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Judge Quashes Subpoenas Seeking Kiwi Farms Users’ Identities
The First Amendment does not require the internet to be polite before it protects speech.
Court Backs DMCA Takedown of Public Meeting Videos
Waltham outsourced its public meeting recordings, and the contractor used DMCA notices to pull 15 news videos.
Nintendo DMCA Takedowns Hit 400 GitHub Emulator Repos
GitHub's policy says it sides with developers when there is doubt. August 17 was apparently a day without any.
Take-Two DMCA Subpoenas Target Whole GTA 6 Discord Servers
Three servers, one date range, and a request for everyone who said something in them.
Warner Bros. DMCA Takedowns Hit Lanterns Spoiler Discussion
Attn: Warner Bros. Discussing spoilers is not copyright infringement.
Kiwi Farms Challenges DMCA Subpoenas as Tools to Unmask Anonymous Speech
Courts and civil liberties groups have spent years warning that the DMCA’s subpoena process is a censorship shortcut disguised as copyright enforcement.
The Supreme Court Fight That Could Decide Who Gets to Stay Online
Tech giants and civil liberties groups are urging the Court to reject a ruling that weaponizes copyright law against everyday internet users.
Ninth Circuit Rules ISPs Can’t Be Forced to Unmask Users Under DMCA
The court didn’t break new ground, but it finally drew a line others refused to.
This Hollywood-Backed Bill Would Give Government Power to Block Websites
A court order to “protect creativity” could quietly become the internet’s kill switch.
Trump Signs Take It Down Act
A law signed with ceremony and bipartisan applause, but built on the same brittle scaffolding that once turned copyright into a cudgel.
Slippery Slope: New Bill Pushes ISPs to Block Pirate Sites
The bill could lead to widespread site blocking, despite claims of safeguarding the open internet.
Parody Website ClownStrike Rejects CrowdStrike’s Baseless DMCA Takedown Notice
CrowdStrike’s copyright takedown on parody site adds insult to injury following global outage scandal.
