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28 Aug 2015, 1:39 pm by Parker Higgins
Independent publications like Techdirt and The Intercept were early adopters; The Washington Post became the first major general news organization to do so earlier this summer. [read post]
25 Aug 2015, 6:51 am by Ben
TechDirt says "The final opinion notes that Dragulis seems upset with what happened but can't really blame anyone but himself for the outcome. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 1:14 pm by Kevin Smith, J.D.
There is additional analysis and discussion of this case over at TechDirt. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm
Via Techdirt, an unsuccessful lawsuit by a photographer who posted a photo under a Creative Commons license ... and then regretted it. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 6:06 pm by Adam Steinbaugh
 Criticism was widespread: the Los Angeles Times spent ink covering the story and its editorial board hinted that Mayor Butts should resign if he suffered from acute thinnius skinnius, and suit was criticized by Eugene Volokh, the Annenberg Media Center, the First Amendment Coalition, TechDirt, CityWatchLA, the National Coalition Against Censorship, and so forth. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 4:18 am by Ben
Whilst (and for an unexplained reason) numerous blogs including Boing Boing and TechDirt focussed on a 2013 ruling in Germany that "Germany Says Taking Photos Of Food Infringes The Chef's Copyright", The CopyKat was more intersted in the ruling in the the Australian Federal Court which dismissed an interlocutory application by Seven Network (Operations) Limited (Seven) to restrain the Nine Network (Nine) and production company Endemol from continuing to broadcast… [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 4:11 am
, have drawn the attention of members of the IPKat blog team to the decision of Paramount Pictures to send a cease-and-desist letter to the proprietors of The Codfather Takeaways fish and chip restaurant, which you can read all about on Techdirt here. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 10:58 am by Kevin
, Above the Law, Techdirt) report that Judge Charles Breyer (N.D. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 6:07 am by Walter Olson
“…Judge Responds With Heavily-Redacted Refusal” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Tags: humor, judges, lawyering vs. privacy“HP Asks For Heavily-Redacted Documents To Be Sealed…” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
8 Aug 2015, 4:20 am by Ben
TechDirt takes a different tack, looking at the USA's resistance to 'fair use' provisions with the headline "Why Does The TPP Repeatedly Require Stronger Copyright, But When It Comes To Public Rights... [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 4:09 am by Ben
Techdirt says that in the past, evidence showed that other similar copyright trolls like Prenda, were engaged in seeding their own content, which would make the file authorized, and thus the shakedown letters a form of "copyright misuse. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Former NYT Peking correspondent Richard Bernstein, who now co-owns two nail salons, challenges Times blockbuster on prevalence of labor exploitation at NYC salons [New York Review of Books, Elizabeth Nolan Brown and followup, Times rebuttal] More details on how studios used Mississippi attorney general’s office as cut-out against Google [Mike Masnick, TechDirt, earlier here and here, more on AG Jim Hood] Of course licensing laws “are only there to protect consumers and are… [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 10:37 am by John Steele
At TechDirt there's further discussion of how content providers used state attorney generals (attorneys general?) [read post]
26 Jul 2015, 4:05 pm by INFORRM
Attempts by an Australian researcher to hold Google responsible for defamatory posts in the Australian Supreme Court are misguided, according to website techdirt. [read post]
26 Jul 2015, 11:05 am
"State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing The State's Own Laws": Mike Masnick has this post at Techdirt. [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 5:00 am by Andy
One has to hope he (or more likely his attorney) will do a rather more legally cogent job than the strident argument put forward by Mike Masnick on the TechDirt website. [read post]
9 Jul 2015, 2:19 am by Walter Olson
We’ve covered this topic before, but Mike Masnick at Techdirt has a slew of revealing new details on how Mississippi attorney general Jim Hood acted as cat’s paw for Hollywood studios in his legal battles against Google. [read post]
7 Jul 2015, 4:52 pm
Mike Masnick is the founder and editor of the Techdirt blog, covering a variety of topics around innovation, intellectual property, economics, business and policy. [read post]
5 Jul 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Kittle, Wisconsin Watchdog] Rare instance where pro-speech, anti-harass groups agree: ICANN shouldn’t zap site-owner privacy [Online Abuse Prevention Initiative via @sarahjeong] “Researcher Headed To Australian Supreme Court In Attempt To Hold Google Responsible For Posts At Ripoff Reports” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] When you vigorously deny an accusation, do you defame the accuser as a liar? [read post]