china A rapidly proliferating software license bars use by companies with poor labor practices Cory Doctorow

photography Treasure trove of royalty-free stock photo websites Andrea James

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

publishing Internet Archive ending free e-books program over publisher lawsuit, National Emergency Library to close for 2 weeks Xeni Jardin

movies AMC Theaters bans Universal films after it boasts Trolls: World Tour made $100m on TV Rob Beschizza

music Every coronavirus-era commercial is the same Rob Beschizza

social distancing Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing Gareth Branwyn

animation Watch the wonderful Wizard of Oz cartoon that predated the classic film David Pescovitz

chiptunes Chiptunes plagiarized Rob Beschizza

animals How To Make A Purrito Xeni Jardin

apple Apple deleted files that I owned without telling me. It was inevitable, but I'm still pissed. Thom Dunn

law IRS sues Facebook for $9bn Rob Beschizza

Disney Disney CEO will donate to the public school hit with a licensing fee for "illegally" screening The Lion King Mark Frauenfelder

render unto caesar Public school plays "The Lion King" to raise funds, Disney hits it with a bill for one-third of proceeds Mark Frauenfelder

atari Eight Atari-branded hotels coming to America Rob Beschizza

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

Games A legendary point-and-click adventure game has found a new life online. Seamus Bellamy

memes My music distribution service is now offering automated memes Thom Dunn

drugs Magic mushrooms in a nasal spray David Pescovitz

movies DoJ to scrap the Paramount antitrust rule that prohibits movie studios from buying or strong-arming movie theaters Cory Doctorow