In honor of SOPA Blackout Day, we’ve made transparencies for RIAA Vice President Jonathan Lamy and MPAA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chris Dodd. We want to see where Buzzfeeders want to put them. Remix away everybody! Read More ›
Here’s a glimpse into what being online if SOPA passed might be like. Save our memes! (Inspired by the fine work of Chris Mohney.) Read More ›
Saturday Night Live is facing allegations it stole material for two sketches, including an Emmy Award-nominated short. Hold up, hold up. SNL gets nominated for Emmys?
The fictional high school chorus at the center of Fox’s Glee has a huge problem — nearly a million dollars in potential legal liability. For a show that regularly tackles thorny issues like teen pregnancy and alcohol abuse, it’s surprising that a million dollars worth of lawbreaking would go unmentioned. But it does, and week after week, those zany Glee kids rack up the potential to pay higher and higher fines.
Disconnecting downloaders will alienate the entertainment industry's most loyal customers. With the passage into law of the dread Digital Economy Act comes Ofcom's guidelines that are the first step toward rules for when and how rightsholders will be able to disconnect entire families from the internet because someone on or near their premises is accused of copyright infringement.
The founders of the Pirate Bay are twittering their copyright trial, and so far things are all going their way. The searching for the hashtag #spectrial (spectacle + trial) will keep you up-to-date on what's happening in the courtroom, though news outlets are covering the trial closely, too. The Pirate Bay is being charged with violating Swedish copyright laws by providing torrents of copyrighted material and making money of ads that run on their pages. Read More ›
Artist Nadia Plesneris being sued by Louis Vuitton for depicting a LV-inspired bag in an image sold to raise money for a Darfur Charity. The image depicting a Darfur victim carrying a designer handbag and a Paris Hilton-style dog was meant to draw attention to the media’s disproportionate focus on celebrities. The Paris based company is demanding over $20,000 for each day that Plesener continues her project, presumably because they do not appreciate having their brand equated with genocide, a move that seems to have backfired. Read More ›
