‘Succession,’ ‘Sex and the City’ and the Age of Zombie IP

New VIP+ Analysis: A bumper crop of reboots is on tap, and good shows just don’t die anymore. No wonder streaming is turbo-charging peak TV.

Book Review: (Re)structuring Copyright, A Comprehensive Path to International Copyright Reform

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

Newspapers vs Big Tech: Antitrust Tackles the Problems That Copyright Just Can’t Fix

More than 200 newspapers have filed suit against Google and Facebook (AKA “Meta”), alleging that the tech giants colluded to rig ad markets so that they could misappropriate ad revenues that were properly owed to the publishers. Strip away all the...

YouTuber Has 150 Anime Reviews And 'Let's Draws' Hit With Copyright Claims All At Once

As has been a hot topic of discussion of late, YouTube has a copyright enforcement problem on its hands. To be fair, this problem has existed for some time, but due to some recent transparency from YouTube itself over how often it receives claims...

Public Domain 2022: Join us 20 January for a Celebration of Sound - Creative Commons

Every year, on 1 January, advocates of free and open content celebrate the works of art that have entered the public domain around the world. Why New Year’s Day? Copyrighted works such as books, artworks or music are only protected for a certain...

Sharing in the presence of computers and corporations - macwright.com

YouTube Copyright Transparency Report Shows The Absurd Volume Of Copyright Claims It Gets

Any cursory look at Techdirt for stories involving YouTube and copyright issues will give you a very accurate impression of the state of all things copyright for the platform: it's a complete shitshow. You will see all kinds of craziness in those...

Roku settles YouTube dispute and locks down apps in ‘multi-year’ deal

YouTube was a day away from getting pulled.

The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online

Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

Music Royalty Scam Allegedly Stole $20MM In Artist, Indie-Label Royalties

An alleged music royalty scam carried out over the course of half a decade stole more than $20 million from artists, per a new indictment.