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31 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm
Tim Cushing at TechDirt examines curious patterns in how the courts of Contra Costa County, California, in the Bay Area, have repeatedly been used to generate search engine takedowns affecting so-called gripe (consumer complaint) websites. [read post]
30 Jul 2023, 5:02 pm
Imagine a blog that powerful people in an industry or profession read: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Kashmir Hill has an article headlined “An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology; Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists; Somehow, he’s still an optimist about the promise of technology. [read post]
27 Jul 2006, 3:24 pm
All the news today reports that Kazaa has settled with the American Music Industry, agreeing to pay $US115 million ($A151 million) and convert to a legal business model with licensing arrangements to be negotiated with record labels (see The Age here, Washington Post here, Techdirt here) Now I can't help but wonder whether we have several Federal Court judges who, having spent [read post]
11 May 2015, 8:09 am
The complaint is here (source) Since I am counsel for the defendant on this case, for now, I will limit my comments and just point you toward other journalism on the case: TechDirt: Faith Healer Adam Miller Sues Over Critical YouTube Video, Guaranteeing It Tons Of Attention (source) Wonkette: Atheist Lady Sued For Calling Fraud […] [read post]
10 Jun 2023, 11:49 am
TechDirt has the full story here. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 8:32 am
It seems the issue is still a popular one on Techdirt. [read post]
2 Nov 2017, 3:11 am
[Scott Shackford] Results of Russian social-media manipulation episode could include foot in door for regulation of Internet speech [John Samples, Cato] Some in Australia having trouble distinguishing “impersonation” of government from anti-government satire [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Before deep-pocket publications can report on sexual misconduct by persons in high places, gauntlet of legal review needs to be run with special attention to on-the-record sources [Mike… [read post]
3 Apr 2018, 3:03 am
“Spanish Hate/Anti-Terrorism Speech Laws Doing Little But Locking Up Comedians, Artists, And Dissidents” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt; a recent Scottish case] Tags: free speech, libel slander and defamation, sports, terrorism Free speech roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 9:20 am
Techdirt reports that Hottrix filed a similar case against Coors a few years back over its virtual beer app. [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 9:05 pm
Far-reaching, little-discussed new regulation: Stewart Baker on NIST rules mandating cybersecurity at private enterprises [Volokh; first, second, third, fourth posts] “Ominous Developments on the Internet Governance Front” [David Post] “The Exaggeration Of The Cyberbullying Problem Is Harming Anti-Bullying Efforts” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] “Will California’s New Data Breach Notification Duty Stimulate Class Action Litigation? [read post]
13 Nov 2008, 2:52 pm
I thought the conversation in the comments section of the Techdirt article about Bill Gates working with Nathan Myhrvold was a good one. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 2:44 pm
Saw an interesting chart in the New York Times this morning (via Techdirt) titled "An Explosion of Mobile Patent Lawsuits. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 12:21 pm
Mike Masnick of Techdirt reports that the RIAA is anxious to settle the case in which it won $1.92 million from Jammie Thomas-Rasset for illegally downloading 24 songs. [read post]
5 Mar 2011, 7:01 am
A comment to a TechDirt post titled The Artificially High Price Of Academic Journals And How It Impacts Everyone relates to patent examiners using science articles:A patent examiner finding an academic article as prior art that is relevant to a patent application is faced with a strange situation (at least in Israel, where I work). [read post]
22 Dec 2019, 5:17 pm
” And at Techdirt, Tim Cushing has a post titled “Second Circuit Says Warrantless Backdoor Searches Of NSA Collections Might Violate The Fourth Amendment. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 2:09 pm
TechDirt and I disagree here. [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 2:59 am
In a post titled What A Concept: Sharing New Inventions With The World Is Good For The Inventor, TechDirt has the text:The Poor Man's Steadycam, for example, is available to purchase, and Lee has made a quarter of a million dollars from it -- even though he provides full instructions for anyone who wants to build their own. [read post]
9 Jul 2015, 2:19 am
We’ve covered this topic before, but Mike Masnick at Techdirt has a slew of revealing new details on how Mississippi attorney general Jim Hood acted as cat’s paw for Hollywood studios in his legal battles against Google. [read post]
19 Sep 2012, 9:13 pm
I was reading the other day on Techdirt, about a war that’s a-brewing in the open source community. [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 4:00 am
Enlarge (credit: Fairfax Media via Getty Images) When a federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a libel suit brought against Techdirt's Mike Masnick, the decision was a victory of sorts for the First Amendment. [read post]