It's Now Legal to Hack DRM to Repair Your Own Devices
In a blow to manufacturers that use digital rights management (DRM) protections to prevent consumers from tinkering…
Senate Unanimously Passes Music Modernization Act, Improving Artist Payouts From Streaming GiantsÂ
The Senate cleared a bill late on Tuesday, the Music Modernization Act, that will dramatically restructure the way…
Kim Dotcom Is Almost Entirely Out of Chances to Avoid Being Extradited to the US
Kim Dotcom, the former founder of defunct file hosting service Megaupload and its successor Mega, just lost another…
Wikipedia Italy Blocks All Articles in Protest of EU's Ruinous Copyright Proposals
Last month, members of European Parliament voted to move forward with a sweeping overhaul of the European Union’s…
USPS Ordered to Pay $3.5 Million After Putting Artist's Weird 'Sexier' Lady Liberty on Stamps
The US Postal Service will have to pay a sculptor who recreated the Statue of Liberty for a New York-themed Las Vegas…
The End of All That's Good and Pure About the Internet
We regret to inform you that the internet is on red alert once again. On Wednesday, the EU’s Legislative Committee…
The Founding Fathers of the Internet Plead With EU to Squash Its Bad Copyright Bill
Once again European lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that promises to change the internet as we know it. Experts say…
How 1960s Film Pirates Sold Movies Before the FBI Came Knocking
It was a Friday evening in 1975, and Woody Wise was driving from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, with his two kids in the…
Spotify Agrees to Fork Over $112 Million to Artists in Class Action Settlement
Spotify has faced a number of accusations regarding violations of copyright in recent years and this week saw one of…
E-Waste Innovator Will Go to Jail for Making Windows Restore Disks That Only Worked With Valid Licenses
California man Eric Lundgren, an electronic waste entrepreneur who produced tens of thousands of Windows restore disks…
Eventbrite's Bonkers 10,000 Word User Agreement Allows It to Film, Own Copyright From Any Event [Updated: Not Anymore]
Eventbrite is one of the largest event hosting platforms on the planet. It’s been used to plan millions of events in…
Pepe the Frog Creator Files Lawsuit Against Infowars
Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog, is continuing his copyright war against the alt-right by targeting Alex…
Danish Man Convicted of Telling Web Users Where to Download Popcorn Time
A Danish man has been handed down a six-month conditional sentence for merely sharing information about Popcorn Time,…
Man’s YouTube Video of White Noise Hit With Five Copyright Claims
Sebastian Tomczak is a music technologist and professor who likes to upload random experiments to YouTube. One of his…
The DMCA Is Broken and It’s Stopping Fans from Saving Abandoned Games
Videos games are a relatively new medium, so most people don’t think about what happens to them post-release, years…
Oracle Exec Unloads on Google, Accuses Search Giant of Supporting Sex Trafficking
As public and political sentiment shifts against the titans of Silicon Valley, the tech world’s tactics in Washington…
Redbox's Crafty Workaround for Stocking Disney Movies Backfires With Lawsuit
Not only is Redbox still around, it kicked off a big expansion this year. And on Thursday, The Walt Disney Company…
Who Actually Owns Your Content When You Post It to the Web
Thanks to the wonders of the web, you can get your content up and in front of an audience of millions in seconds—but…
The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales
The European Commission paid €360,000 (about $428,000) for a study on how piracy impacts the sales of copyrighted…
The Fight Over DRM Standards for Streaming Video Is Over and Big Business Won
A fight over the future of video streaming has been brewing for years—and it finally came to a head today, with a major…