EFF to Courts: Don’t Rewrite Copyright Over AI Hype
The history of technology is rife with copyright panics. In the 1980s, major rightsholders ran to Congress and the courts, claiming that videotape recorders (VTR)…
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Pluralistic: Jennifer Jenkins’ ‘Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture’ (17 Aug 2026)
Today’s links Jennifer Jenkins’ ‘Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture’: The definitive textbook (with comics!). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Hair-gel bombers…
‘I terminated this channel’: Inside the Fake Copyright Racket Silencing News Outlets
Hired hands in an underground takedown market are charging up to $5,000 to scrub reporting from social media by filing fake copyright claims.
Copyright Scammers Weaponized Meta’s Rights Manager with Backdating Exploit
Scammers are allegedly exploiting a flaw in Facebook’s ‘Edit Post’ feature to backdate stolen videos and hijack copyright claims through Meta’s Rights Manager. This allows…
X and Music Publishers Settle Three-Year Copyright Clash After SpaceX IPO
Three years of litigation that triggered explosive allegations of DMCA “weaponization” and “maximum pain” pressure tactics quietly ended in coordinated settlements. X Corp and several…
EU’s Top Court: Geo-Blocking Protects Publishers in Copyright Disputes, VPNs Not Liable
The EU’s highest court has ruled that publishers who use state-of-the-art geo-blocking are not liable for copyright infringement, even when users bypass their restrictions with…