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Industry groups want to copyright the law—this website is fighting them

Public.Resource.org just struck a major blow in favor of making U.S. laws freely available to read.

On Aug 23, 2013 by Aaron Sankin

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Comcast picked the worst possible site to send a bogus copyright claim

There's no better chronicler of copyright abuses on the Internet than TorrentFreak. 

On Aug 21, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Law firm caught uploading the same porn it sues Americans for

Prenda Law, which tried to sue Americans for uploading these titles, actually put those videos on the Pirate Bay in the first place.

On Aug 15, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Pirate Party reports minister to police for Instagramming Calvin

Technically, it's illegal.

On Aug 8, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Fullscreen sued for its creators’ alleged copyright-infringing covers

The National Music Publishers Association also filed a lawsuit against Maker Studios, which is being settled out of court.

On Aug 7, 2013 by [email protected]

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Comcast will invite other major ISPs to join its new anti-piracy system

The system would redirect pirates to legitimate sites for buying and streaming media.

On Aug 6, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Comcast may take the copyright alert system into its own hands

Comcast, which owns Universal and NBC, is considering using browser popups to sell pirates on their goods legally.

On Aug 6, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Twitter’s transparency can’t extend to secret FISA orders

The U.S. makes more requests for data than other governments combined, according to Twitter's latest transparency report.

On Jul 31, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Microsoft asks Google to take down Microsoft.com

Corporations are too busy these days to sniff out copyright infringement, but sometimes bots make mistakes. 

On Jul 30, 2013 by Miles Klee

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KTVU tries desperately to scrub racist gaffe from YouTube

Streisand Effect strikes again: The station that misreported the pilots' names from Asiana flight 214 is trying to pretend nothing happened.

On Jul 23, 2013 by Fidel Martinez

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Finnish Parliament will vote on crowdsourced copyright bill

Citizen took advantage of the country's new Open Ministry program, which allows individuals to create a bill online. 

On Jul 22, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Copyright industry crushes movie subtitle fansite

A fan-sourced movie subtitle site called UnderTexter.se has been shut down for violating copyright laws.

On Jul 10, 2013 by Gaby Dunn

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The “Wild Things” sequel is never going to happen

The Maurice Sendak estate sent this Kickstarter campaign to its room without any supper.

On Jul 8, 2013 by Fidel Martinez

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France slaps convicted pirate with 15-day Internet suspension

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 days offline after uploading a song by the pop group Collectif Metisse, copyrighted by Universal.

On Jun 17, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Russia moves forward with SOPA-like copyright bill

A new bill would allow copyright holders to take down websites that don't respond to their requests within 3 days.

On Jun 14, 2013 by Kevin Collier