The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.

I can’t believe this, but it happened again. Almost exactly a decade ago, Tim Cushing wrote about a bonkers story out of the UK in which a passport applicant who’s middle name was ̶…

The publishers’ lawsuit against our library is featured in the latest episode of “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast.”

The Court, sitting as the Full Court, holds that the general and indiscriminate retention of IP addresses does not necessarily constitute a serious interference with fundamental rights.

Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, is basically saying that he can’t make his product unless he steals from others.

Here are two separate stories regarding the mess that is modern copyright law, that is now mostly “mediated” by companies that half-ass randomly deal with things and sometimes do not. While this is…

Back in 2019 we noted how the streaming sector risked driving consumers back to piracy if they didn’t heed the lessons of the past. We explored how the rush to raise rates, nickel-and-dime us…

D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Virginia Woolf's Orlando and W.E.B. Du Bois' Dark Princess are among the works entering the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024.

A little over a month ago we told the Copyright Office in a comment that there was no role for copyright law to play when it comes to training AI systems. In fact, on the whole there’s little for c…

A long watch, but fascinating. Another side of the enshittification of youtube that is happening right now.

Every sub-1,000 stream will still generate revenue for the company — but now, that revenue will not be shared.

There’s no way to write this article without some people yelling angrily at me, so I’m just going to highlight that point up front: many, many people are going to disagree with this article, and I’…

When people can repair their devices, they don't buy new ones. When people don't buy new devices, Apple doesn't sell them new devices.

"A totally unreasonable proposal."

“Human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright.”

Time to get with the program... before artificial intelligence does

It's complicated. So we reached out to legal experts for some definitive answers.

The National Music Publishers Assn., acting on behalf of 17 major music publishers, is filing a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter for its failure to license and pay

We’ve noted repeatedly that as the streaming sector grows and consolidates, it’s revealing many of the same problems we saw inherent in traditional, shitty, cable TV. As in the need to …

A recent ruling against the Internet Archive for copyright infringement threatens a treasured and critical public institution: our libraries.