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Even if you don’t get the joke, online parody is protected speech
A new amicus brief has been filed in a high profile case.
The new proposed DMCA changes are a disaster for independent creators and streamers
More power to Hollywood, the music industry, and Big Tech.
COVID-19 stimulus bill proposes up to 10 years in prison for “unauthorized streaming”
It also proposes other controversial copyright reforms.
Proposed US regulation would prevent financial services blacklisting for non-financial reasons
The Office of the Controller of the Currency wants feedback on the proposals that would stop payment companies banning users for political and speech reasons.
RIAA is behind the takedown of popular YouTube ripping tools YouTube-dl and others
More DMCA abuse from the music industry.
US government refuses to let Twitter tell people how much FISA warrant spying it’s doing on the platform
Twitter wants to be able to tell users how many times they’ve had to hand over user data.
MembersHow off-campus speech of US public school students is protected
? A new ruling makes things clearer.
Genealogy DNA websites are getting breached
People are handing over their DNA for gimmicks and it’s getting leaked.
Mexico’s new DMCA-style proposals raise censorship and civil rights concerns
The DMCA has been a scourge for free expression but other countries keep eying similar laws.
Pro-encryption fight hindered as US appeals court refuses to unseal papers
The sucessful argument that allowed Facebook to reject a wiretap remains unavailable to be used as prescedent.
Senator Ron Wyden wants to know why Twitter DMs still aren’t end-to-end encrypted
It’s been two years since Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said they were working on it.
Massive data breach of billions of records shows the murky world of online tracking
The extent of the data being collected on us is astonishing.