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Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain
Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin generated and saved every possible melody to a hard drive, then turned it back around to the commons.
The MTA Is Going After an Etsy Artist Over a New York Subway Map It Didn’t Make
Jake Berman spent more than 300 hours making his own subway map because he didn't like the MTA's. Now the MTA says he can't sell it.
Public Domain Day 2020: These 95-Year-Old Works Are Now Free to Use
In the US, everything copyrighted by artists and authors in 1924 is entered into the public domain as of January 1, 2020.
SpaceX Just Retroactively Put Copyright Restrictions on Its Photos
SpaceX quietly added additional restrictions to photos that were previously free to use by anyone for any reason.
Meet the E-Waste Recycler Jailed for a Year for Infringing Microsoft's Copyright
Eric Lundgren spent a year in prison for selling counterfeit Windows restore discs, now he’s home and ready to keep saving the planet.
Libraries and Archivists Are Scanning and Uploading Books That Are Secretly in the Public Domain
Millions of books are secretly in the public domain thanks to a copyright loophole, a new project seeks to put them on the Internet Archive.
Apple’s Lawsuit Against a Startup Shows How It Wants to Control the iPhone Hacking Market
Apple sued Corellium, a company that makes virtual copies of iOS for researchers to practice hacking the iPhone on.
Japan’s Biggest Manga Pirate Was Arrested in Manila
His website, Mangamura, apparently cost the Japanese publishing industry $2.93 billion.
The Kim Kardashian Deepfake Shows Copyright Claims Are Not the Answer
The deepfake of Kim Kardashian was taken down by Condé Nast, but it's an example of how copyright laws are a poor replacement for real moderation.
InfoWars Agrees to Pay Pepe the Frog Creator $15,000 in Copyright Settlement
Rather than go to court, Alex Jones has decided to settle with Pepe creator Matt Furie for appropriating the use of his cartoon frog in InfoWars merch.
DC Comics Discovers it's Perfectly Legal for an Indonesian Company to 'Invent' Superman Chocolates
DC isn't the first company to learn this. Toyota, ASICS, IKEA, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Pierre Cardin have all lost legal cases to Indonesian bootleggers.
'Dreams' Is A Powerful Tool to Create Anything and Own Nothing
The new game from the makers of LittleBigPlanet is a perfect fit for the social media era.