World’s most notorious copyright troll will have to repay its victims
Prenda Law loses another case.
On Nov 9, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Political candidate steals copyrighted puppy pic for campaign ad
If there’s one thing Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli hates more than sodomy, it’s intellectual property law.
On Oct 25, 2013 by EJ Dickson
Why thousands are protesting a new SOPA that doesn’t yet exist
Activists are worried the bill that outraged the Internet last year may rise again.
On Sep 25, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Industry groups want to copyright the law—this website is fighting them
Public.Resource.org just struck a major blow in favor of making U.S. laws freely available to read.
On Aug 23, 2013 by Aaron Sankin
Comcast picked the worst possible site to send a bogus copyright claim
There’s no better chronicler of copyright abuses on the Internet than TorrentFreak.
On Aug 21, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Law firm caught uploading the same porn it sues Americans for
Prenda Law, which tried to sue Americans for uploading these titles, actually put those videos on the Pirate Bay in the first place.
On Aug 15, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Pirate Party reports minister to police for Instagramming Calvin
Technically, it’s illegal.
On Aug 8, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Fullscreen sued for its creators’ alleged copyright-infringing covers
The National Music Publishers Association also filed a lawsuit against Maker Studios, which is being settled out of court.
On Aug 7, 2013 by [email protected]
Comcast will invite other major ISPs to join its new anti-piracy system
The system would redirect pirates to legitimate sites for buying and streaming media.
On Aug 6, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Comcast may take the copyright alert system into its own hands
Comcast, which owns Universal and NBC, is considering using browser popups to sell pirates on their goods legally.
Twitter’s transparency can’t extend to secret FISA orders
The U.S. makes more requests for data than other governments combined, according to Twitter’s latest transparency report.
On Jul 31, 2013 by Kris Holt
Microsoft asks Google to take down Microsoft.com
Corporations are too busy these days to sniff out copyright infringement, but sometimes bots make mistakes.
On Jul 30, 2013 by Miles Klee
KTVU tries desperately to scrub racist gaffe from YouTube
Streisand Effect strikes again: The station that misreported the pilots’ names from Asiana flight 214 is trying to pretend nothing happened.
On Jul 23, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
Finnish Parliament will vote on crowdsourced copyright bill
Citizen took advantage of the country’s new Open Ministry program, which allows individuals to create a bill online.
On Jul 22, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Copyright industry crushes movie subtitle fansite
A fan-sourced movie subtitle site called UnderTexter.se has been shut down for violating copyright laws.
On Jul 10, 2013 by Gaby Dunn
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