Copyright Law

Queen want Donald Trump to stop using their music. But the law might be on Trump's side.

By Timothy B. Lee July 19, 2016

The long-awaited hoverboard safety crackdown has finally arrived

By Libby Nelson February 19, 2016

Everything you need to know to understand the Grammys' 83 categories

By Kelsey McKinney and Tanya Pai February 15, 2016

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is great for elites. Is it good for anyone else?

By Timothy B. Lee October 7, 2015

PETA is suing over a monkey's right to own its selfies

By Timothy B. Lee September 22, 2015

Facebook's freebooting problem, explained

By Margarita Noriega August 27, 2015

The Fat Jew’s Instagram plagiarism scandal, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos August 19, 2015

4 pro-growth reforms that liberals and conservatives could agree on

By Timothy B. Lee July 1, 2015

The Supreme Court just refused to review a disastrous ruling on software copyrights

By Timothy B. Lee June 29, 2015

How copyright law threatens your right to repair your car

By Timothy B. Lee May 28, 2015

This is the best version of Star Wars — and watching it is a crime

By Matthew Yglesias May 12, 2015

"If you want to use music, you've got to pay for it": Music's crisis, and how to fix it

Why the music industry should be tackling three major problems: infrastructure, transparency, and technology.

By Kelsey McKinney May 11, 2015

The weird legal reason many of your favorite shows aren’t on DVD

By Emily St. James March 26, 2015

5 of Jon Stewart's funniest, harshest, most memorable takedowns

By Max Fisher February 10, 2015

This horribly dull government report could change music forever. We read it for you.

By Kelsey McKinney February 6, 2015

Here's why Song, Album, and Record of the year are different Grammys

By Kelsey McKinney February 6, 2015

Songwriter Aloe Blacc has a plan to save the music industry

By Kelsey McKinney January 22, 2015

The TPP is one of the only topics on which Obama and the GOP agreed last night

By Danielle Kurtzleben January 21, 2015

The crazy reason Selma doesn't use the actual words from MLK's speeches

By Timothy B. Lee January 13, 2015

If Congress hadn't extended copyright, Batman and Gone with the Wind would be free today

By Timothy B. Lee January 1, 2015

Is streaming bad for artists? Yes and no. The future of music, explained.

By Kelsey McKinney December 17, 2014

Reddit's reaction to the Sony hack: the company values corporations more than women

By Kelsey McKinney December 17, 2014

7 internet policy ideas that everyone can agree on

By Eli Dourado and Danielle Kehl December 12, 2014

A music publisher says a Cox customer shared illegal files 54,489 times. Is Cox liable?

By Timothy B. Lee December 2, 2014

Redditor says Western Union demanded takedown of this Bitcoin ad mocking the company

By Timothy B. Lee November 24, 2014

How copyright law could get you killed

By Timothy B. Lee November 10, 2014

Why the GOP's Senate takeover could be a big deal for net neutrality and patent reform

By Timothy B. Lee November 6, 2014

How copyright law gives Amazon too much power over the book industry

By Timothy B. Lee October 25, 2014

2 things you need to know about Don Verrilli, the frontrunner to be Attorney General

By Dylan Matthews September 25, 2014

You can't patent movies or music. So why are there software patents?

By Timothy B. Lee September 16, 2014

Why Reddit just banned a community devoted to sharing celebrity nudes

By Timothy B. Lee September 8, 2014

Why Amazon spent $970 million to buy Twitch

By German Lopez August 26, 2014

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