Black Church Already Selling Proud Boys-Style Merch After Winning Trademark

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church is already selling Proud Boys-styled merchandise after winning the extremist group's trademark.

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Govts. Must ‘Encourage or Compel’ Internet Companies to Fight Piracy

A major rightsholder coalition says that governments must encourage or compel internet companies to collaborate in the fight against piracy.

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Top EU Court To Consider If Copyright Is More Important Than Privacy

Back in November last year, Walled Culture reported on the shocking opinion by a top EU court advisor that copyright was more important than privacy. The case in question was brought by four F…

Disney Gets A Nice Fat Tax Break For Making Its Streaming Catalog Worse

We just got done discussing how, as the streaming video space consolidates and grows, it’s starting to behave more and more like the unpopular, consolidated cable and broadcast companies they…

High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Students

New research published by the Rights Alliance shows that more than half of all students find it acceptable to use pirated books.

Music Company Asks Google to Delist ‘YouTube Downloader’ Wikipedia Article

A recent DMCA anti-circumvention notice asks Google to remove a Wikipedia entry that lists a comparison of YouTube downloaders.