copyright Watch a video essay on UK copyright law made entirely out of clips from The Simpsons Thom Dunn

Copyfight Americans should definitely be worried about the EU's new copyright rules Cory Doctorow

Copyfight CBC sues Canada's Conservative Party for using short debate clips in campaign materials Cory Doctorow

copyright South Africa is considering a new copyright bill that is really, really good! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Portugal passes the world's first reasonable DRM law Cory Doctorow

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

book reviews Brittle Joints is a beautiful and harrowing graphic memoir about chronic pain Thom Dunn

News "I don't have conversations about conversations" — Kristi Noem says about her made-up encounter with Kim Jong-Un Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump UK court throws out Trump's case over Steele dossier despite Trump insisting he did not "hire prostitutes to engage in 'golden showers'" Rob Beschizza

elon musk Judge rejects Elon Musk's full self-dealing pay package Jason Weisberger

News A first-hand account of how bad the Cybertruck is Jason Weisberger

politics Appeals court tosses conviction of black man whose judge said "this guy looks like a criminal to me" Rob Beschizza

lawsuit "Groundless lifetime ban" prevents grocer with a drug-dealing conviction from serving neighbors who rely on food stamps Mark Frauenfelder

censorship Watch the 2 Live Crew perform in front of a befuddled and disgruntled audience at the Phil Donahue Show in 1990 Jennifer Sandlin

Comics Why do the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book still struggle to catch on? Thom Dunn

science fiction Flux is a dizzying, dazzling debut novel about trauma, time travel, and 80s cop shows Thom Dunn

books In LA this weekend? Come to the California International Antiquarian Book Fair Mark Frauenfelder

animation Netflix used AI to replace workers, announces new anti-password sharing plan Thom Dunn