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15 Jun 2012, 12:19 pm
" See Also Senate Committee Releases Report On FISA Reauthorization [ACLU – Michelle Richardson] See Also Wyden & Udall Block FISA Amendments Act Until US Admits How Many Americans Are Being Spied On [techdirt] Sen. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 2:09 pm
TechDirt and I disagree here. [read post]
10 Jun 2012, 10:31 pm
" pjblack.me/KiGp9O "Sketching A New Mobile Web" pjblack.me/Mk25Nx from @rww: "Millennials: They Aren’t So Tech Savvy After All" pjblack.me/LJ1tBZ interesting post from @citmedialaw: "The IRS and User-Generated Content" pjblack.me/L32APe from @techdirt: "Copyright Extension: A Way To Protect Hollywood From Having To Compete With The Past"pjblack.me/L84qgj #lwb486 #lws008 "The Power of the DVR… [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 3:37 pm
Republished by Blog Post PromoterI shouldn't have [Updated] Congratulations to the authors of the following IP blogs that were recognized by the ABA Journal for being the best ones there were in 2010, even if they misdesignated one of them: Copyrights and Campaigns IP Kat IP Watchdog Patently-O Techdirt The TTABlog® Technology and Marketing Law Blog THR, Esq. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 4:58 am
: "It's Facebook Election Week: How You Can Vote on Your Privacy" pjblack.me/LeRMcb from @wired: "Romney's 'Amercia' and 7 More Political Gaffes Rooted in Technology" pjblack.me/LeByQn this new app looks pretty good: "Hot Android To-Do List App, Any.DO, Comes To iOS And Web" pjblack.me/JN6o7I "Strong laws needed to curb Facebook" says @mgeist pjblack.me/JJNy1e from @techdirt: "Myths And Realities About… [read post]
31 May 2012, 11:05 pm
utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fnews+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Top+Stories%29 DOCUMENTARY FILMS LOSSES ARE DEDUCTIBLE, NOT A HOBBY LOSS Lexology: http://tinyurl.com/co4ykpw Decision: http://www.ballardspahr.com/~/media/Files/Alerts/2012-04-20_Storey.ashx ROMANCE AUTHOR ADELE DUBOIS RECEIVES TAKEDOWN NOTICE TechDirt:… [read post]
31 May 2012, 3:00 am
” Stop the Great Firewall of America, NY Times (Nov. 15, 2011); Julian Sanchez at TechDirt wrote, “This would be more convincing if the content industries weren’t so clearly continuing their long, proud tradition of making aggressive and overbroad copyright claims that would impede speech and innovation. [read post]
28 May 2012, 4:24 am
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: from the @nytimes: "Seeing HBO’s ‘Girls’ Without Buying a Television" pjblack.me/KcwwIH from the @NYTMag: "The Syria Paradox" pjblack.me/KcWuf5 from @techdirt: "Amanda Palmer And Steve Albini On 'Piracy': It Only Helps Musicians" pjblack.me/KcviNk #lwb486#lws008 bill keller on prop 8 and #marriageequality: "A Brief for Justice… [read post]
27 May 2012, 7:01 am
We — and a great many other sites from CBS News to Business Insider to The Onion — took the below report seriously, but per Mike Masnick at TechDirt, it’s both outdated — Judge Kimba Wood rebuked RIAA’s damage demand as excessive, and the LimeWire case settled for a far lower amount — and more broadly questionable (while the original demands might have reached trillions, and were justly subject to ridicule on that account, the jump to $72 trillion seems… [read post]
20 May 2012, 3:59 pm
A Câmara do Congresso Norte Americano aprovou no mês de abril o Projeto de Lei controverso para compartilhamento de informações dos controversas Cyber e Protection Act (CISPA) ou HS-35. [read post]
9 May 2012, 8:44 am
I’ve discussed before in connection with photography in general and Shepard Fairey’s Obama Hope poster that photography is entitled to copyright protection only to the extent it does something more than convey “facts” of the world, but there’s a particularly interesting discussion of this matter over at techdirt (via NEWSgrist): Sometimes Photos Are Just Facts, And Copying Is To Be Expected Scientific American photography blogger his experience in discovering… [read post]
7 May 2012, 3:00 am
And most recently, Torrentfreak reminded its readers of the story — picked up by Techdirt, whose story was in turn picked up by Cory Doctorow — in response to MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd’s spoken remarks at last month’s CinemaCon. [read post]
3 May 2012, 9:06 pm
Failure to accommodate employee’s religious belief forbidding hair-cutting results in $27K payout by Taco Bell operator [EEOC, North Carolina] There’s a reason they call it Government Motors: nonunion GM assembly workers get shaft [Fountain] Mayor Bloomberg refreshingly sane on “living wage,” though not alas rent control [Heather Mac Donald, Secular Right] “The cost of labor isn’t the main problem, it’s the rigidities,” says French CEO… [read post]
2 May 2012, 4:34 pm
I have been provided with a very recent AUCC (“Association of Canadian Universities and Colleges of Canada”) Q&A sent to its members regarding its April 16, 2012 deal with Access Copyright (“AC”). [read post]
1 May 2012, 3:01 am
USTR Releases Ridiculous 'Naughty' Special 301 List For Countries Who Don't Pass Silly Laws Hollywood Wants | Techdirt. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 10:30 am
Some links about Megaupload or the situation more generally worth checking out: Source Materials * Superseding indictment * News.com: Some of the assets seized Analysis of the Enforcement * EFF: Megaupload Goes to Court: A Primer * Ars Technica: How can the US seize a Hong Kong site like Megaupload * Techdirt: Megaupload Details Raise Significant Concerns About What DOJ Considers Evidence Of Criminal Behavior * News.com: How did the FBI get access to internal Megaupload… [read post]
29 Apr 2012, 2:46 am
Harry Reid: The Postal Service Must Be Saved Because 'Seniors Love Junk Mail' | Techdirt. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 3:26 pm
There's a guy in NY, Clark Stoekley, who apparently owns a white panel van that he's painted with the Wikileaks logo to raise awareness for the plight of Bradley Manning (though he has no other connection to Manning or Wikileaks). [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 1:01 pm
" See Also Keep Domestic Cybersecurity Efforts in Civilian Hands [ACLU] See Also Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote [Techdirt] See Also The CISPA Amendments We Really Need [Read Write Web] See Also White House Threatens Veto, ACLU Says CISPA Amendments Not Enough [Reason] Mobile Carriers Lobby Against Cellphone Location Privacy… [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 4:39 pm
It is difficult to understand how AUCC could have let this come to happen in a manner that is not simply a “surrender”,as Techdirt calls it, but is actually very helpful to Access Copyright.There may be options for stopping these kind of pressure tactics, but this is not the forum for that discussion.HPK [read post]
