I GREW up in a working-class family in Beverly, Mass., where my father had several jobs, including packing chemicals and working in shipping and receiving at Logan Airport. He and my mother, a preschool ... Read more
When Chase Carey, Rupert Murdoch’s top deputy at News Corporation, told broadcasters on Monday about his contingency plan to turn the Fox network into something available only on cable, he knew policy ... Read more
A federal appeals court in New York on Monday upheld a ruling in favor of Aereo, the start-up Internet service that streams broadcast stations without compensation, setting the stage for a full-blown trial ... Read more
BEIJING — A quarter of companies that are members of a leading U.S. business lobby in China have been victims of data theft, a report by the group said Friday, as ties between Beijing and Washington have become ... Read more
Before Napster and LimeWire, before Megauploads and the Pirate Bay, media companies’ epic struggle against copying, piracy and generally losing control over their creations can be traced to a legal fight ... Read more
WASHINGTON — In a pair of decisions issued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court made it easier to import textbooks and other copyrighted products from abroad and made it harder for plaintiffs in class-action ... Read more
WASHINGTON — For a decade consumers have been able to keep their cellphone numbers even if they switched their wireless carriers. On Monday, the Obama administration and the Federal Communications ... Read more
BERLIN — German lawmakers approved legislation Friday that grants publishers the right to charge search engines and other online aggregators for reproducing their stories, but continues to allow the free ... Read more
PARIS — Publishers in France say they have struck an innovative agreement with Google on the use of their content online. Their counterparts elsewhere in Europe, however, say the French gave in too easily to ... Read more
OVER the years, the fight against online piracy has led to countless lawsuits by media companies and to escalating levels of law enforcement, all with mixed results. Lately, though, new attention ... Read more