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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]
20 Nov 2013, 2:11 pm
While the Terms of Use were removed from the KlearGear site shortly after the scandal broke, sleuthing by TechDirt using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine shows that the non-disparagement term wasn’t even part of site when Palmer wrote her negative review. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 4:18 am
Whilst (and for an unexplained reason) numerous blogs including Boing Boing and TechDirt focussed on a 2013 ruling in Germany that "Germany Says Taking Photos Of Food Infringes The Chef's Copyright", The CopyKat was more intersted in the ruling in the the Australian Federal Court which dismissed an interlocutory application by Seven Network (Operations) Limited (Seven) to restrain the Nine Network (Nine) and production company Endemol from continuing to broadcast… [read post]
20 May 2024, 10:02 am
Mike Masnick at TechDirt has already explained many of the flawed premises and factual errors that the co-sponsors have made. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 3:37 pm
Yes, Seriously" is Techdirt's account of the New York Pizzeria's scrap with Gina's Italian Kitchen, which foodandwine.com writes up as "Court Rules You Can't Trademark Flavor". [read post]
24 Dec 2014, 3:39 am
Canada's new ISP notification system - the 'Notice and Notice' system is preparing to make it's entry on January 2nd 2015 with TechDirt opining "like the country's copyright reform efforts, it tries to actually incorporate the concerns of all parties involved (gasp, again). [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 1:11 am
Tom Lehrer in 1960A fascinating post on TechDirt on the refreshing attitude to copyright from Tom Lehrer, the American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician, best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s. [read post]
26 Mar 2015, 4:40 am
The court noted that Perfect 10 has been making this same exact claim for years in almost every case it had brought, and that president and CEO Norman Zada seemingly ran the business as a tax write off, making it somewhat unbelievable as a defence to meeting costs: As TechDirt notes, Perfect 10 admits that it has likely “never been solvent” in more than 15 years of operation.... [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 10:45 am
As Techdirt points out, however, while the particulars are different, the basic slimy tactics are familiar. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 3:38 am
“We are convinced that no money should go to a war criminal,” he said.More on TechDirt here.The Bookseller tells us that a global piracy ring has been found guilty in a US federal court of intentionally infringing copyright, sharing copies of books from up to 16,000 international publishers. [read post]
18 May 2015, 1:51 pm
More on the story from Techdirt hereand the Ninth Circuit's judgment here. [read post]
29 Jun 2016, 3:58 am
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Case number 1:16-cv-00922]TechDirt reports on two more decisions from the US Courts that confirm "legal threats against alleged infringers, based on nothing more than IP addresses" will not succeed in the courts. [read post]
20 Jan 2017, 4:30 am
— via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas You (Don’t) Have The Right To Disconnect — via Compensation Cafe The most common passwords of 2016 are just as embarrassing as you expected — via Boy Genius Report Phishing Scam Targets HR Professionals By Seeking W-2s — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Dangerous New Gmail Phishing Attack Gaining Steam — via Dark Reading HR & Employee Relations… [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 2:21 am
The music companies say that Cox should be held liable for the copyright infringement of its file-sharing customers because it has failed to respond in any way to notices alerting the company to the actions of its infringing users as provided by BMG and Round Hill's representative agency - the somewhat controversial Rightscorp Inc (described by techdirt as a "struggling copyright trolling operation") - and is therefor outside of DMCA 'safe… [read post]
28 Apr 2016, 4:00 am
” TechDirt has its own opinion here and more on MusicWeek here. [read post]
15 Nov 2012, 7:50 am
Cybersecurity Articles and Posts: "Cybersecurity Bill Fails To Move Forward In The Senate (Again)" reports techdirt. [read post]
28 Apr 2023, 3:42 pm
He got support from some surprising quarters, including Lawrence Lessig, as noted in a Techdirt post about the Thaler case. [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 5:00 am
One has to hope he (or more likely his attorney) will do a rather more legally cogent job than the strident argument put forward by Mike Masnick on the TechDirt website. [read post]
4 Sep 2014, 3:51 am
TechDirt reports that the clip was used by Professor Bently at The Institute for Information Law (IViR) July Information Influx event, which included a panel discussion on "Who Owns the World Cup? [read post]
22 Mar 2008, 2:00 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included:Google fails to obtain pan-EU trade mark protection for ‘Gmail’ due to confusingly similar German trade mark: (Class 46), (Ars Technica),UK High Court overturns UKIPO decision to refuse computer program patent application in Symbian’s Patent Application, UKIPO announces it will appeal (equivalent patent granted by EPO):… [read post]
