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1 Apr 2010, 8:10 pm
[WSJ Law blog] [Techdirt] The complaint seemed sort of all over the place, with no core allegations of misconduct by Facebook. [read post]
10 May 2019, 2:57 am
” That should doom Los Angeles ordinance requiring contractors to disclose ties to National Rifle Association (NRA) [Eugene Volokh] “How Regulation Cripples Online Political Speech” [Cato Daily Podcast with attorney Allen Dickerson with the Institute for Free Speech; related on unconstitutional Maryland law] License to chill: New Jersey bill would require disclosure of donors involved in “providing political information on any candidate or public question, legislation, or… [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 1:47 pm
Marietje Schaake linked America’s proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) with China’s censorship of political expression (a point also picked up by Techdirt’s Glyn Moody.) [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 3:02 am
” [Ted Frank describing suit against SalesForce alleging that its business management software assisted sexually oriented online business BackPage; Mike Masnick, TechDirt] “Our waterways policy is crony capitalism disguised as patriotism” [George Will, syndicated/Atlanta Journal Constitution] “The Jones Act Fleet: High Costs and Limited Capabilities” [Colin Grabow, Cato at Liberty] More on the maritime protectionism law, all from Grabow at Cato: Sen. [read post]
28 Apr 2020, 8:58 am
” At Techdirt, Mike Masnick has a post titled “Supreme Court Says Georgia’s ‘Official Code’ Is Public Domain — Including Annotations. [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 5:40 am
"IPBiz notes that -- significant amount of creativity -- sounds a bit different than the TechDirt view of software writing. [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 2:59 am
” Take for example the Ninth Circuit [Cathy Gellis, TechDirt] New book (not seen by me) by Bruce Cannon Gibney, The Nonsense Factory: The Making and Breaking of the American Legal System, draws a favorable review from Tyler Cowen and a less favorable one from Mark Pulliam; The loophole that lets 3.1 million persons — even millionaires — collect SNAP benefits even though they wouldn’t otherwise meet eligibility standards, and why some state agencies are fine with… [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 10:10 pm
.: “Chronic fatigue syndrome researchers face death threats from militants” [Guardian] Nanotechnologists are target of Unabomber copycat [Chronicle of Higher Education] Blogger (and frequent Overlawyered commenter) Amy Alkon criticizes intrusive TSA agent by name, agent threatens $500K libel suit [Mike Masnick/TechDirt, Mark Bennett] NYT fans “pill mill” hysteria, heedless of the costs [Sullum] Patent litigant “pursued baseless infringement allegations in… [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 3:02 am
On the old “shouting fire in a crowded theater” trope, read this whole thread and then you won’t have to catch up later [Popehat on Twitter] Neither “extremist” speech nor “fake news” can be defined and identified closely enough for regulation to work [Cato Daily Podcast with Flemming Rose and Caleb Brown] Encyclopedia of Libertarianism article on freedom of speech is by Alan Charles Kors; “Screen Actors Guild Tells Court There’s Nothing… [read post]
25 Jan 2023, 9:29 am
Those tweets were adapted into this Techdirt story—which you should read in its entirety, because it is cringeworthy and hilarious, but the conclusion is, more or less, that the AI may not have even been artificial, let alone intelligent. [read post]
22 Oct 2009, 11:04 am
An example of litigation being used for, apparently, nothing but intimidation is pointed out by techdirt: The Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University “gives undergraduate students firsthand experience in investigating wrongful convictions. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 6:26 am
Democratic Underground (motion here) Righthaven sued over a five-sentence excerpt of a news article that was posted by a political discussion group.Here from Techdirt we have coverage of Righthaven appealing to the Ninth Circuit from a ruling that copying of an entire work can be fair use, together with a link here to the brief.Check out www.righthavenlawsuits.com for more. [read post]
5 Jul 2015, 9:05 pm
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]
21 May 2018, 3:06 am
Adelman] Wisconsin appeals court allows suit against online gun-ad marketplace over shooting; resulting damage to Section 230 would menace social media sites whether or not gun-related [Eric Goldman, Eugene Volokh] “Appeals Court Finally Shuts Down Bogus Lawsuit Targeting A School Official For Words A Journalist Wrote” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt, earlier] Tags: Facebook, free speech, guns, libel slander and defamation, Spain Free speech roundup is a post from… [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 9:35 pm
“RIAA Thinking Of Backing Righthaven” [Masnick, TechDirt] “Righthaven ordered to pay nearly $120,000 in attorney fees, court costs” [VegasInc., Ars Technica, American Power Blog] Tags: airlines, contracts, Hawaii, military, RightHaven, Senate, terrorism, U.S. [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 5:13 am
TechDirt is reporting an update to a case they first covered back in October where a lawyer tried to claim his cease-and-desist letters fell under a copyright, and thus no one could legally reprint them without his express permission. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 9:58 am
PrivacyData Protection Regulation and the Politics of Interoperability (EFF)National Security/Law EnforcementGovernment divided over phone data law (The Local)Governmental Tracking of Cell Phones and Vehicles: The Confluence of Privacy, Technology, and Law (Congressional Research Service)Police using social media to stop drivers from warning others about RIDE locations (680 News)Intellectual PropertySOPA Can Impact Companies Who Think They're… [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 2:56 am
” [Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Author of new book, a Fordham lawprof, “wants the U.S. [read post]
16 Jul 2018, 10:43 am
Some resources from the day: Videos: Opening RemarksFoundations: The Legal and Public Policy Framework for Content (Eric Goldman and Tiffany Li)Under the Hood: UGC Moderation (Part 1) (Match – Tripadvisor – Twitter – Twitch – Vimeo)Under the Hood: UGC Moderation (Part 2) (Github – Google – Wikimedia – Facebook)You Make the Call: Audience Interactive (Emma Llanso and Mike Masnick)Content Moderation and Law EnforcementWhat Machines Are, and… [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 8:14 am
One notes that Mike at TechDirt discussed the turnitin case, and its possible relevance to the Google matter:That becomes especially interesting given the current lawsuit concerning Google's scanning of books from various university libraries, as it may be able to note the similarities in this situation to Turnitin's. [read post]
