on March 11 a ruling…
Cory Doctorow’s latest article in The Guardian addresses the idea of putting DRM in HTML5. Here however is what I find to be the most…
Media Shift has a great article regarding used eBook sales. You should read the whole article but I’d like to highlight one point that’s made…
Maybe if we stopped saying "copy" everywhere we’d find a way to fix copyright? This control over those enjoying and using cultural works was neither…