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Anything but dull
The House kicks off its review of copyright by finding out how limited agreement about the law is
By Sarah Laskow May 17, 2013 at 04:09 PM
Rep. Howard Coble knows the reputation of intellectual property law--that it is dull and boring. But at a Congressional hearing... More
Digital Public Library of America wants to lend copyrighted works
The DPLA launched last month offering access to public-domain materials, but founders want to expand its purview
By Sarah Laskow May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Last month, the Digital Public Library of America introduced its discovery portal to the Internet. It invited users in, to... More
And that’s the way it was: April 30, 1993
“WorldWideWeb” software enters the public domain
By Sarah Laskow Apr 30, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In 1993, computer users all over the world were still working out how best to share information over the Internet.... More
Google vs Brazil
Why Brazil heads up Google’s list of takedown requests
By Sarah Laskow Apr 29, 2013 at 06:55 AM
In 2009, Google started releasing some basic information twice a year about the takedown requests it receives from governments around... More
Making Internet politics personal
Activists put a face on acronyms like SOPA, PIPA, and CFAA
By Sarah Laskow Apr 16, 2013 at 06:50 AM
If you start looking for images to illustrate the fight last year over the Stop Online Piracy Act and the... More
Privacy and the right to know
Does the fact that information is publicly available mean news outlets should use it?
By Sarah Laskow Apr 10, 2013 at 02:50 PM
At the Deadline Club's panel on privacy and the right to know on Tuesday, the discussion began with guns and... More
Copyright’s new ‘new law’
Maria Pallante’s vision for copyright reform
By Sarah Laskow Apr 5, 2013 at 02:50 PM
In the world that Maria Pallante, the US Register of Copyrights, inhabits, people sometimes call the Copyright Act of 1976... More
Pity the nutgraf
The AP’s argument that ledes are the heart of its stories helped win a copyright case
By Sarah Laskow Mar 28, 2013 at 02:50 PM
When a reporter writes a story, what is the heart of the work? Is it this paragraph--the lede? This isn't... More
How hard should it be for the government to read your email?
Harder than it is right now
By Sarah Laskow Mar 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In 1986, it would have been strange to keep an email for longer than six months. First of all, not... More
You buy it, you own it
The Supreme Court rules it’s legal to resell here a copyrighted item from abroad
By Sarah Laskow Mar 19, 2013 at 03:30 PM
Supap Kirtsaeng came to the United States from Thailand in 1997 to study at Cornell University and, later, earned his... More
The trouble with Aaron’s Law
The proposed law honoring the legacy of Aaron Swartz is trying to be too many things to too many people
By Sarah Laskow Mar 18, 2013 at 03:40 PM
On Friday, the American Library Association honored Aaron Swartz, the young Internet activist who committed suicide in January, with its... More
And that’s the way it was: March 7, 1994
The Supreme Court rules that parody is protected under fair use
By Sarah Laskow Mar 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On this day 19 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that "Pretty Woman"--2 Live Crew's parody of the classic "Oh,... More
The new copyright alert system is running
And here’s what will happen if you run up against it
By Sarah Laskow Feb 28, 2013 at 03:30 PM
This week, after years of negotiating and planning, five of the largest Internet service providers in the country, in partnership... More
Protecting private information online
The intersection between cyber security and intellectual property
By Sarah Laskow Feb 15, 2013 at 05:30 PM
On Friday, Facebook revealed that it had been attacked. Company employees had visited a website that had infected their computer... More
Use of private emails for public work sparks FOIA battle
The Santa Fe Reporter is using leaked emails to test the state’s FOI compliance
By Sarah Laskow Feb 13, 2013 at 03:50 PM
In June of 2012, the political press corps in New Mexico acquired a batch of interesting emails written by some... More
Copyright knights or copyright trolls?
Rulings on a couple Righthaven appeals could have a far-reaching effect on fair use
By Sarah Laskow Feb 7, 2013 at 02:59 PM
In 2010 and 2011, Righthaven, a Nevada company that once described itself as "the nation's pre-eminent copyright enforcer," sued hundreds... More
I am a journalist; ask me anything
Media figures are flocking to Reddit to converse with fans
By Sarah Laskow Dec 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
On Wednesday, Chris Anderson, the ex-EIC of Wired, went on Reddit and told users to ask him anything. On Monday,... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
