Patents, Pharma, Government: The Unholy Alliance
By Stephan Kinsella The Problem with Intellectual Property The unholy alliance between Big Pharma and the FDA and Federal Government is truly breathtaking to behold….
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Victory! Court Rules That DMCA Does Not Override First Amendment’s Anonymous Speech Protections
By Aaron Mackey Copyright law cannot be used as a shortcut around the First Amendment’s strong protections for anonymous internet users, a federal trial court…
Bring on the Publicity Trolls: Federal Appeal Court Ruling Drastically Undermines Online Speech
By Corynne McSherry In a disastrous ruling for online expression, innovation and competition, a federal appeals court has held that internet intermediaries are on the…
What Cops Understand About Copyright Filters: They Prevent Legal Speech
By Katherine Trendacosta “You can record all you want. I just know it can’t be posted to YouTube,” said an Alameda County sheriff’s deputy to…
The CASE Act, Hidden in the Coronavirus Relief Bill, Is Just the Beginning of the Next Copyright Battle
By Jason Kelley As we feared, the “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act”—the CASE Act—that we’ve been fighting in various forms for two years has…
Today: Tell Congress Not To Bankrupt Internet Users
By Katharine Trendacosta and Jason Kelley We are at a critical juncture in the world of copyright claims. The “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act”—the…
Copyright Filters Are On a Collision Course With EU Data Privacy Rules
By Christoph Schmon The European Union’s controversial new copyright rules are on a collision course with EU data privacy rules. The GDPR guards data protection,…
The House Votes in Favor of Disastrous Copyright Bill
By Katharine Trendacosta It’s Not Too Late: The Senate Can Still Stop the CASE Act The House of Representatives has just voted in favor of…
Ready to Pay $30,000 for Sharing a Photo Online? The House of Representatives Thinks You Are.
By Ernesto Falcon Tomorrow the House of Representatives has scheduled to vote on what appears to be an unconstitutional copyright bill that carries with it…
YouTube’s New Lawsuit Shows Just How Far Copyright Trolls Have to Go Before They’re Stopped
By Katharine Trendacosta YouTube has taken a stand against a particularly pernicious copyright troll who was not only abusing the takedown system to remove content…
A Cycle of Renewal, Broken: How Big Tech and Big Media Abuse Copyright Law to Slay Competition
By Cory Doctorow As long we’ve had electronic mass media, audiences and creators have benefited from periods of technological upheaval that force old gatekeepers to…
What’s Wrong With Intellectual Property?
By corbettreport What is “intellectual property,” exactly? Where does this pernicious idea come from? And how does this philosophical wrong turn lead us not just…
LEAKED PAPER: EU Online Crackdown Even WORSE Than We Thought
By Corbett Report Extras Writer and journalist Glyn Moody joins us today to discuss his recent TechDirt article, “EU Looking To Regulate Everything Online, And…
A Bad Copyright Bill Moves Forward With No Serious Understanding of Its Dangers
By Katharine Trendacosta The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act, aka the CASE Act. This was without any hearings…