Netflix files copyright claims against tweets criticizing movie, trailer

 Ars Technica, here. 

Platforms have benefited greatly from special legal and regulatory treatment

TheEconomist, here and here. 

Sole and despotic dominion

C. Doctorow, here.

It’s Finally Legal To Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car)

Wired, here.

Copyright Office Gratuitously Kills the DMCA Safe Harbor For Thousands of Websites

E. Goldman, here.

Tesla bans customers from using autonomous cars to earn money ride-sharing

ArsTechnica, here. 

Nintendo’s DMCA-backed quest against online fan games

ArsTechnica, here.

Cheating In Gaming: Will Copyright Laws Level Up?

Forbes, here.

How Digital Copyright Law Is Being Used to Run Roughshod Over Repairs

NBC, here.

Here’s why the music labels are furious at YouTube. Again.

Recode.net, here. 

Freedom to Innovate (and the Internet of Cranes)

J. Zittrain, Video here. 

A Step Toward Protecting Fair Use on YouTube

Google, here. 

VW scandal highlights irony of EPA opposition to vehicle software tinkering

ArsTechnica, here.

See also EFF, here. 

Welcome To The Internet Of Cheating Things

TechDirt, here.

Fair Use vs. Algorithms: What the Dancing Baby Did to Copyright

Motherboard.vice.com, here. 

It’s John Deere’s tractor, folks. You’re just driving it

Wired.com, here. 

Robots, the DMCA, and Patents: Threats, Strategy, and Caselaw in the Aftermarket

C. Hicks, K. Liu, here. 

Good News for Libraries in Latest Round of DMCA Exceptions

Policynotes.arl.org, here. 

Librarian of Congress: New DMCA Rules on Anti-Circumvention Exceptions

Here and here. See also LCA's press release and Groklaw's coverage. Another interesting comment from Opensource.com. The EFF expresses also clear satisfaction.

On the anticompetitive use of the DMCA

ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION OF COMPETITION: AVOIDING CONFLICT BETWEEN THE DMCA AND ANTITRUST, J. Schroeder; see also Antitrust Law - A Stranger in the Wikinomics World? Regulating Anti-Competitive Use of the DRM/DMCA Regime, Rachel Aridor-Hershkovitz