Can Nigeria lead the way in modernising outdated copyright laws through expanded exceptions?

<p>When people talk and write about copyright, they generally mean US or EU laws. It’s true that most recent developments in the field – notably many bad ones – have taken place in these two geographic regions. But the dynamics among nations is...

The film industry effectively solved the problem of unauthorised downloads; now it is “unsolving” it…

<p>Copyright companies frequently invoke “piracy” when they demand new legislation or stronger enforcement of existing laws. Usually, they have a free hand to claim what they like about these “pirates” and their motivation – we rarely hear from...

Interview | Cory Doctorow – Part 2: New publishing models for creators, Amazon as a frenemy, and the Internet Archive court case

<p>Author, journalist, and activist Cory Doctorow talks about the new publishing models available to creators, the consolidation of the publishing and distribution markets, the emergence of Amazon as a frenemy to publishers and the...

Breaking down the walls: UK government supporting open science and open research

<p>It’s not just culture that suffers because of walls built by copyright: science, too, has a terrible problem in this regard. In some ways, that’s even worse, since copyright often prevents the free, frictionless flow of information in the form...

Interview | Cory Doctorow – Part 1: Newspapers, Big Tech, Link Tax, DRM and Right to Repair

<p>Author, journalist, and activist Cory Doctorow talks about the evolution of newspapers, the role and threats posed by big tech, the collateral damage created by link taxes and the impact of digital rights management systems (DRM) on our daily...

Welcome to Walled Culture

<p>The modern world is digital. We meet people online, we buy things online, we deal with the government online. But the digital sphere is not just the latest version of the traditional, analogue world. It is fundamentally different. Once...