Copyright
How to End Abuse of Patents and Help Restore Economic Innovation
A new paper from Lincoln Labs' Derek Khanna lays out a great way to move forward in tech.
Court: Actor Can't Force Removal of Innocence of Muslims Trailer
Performers can't use copyright law as a veto power.
How An Anti-Piracy Law Became a Tool for Online Censorship
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has created new ways to shut down Internet speech.
Blurred Lines: Prepare for Endless Frivolous Copyright Lawsuits
What Pandora's box of litigation did the ruling in favor of Marvin Gaye's estate in the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit open?
Pharrell Williams Testifies in 'Blurred Lines' Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
The recording artist says capturing the feel of a song, or an era, isn't the same as infringing on a copyright.
Saban Trying to Take Down Awesome Power Rangers Bootleg Reboot
Restrictive copyright and IP regimes means you can't re-imagine some of your childhood memories.
Bob Dylan Makes the Case Against Today's Copyright Climate
In a 20 minute speech, Bob Dylan explains how copyright is detrimental to cultural heritage without mentioning the word
Owning Ideas—An Outdated Idea?
Maybe intellectual property in its current form has outlived its expiration date.
Steven Soderbergh, Copyright Hypocrite?
The filmmaker takes one approach to intellectual property in court, another in his own work.
Crazy U.K. Copyright Laws Suppress WWI Soldiers' Letters, Other Historical Documents
How the U.S. and Britain can learn from each other to make unpublished and orphaned works available to the public.
Aereo, the Supreme Court, and the Future of TV
Analog regulations are straining to adapt to an increasingly digital world
When Copyright Smothers Free Expression
By creating a new right in actors' performances, this case may make any number of works unavailable at the behest of actors.
How Writers Coped Without Copyright
Intellectual property and piracy managed to co-exist in 19th-century America.
Prince Sues Fans for Linking to Bootleg Copies of His Music
They didn't host them -- just linked to them
Supreme Court to Hear Case of Online Redistribution of Television Programming
Huge copyright impacts
What Do Ayn Rand, Dr. Seuss, and Buddy Holly Have in Common?
Locked out of the public domain.
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Public Domain
Some mostly-good news on the copyright front.