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2 Jan 2019, 2:56 am
Both right and left have trouble staying consistent [Ilya Somin] “Oxford University Gets Opposition To Its Attempt To Trademark ‘Oxford’ For All The Things” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Australian corrections officials keep bringing the wrong Peter Brown to court as murder defendant [Lowering the Bar] Tags: Australia, New York, opioids, religious liberty, trademarks, wills and trusts [read post]
30 Dec 2018, 3:03 am
2018 was another busy busy year in the world of copyright, and a continuing global 'theme' was the ongoing battle between 'big tech' and 'big content', with the likes of Google and YouTube continuing to lobby extensively against planned reforms, bringing onboard (some) of the creative community - whilst the 'big content' (including film companies, music companies, the games sector and television) rolled out other creators - and finally seemed to be… [read post]
12 Dec 2018, 2:59 am
We Need a Bundesverwaltungsgericht” [Michael Greve, responses from Mike Rappaport, Philip Wallach, and Ilan Wurman, and rejoinder from Greve] New York’s family court system is failing children and their families [Naomi Riley/City Journal, thanks for quote] “The Emmys People Are Opposing A Pet Products Company Named After A Dog Named ‘Emmy'” [Tim Geigner, TechDirt] Metaphor alert: “Lawmaker Injured by Flying Constitution” [Kevin… [read post]
7 Dec 2018, 4:56 am
are Gizmodo "Tech Giants Wake Up to EU Copyright Plan That Threatens to Nuke the Web" and BoingBoing which goes with "Poland rejects the EU's copyright censorship plans, calls it #ACTA2" whilst Twitch has sent a letter to the Twitch creators' communityThe Australian Government has also rejected loud appeals from the tech community and the tech giants who argue that proposed reforms to copyright law will diminish the internet's primary role as a communications tool… [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 6:21 pm
Techdirt’s Karl Bode writes today that ESPN lost $14 million due to cord cutting. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 3:56 pm
As Techdirt points out, however, while the particulars are different, the basic slimy tactics are familiar. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 10:16 am
I also bought the Techdirt Emoji-ment sweatshirt. [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 10:45 am
As Techdirt points out, however, while the particulars are different, the basic slimy tactics are familiar. [read post]
24 Nov 2018, 9:00 pm
It's football season again, which means some significant portion of America is routinely spending some significant chunk of its weekends watching some significant portion of male college students give some significant portion of each other irreparable brain damage. [read post]
22 Nov 2018, 8:54 am
Ciaramella, Reason; Tim Cushing, Techdirt, and earlier from our long-running coverage of Philadelphia’s remarkable and outrageous forfeiture practices. [read post]
21 Nov 2018, 2:55 am
“A Decade After Realizing It Can’t Threaten A Critic Online, UCLA Returns To Threaten A Critic Online” [Mike Masnick, TechDirt; Adam Steinbaugh, FIRE] “D.C. [read post]
16 Nov 2018, 2:37 pm
If You Want The Government To Hand Over Documents, You Might Want To Retain A Lawyerfrom the get-busy-suing-or-get-busy-waiting deptBy Tim Cushing, Techdirt, Nov. 16, 2018Fifty years after the passage of the Freedom of Information Act, the letter of the law lives on but its spirit has been crushed. [read post]
14 Nov 2018, 3:01 am
Circuit] “Please conduct yourself accordingly”: Matthew Whitaker letter to man who complained about World Patent Marketing, on whose advisory board Whitaker sat [Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Upholding FCPA prison term, Third Circuit rejects businessman’s argument that bribery deal helped pull population out of poverty in remote part of Siberia [Matt Miller, PennLive] Sidetracking a decision on the cy pres merits? [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 2:56 am
Main reasons: 1) Small states get rounded up or down; 2) demographics change in existing districts over 10-year Census cycle especially where new housing is being built [Hristina Byrnes, 24/7 Wall Street, I’m quoted] “‘Outrageously excessive’ requests for attorney fees can be altogether denied, 3rd Circuit says” [ABA Journal] Prenda copyright troll Paul Hansmeier, who also did mass ADA filings, pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering charges [Dan Browning,… [read post]
24 Oct 2018, 4:54 pm
In other coverage of that ruling, at the “Techdirt” blog, Mike Masnick has a post titled “Appeals Court Says Of Course Georgia’s Laws (Including Annotations) Are Not Protected By Copyright And Free To Share. [read post]
24 Oct 2018, 4:01 am
But as Karl Bode notes at Techdirt, there is another school of thought reflected by Columbia J-prof Jay Rosen. [read post]
23 Oct 2018, 8:28 am
, the new CIA card game from Techdirt, Cards Against Humanity, and more! [read post]
23 Oct 2018, 3:17 am
But then Cathy Gellis at Techdirt took aim at Elliot for suing Donegan, as well as the anonymous people whose accusations appeared on her list, using a rather provocative title: Shitty Man Shows How Shitty Men Can Shit On Free Speech By Suing Over The Shitty Media Men List from the shitty-lawsuits dept Aside from the question of whether Elliot deserves as many “shitties” as he received, there was the technical problem of his trying to ascertain who wrote the… [read post]
21 Oct 2018, 3:38 pm
techdirt: “The 11th Circuit appeals court has just overturned a lower court ruling and said that Georgia’s laws, including annotations, are not covered by copyright, and it is not infringing to post them online. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 2:58 am
“Heisman Trophy People Sue HeismanWatch For Using Images Of The Trophy And Stating Its Name” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] At elite law schools, the days when a centrist liberal like Elena Kagan could offer a welcome to Federalist Society types are fast drawing to a close, writes Reihan Salam [The Atlantic] Being able to link to federal court cases and legal materials would be huge: legislation from Rep. [read post]
