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Copyright
The "Blurred Lines" case could have a chilling effect
Mar 11, 2015
Issues of inspiration and copyright get even more complicated over decades.
You can copyright music, so why not a food recipe?
by
Adriene Hill
Dec 25, 2014
Food recipes can't be copyrighted. But how come?
It's all monkey business for Wikimedia
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 6, 2014
Wikipedia denies a photographer's request to delete a photo since a monkey took it
How Monet ends up on a mousepad for $10.95
Jun 20, 2014
The artist's work has been out of copyright since 1996.
Getty Images gives the web 35 million pictures as a free sample
Mar 6, 2014
The stock-photo giant switches from suing bloggers for borrowing images... to encouraging them.
What's Chinese for Dowager Countess? 'Downton Abbey' goes to China
Nov 25, 2013
The international hit British television show is being watched by 160 million people in China. But that doesn't mean the producers are making money off of that success.
For public good, not for profit.
A new plan to fight piracy online: Take away those ad dollars
by
Molly Wood
Jul 17, 2013
Content providers -- like Disney or Fox -- are now asking companies delivering online ads -- the Googles of the world -- to stop working with websites that allow illegal file sharing.
Who owns the happy birthday song?
Jun 14, 2013
Documentary filmmaker Jennifer Nelson is challenging the copyright to the happy birthday song after being asked to pay $1,500 to Warner Music to use the tune in her film.
How the DMCA protects printers' ink and other unintended consequences
by
Molly Wood
Apr 8, 2013
As the digital age progresses, is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act moving with it? Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain explains the law and its upcoming tests.