Trying to pinpoint the earliest internet meme is like trying to discern the first written word, or the first time someone sliced a loaf of bread; a futile effort, but one that unearths fascinating ...

Memes are ideas that spread from brain to brain and have elements of culture or system behavior. Arguably, the first meme was created in the early 1920s, and published by the University of Iowa in a ...

The new year marks the nerdiest holiday you maybe didn't know about: Public Domain Day. But this year's celebration is extra special. After years of legal battles, "Steamboat Willie," a 1928 Walt ...

What first started as a meme featuring a fluffy dog with poor grammar has now resulted in a trademark fight over the ownership of an estimated $80 billion brand. If the progression of this Internet ...

When David DeVore, Sr. filmed his seven-year-old son high on anesthesia in 2008, he probably wasn’t thinking the video clip would be worth a literal fortune a little more than a decade later. But ...