Publications

There’s a weird belief out there that tech critics hate technology. But do movie critics hate movies? Do food critics hate food? No! The most effective, insightful critics do what they do because they love something so deeply that they want to see it...

Torrent site uploaders come in various shapes and sizes. Only a few become so popular that their ‘brand’ is widely recognized by online pirates. COLLECTiVE falls into the latter category. The uploader operating under this tag, Will1869, shared many h...

After a decade of focusing on efforts overseas, the push for website blocking has landed back on American shores. Domestic site blocking initiatives were shelved for over a decade in the U.S. following the SOPA backlash, but that hesitation appears t...

On 10 December 1962, as London emerged from a thick smog, Duncan Sandys – MP for Streatham, Churchill’s son-in-law, and secretary of state for the colonies – stood up in the Commons and made a statement. “Early on Saturday morning an attempt was ma...

Rampant piracy of live sporting events has been a hot topic in Europe for several years. Anti-piracy measures against relatively static targets have their place but preventing access to pirated live streams is much more difficult. After calling for...

There’s long been a debate over whether Britain’s Empire – the largest the world has ever known – was a good or bad thing. There’s another question though – did it really end? In some ways, obviously it did. Some 62 territories have gained independen...

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing titled “Defending Against Drones: Setting Safeguards for Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Authorities.” While the government has a legitimate interest in monitoring and mitigating drone thre...

The US Copyright Claims Board launched in 2022. Through this Copyright Office-hosted venue, rightsholders can claim damages outside the federal court system. The board, instituted through the CASE Act, aims to make it cheaper for creators to resolve...

Strike 3 Holdings is a familiar name in U.S. federal courts. As the most prolific copyright litigant, the adult entertainment company has filed over 15,000 lawsuits in federal courts. These lawsuits typically target people whose Internet connections...

Dear Friend of Press Freedom, Rümeysa Öztürk may be out of jail but her ordeal isn’t over. It’s now the 52nd day that she’s facing deportation by the United States government for writing an op-ed it didn’t like. More press freedom news below. Attack...