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12 Jan 2018, 4:32 pm
[Techdirt] * The Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case ends with a whimper: former accounting manager Victoria Harrington just got sentenced to unconditional release (i.e., no prison time). [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 2:30 pm
[Techdirt] * Even more bad bar results news, with Charleston School of Law taking a particularly bad hit. [read post]
U.S. Republican Study Committee Releases Progressive Copyright Document Only To Withdraw Hours Later
19 Nov 2012, 11:53 pm
Republican Study Committee of a progressive report on copyright, only to withdraw the paper hours later (coverage from Techdirt (1, 2), Volokh Conspiracy, the American Conservative, Politico, CNET, and Macleans). [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 2:23 pm
From Techdirt:Various courts have held that by putting something in the trash, you are relinquishing your ownership of those goods. [read post]
25 May 2007, 9:06 pm
From Techdirt:Greg Beck writes "Public Citizen late yesterday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit in Florida by two affiliated infomercial companies that are attempting to shut down negative reviews of their day trading software on the website InfomercialScams.com. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 3:19 am
From Techdirt:Over the past few years there has been a huge number of grandstanding politicians claiming that social networks like Facebook and MySpace were breeding grounds for online predators, who were trying to entice children. [read post]
24 Dec 2008, 4:00 pm
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Wall Street Journal reports RIAA to ‘abandon’ mass litigation, RIAA signs voluntary ‘graduated response’ agreements with major ISPs (Excess Copyright) (Michael Geist) (Internet Cases) (Ars Technica) (ContentAgenda) (ContentAgenda) (ContentAgenda) (EFF) (TorrentFreak) (Techdirt) (Public Knowledge)… [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 6:07 am
Equustek decision attracted global attention with many rightly focused on the implications of global takedown orders for freedom of speech online (my post on the case here, Daphne Keller, EFF, Howard Knopf, Techdirt). [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 11:07 pm
Ce matin, mes fils RSS m'ont présenté un article de Techdirt relatif à un jugement américain rendu la semaine dernière (McMann v. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 5:51 am
A bizarre story from Techdirt:Greg Beck writes in to let us know that the law firm that was recently challenged for claiming that it was a copyright violation to post its cease-and-desist letter also has some other interesting ideas about copyright, including banning people from looking at the firm's source code. [read post]
17 Oct 2007, 4:44 am
A bizarre story from Techdirt:If you follow politics outside of the tech world you've probably seen plenty of talk in the last week or so about the battle over SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program. [read post]
9 Feb 2008, 2:56 am
An ironic post from Techdirt:This probably won't come as much of a surprise to, well, anyone, but when Reporters Without Borders came out with a report on how China censors the internet, China ordered that the report be censored. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 11:52 pm
(Techdirt) Global Antipiracy Day (as declared by Microsoft) (Techdirt) (Ars Technica) Google liberates Android source code, so start developing! [read post]
13 Jan 2017, 2:32 pm
(Video still from The Washington Post) I share David Post’s sense that the libel lawsuit by the supposed “inventor of email” Shiva Ayyadurai against TechDirt — which called Ayyadurai a liar for this claim — is generally pretty weak. [read post]
27 Sep 2008, 12:01 am
You can separately subscribe to the Online edition of the Global week in Review by subscribing by email, or selecting ‘all posts’ or 'IP on the net' for the RSS option at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Public Citizen, EFF, Citizen Media Law Project amici brief supporting dismissal of Jones Day's trade mark infringement suit against Blockshopper.com; Electronic Frontier Foundation: claim that consent needed for… [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 4:00 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: German Federal Supreme Court refers main ‘AdWord’ question to ECJ but decides on ‘AdWord’ use of company names (IPKat) (Class 46) Isle of Man eCommerce Minister wants to legalise P2P music file sharing (Michael Geist) (Out-Law) (Techdirt) RIAA files appeal against ruling allowing streaming of… [read post]
26 Dec 2016, 5:30 am
It wasn’t that Mike Masnick’s observation at Techdirt was prescient, as much as he followed the dominoes. [read post]
24 Feb 2018, 5:12 am
At Techdirt, Cathy Gellis provides an exceptionally thorough parsing of the decision awarding $6.7 million to graffiti artists who painted on another person’s building, and whose “art” was ultimately destroyed when the building owner decided it was time to put his property to a higher use. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 3:00 am
: CoStar v Dumann (Techdirt) Gatehouse Media - Gatehouse Media sues New York Times over republication of news headlines (Out-Law) (IP Watchdog) MPAA - MPAA also likes idea of ISP enforcers for file sharing (Techdirt) Nine Inch Nails - CC-licensed NIN album Amazon’s best-selling MP3 album for 2008 (Creative Commons) (Lessig) (Techdirt) (ReadWriteWeb) (Michael Geist) Nine Inch Nails - Reznor releases footage of Nine Inch Nails’ current tour on BitTorrent… [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 12:13 pm
(Michael Geist) Google agrees to pay $125 million to authors and publishers affected by Google Print service, settling copyright litigation (Ars Technica) Google is done paying Silicon Valley’s legal bills (EFF) Apple bends to studios, adds copyright protection to MacBooks (Wired) Website parodying Union Square Partnership shut down due to bogus cybersquatting and copyright infringement claims (EFF) Singers Daryl Hall and John Oates sue Warner/Chappell Music for failing to sue others for… [read post]
