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Musicians earn less than 1 cent per stream — here’s what needs to change
If you’re a music lover, chances are you’ll have used streaming services of some kind. Music streaming accounts for more ...
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How to legally protect your ideas when hiring freelancers in the US
Freelancers are a great way to get a job done quickly, but you'll need to make sure you keep ownership over your intellectual ...
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How a shady anti-piracy company got Google to take down posts containing the word 'did'
A copyright watchdog service recently convinced Google to hide Search listings for websites containing the word “did,” ...
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Brexit saves UK from the terrible EU copyright laws it helped create
The UK’s decision is most likely good news for the internet, but we won't know the true effects of the EU directive until ...
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Sonos says Google stole its speaker tech, asks for product ban in court
Sonos has brought two lawsuits against Google for alleged copyright infringement, claiming Google used five of its patents ...
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The EU isn't particularly fond of Canada's anti-piracy laws
The European Commission isn't particularly happy with Canada's copyright policy (or the lack thereof) — and it's got some ...
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Little-known aspect of US copyright law means creators can reclaim their work
Creators of works underlying now-classic films are using a little understood part of US copyright law, known as “termination ...
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You can now get 100,000s of books for FREE — thanks, confusing copyright law
Copyright law, you can't live with it, you can't live without it — but at the very least you can get a whole load of books ...
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Sorry, but you can’t copyright a meme
Epic Games, creator of the smash hit Fortnite, currently faces a tornado of lawsuits over its use and sale of in-game animations ...
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Who owns a meme? Nobody
Epic Games, creator of the smash hit Fortnite, currently faces a tornado of lawsuits over its use and sale of in-game animations ...
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2/3 of EU states voted for atrocious Copyright Reform — now all will have to adopt it
EU member states just accepted the controversial Copyright Reform, making it EU law in the next 2 years. Opponents fear it'll ...
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Growing up in the Soviet Union made me fear the EU Copyright Reform
Just 30 years ago, if you wanted to publish something in Soviet Lithuania, it meant clearing the censor first. Articles, ...
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European Parliament votes ‘yes’ on controversial Copyright Reform
The EU Parliament approved the Copyright Reform in its entirety, not accepting amendments to the most controversial parts; ...
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Inside GitHub’s fight to protect devs from EU’s disastrous Copyright Reform
The EU will have a final vote on its controversial Copyright Reform and March 26. If it's passed, it could risk open source ...
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Here’s why you’re having issues with Reddit and Wikipedia in the EU
The final vote on the EU's controversial Copyright Reform will take place on March 26. If it's passed it could have disastrous ...
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EU’s proposed upload filters suck and YouTube’s ‘child pornography’ snafu shows why
YouTube just backtracked its inexplicable decision to delete three popular Pokémon Go channels -- Trainer Tips, Mystic7, ...
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EU's final Copyright Reform upholds disastrous upload filters
EU's Copyright Reform has been hotly debated in the last two years, but two of the most controversial articles have now been ...
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Google warns news sites may lose 45% of traffic if EU passes its Copyright Reform
The EU's controversial Copyright Refrom edges closer to becoming law, making opponents of the legislation worried about its ...
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Here's what Google says search results will look like when EU copyright laws kick in
Google has shared screenshots illustrating how its search results could be crippled by the upcoming EU Copyright Directive ...
