The Dervaes Institute is claiming broad ownership rights over the term "urban homesteading"—a commonly used phrase to describe a social movement dedicated to achieving more self-sufficient, sustainable living in cities—and is sending takedown requests and warning letters targeting individuals and organizations that have been using the term for years. Even...

The Penrose Triangle is an “impossible object” created by Oscar Reutersvärd of Sweden in the mid-1930s.Thingiverse, a site where users share 3D designs for printing, received a DMCA takedown notice for a 3D design of the triangle. Who sent this takedown notice? Not Reutersvärd. The...

When the Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR) posted clips of talk radio host Michael Savage to criticize him and the content of his show, the incendiary Savage simply couldn't take the heat. Savage alleged that CAIR infringed his copyrights by posting the excerpts online and filed a baseless copyright suit...

In 2003, while the public was coming to grips with the perils of electronic voting, voting machine manufacturer Diebold used a series of baseless copyright claims to silence critics and sweep evidence of e-voting flaws under the rug.
In the course of pitching various governments on e-voting machines, Diebold...