Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill into law that codifies the right to abortion in the state. Although this doesn’t change much in the sense that abortions were already permitted there, it is getting attention for the fact that it explicitly declares that embryos, fetuses and fertilized eggs do not have any independent rights. This declaration is a response to past ballot initiatives... 

Senator Ron Wyden and Rep. Jared Polis discovered that Section 1201 of DMCA’s broken anti circumvention laws. Last week they introduced a bill to fix this part of the DMCA. Thanks to DMCA 1201, John Deer claims it still owns the tractor you thought you bought it from it, instead, John Deer claims you’re really just licensing that tractor: In the absence of an express written license in...