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14 Nov 2015, 4:09 am
More on MBW here and on TechDirt here.That leaked document that revealed the EU Commission's plans for copyright in 2016 has sparked a lot of comment in cyber space - most name checking the IPKat! [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 5:46 pm
The draft Bill only proposes to enhance powers in one area–that of communications data retention–and then only because a strong operational case has been made…” techdirt – UK Releases Snooping Bill, Attempts To Mislead Everyone BBC – MI5 ‘secretly collected phone data’ for decade [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 12:48 pm
(Wikemedia)A recent decision from the Ottawa Small Claims Court in 1395804 Ontario Limited (Blacklock’s Reporter) v Canadian Vintners Association (“CVA”), 2015 CanLII 65885 (ON SCSM) is raising some notable eyebrows, for example with Canadian law professor Teresa Scassa here and the redoubtable @glynmoody on the internationally widely read Techdirt website.The decision deals with the issues of whether a person without an account to a pay-walled… [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 4:36 am
" TechDirt tells us "Except, it didn't. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 3:55 pm
And at Techdirt, Timothy Geigner has a post titled "Appeals Court Reverses Its Own Ruling: It's NOT Trademark Infringement For Amazon To Provide Useful Search Results. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 5:29 am
” Tim Cushing at Techdirt crushes the problem: Here, the lower court did the government’s work for it by recharacterizing the nature of the litigation and applying outdated pay scales. [read post]
15 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
A perfectly horrible idea [Ken at Popehat, Robby Soave/Reason, a more judicious view of Section 230] Wipe that true thing: “France says Google must take ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ worldwide” [WSJ/MarketWatch, earlier] MedExpress vs. attorney Paul Alan Levy: “eBay seller who sued over negative feedback dinged $19k in legal fees” [ArsTechnica] Copyright takedown order over random ink blotches [2600] Weight-loss firm Roca Labs, which took aggressive legal… [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
[Tennessee: Watchdog] Louisiana town getting 87% of its revenue from traffic tickets has 188 people, 5 cop cars [Marshall Project via Balko] For second time, this time in Chicago case, former CEO of red light camera company cops a federal plea [Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica] Opposition from law enforcement shoots down asset forfeiture reform in California [Scott Shackford/Reason, more] Despite talk of being friendlier to forfeiture reform, Department of Justice fed talking points to reform opponents… [read post]
11 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
Sun; Warrants, HIPAA be damned: Drug Enforcement Administration agents pose as Texas medical board to get at patient records [Jon Cassidy/Watchdog, Tim Cushing/TechDirt via Radley Balko] Litigation finance and champerty: the reaction is under way [MathBabe, earlier on pelvic and transvaginal mesh surgery speculation] No longer alas a surprise to see JAMA Pediatrics running lame, politicized content on topics like “youth gun carrying” [Jacob Sullum] “Shame, blame,… [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 4:49 am
But as Masnick points out at Techdirt, the line that it’s “routine” isn’t quite accurate: To some extent what the DHS told him is true. [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 8:52 am
" And at Techdirt, Mike Masnick has a post titled "Appeals Court Says The Batmobile Is A 'Character' Covered By Copyright. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 8:57 am
Shutterstock / Apolinarias: Dance class blue seamless pattern. [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 9:05 pm
Someone’s using someone: “Providence using plaintiffs bar to become player in antitrust cases” [Jessica Karmasek, Legal Newsline, related] Competitive Enterprise Institute picks what it considers the nation’s six worst state AGs, most names are familiar to our readers [Hans Bader/CEI, more, full report in PDF, and thanks for link] “Frivolous Serial Pro Se Litigant Upset Journalists Portrayed Him As A Frivolous Serial Litigant” [Tim Cushing,… [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 5:16 am
And at Techdirt, Karl Bode asks it yet again. [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 1:56 pm
techdirt – First Library To Support Tor Anonymous Internet Browsing Effort Stops After DHS Email – “Since Edward Snowden exposed the extent of online surveillance by the U.S. government, there has been a surge of initiatives to protect users’ privacy. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 4:37 pm
Even Geigner, when posting it on TechDirt said it was “from the i’m-just-so-happy dept. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 4:29 am
As Karl Bode at Techdirt explains: As Google, Tesla, Volvo, and other companies make great strides with their self-driving car technology, we’ve started moving past questions about whether the technology will work, and started digging into the ethics of how it should work. [read post]
3 Sep 2015, 4:39 am
More on TechDirt here. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 3:00 am
TechDirt finds flip-flops on patents in the last five years. [read post]
28 Aug 2015, 1:39 pm
Independent publications like Techdirt and The Intercept were early adopters; The Washington Post became the first major general news organization to do so earlier this summer. [read post]
