Copyright is one of the most important legal issues in the age of AI, and it affects all of us.

J. Alexander Hershey, John Hines Jr. It is not an understatement to say that the economy is powered by software. So when a decision comes down from the U.S. Supreme Court on the extent to which ...

Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and Yahoo. He previously worked for PandoDaily and Fortune Magazine, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, on ...

The decision in Teradyne v. Astronics illustrates the potential strength of the fair use defense in software cases, even in those involving direct competitors. Last month, in an unpublished memorandum ...

In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit approved the use of “Copyrightability Hearings.” Not sure what that means? Read on to find out. The case involved a ...

WASHINGTON – Google and Oracle are heading to the Supreme Court. Finally. The justices agreed Friday to decide whether Google violated federal copyright laws by using some of Oracle's Java programming ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Supporters of free online software scored a victory with a Federal Circuit ruling that extended copyright protection to software that programmers let others freely download on the ...

New regulations dealing with the registration of software copyright in China have come into force, aimed at bringing the country's laws into line with the IP standards of the WTO. The amended rules ...

A group of large software companies has taken the first step toward inciting a tussle with the telecommunications industry by asking Congress to rewrite copyright law so alleged Internet pirates can ...

The librarian of Congress has provided a new exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that will let people repair optical drives on video game consoles. The ...

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