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Game of Thrones broke piracy records
It’s been the most pirated show of the last decade.
YouTube suppresses PewDiePie in the US
New study shows that PewDiePie is 45 times more likely to trend in Canada and up to 40 times more likely to trend in countries where English is not the primary language.
95% of the time YouTube promotes legacy media in its Trending tab, not YouTubers
This provides evidence of something YouTube creators have long suspected – the Trending tab is merely a tool for pushing traditional media outlets.
Twitter bans the Houston Rockets
Several sports accounts have been banned in the last week.
Iowa and Iowa State football banned by Twitter
Now sports teams are being banned from Twitter.
Very few “revenge porn” cases are being prosecuted, new UK data shows
Revenge porn cases are on the rise, yet most are not prosecuted.
YouTube creator Mumbo Jumbo says Warner Chappell Music has filed 400+ fake copyright claims against his videos
Warner Chappell is the same company that filed fake copyright claims against Steven Crowder’s Dr. Trump parody video.
Like MySpace, much of the internet will have disappeared in the next 15 years
People aren’t preserving the current internet.
Doing your own cover of Elton John songs on Twitter will get you banned
Twitter is taking a strict approach to song covers.
The EFF is representing Boxing Now, a YouTube channel targeted by UFC copyright trolls
Rights holders are ignoring fair use policies in recent years and are causing trouble for content creators.
Ariana Grande is being sued for uploading a photograph of herself to Instagram
Photographers suing celebs is on the rise.
Why we need to protect the online gig economy from those that want to destroy it
Crazy Bernie’s policies could destroy whole industries.