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12 Apr 2016, 7:43 pm
Via TechDirt: “The Baltimore Police Department’s warrantless deployment of Stingray devices has come to an end. [read post]
9 Apr 2016, 4:03 am
Tim Cushing at Techdirt explains how the police have figured this out as well, and are now busy exploiting the flaws. [read post]
5 Apr 2016, 4:12 am
TechDirts take is somewhat evident from the headline DMCA's Notice And Takedown Procedure Is A Total Mess, And It's Mainly Because Of Bogus Automated Takedowns. [read post]
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]
24 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm
Louis Post-Dispatch] Judge throws out mountain of tickets from Chicago traffic and speed cameras” [TimeOut, Timothy Geigner/TechDirt, earlier] Britain: following collapse of lengthy Operation Midland law enforcement inquiry into a fantasist’s wild tales of abuse (did senior Tories murder rentboys for fun?) [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 4:00 am
This case is a long way towards giving First Amendment recognition to free expression via video on sharing services such as YouTube.The Ninth Circuit amended its decision, a good discussion here and Techdirt's take here.I commend watching the video of the oral argument (YouTube embed below). [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 8:12 am
Techdirt’s initial coverage. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 2:29 am
The appellate court said no error - the Copyright Act prevails.And finally - this one could be fun: Author Erick DeBanff, a self help guru who promotes living your life "to the max", has filed a lawsuit is against Google for copyright infringement, because it appears that Google (as TechDirt puts it) used a 'kind of trite message' in a commercial about making every moment matter - in the same way that Debanff subtitled his book. [read post]
6 Mar 2016, 4:18 am
The memo to FISA Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly was parsed by Brad Heath at USA Today, Mike Masnick at Techdirt, and finally Tim Cushing at Techdirt. [read post]
29 Feb 2016, 8:55 am
” And TechDirt notes that the President explicitly mentioned open access is his statement about Dr. [read post]
28 Feb 2016, 2:59 pm
Check out Techdirt's detailed post: Copyright Office Decides To Rewrite Copyright Law Itself, Blesses A 'Making Available' Right That Isn't There.Chapter 3 of my book Copyright Litigation Handbook is titled Client Interviews and Initial Investigations. [read post]
20 Feb 2016, 4:12 am
At Techdirt, Mike Masnick runs down some of the real consequences of allowing the government to have its way with Apple. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 3:30 am
The Electronic Frontier Foundation opposes the Beijing Treaty here as does Techdirt here mainly on the grounds of restricting free expression/fair use and creating unnecessary copyright monopolies that will benefit Hollywood content owners, rather than performers. [read post]
17 Feb 2016, 3:03 am
At Techdirt, Mike Masnick explains. [read post]
15 Feb 2016, 3:30 am
Proposed legislation is being submitted to both houses of the Congress in conjunction with this transmittal.I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Marrakesh Treaty, and give its advice and consent to its ratification.BARACK OBAMAHere is a copy of the Marrakesh Treaty:Marrakesh Treaty For the Visually Impaired Here is Techdirt's take.Below is the take of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations… [read post]
13 Feb 2016, 8:09 am
” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Tags: apparel, Indian tribes, trademarks Tribe: don’t put Navajo name on products without a license is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
13 Feb 2016, 4:18 am
Were you hoping to scare Mike and Techdirt into collapsing into a weeping puddle of fear in the corner at the dire threats of your letter? [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 8:32 am
It seems the issue is still a popular one on Techdirt. [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 9:05 pm
” Self-driving car revolution is coming quickly, but there might still be time for feds to mess it up [Randal O’Toole] “NYT throws hissy-fit, sues over use of thumbnails in critical book” [Rebecca Tushnet via Mike Masnick, TechDirt] New laws from Brussels could endanger thousands of historic guns in British museums [Telegraph] Drawing on the organization’s entire moral authority, i.e. none at all, United Nations panel calls for U.S. to pay slavery… [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 7:45 am
TechDirt goes on to say "this should certainly reinforce the fact that copyright is frequently used for censorship. [read post]
