intellectual property
The iPhone Is an Ideal Machine for Exerting Intellectual Property Control
Apple’s control over the iPhone means that consumers will continue to have more of an ongoing relationship with Apple than nearly any other company.
How Two Indonesian Men Stole a 70-Year-Old Sneaker Logo
Famous foreign brands keep losing court battles with tiny Indonesian companies who registered the same name first. Why are the courts legalizing pirates and knockoffs?
Who Gets Credit When a Meme Becomes a Movie?
Netflix is reportedly making an original movie starring Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o, inspired by Twitter and Tumblr posts. But will the social media authors get paid?
Top Music Industry Organizations Write Letter to Donald Trump Urging Him to Enforce Intellectual Property Laws
Companies that wrote the president-elect include ASCAP, BMI, RIAA, and The Songwriters Guild of America.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Dead, and That's Good for Internet Freedom
US lawmakers from both parties rejected the 12-country deal, including every leading presidential candidate.
Would You Wear Fashion Made From Your Own DNA?
Tina Gorjanc's 'Pure Human Project' examines a future where we can grow human leather.
Scared of Clowns? I Dare You to Not Look at These Twisted Patents
I scoured Google Patents for the most clownish technologies on the books, because I hate myself.
Walmart Wants to Create an Army of Self-Driving Shopping Carts
While pushing shopping carts is probably one of the only forms of exercise that sedentary, consumerist Americans engage in on a regular basis, the time may have come to let machines undertake even this minimally demanding task.
How the TPP Could Stifle the Discovery of New Drugs
There’s been a lot of talk about how the trade deal could affect drug prices, but it could also hinder new discoveries.
Nintendo Breaks Fans' Hearts By Removing Nintendo Power Magazine Online Archive
Disappointing, but not surprising.
Why a Canadian Composer’s Controversial 80s Work is Still Ahead of Today's Copyright Laws
Before Girl Talk and the major label lawsuits, John Oswald's plunderphonic records proved sampling's possibilities.
Kraftwerk Lose Two-Decade Long Copyright Case in German Court
Sabrina Setlur's 1997 single "Nur Mir" contains the contested sample of Kraftwerk's "Metal on Metal."