The United States Copyright Act was written in order to cover many situations, but a federal judge has now ruled that it was not drafted to protect the rights of animals who happen to take […]

The United States Copyright Act was written in order to cover many situations, but a federal judge has now ruled that it was not drafted to protect the rights of animals who happen to take […]
The Twitter accounts of two popular sports websites were suspended on Monday after the National Football League along with other groups filed several complaints in regard to copyright laws. The Ultimate Fighting Championship is also […]
It’s official – the Batmobile is a real character with one new defensive shield – a ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which has given it copyright protection. The court’s appellate judges […]
A major debate is taking place as to whether or not an animal can own the copyright to a selfie that the animal itself took. The curious animal in question is Naturo, a crested black […]
Notorious copyright troll Getty Images has once again been caught making illegitimate claims of copyright infringement. Yet unlike most small businesses and individual users it usually targets with its big lawyers the target this time […]
For many years there have been different stories about cooks who think that people taking photographs of their food are “stealing” something. According to a recent publication, it appears that this is not just a […]
CNN and Canada’s CBC and will face legal action after the two media houses allegedly took a 31 second video clip from YouTube and utilized it in their news broadcasts without permission. Besides allegations of […]
Groundbreaking evidence has emerged that shows the song “Happy Birthday To You” was indeed in the public domain years before Warner /Chappell claimed copyright for it. The new evidence tips the scale in favor of […]
Despite being the English language’s most popular song, “Happy Birthday to You” actually belongs to Warner/Chappell and is not public domain. The company has sensationally claimed ownership rights to the song sang in millions of […]
While Big Media lobby bodies like the Recording Industry Artists Association (RIAA) insist on criminalizing those who share music and have long blamed piracy for the decline of their industry, renowned DJ and producer David […]
Under European copyright law a well constructed exception allows people to create and make use of photographs of public places with very little restriction. The ‘Freedom of Panorama’ provision allows organizations, such as Wikipedia, to […]
In what has surely been a long time coming, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is pushing the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to drastically re-work its rules on licensing intellectual property. “Clearer patent notice […]
Convicted patent troll Prenda was in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday to appeal sanctions leveled against it two years ago for abusive legal practices that amounted to extortion. It was not a pretty […]
Over the last week stories have starting to appear about farmers unable to repair tractors and working Americans unable to repair their cars because of copyright legislation. It’s not a side effect. It was the […]
The concept of ownership is at risk of disappearing in America. From music to software to fonts the trend is toward the average American becoming a mere limited rights licensee despite our proud history of […]