music Eddy Grant sues Trump campaign for copyright infringement over "Electric Avenue" David Pescovitz
law I found out about this amusing Karen parody of American Girl dolls because they want it taken down Rob Beschizza
publishing Internet Archive ending free e-books program over publisher lawsuit, National Emergency Library to close for 2 weeks Xeni Jardin
Comic Books Creator of the Punisher is organizing a Black Lives Matter benefit to reclaim the skull symbol from police Thom Dunn
rights Original "Yesterday" screenwriter says Richard Curtis took more than a one-sentence idea Rob Beschizza
intellectual impropriety Facebook's blatant rip-off of Bitmoji avatars is a legal lesson in skirting copyright Rob Beschizza
music The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century Thom Dunn
mistakes Video of restaurant headbutt removed with copyright claim, ensuring everyone sees it Rob Beschizza
we have always been at war with eurasia Dr Drew invoked copyright laws to scare people from sharing video of his coronavirus comments Mark Frauenfelder
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books All of Me is Illustrated celebrates the Ray Bradbury Centennial with a 21st Century take on "The Illustrated Man" Matt Maranian
copyright A federal judge declared that a famous song about public property is still private property Thom Dunn
copyright A pair of musicians recorded every possible MIDI melody just to get around copyright law Thom Dunn
copyright How the "monkey selfie" is affecting copyright law for art and writing produced by artificial intelligence Mark Frauenfelder