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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

ChatGPT can't happen without stealing

Rae Hodge
Closeup of the edge of open book pages (Getty Images/FactoryTh)

How capitalism is distorting science

Troy Farah

Hany Farid
Thomas Alva Edison, 1847 – 1931. American inventor and businessman. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The white male "American inventor" bias

Anjali Vats - The Conversation
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Eddy Grant at the O2 Arena in London (Getty/Hayley Madden/Redferns)

Twitter drops Trump video over song

Jordan Moreau - Variety
Los Angeles artist Erik Brunetti, the founder of the streetwear clothing company "FUCT," leaves the Supreme Court after his trademark case was argued, in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2019. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

FUCT gets its day in court

Megan M Carpenter - The Conversation

Cameron Crowe's "Stairway"

Scott Timberg
Ed Sheeran (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)

What makes a song unique?

Scott Timberg
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Prince (AP/Alex Brandon)

Set Prince's vault free

Scott Timberg
Led Zeppelin in "The Song Remains the Same" (Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Led Zeppelin are not thieves

Paul Campos
Taylor Swift with her "1989" and "Shake It Off" Billboard Awards (Eric Jamison/invision/AP)

Suing Taylor Swift

Erin Keane
Robin Thicke (AP/Alex Brandon)

Thicke defends "Blurred Lines"

Anna Silman
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Steve Albini, Marc Ribot (Wikimedia/Freekorps/Frank Schindelbeck)

Steve Albini is wrong

Scott Timberg

Verdict: Blurred Lines a copy

Anna Silman

"Blurred Lines"' legal saga

Anna Silman
(Jason Myers)

Elizabeth Wurtzel returns

Erin Keane
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Cory Doctorow (flickr/<a href='http://pausal.co.uk'>Paula Mariel</a>)

Doctorow on digital piracy

Laura Miller
Led Zeppelin (AP/Rusty Kennedy)

Sarah Gray
A photo of a different macaque monkey, taken by a human. (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-295900p1.html'>Dudarev Mikhail</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Monkey copyright mayhem

Andrew Leonard

Aereo's downfall

Andrew Leonard
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Karl Marx (Wikimedia)

Karl Marx is not amused

Andrew Leonard

"2048" copycat culture

Andrew Leonard
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-233395p1.html'>artjazz</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Sarah Gray

Prachi Gupta
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