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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
German copyright bill passes parliament
Leistungsschutzrecht calls for charging aggregators that repost publishers’ content
By Alison Langley Mar 1, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Germany's national parliament approved a controversial bill on Friday that would require news aggregators, such as Google, to pay for... 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
Enforcing copyrights in Europe
In the absence of laws, private companies are doing the job
By Alison Langley Feb 18, 2013 at 02:50 PM
In January, on the anniversary of the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act, an Internet activist group called Fight... 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
In Azerbaijan, a blogger refuses to be silenced
Emin Milli says the Internet is a lifeline for journalists living under oppressive regimes
By Alison Langley Feb 15, 2013 at 02:50 PM
A woman asked Emin Milli and Jérémie Zimmermann if she could take a photo of the two bloggers as they... 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
‘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 (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
