music Eddy Grant sues Trump campaign for copyright infringement over "Electric Avenue" David Pescovitz
star wars Listen to the original NPR radio drama adaptations of the first STAR WARS trilogy Thom Dunn
rights Original "Yesterday" screenwriter says Richard Curtis took more than a one-sentence idea Rob Beschizza
makers Italian hospital needed an $11K part for its ventilators, volunteers 3D printed them at $1 each, original manufacturer threatened to sue Gareth Branwyn
copyright A pair of musicians recorded every possible MIDI melody just to get around copyright law Thom Dunn
youtube Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Abbott Labs kills free tool that lets you own the blood-sugar data from your glucose monitor, saying it violates copyright law Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Teespring removes Techdirt's "Copying is Not Theft" tees for copyright infringement, and won't discuss the matter any further Cory Doctorow
censorship The lawyer who caught UNC giving $2.5m to white nationalists orders the white nationalists to create a $2.5m fund for Black students or face a lawsuit Cory Doctorow
eff We need to save .ORG from arbitrary censorship by halting the private equity buy-out Mitch Stoltz
corruption Reading the "victory letter" a white nationalist sent to his followers after getting $2.5m from UNC, it's obvious why he tried to censor it Cory Doctorow
music Listen to the original, slower, better (!) version of Men at Work's "Down Under" David Pescovitz
surveillance You can stay in this Japanese hotel for $1 if you agree to be livestreamed on YouTube Mark Frauenfelder
Copyfight Minnesota Public Radio sent us one of the weirdest legal threats we've ever received (and they won't explain it) Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Raising legal funds to defend an online sf shared world that's been stolen by a Russian trademark troll Cory Doctorow
