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May 25, 2012
Is Google Censoring Links?
Not too long ago, there was talk that the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Recording Industry Association of America might sue Google, claiming that the web behemoth has used its search engine service to shape the online music market in a way trade groups do not like. T ... More >>
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May 16, 2012
IP Address Does Not Even ID a State, Judge Decides in Landmark BitTorrent Lawsuit
Just a few weeks after a New York judge decided that an internet protocol address is not enough evidence for lawsuits against accused illegal file-sharers, a California judge has ruled that an IP address can't even pinpoint one's state. As detailed by CNET, the judge tossed out lawsuits against 15 ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Can You Get Sued for File Sharing on Your WiFi Network?
If you own an open WiFi connection, you might have worried whether you're liable for any copyright infringement taking place on that network -- even if you didn't do it. In a ruling that has caught the attention of lawmakers and attorneys worldwide, a Finnish court just ruled that owners of open Wi ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
The Pirate Bay: Soon To Be Banned?
The Pirate Bay has taken some hard hits in the past few months. Though the file-sharing site announced in February that it would delate torrents and move entirely to magnet links, law enforcement has continued to mobilize against the operation. In March, for instance, a leaked doc suggested Swed ... More >>
News
April 4, 2012
Hunter Moore Makes a Living Screwing You
The hated revenge-porn profiteer says he wants to teach a lesson with his web site. How long before the 26-year-old learns one himself?
Blogs
March 16, 2012
SOPA: Has It Returned?
In what's being called a "SOPA-style blackout," an Indian court has demanded that the subcontinent's internet service providers ban 104 websites said to feature "unauthorized" media -- bolstering similar efforts in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Chris Dodd, chair and CEO of the Motion Pictur ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Megaupload Co-Founder Mathias Ortmann Out on Bail; Kim Dotcom Still Jailed
Mathias Ortmann, who was arrested during the January bust of Megaupload, has been released on bail in New Zealand. Meanwhile, the U.S. is trying to bring him to the States to stand trial for internet piracy charges, TorrentFreak reports. Ortmann was supposed to get out earlier -- he was actually e ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Feds Seize 16 More Domains as Part of "Operation Fake Sweep"
A 28-year-old Michigan man named Yonjo Quiroa has been arrested and charged with criminal copyright infringement for running nine websites that streamed, among other things, licensed content from the NFL. Quiroa is the lastest in a string of highly public copyright-related arrests, following ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Breaking: PIPA Senate Vote Postponed
PIPA might soon perish. The Senate planned to vote on highly polemic PIPA on Tuesday, but Majority Leader Harry Reid just announced that he would postpone action on the anti-piracy bill, according to the Wall Street Journal. And if the downward spiral recent trajectory of the bill is any indicati ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Breaking: SOPA, PIPA Lose Co-Sponsors, Might Be Stopped in Congress
After thousands of popular websites went offline today and many more individuals took to the Twitterverse to protest SOPA and PIPA, several co-sponsors of the anti-piracy bills have just withdrawn their support, telling reporters that they were worried about the legislations' impact on free speech, ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Lamar Smith: SOPA Author, Copyright Violator
Have you heard of SOPA? Of course you have. Have you heard of Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who in October filed SOPA -- which promotes harsher penalties and even jail time for people caught violating copyright laws, and is basically the reason that today you can't access Wikipedia and Re ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2011
Should You Be Able to Trash-Talk Your Dentist on Yelp?
There's an interesting case in the news today involving New York dentist Stacy Makhnevich, who is facing a class-action lawsuit from Robert Lee, a former patient. Makhnevich, who calls herself "the Classical Singer Dentist of New York," treated Lee for a toothache, but not before he signed a contrac ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 2, 2011
TRUE ORIGINAL
Sherrie Levine gets a major retrospective
Blogs
March 4, 2011
Sports Fans Shut Out: Channelsurfing.net Owner Brian McCarthy Busted for Alleged Video Piracy
To the dismay of sports fans, when they now click on channelsurfing.net for free, pirated NBA games and pay-per-view events, they'll find a long announcement that starts: "This domain name has been seized by ICE - Homeland Security Investigations . . ." The owner of channelsurfing, Brian McCarth ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Jeff Koons Sues for Balloon Dog Dominance
Metropolitan Museum of ArtJeff Koons, the artist you may know for his reproductions of "banal objects" (like balloon animals), is now suing two companies who have allegedly reproduced his reproductions of said everyday objects. Which brings up a somewhat existential question: If you reproduce ... More >>
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December 4, 2010
Catfish, the Other Facebook Film, Facing Lawsuit Which Could Reveal Hoax
This year's movie about Facebook that has nothing to do with Harvard or a billion dollars is called Catfish, and follows a young New Yorker to Michigan to meet a family he's communicated with online. What follows in the documentary is a parable about the risks of connections made virtually, a ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2010
Blogger Wars Heat Up: Google Explains Its Sudden Move Against MP3 Blogs
"I get DMCA takedown notes almost every other week," Pop Tarts Suck Toasted proprietor Patrick Duffy told us on Tuesday, after Google's Blogger service, which hosted PTST, had summarily deleted the blog. "It's ridiculous, but I always remove the offending mp3's ... it seems that I hit the max ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2009
Tech Dreck: iPhone Does Homework, AT&T Plays Big Brother, Twitter Celebs Fake It
"Parents have lost the war over buying cellphones for their children," says Saul Hansell in the Times. He must be talking about those parents, overrepresented in the Times' demographic, whose children can battle for the right to own expensive electronic geegaws without getting smacked. Hansell says ... More >>
Blogs
September 4, 2008
Roosevelt Island Getting Crowded, Hard to Leave
"Parents have lost the war over buying cellphones for their children," says Saul Hansell in the Times. He must be talking about those parents, overrepresented in the Times' demographic, whose children can battle for the right to own expensive electronic geegaws without getting smacked. Hansell says ... More >>
News
June 10, 2008
Artist, Fan Clash Over What Constitutes Online Piracy
A sticky web of sale, resale, and photos of a Park Slope painter's work
Blogs
March 8, 2007
Brooklyn Zipper Innovator Sues the Gap
A sticky web of sale, resale, and photos of a Park Slope painter's work
Art
January 3, 2006
Code Warriors
Free culture takes flight at NYU
Music
June 7, 2005
Mondo Kim's Busted for Bootlegs
Free culture takes flight at NYU
Music
March 1, 2005
Meet John Doe
The RIAA runs its lawsuits as a volume business, and sometimes downloaders just gotta settle
Music
February 24, 2004
A Touch of Grey
Unlimited supply, EMI, there is no reason why, if the label sues there's sure to be a fight
Music
December 23, 2003
No Trust
Congress and movie star dance the anti-download bolero
Music
November 18, 2003
Five to Three
Merger mania picks back up; a smaller Warner gives up
News
September 16, 2003
Wired to Wired
Dean Finds That Courting Blogocrats Means Answering Tough Questions
Music
June 24, 2003
Music
Dean Finds That Courting Blogocrats Means Answering Tough Questions
News
March 18, 2003
Darknet Blues
The Music Industry Makes Peace With Big Software—at Dial-Up Speed
News
January 21, 2003
Dow v. Thing
A Free-Speech Infringement That's Worse Than Censorship
News
December 24, 2002
Workin' It
A Free-Speech Infringement That's Worse Than Censorship
News
September 24, 2002
License to Ill
A Free-Speech Infringement That's Worse Than Censorship
News
April 16, 2002
Other People's Property
Academics Square Off Against Hollywood on Internet Content
News
August 1, 2000
He Who Waits
Fate of Hackers’ Hero Now in Judge’s Hands
News
June 6, 2000
The Quiet Man
Hollywood Fights to Seal Jack Valenti’s Testimony
Specials
May 9, 2000
Letters
Hollywood Fights to Seal Jack Valenti’s Testimony
News
May 2, 2000
Down By Law
When Movie Moguls Wage War to Protect Copyright, the First Amendment Ends Up on the Cutting Room Floor
News
February 1, 2000
DVD Desperadoes
Are the Hackers Unfairly Prosecuted?
News
February 1, 2000
Fade to Black
The Motion Picture Association Shuts Down Crypto Research
News
October 5, 1999
The Digital Rights Dilemma
National Writers Union Wins Landmark Decision for Freelancers. Maybe.
Music
August 10, 1999
Make the Music
National Writers Union Wins Landmark Decision for Freelancers. Maybe.

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