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24 Jul 2014, 2:08 pm
. * Tom O’Toole: Looking Back at ICANN: NSI’s Courtroom Victories Paved Way for Modern Domain Name Industry * Techdirt: Data Shows Homeland Security Is Lying When It Claims Intellectual Property Seizures Are About Health & Safety * New Yorker: Competition for McDonald’s, and For Ronald. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 4:29 am
From Tim Cushing at Techdirt: Judges willing to make the government fine tune warrant requests are still a very small minority, however. [read post]
22 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm
Cop caught on camera stealing dying motorist’s $3700 and gold crucifix “walked out of courtroom with big smile on face” [Bridgeport; Connecticut Post] Durham, N.C. police officer testifies department would illegally gain access to homes for purposes of search by lying about getting 911 calls [IndyWeek] “California Highway Patrol Seizes Medical Records Of Woman An Officer Was Caught On Tape Beating” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Drivers routinely expected to… [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm
Facebook fought dragnet-with-gag-order subpoena in NY police/fire disability-fraud case [Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Two lawyers charged in alleged plot to extort millions from wealthy sheik [ABA Journal] Judge declares mistrial, plans new trial date in case of allegedly faulty guardrails [Bloomberg, more, background] Last year Overlawyered made the “Hall of Fame” and from now through Aug. 8 you can nominate other sites for the ABA’s annual Blawg 100 honor; Supreme… [read post]
20 Jul 2014, 9:14 am
Writes Mike Masnick at TechDirt: “we don’t want shipping companies to be liable for what’s in packages, because then they have not just the incentive, but the mandate to snoop through all our packages. [read post]
19 Jul 2014, 5:31 am
Via Mike Masnick at Techdirt: Apparently, FedEx was unwilling to fall on its sword and cough up a similar amount to the US government, so the DEA and DOJ have announced they’ve gotten a grand jury to indict the company for delivering drugs associated with internet pharmacies. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 10:37 am
And TechDirt have this take "EU Publishers Present Their 'Vision' For Copyright: A Permission-Based Internet Where Licensing Is Required For Everything" which can be found here.And in the UK doubt has been raised about the UK government's power to introduce a new private copying exception to copyright without an associated mechanism for compensating rights holders. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 4:20 pm
Back in 2010, after the original trial court decision, Mike Masnick of Techdirt wrote that the Ultramercial case would be “worth watching. [read post]
28 Jun 2014, 4:24 am
From Mike Masnick at Techdirt: Meanwhile, at the DOJ, they’re already plotting on ways to get around this ruling by seeing how far they can push the “exigent circumstances” exception: Ellen Canale, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said the agency would work with law enforcement to ensure “full compliance” with the decision. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 3:56 am
And Tim Cushing at Techdirt raised a new one, the companies that manufacture license plate readers. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 12:10 am
I’m thinking Mike Masnick of Techdirt, given his trademark bullying perspective on the subject, would be happy to see the Milton Glaser designed logo considered an informational genre, and part of the public domain. [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 4:00 am
As the marketplace evolves, it is essential our industry no longer be hamstrung by outdated laws and government regulation".Techdirt tells us about a fascinating court filing made by lawyers acting for Malibu Media who, depending on whose camp you in, are either quite rightly defending the copyrights it owns and represents - or copyright trolls out to extract unneeded dollars from unsullied individuals having filed thirteen hundred lawsuits in the US in the last year. [read post]
25 May 2014, 5:39 pm
The restaurant “isn't affiliated with the Four Seasons hotel a few blocks away…” This blog was picked up by the normally very reliable Techdirt site, which generated a lot of comments. [read post]
23 May 2014, 5:36 am
[Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Tweet Tags: apparel, celebrities, right of publicityFrontiers of the “right of publicity” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
22 May 2014, 4:14 am
There are two completely independent issues here, which the Techdirt commenters refused to accept. [read post]
21 May 2014, 3:26 pm
Just last month TechDirt reported that a driver in a Kansas City suburb found himself surrounded by cops with guns out after a license plate camera misread his plate. [read post]
18 May 2014, 3:51 am
Or as Mike Masnick explained at Techdirt, about Lewis’ bizarre defamation threat to Paul : In general, this is probably not the best way to respond to a lawyer calling you up to ask some basic questions about a lawsuit you’ve filed. [read post]
12 May 2014, 4:38 am
“US Patent Office Grants ‘Photography Against A White Background’ Patent To Amazon” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Critics suspect there is prior art. [read post]
11 May 2014, 4:29 am
Proof of my ignorance is offered by this post at Franks’ Tumblr, Never let facts get in the way of hysteria: Techdirt falsely claims AZ revenge porn law requires registration as sex offender. [read post]
8 May 2014, 12:22 am
This from TechDirt: "We kind of expected this to happen, but after a long process in which the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) carefully reviewed all sorts of proposals and evidence on copyright reform, and released some sensible proposals, Australia's Attorney General (who is also its Arts Minister apparently), George Brandis, has ignored all of it, preferring to only listen to a Hollywood front group, leading him to push for a three strikes plan and censorship in… [read post]
