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When Annabelle Narey posted a negative review of a building firm on Mumsnet, the last thing on her mind was copyright infringement
It's the open secret of the modern online copyright system: When it comes to matters of leaving content up or taking it down, algorithms frequently make the most crucial decisions.
This easy-to-understand resource is a part of CDT's work to help startups make smart decisions and better understand the legislative landscape around managing user data.
Computers should not treat their owners as adversaries.
Fueled by recent public and private efforts to improve access to scholarly works, academic libraries and archives are increasingly digitizing their special col
On October 28, 2015, the LOC reported a new set of regulations regarding exemptions to the DMCA provision that prohibits circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted...
After years of debate over the Library of Congress' failure to adapt to changing digital technology, the resignation of its longest-serving Librarian represents a new opportunity to move into the digital age.
The Environmental Protection Agency should have listened to Ron Weasley’s dad. In the Harry Potter books and films, Arthur Weasley is a bureaucrat in...
One could be forgiven for thinking of the “Dancing Baby” case as a thing of the past. It seems a long time ago that a district court affirmed that the music heard in the background (for only 29 seconds) of a video in which Stephanie Lenz’s baby is dancing — the music was Prince’s “Let’s … Continue reading Ignore fair use at your peril! →
The Entertainment Software Association doesn’t want anyone to restore the functionality of older videogames that are no longer supported by their publisher, because, says ESA, this is “hacking,” and
Okay, I’ve got a story. It’s a sort of scary one. I think independent/self-publishing authors need to know about it, and telling it carefully and correctly is also important for my own situat…
Today, most observers would tell you the piracy fight has reached a standstill. It's easy to take down infringing links from platforms like Google and YouTube, and a string of international...
Earlier this week, we learned about the latest in DMCA takedown notice scandals: Randy Queen using them to get posts about his work taken down from the Escher Girls tumblr. This is not how the DMCA is supposed to be used. And, in theory, it has mechanisms to prevent that. But they aren't winning the battle. Abusers…