The proposed orphan works legislation has been drawing a large amount of criticism from bloggers and visual artists alike. However, much of it goes beyond what is likely to happen and what artists should be worrying about.

Blog searching has become an important tool both for gathering the information I use on this site, but also for staying on top of content theft issues. Unfortunately, blog searching has deteriorated to the point of uselessness and I break down why.

Earlier this week I re-visted the United States Copyright Office’s Electronic Copyright Office system to complete my first registration. The results pretty much speak for themselves.

As content theft has grown, Webmasters have sought simple solutions to the problem when none exist. Many get tricked into applying DRM techniques onto their site, even though such methods are ineffective and can cripple your Web page.

The recent plagiarism scandal involving presidential hopeful Barack Obama has consumed much of the Web the past few days. But what can Webmasters and other glean from this?

Creative Commons has been a part of my copyright plan for five years now but, as I look back over the past half decade, my excitement and enthusiasm is tinged by disappointment and unanswered questions.

Google has always had a stake in spam blogs, but its domain parking service raises its involvement to a new level. Will rumored reforms keep the bad guys away?

If you’ve ever wondered why big copyright holders collect millions and damages while you struggle to deal with even the most basic of content theft, this is why.

Two well-known blogs, Zen Habits and The Simple Dollar, announce to great fanfare that they are dedicating all of their content to the public domain. However, caveats and concerns loom in the background.

Robert Scoble kicked off a controversy when he was banned from Facebook for, according to him, running a script from a competing social network, Plaxo, designed to extract his Facebook account data and port it over to an account elsewhere.
The response was very divided. Many supported Scoble for what he did while others accused him [...]