How international trade agreements threaten our Internet: A primer
Everything you need to know about how governments create harmful copyright policies with international trade agreements. Because the Internet as we know it is in danger.
On Feb 11, 2013 by [email protected]
Government requests for Twitter users’ info are on the rise
Twitter’s second transparency report provides statistics on government requests for users’ info and corporate requests to have tweets taken down.
On Jan 28, 2013 by Kris Holt
3 unintended effects of the Copyright Alerts System
The so-called “six strikes” policy could make your local coffeeshop a hotbed for piracy and effectively kill the Open Wireless Movement.
On Jan 28, 2013 by Kevin Collier
How Victoria’s Secret tried to silence an anti-rape campaign
A recent, popular anti-rape campaign that parodied Victoria’s Secret has helped illustrate the tactics copyright holders use try to knock alleged infringers offline.
On Dec 18, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Single DMCA notice takes down 1.5 million blogs
When Pearson Education Inc. complained about a single blog post, a server responded in the extreme.
On Oct 16, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Microsoft takedown notice accidentally censors BBC, WIkipedia and more
A takedown notice sent in July accidentally caused articles from several respectable sites to be scrubbed from Google’s search results.
On Oct 8, 2012 by Kevin Collier
German Pirate Party member stops people from pirating her book
Critics suggest Julia Schramm is using the tactics she writes against to sell her book.
On Sep 19, 2012 by Michelle Jaworski
Artist sues Twitter to protect copyright
Christopher Boffoli claims he issued takedown requests that were ignored.
On Sep 12, 2012 by Aja Romano
Photobucket shuts down Reddit’s nude-photo thieves
After a string of bad publicity, Photobucket is fighting fusking—the act of stealing and posting private nude photos—with a security overhaul and DMCA takedown requests.
On Aug 16, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Scripps News Network temporarily blacks out NASA Curiosity video on YouTube
A NASA video from Monday’s historic Mars Rover landing was briefly taken down from YouTube due to a news agency’s copyright claim.
On Aug 6, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
More clips of Obama singing Al Green removed from YouTube
Is BMG trying to hide its political motivations?
On Jul 18, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Obama campaign gets boost from unfair DMCA claim
Is BMG using copyright to support the president?
On Jul 17, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Dirty digital politics: How users manipulate Twitter to silence foes
Conservative political commentators Leah Sarent and Chris Loesch were temporarily barred from Twitter after allegedly being mass-tagged by opponents as spam.
On Jun 12, 2012 by Kris Holt
Dot Dot Dot: Everything online is subject to remixing
Creativity find its greatest outlets on the Web, as art imitates life and vice versa.
On May 31, 2012 by Nicholas White
Google hit with a staggering 350,000 DMCA takedown requests every week
Microsoft leads the way, with 94,415 requests last week alone.
On May 28, 2012 by Kevin Collier
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