Google Industry Google to defend itself in front of the Supreme Court against Oracle's copyright infringement claim It's the final showdown with the fair use of APIs at stake By Cal Jeffrey, November 18, 2019, 1:47 PM 9 comments
Apple Industry Developer of BlueMail sues Apple over its "Sign in with Apple" feature Blix also blamed Cupertino for unfairly suppressing its email app in the App Store search results By Humza Aamir, October 7, 2019, 8:23 AM
Gaming Nintendo hits another ROM site with a copyright infringement lawsuit Damages could reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars By Rob Thubron, September 12, 2019, 6:55 AM 11 comments
Industry Gaming Blizzard sues Chinese game company for infringing on its Warcraft IP It even used the same character names By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2019, 8:33 AM 16 comments
The Web Google Copyright holders can no longer manually take YouTube creator revenue for brief music clips A win for YouTubers? By Cohen Coberly, August 17, 2019, 11:13 AM 15 comments
Gaming YouTube channels uploading Nintendo's soundtracks hit with copyright claims Nintendo dislikes piracy in any form By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2019, 9:20 AM
Industry Pandora faces copyright lawsuit for displaying song lyrics Be careful when you go posting those lyrics By Cal Jeffrey, June 18, 2019, 2:49 PM 7 comments
Industry Gaming Metal band Iron Maiden launches $2 million trademark infringement lawsuit against Ion Maiden game The Number of the Beast? $2 million By Rob Thubron, May 30, 2019, 6:58 AM 17 comments
The Web Tech Culture Poland files a challenge to new EU copyright law The law amounts to 'preventative censorship', say Poles By James Miller, May 27, 2019, 6:06 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture Spoiler alert: Cable company airs pirated version of Avengers: Endgame in the Philippines A local theater has already filed a lawsuit against the provider -- will Disney follow? By Cal Jeffrey, May 2, 2019, 7:35 PM
The Web European Parliament narrowly votes in its divisive Copyright Directive The law referred to by some as the 'Link Tax' will be implemented before 2022 By Cal Jeffrey, March 26, 2019, 3:42 PM 10 comments
Tech Culture Gaming US Copyright Office denies 'Carlton Dance' protection request Alfonso Ribeiro's copyright lawsuit will not be supported by the USCO By Cal Jeffrey, February 15, 2019, 3:13 PM 11 comments
Gaming Epic Games responds to lawsuits, says "dance routines are not protected by copyright" The studio claims 2 Milly's 'Dance Step' is different from the 'Swipe It' emote By Rob Thubron, February 14, 2019, 7:04 AM 7 comments
The Web The EU's contentious 'Link Tax' rejected again after 11 member states disapprove Drafters have until the end of next month to reword the regulations By Cal Jeffrey, January 18, 2019, 5:45 PM 9 comments
Gaming Fresh Prince's Alfonso Ribeiro sues Fornite for using the Carlton dance He's also suing NBA 2K over the same thing By Rob Thubron, December 18, 2018, 8:33 AM 31 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Rapper 2 Milly sues Epic Games for 'unauthorized' use of 'his' dance move What do you do when someone has a better dance move than you? You 'Swipe It' By Cal Jeffrey, December 6, 2018, 5:08 PM 11 comments
Gaming Nintendo drops its controversial 'Nintendo Creators Program' It's a step in the right direction for creators By Cohen Coberly, November 29, 2018, 1:54 PM
Gaming ROM site owners reach $12 million settlement with Nintendo It could have been a lot worse By Rob Thubron, November 13, 2018, 10:36 AM
Industry Security Extensions to DMCA exemptions allow security researchers to continue doing their job Whitehats are safe from being criminalized for another three years By Cal Jeffrey, October 30, 2018, 2:12 PM
Gaming Popular YouTube stars sued by Epic Games for selling Fortnite cheats Golden Modz has over 1.7 million subscribers By Rob Thubron, October 17, 2018, 5:24 AM
Gaming Industry ZeniMax settles with John Carmack to end all legal claims by either party Oculus will continue the appeal of the $250 million ruling against it by the publishing giant By Cal Jeffrey, October 12, 2018, 3:13 PM
Tech Culture Nintendo kills Tokyo's real-life 'Mario Kart' tours No more coskarting --- in Tokyo anyway By Cal Jeffrey, September 27, 2018, 3:09 PM
Industry Tech Culture Judge orders Cloudflare to turn over identifying data in copyright case Copyright trolls want personal information of operators behind ShowBox, Popcorn Time, and YTS websites By Cal Jeffrey, September 20, 2018, 5:05 PM
The Web European Parliament votes in favor of controversial internet-changing copyright proposal Critics say the death of memes is at hand By Cohen Coberly, September 12, 2018, 5:15 PM 15 comments
Gaming Nintendo slaps fan game creation tool 'Pokemon Essentials' with DMCA takedown Users aren't too happy with Nintendo By Cohen Coberly, August 29, 2018, 1:15 PM 13 comments