copyright A federal judge declared that a famous song about public property is still private property Thom Dunn
copyright A pair of musicians recorded every possible MIDI melody just to get around copyright law Thom Dunn
Copyfight A copyright troll took down one of our favorite Tumblrs. Here's why it could happen to you. Xeni Jardin
politics Copyright Office head fired after failing to bless copyright exemption for Big Tech's AI training Rob Beschizza
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
security One Weird Law That Interferes With Security Research, Remix Culture, and Even Car Repair Kit Walsh
Old school "IBM PC Compatible": how adversarial interoperability saved PCs from monopolization Cory Doctorow
law Countries with longer copyright terms have access to fewer books (pay attention, Canada!) Cory Doctorow
eff Adversarial interoperability: reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today's monopolies Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The Canadian government has released the surprisingly sensible results of its extensive, year-long review of copyright law Michael Geist
eu We lost the fight for balance in the EU's Copyright Directive, but here's what we won Cory Doctorow