Pluralistic: Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification (07 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Cloudflare Destroys Another Patent Troll, Gets Its Patents Released To The Public

Three years ago, we updated Vizzini’s list of “classic blunders” from The Princess Bride to include “never try to patent troll Cloudflare.” That was when the company announced that patent troll Sab…

Pluralistic: A sexy, skinny defeat device for your HP ink cartridge (30 Sep 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Movie Companies Take DMCA Subpoena 'Shortcut' Dispute to Court of Appeals * TorrentFreak

Movie studios are appealing a court decision that prevented them from using a DMCA shortcut to identify alleged BitTorrent pirates.

Second Circuit Says Libraries Disincentivize Authors To Write Books By Lending Them For Free

What would you think if an author told you they would have written a book, but they wouldn’t bother because it would be available to be borrowed for free from a library? You’d probably think they w…

FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported

Sudden subscription fees, lost features causing users “death by a thousand cuts.”…

Automakers Still Trying To Weaken Maine’s Popular ‘Right To Repair’ Law

Last November, Maine residents voted overwhelmingly (83 percent) to pass a new state right to repair law designed to make auto repairs easier and more affordable. More specifically, the l…

Pluralistic: An open copyright casebook, featuring AI, Warhol and more (30 Jul 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Feds look to limit farmers' ancient practice of saving seed

The federal government wants to restrict farmers' ability to save seeds and other reproductive plant materials like tree grafts for some crops – and is asking farmers to comment on the changes during the height of the growing season.