A few media outlets reported last summer that the NYPD, in its continuing efforts to crack down on the sometimes-annoying costumed characters in Times Square, had asked Disney and Marvel to initiate copyright action there. Disney and Marvel didn’t bite. I requested the communications (or records thereof) under New York’s Freedom of Information Law, and […]
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Parker Higgins is an artist and activist based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes about computers, creativity, and the law, and works as the Director of Advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. more »
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recent posts
- New Rossword puzzle 7 March, 2021
- 1923 zine and website launch 23 March, 2019
- Introducing: cursewords, a crossword puzzle solving interface for the terminal 3 March, 2019
- Shutting down @LinkArchiver, the Twitter link backup bot 26 August, 2018
- Twitter should allow users to “hide” old tweets: my correct opinion 5 August, 2018
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