Your “Tiger King” Intellectual Property Questions Answered
Did the popular Netflix show Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness leave you with questions surrounding Joe Exotic’s legal battles with Carole Baskin and Big Cat Rescue Corporation? You may […]
Did you Miss Any of the Major Changes Taking Place at the U.S. Copyright Office?
Don’t worry if you did. We compiled a list of all of them here. Over the past four weeks, there have been major changes taking place at the Copyright Office. […]
Respecting Copyright in Time of Crisis
As people around the world hunker down for weeks (if not months) of quarantine and physical distancing, most are looking not only for credible news and scientific information but for […]
The Emergence of Copyright Looting
We’ve all seen the images on TV and the internet. There’s some natural disaster or protest, or some sports team wins a long-awaited championship. Most people do the right thing […]
The Truth about Global Copyright Infringement
With the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) hearings now underway, there’s a lot of information being presented in oral testimonies, written submissions, articles, blogs, infographics, […]
How and What to Teach Kids About Copyright
Being familiar with the basic principles of copyright and fair use is an essential element of modern digital literacy after all, students are interacting with digital media in lots ways […]
Towards an Uncommon Future: Preserving the Singular in the Face of the Singularity, and the Women Leading the Fight
Neil Turkewitz posted the following blog in honor of World IP Day 2018, in keeping with WIPO’s theme that year of Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity. We are pleased […]
Hey, That’s My Idea!
Note: this blog was originally posted by the U.S. Copyright Office. It’s safe to assume that at some point most, if not all, of us have read or seen something […]
The Cost of Free Movies
As the supply of high-quality digital movies and TV shows online has increased through services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, so too has the prevalence of illicit streaming websites, apps […]
Copyright and Social Justice Event Highlights Importance of Equal Access to the Benefits of Copyright
On January 15, the U.S. Copyright Office held an event called Copyright and Social Justice, part of the Copyright Matters series. As the title suggests, the topic was the intersection […]