In its ruling setting copying fees for news monitor clients who receive newspaper websites’ online story clippings, the UK’s Copyright Tribu… Read more »
Copyright clouds are gathering around Pinterest. And that could make the dreamy image site an unlikely successor to other innovators — from… Read more »
The fate of Google’s massive book scanning project has been up in the air since a legal settlement collapsed last year. New court filings th… Read more »
Scientific journals are threatening to sue inventors and law firms over the academic studies that are part of a typical patent application.… Read more »
In the mid-2000s, a technology called Kaleidescape was all the rage among the Hollywood intelligensia. Fillmakers like Brett Ratner and high… Read more »
In what is becoming a ritual akin to Superbowl Week itself, federal prosecutors today announced the seizure of 16 websites that offered live… Read more »
For decades, publishers have tried and failed to use the law of “hot news” to chase competitors from their stories. This hasn’t dissuaded Pe… Read more »
US agents have finished copying data from servers that contain information on Megaupload, the controversial file-sharing site shut down earl… Read more »
A new lawsuit claims a former Republican presidential candidate used a photo without permission for the cover of his biography, This is Herm… Read more »
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and other search engines “overwhelmingly” direct music fans to illegal copies of copyrighted tracks online, a coalition… Read more »
Media types are claiming that prosecutors will find it hard to pin copyright charges on Kim Dotcom, the 300-pound executive whose website Me… Read more »
Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more »
A New Zealand court today delayed its decision over whether to grant bail to the founder of Megaupload after prosecutors argued that Kim Dot… Read more »
Can a music site sue to find out which of its employees used a blog post to accuse the company of piracy? The blog’s publisher says the anon… Read more »
Don’t expect the European Commission to introduce its own version of America’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Read more »
A day after the SOPA protest on the web, the hacker group Anonymous has taken the blackout theme to a whole new level: in retaliation for th… Read more »
The FBI today unsealed an indictment that charges file-sharing site Megaupload and its executives with a list of criminal charges, including… Read more »
Want the short course on why SOPA is getting such blowback? Clay Shirky breaks it down in this 13-minute talk at the TED offices, explaining… Read more »
The furor over controversial anti-piracy legislation reached a climax on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers began disavowing the Stop Online… Read more »
In a setback for educators and orchestras, the Supreme Court this morning ruled that Congress can place works under copyright that were once… Read more »
Plagiarized editions for sale in Amazon’s Kindle store show how the company is still adapting to the world of original content creation. At… Read more »
A small loophole for Wikipedia’s SOPA and PIPA protest, in which the English-language version of the site has gone dark for 24 hours: the mo… Read more »
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tx), who is leading a push to pass a controversial anti-piracy bill, issued a statement today scolding Wikipedia over it… Read more »
Copyright law can be a dry and wonky subject. Yet it often triggers the raw emotions that come with a debate over immigration policy or Tim… Read more »
In a late Friday press release, the Congressman leading the much-maligned Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) said he would remove a key part of t… Read more »
I had the pleasure of sitting down this week with Bill Patry, one of the country’s top copyright scholars and a leading thinker on digital r… Read more »
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is putting a big bet on China, where its products and services have proven hugely popular, but that could also leave it e… Read more »
Three years after the Associated Press started the News Registry to help publishers track their content online — and make money from reuse… Read more »
A novelty company has ended its dispute with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) in which it had accused the Seattle giant of ripping off its concept for… Read more »
Some countries in Europe, like France, are looking at ways of extending their copyright protection laws to streamed media, in addition to ex… Read more »
FilmOn, the premium-content internet streaming site that met controversy earlier this year over lawsuits involving CBS (NYSE: CBS), CNET, an… Read more »
The owner of the popular Wimpy Kid franchise is suing an upstart publisher for releasing an illustrated “diary” featuring a haggard, blood-s… Read more »
Digital music is now mainstream, thanks in part to the MP3. Will the e-book market be next to produce a one-size-fits-all format-a format th… Read more »
A California appeals court yesterday rejected Universal Music’s claim that video-sharing service Veoh didn’t do enough to protect content ow… Read more »
A prominent Republican this week blamed Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for blocking a new anti-piracy law, saying the company profits from “rogue” webs… Read more »
The debate about controversial anti-piracy legislation is more fevered than ever with both sides slinging rapid-fire press releases decrying… Read more »
The judge in a controversial copyright case between Bloomberg News and watch-maker Swatch has changed his mind about whether it is legal to… Read more »
It’s been more than six years since the Authors Guild first sued Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for scanning books. Today, with a proposed settlement i… Read more »
Righthaven, a firm that made a business out of suing bloggers for posting newspaper articles, could be finished once and for all. Read more »
The entertainment world is buzzing about a viral video that shows A-list artists like Kanye West and Alicia Keyes singing the praises of fil… Read more »
