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The "Blurred Lines" case could have a chilling effect

Mar 11, 2015
Issues of inspiration and copyright get even more complicated over decades.

You can copyright music, so why not a food recipe?

Dec 25, 2014
Food recipes can't be copyrighted. But how come?

Artistic inspiration or piracy?

Sep 29, 2014
Does copyright law favor the famous?

It's all monkey business for Wikimedia

Aug 6, 2014
Wikipedia denies a photographer's request to delete a photo since a monkey took it

Getty Images gives the web 35 million pictures as a free sample

Mar 6, 2014
The stock-photo giant switches from suing bloggers for borrowing images... to encouraging them.

What's Chinese for Dowager Countess? 'Downton Abbey' goes to China

Nov 25, 2013
The international hit British television show is being watched by 160 million people in China. But that doesn't mean the producers are making money off of that success.

For public good, not for profit.

A new plan to fight piracy online: Take away those ad dollars

Jul 17, 2013
Content providers -- like Disney or Fox -- are now asking companies delivering online ads -- the Googles of the world -- to stop working with websites that allow illegal file sharing.

Who owns the happy birthday song?

Jun 14, 2013
Documentary filmmaker Jennifer Nelson is challenging the copyright to the happy birthday song after being asked to pay $1,500 to Warner Music to use the tune in her film.

How the DMCA protects printers' ink and other unintended consequences

Apr 8, 2013
As the digital age progresses, is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act moving with it? Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain explains the law and its upcoming tests.