The U.S. Copyright Office recently proposed a seemingly small addition to copyright law that bears some huge implications. It wants to enable copyright holders to protect unauthorized versions of their work from hyperlinks. You read that right: it could soon be illegal simply to link to certain content.
You might have seen over the weekend that Dropbox is capable of telling whether you’re sharing copyrighted files over its cloud service—without even actually looking at your stuff. But in fact, it’s been able to do that for years.
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Popcorn Time surfaced earlier this week and was quickly labeled “the Netflix of piracy”, providing easy access to illegal movies via a sophisticated-looking app. Fast-forward a few days after its … Continue reading
While 2 Live Crew is arguably best remembered for their on-stage antics and contentious court battle against obscenity charges, the Miami-based hip-hop group actually played a vital part in creating the Internet we know today—even if they didn’t realize it at the time.
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The legal saga of Megaupload and its founder Kim Dotcom has been going on for a long time now. Earlier in the case, the warrant that was used to arrest … Continue reading
The Court of Justice of the European Union has handed down a ruling this week that was an important one for the internet as we know it. The court was … Continue reading
A court in the Netherlands has tossed out a cases against a Dutch man who uploaded more than 5,000 ebooks to The Pirate Bay, saying the matter isn’t criminal and … Continue reading
Following its successful trademarking of the word “candy”, Candy Crush Saga maker King has been accused of deliberately copying the game Scamperghost by Stolen Goose’s Matthew Cox in a write … Continue reading
Today, DRM fears
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Copyright has officially expired for the original set of works surrounding the sleuth known as Sherlock Holmes according to a US Federal Judge this week. This includes the original 50 … Continue reading
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