article 15 German proposal to control links to news stories: headlines, 3s of video, 128 pixel thumbnails Cory Doctorow
chromium How DRM has permitted Google to have an "open source" browser that is still under its exclusive control Cory Doctorow
three tier licensing "Open source" companies are playing games with licensing to sneak in proprietary code, freeze out competitors, fight enclosure Cory Doctorow
cockygate Trademark troll who claims to own "Dragon Slayer" now wants exclusive rights to book covers where someone is holding a weapon Cory Doctorow
weak trademarks Cockygate defeated: judge finds "Cocky" trademark for romance titles unenforceable Cory Doctorow
cocky goniff "Cocky" romance novelist embarks on a second career as a trademark troll: will romance writing fall from grace? Cory Doctorow
stupid patents The US Patent Office just (in 2017!) awarded IBM a patent over out-of-office email Cory Doctorow
enclosure US Department of Defense's public domain archive to be privatized, locked up for ten years Cory Doctorow
