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4 Apr 2013, 1:49 pm by Terry Hart
“Innovation” is one of the Internet’s favorite words (along with “disruption”).1  It’s a glittery word — who can be against innovation! [read post]
2 Apr 2013, 8:56 am by Ray Beckerman
Article by Mike Masnick in TechDirt:ReDigi Loses: You Can't Resell Your MP3s (Unless You Sell Your Whole Hard Drive)from the a-big-first-sale-loss deptThis is hardly a surprise at all. [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 1:46 pm by Gordon Firemark
Defense argues that Murray was not employed by AEG, but rather was employed by MJ Status of Lawsuit:   Superior Court dismissed claims that AEG could be liable for Murray’s misconduct and breach of duty of care Superior Court sends to trial claim that AEG negligently hired Murray   “Real Calvin And Hobbes” Shut Down By Copyright Claim: Techdirt:… [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 11:56 am by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento
Our friends at Techdirt seem to believe that it is “crazy” to have a documentary film project raise copyright licensing fees through Kickstarter. [read post]
26 Mar 2013, 7:51 am by Ken
Techdirt and Ars Technica followed up on the story. [read post]
25 Mar 2013, 6:33 pm by Joe Mullin
 That's sort of like saying an e-mail provider is liable for user e-mails that forward infringing content, as Techdirt noted when the suit was filed. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 5:59 pm by Ken
Carreon has now filed his opposition to the motion for fees; you can read about his arguments at Techdirt or Adam Steinbaugh's blog. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 8:55 am by Kevin Smith, J.D.
[By the way, Mike Masnick of TechDirt also uses this analogy with tariffs in one of his comments on the case, and his post is an indication that the publishers are already beginning to pull strings to try and get Congress to give them the extraordinary benefit that the Supreme Court has just denied them.] [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 6:43 am by David Canton
Wikipedia summarizes the situation well, and points out that: Techdirt argued that while the founder of Megaupload had a significant history of "flouting the law", evidence had potentially been taken out of context or misrepresented and could "come back to haunt other online services who are providing perfectly legitimate services".[81] Eric Goldman, a professor of law at Santa Clara University, described the Megaupload case as "a depressing display of abuse of government authority". [read post]
11 Mar 2013, 8:00 pm by Ken
My past coverage of the Prenda Law saga is here. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 10:44 am by Ken
In my post about Prenda Law's defamation lawsuits, I mentioned that Prenda is facing an inquiry by United States District Judge Otis Wright in Los Angeles. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 4:52 am by Sheldon Toplitt
Sony alleges the unauthorized sharing harms its marketing strategy and sales, along with the chanteuse's reputation, according to the Techdirt post.Techdirt is skeptical about Sony's suit, challenging the measure of purported damages and questioning whether the timing of the suit hypes the album's actual release date. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 9:45 am by Ken
You can follow the controversy at sites like Ars Technica or Techdirt or any number of other blogs. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 5:48 am by Kevin Smith, J.D.
  And Mike Masnick from TechDirt suggests that the US entertainment industry has been “hoist by its own petard,” since one of the many means by which the so-called “copyright minimalists” have sought to ratchet up IP enforcement seems to be coming back to bite them. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 10:21 am by Ken
Did anyone from "On Press, Inc." call TechDirt pretending to be an attorney? [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 7:55 am by Ken
Tim Cushing at Techdirt has done an admirable piece of investigative work in a two-part story about "On Press, Inc." here and here. [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 7:38 am by Steve Baird
Techdirt has written extensively about why Monster Cable is considered ”somewhat famous as a trademark bully. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 9:51 am
There are few reports on what happened there, other than techdirt, although it's clear that the licensing approaches to be looked into cover cross-border distribution, user generated content and the mysterious UK import of data mining. [read post]