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
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
Copyfight The EU hired a company that had been lobbying for the Copyright Directive to make a (completely batshit) video to sell the Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Artists against Article 13: when Big Tech and Big Content make a meal of creators, it doesn't matter who gets the bigger piece Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The worst possible version of the EU Copyright Directive has sparked a German uprising Cory Doctorow