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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 Apr 2012, 2:31 pm
Rebecca Blain and TechDirt force us to ask the question of whether there are really attorneys practicing law who formulate such draconian threats about what we cannot do with our eBook files: “Your non-refundable purchase of this e-book allows you to only ONE LEGAL copy for your personal reading on your own personal computer or device. [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 9:05 pm
Just don’t [John McGinnis] “O’Neil is the Wang of Ireland” says apparel trademark disputant [Timothy Geigner, Techdirt] “Religious people should live under the same laws as everyone else” was a nice slogan while it lasted [Julie Zauzmer, Washington Post on nuns’ construction of chapel in field so as to block pipeline, plus resulting Twitter thread] “Therapy animals are everywhere, but proof that they help is not” [Karin Brulliard,… [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 3:01 am
Of course Ken frequently does defend the unimpressive; Complaints about corporate speech in politics subsided as fast as you could say “Patagonia” [Ira Stoll] “Court Says Google Must Unmask Person Who Left Wordless, One-Star Review Of Local Psychiatrist” [Tim Cushing, Techdirt] Tags: Bill de Blasio, campaign regulation, Google, libel slander and defamation Free speech roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 10:11 am
” Our friends at TechDirt are less diplomatic: Novelist Joins Lawsuit Against Libraries; Would Apparently Prefer His Book Rot In Obscurity. [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 2:59 am
Moving against emerging litigation analytics and prediction sector, France bans publication of statistical information about individual judges’ decisions on criminal penalty [Artificial Lawyer, ABA Journal, David Post] Eugene Volokh analyzes Washington high court’s unanimous ruling against Arlene’s Flowers and Barronelle Stutzman in same-sex marriage refusal case [Volokh Conspiracy, earlier on case here and here] “Small claims court for copyright” idea would likely… [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 9:05 pm
” Self-driving car revolution is coming quickly, but there might still be time for feds to mess it up [Randal O’Toole] “NYT throws hissy-fit, sues over use of thumbnails in critical book” [Rebecca Tushnet via Mike Masnick, TechDirt] New laws from Brussels could endanger thousands of historic guns in British museums [Telegraph] Drawing on the organization’s entire moral authority, i.e. none at all, United Nations panel calls for U.S. to pay slavery… [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]
28 Mar 2018, 2:59 am
One-woman false-accusation machine induced Pittsburgh police to file eight criminal cases against couple; one was jailed for six days and the other for six months before she admitted making it up [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] Regulation is the bane of a great many California small businesses, and that goes for Humboldt County marijuana growers too [David Boaz, Cato] One Billy Goat might have cause to regret picking trademark fight with another [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] … [read post]
15 Sep 2013, 4:05 am
[Tom Bowden] NSA covertly intervened in standards making process to weaken encryption standards [Mike Masnick, TechDirt] After being rebuffed by public opinion in quest for dragnet surveillance programs, NSA quietly put programs in place through other channels [Jack Shafer; related, Ken at Popehat] Given the limitations of litigation, better not to lament the shortcomings of the NFL concussion settlement [Howard Wasserman] Tweet Tags: antitrust, football, Indian tribes,… [read post]
20 Dec 2008, 11:01 am
The People , P2PNET.net and Techdirt. [read post]
18 Aug 2009, 4:58 am
Hat tip to techdirt. [read post]
5 Jun 2019, 8:07 am
Recent Articles: Glyn Moody: US Court Upholds Enforceability Of GNU GPL As Both A License And A Contract (Source: techdirt ) Markus Deck and Philippe Heinzke: China’s courts pass controversial rulings on open-source licensing (Source: Lexology) MIT Licensing: MIT licensing for software is perhaps the most common permissive license due to the fact that it has very few restrictions on reuse as long as developers include the MIT license terms and copyright notice. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 12:24 pm
TechDirt has additional commentary here. [read post]
1 May 2008, 1:59 am
Mike at Techdirt has not figured this out in 2008. [read post]
7 Nov 2016, 3:04 am
USDA orders school districts to forbid marketing of so-called competitive foods, which might raise a First Amendment question or two [Washington Legal Foundation] Watch those median spurs: “Texas Rangers Oppose Bacardi’s Logo For Green Tea Spirit Because Of The ‘T'” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Surely a clever parody, no? [read post]
16 May 2018, 3:01 am
Lawmakers Looking To Take Legal Action Against Google For Not Solving Long-Running City Traffic Problems” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt on controversy over Waze routing of traffic onto steep-graded street] Tags: ADA filing mills, adoption, Baltimore, ethics, Google, judges, Maryland May 16 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
2 Jul 2011, 9:21 am
Mike Masnick at TechDirt thinks the bill could wind up authorizing the jailing of some persons who embed YouTube videos or post videos of themselves lip-synching hit tunes; CopyHype defends the bill and dismisses the concerns as overblown. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 12:04 am
Moreover, there is legal analysis from PIJIP, Monica Horten, and TechDirt. [read post]
15 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
A perfectly horrible idea [Ken at Popehat, Robby Soave/Reason, a more judicious view of Section 230] Wipe that true thing: “France says Google must take ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ worldwide” [WSJ/MarketWatch, earlier] MedExpress vs. attorney Paul Alan Levy: “eBay seller who sued over negative feedback dinged $19k in legal fees” [ArsTechnica] Copyright takedown order over random ink blotches [2600] Weight-loss firm Roca Labs, which took aggressive legal… [read post]
