Mike Masnick

Articles by Mike Masnick

Someone Filed a Bogus DMCA Notice to Kill a Story About A Sketchy SEO Firm. It Worked β€” Briefly.

Crypto April 10, 2026

from the gee-who-could-have-the-incentive-to-do-that? dept We’ve talked for years about how the DMCA’s notice-and-takedown system is ripe for abuse. The legal structure of the law practically beg...

Trump Demands $10 Billion From Taxpayers For Leaked Tax Returns; His Own Lawyers Get To Decide What He Gets

Crypto January 31, 2026

from the wake-up-babe,-a-new-level-of-corruption-has-been-revealed dept Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the TruοΏ½...

Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal

Crypto December 13, 2025

from the doesn't-anyone-know-how-this-works? dept The mainstream media just failed a basic civics test so badly that you’d think their brains have been pickled by the kinds of folks who spend all t...