One of the commonest arguments from supporters of copyright is that creators need to be rewarded and that copyright is the only realistic way of doing that. The first statement may be true, but the second certainly isn’t. As Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) notes, most art was created without copyright, when […]
We know that a lot of politicians (and media folks) in the US are pushing to ban TikTok. It has seemed notable, of course, that European countries don’t seem all that worried about TikTok, which should raise questions about how serious the “threat” really is. However, one major country did decide to ban TikTok a […]
Earlier this week, reporting by Thomas Brewster for Forbes uncovered yet another way law enforcement is expecting companies like Google to perform their investigative work for them. For a few years now, we’ve covered the use of geofence warrants capable of turning multiple people into criminal suspects, as well as the even more dubious “keyword” […]
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Last week you’ll recall that after a closed-door intelligence briefing, some members of Congress leaked word to Axios that they were “shocked” by various TikTok behaviors. Upon closer inspection, most of the stuff TikTok had been up to wasn’t at all different from the behaviors of a wide variety of foreign and domestic telecoms, app […]
The EU’s much-touted Digital Services Act, hailed as the gold standard for whipping those unruly internet platforms into shape, has hit an embarrassing snag. Apparently, the EU forgot to cc a few member states on the ‘Pretty Please Appoint a DSA Regulator’ memo. The internet sites under the thumb of the DSA aren’t allowed to […]
The battle The Pokémon Co. decided to wage against its own best fans in the form of DMCA takedowns on video game mods and fan-created content has now escalated into a full-blown war. This has all the hallmarks of Nintendo’s anti-emulation war from a few years ago, except this probably makes even less sense than […]
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