The problem with sharing uncredited photos December 16, 2014 By Gabe Friedman "Just because you put something on the internet does not give people the right to steal it"
With the Aereo decision, local TV news likely dodged disaster June 25, 2014 By Sarah Laskow If enough people were unsubscribing from cable, networks might have eventually gotten out of the broadcast business altogether and abandoned their local satellites
The secretive business of fighting content piracy June 19, 2014 By Sarah Laskow Private automated systems are sweeping the internet for illegal content–but they sometimes catch legitimate media coverage, too
Saving orphan photos March 11, 2014 By Sarah Laskow On the internet, photos are separated from their owners–often on purpose
Beastie Boys sue GoldieBlox after all December 11, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Lawsuit says toy company "acted intentionally and despicably with oppression, fraud, and malice"
GoldieBlox, the Beastie Boys, and fair use November 29, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The toymaker backs down amid a murky legal case
GoldieBlox picks an unfair fight with the Beastie Boys November 26, 2013 By Ryan Chittum A dismal press performance on a clear case of aggressive copyright infringement
SCOTUS could change how you watch TV October 16, 2013 By Sarah Laskow But you wouldn’t know it; most publications gave this digital-age story analog-era treatment
A piracy defense walks the plank at the Post (UPDATED) October 16, 2013 By Ryan Chittum A blogger gets schooled by the meanies of Big Copyright
Google France’s $81 million media boost September 30, 2013 By Alison Langley In response to threatened copyright legislation, Google and a media group formed a fund to help fund digital innovation
Two stories, one press release September 25, 2013 By Sarah Laskow In MPAA vs. Hotfile, coverage based on one press release went in two very different directions
Does copyright law work? September 23, 2013 By Sarah Laskow New and ongoing empirical research suggests: not always
The photo BuzzFeed wishes it hadn’t used September 16, 2013 By Sarah Laskow The viral site pissed off one Flickr user with a keen sense of vigilante Internet justice
Google released an anti-piracy report September 12, 2013 By Sarah Laskow And reporters are divided as to what it means
Obama’s ‘copyright czar’ showed independence August 15, 2013 By Sarah Laskow Vulnerable to criticism of pro-industry bias, she reached out directly to skeptical reporters
A proposal to reform first sale rights July 2, 2013 By Sarah Laskow In a digital age, reselling media can be cast as illegal duplication
Fair game June 7, 2013 By Sarah Laskow A new set of principles aims to help journalists improve their understanding of fair use
Copyright 101.2 May 21, 2013 By Sarah Laskow How CopyrightX managed to convince hundreds of online students to stick with a course on copyright law
Anything but dull May 17, 2013 By Sarah Laskow The House kicks off its review of copyright by finding out how limited agreement about the law is
Pity the nutgraf March 28, 2013 By Sarah Laskow The AP’s argument that ledes are the heart of its stories helped win a copyright case
French antipiracy efforts unsuccessful March 27, 2013 By Alison Langley The French government started cracking down on illegal downloading, so users switched to illegal streaming
You buy it, you own it March 19, 2013 By Sarah Laskow The Supreme Court rules it’s legal to resell here a copyrighted item from abroad
Crediting the source code March 4, 2013 By Michael J. Bellantoni and Shiwani Neupane While most of us recognize that text and images are protected by copyright laws, code copyright is less understood
The new copyright alert system is running February 28, 2013 By Sarah Laskow And here’s what will happen if you run up against it
Audit Notes: digital ads, margins of error, freehadists November 6, 2012 By Ryan Chittum French publishing’s online revenues make the Americans look good