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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]
17 Dec 2014, 3:15 am
Not I [Eli Lehrer, Weekly Standard] More from Mike Masnick at TechDirt: “it appears the MPAA and the major Hollywood studios directly funded various state Attorneys General in their efforts to attack and shame Google. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 4:53 am
At Techdirt, Mike Masnick explains the technological emptiness of Valenti’s claim, noting Sarah Jeong’s post about how Content ID, the Youtube algorithm designed to match videos with a database of copyrighted content, that suffers endlessly from Type 1 and 2 errors. [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]
3 Dec 2014, 7:01 am
Indeed, Mike Masnick at Techdirt raises this point against the California law (though he makes sure to note that Iniguez does indeed sound "horrible").But I think that California's law does not raise the same First Amendment problems as, say, Arizona's recently-halted attempt to criminalize revenge porn. [read post]
30 Nov 2014, 8:20 am
[Mike Masnick, TechDirt citing Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and This American Life] Tweet Tags: Department of Justice, guns, MilwaukeeStorefront ATF stings: Absolute Tom Foolery is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 8:44 am
” (Techdirt has been covering Roca Labs’ legal meltdowns in some detail). [read post]
20 Nov 2014, 5:14 am
Tim Cushing at Techdirt offers some highlights of the government’s view of how and why the government justifies its surveillance, contained in the just-released “oral arguments presented by Yahoo’s counsel (Mark Zwillinger) and the US Solicitor General (Gregory Garre). [read post]
13 Nov 2014, 5:30 am
After the tampering came to light late last month it was reported by The Washington Post and TechDirt. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 8:12 pm
" And at Techdirt, Mike Masnick has a post titled "Appeals Court Finally Agrees To Rehear Horrible Ruling Over Actress' Supposed Copyright In 'Innocence Of Muslims.'" You can access today's order of the U.S. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 3:36 am
And at Techdirt, Mike Masnick has difficulty distinguishing the holdings: I’m not entirely sure how to reconcile those two paragraphs. [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]
31 Oct 2014, 10:00 am
the Spanish Parliament has passed a law to levy a charge on aggregators and search engines for using snippets or linking to infringing content - with TechDirt saying "As plenty of folks have described, the bill is clearly just a Google tax". [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
.), related] “Hey, liberals: Criminalizing hate speech will inevitably backfire” [Elizabeth Nolan Brown/The Week] Law professor: what it was like to be sued over what I wrote about someone’s case [Zachary Kramer, Prawfs, more] “EFF To NAACP: Trademark Isn’t For Censoring Your Critics” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Judge Kane upholds right of Diana Hsieh’s Coalition for Secular Government to express opinion on ballot initiative without… [read post]
25 Oct 2014, 10:46 am
[Tim Cushing, Techdirt] Tweet Tags: baseball, copyright, free trade, trademarks“DHS Agents Raid Lingerie Shop, Save America From Unlicensed Underwear” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
Also quoted regarding the ominous move to heavy armaments of Wisconsin prosecutors investigating their political opponents in the dawn-raids “John Doe” proceeding [Watchdog, and second post, earlier] And here’s a previously unlinked Cato panel last month on cop militarization with David Kopel, Mark Lomax, and Cheye Calvo, moderated by Tim Lynch; Australia prime minister declares “repeal day” with “bonfire” of regulations [Jeff Bennett and Susan Dudley,… [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 5:43 am
Via Tim Cushing at Techdirt, a pseudonymous cop who calls himself Deputy Matt explains at the Daily Caller how the evil forces of the media have turned the heads of not just the “normal criminal element” but good people, law-abiding people, from their adoration of the police. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 4:20 am
Becker), 1:2008cv01425More on TechDirt here and Inside Higher Ed here and here and the University of Virginia's Cavalier Daily here [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 6:02 am
I think that this ruling is far less problematic than the critics have argued, and I explain my reasoning after the break.At Techdirt, Mike Masnick argues that this ruling is "dangerous," noting that it held the parents "retroactively" liable for their son's prior online activity and that it encourages constant supervision of children's online activity. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 6:20 pm
"Appeals Court Overturns Important Fair Use Win Concerning University 'E-Reserves' -- But Potentially For Good Reasons": Mike Masnick has this post at Techdirt. [read post]
