The Web Moviemakers sue VPN service for promoting and facilitating piracy The first copyright infringement lawsuit against a VPN in the US By Rob Thubron, March 8, 2021, 10:47 AM 35 comments
Gaming Dead or Alive publisher sues modder who sold DVD of nude game characters It's not like there's much clothing to remove By Rob Thubron, January 7, 2021, 5:17 AM 29 comments
Apple Apple loses copyright battle against iOS virtualization startup Corellium Apple can still seek relief on separate cases involving unauthorized use and distribution of hacking tools By Cal Jeffrey, December 30, 2020, 4:51 PM 9 comments
Tech Culture The Web Anonymous VPN users could be identified in movie company's lawsuit Anonymity has fallen By Rob Thubron, October 29, 2020, 5:16 AM 41 comments
Gaming Google Stadia creative director says streamers should pay game devs; Google disagrees What do you think? By Rob Thubron, October 23, 2020, 7:42 AM 31 comments
Gaming Fan-made GoldenEye 007 remake killed off following cease and desist request The man with the golden lawsuit By Rob Thubron, August 11, 2020, 7:58 AM 9 comments
Gaming Hardware Don't mistake this cheap Switch look-alike for the real thing It doesn't run Switch games By Rob Thubron, May 26, 2020, 7:55 AM 9 comments
Gaming Industry Activision wins lawsuit against AM General regarding the depiction of Humvees in Call of Duty First Amendment gives Activision the artistic right to use actual military vehicles for promoting realism in games By Humza Aamir, April 3, 2020, 10:36 AM 15 comments
Gaming Epic added a mute toggle for new Never Wanna emote YouTubers and streamers were getting hit with copyright claims By Cal Jeffrey, February 24, 2020, 1:54 PM
Gaming Industry Take-Two sues modder over Red Dead Redemption PC port The project has now been canceled By Rob Thubron, December 30, 2019, 7:40 AM 10 comments
Gaming Check out the Nanica Smitch, a terrible Nintendo Switch rip-off Hope you don't get one of these for xmas By Rob Thubron, December 23, 2019, 10:15 AM 13 comments
The Web Russia's 3rd-largest internet company is suing Twitch for $3 billion, wants it banned in the country Over copyright violations By Rob Thubron, December 17, 2019, 6:15 AM 12 comments
Google Industry Google to defend itself in front of the Supreme Court against Oracle's copyright infringement claim It's the final showdown with the fair use of APIs at stake By Cal Jeffrey, November 18, 2019, 1:47 PM 9 comments
Apple Industry Developer of BlueMail sues Apple over its "Sign in with Apple" feature Blix also blamed Cupertino for unfairly suppressing its email app in the App Store search results By Humza Aamir, October 7, 2019, 8:23 AM
Gaming Nintendo hits another ROM site with a copyright infringement lawsuit Damages could reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars By Rob Thubron, September 12, 2019, 6:55 AM 11 comments
Industry Gaming Blizzard sues Chinese game company for infringing on its Warcraft IP It even used the same character names By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2019, 8:33 AM 16 comments
The Web Google Copyright holders can no longer manually take YouTube creator revenue for brief music clips A win for YouTubers? By Cohen Coberly, August 17, 2019, 11:13 AM 15 comments
Gaming YouTube channels uploading Nintendo's soundtracks hit with copyright claims Nintendo dislikes piracy in any form By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2019, 9:20 AM
Industry Pandora faces copyright lawsuit for displaying song lyrics Be careful when you go posting those lyrics By Cal Jeffrey, June 18, 2019, 2:49 PM 7 comments
Industry Gaming Metal band Iron Maiden launches $2 million trademark infringement lawsuit against Ion Maiden game The Number of the Beast? $2 million By Rob Thubron, May 30, 2019, 6:58 AM 17 comments
The Web Tech Culture Poland files a challenge to new EU copyright law The law amounts to 'preventative censorship', say Poles By James Miller, May 27, 2019, 6:06 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture Spoiler alert: Cable company airs pirated version of Avengers: Endgame in the Philippines A local theater has already filed a lawsuit against the provider -- will Disney follow? By Cal Jeffrey, May 2, 2019, 7:35 PM
The Web European Parliament narrowly votes in its divisive Copyright Directive The law referred to by some as the 'Link Tax' will be implemented before 2022 By Cal Jeffrey, March 26, 2019, 3:42 PM 10 comments
Tech Culture Gaming US Copyright Office denies 'Carlton Dance' protection request Alfonso Ribeiro's copyright lawsuit will not be supported by the USCO By Cal Jeffrey, February 15, 2019, 3:13 PM 11 comments
Gaming Epic Games responds to lawsuits, says "dance routines are not protected by copyright" The studio claims 2 Milly's 'Dance Step' is different from the 'Swipe It' emote By Rob Thubron, February 14, 2019, 7:04 AM 7 comments