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11 Aug 2014, 6:55 pm
As Techdirt’s Tim Cushing (@TimCushing) penned last Friday, technology doesn’t make us less social, it only changes the way we socialize. [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 4:24 am
TechDirt suggests that Shiley's claim is rather unfounded saying "what he does have is the ability to point out where Perlstein relayed the same facts Shirley had previously recounted and a few minor sections which use Shirley's previous work as source material and paraphrase it. [read post]
10 Aug 2014, 5:52 am
My final observation about the reactions this story has provoked is actually eloquently made by Mike Masnick of TechDirt when he writes about “How that monkey selfie reveals the dangerous belief that every bit of culture must be owned. [read post]
10 Aug 2014, 5:10 am
H/T Techdirt Copyright © 2013 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed is for personal, non-commercial and Newstex use only. [read post]
7 Aug 2014, 11:25 am
" Techdirt's analysis was partly based on this U.S. [read post]
7 Aug 2014, 4:35 am
At Techdirt, Mike Masnick writes about how the ethereal “right to be forgotten” has gummed up the Google works: Google notes that the process is entirely one-sided and they only get information from the person wishing to delete information from search engines: We generally have to rely on the requester for information, without assurance beyond the requester’s own assertions as to its accuracy. [read post]
1 Aug 2014, 2:54 am
TechDirt points to "a telling discussion" when Senator Scott Ludlam asked Brandis "if he had consulted any consumer rights groups or other copyright experts concerning his copyright plans, and Brandis refused to answer, instead getting angry and insisting that Hollywood's interest is the public interest. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 10:07 am
The problem with the suit, as outlined in a scathing response from Techdirt, is that the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 was specifically written to allow exactly the kind of personal copying that in-car CD-ripping audio units perform. [read post]
27 Jul 2014, 8:46 am
. * Techdirt: Seattle Taxpayer Money Used To Bolster The Online Reputation Of Utility CEO. [read post]
25 Jul 2014, 1:34 am
More on TechDirt. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 2:08 pm
. * Tom O’Toole: Looking Back at ICANN: NSI’s Courtroom Victories Paved Way for Modern Domain Name Industry * Techdirt: Data Shows Homeland Security Is Lying When It Claims Intellectual Property Seizures Are About Health & Safety * New Yorker: Competition for McDonald’s, and For Ronald. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 4:29 am
From Tim Cushing at Techdirt: Judges willing to make the government fine tune warrant requests are still a very small minority, however. [read post]
22 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm
Cop caught on camera stealing dying motorist’s $3700 and gold crucifix “walked out of courtroom with big smile on face” [Bridgeport; Connecticut Post] Durham, N.C. police officer testifies department would illegally gain access to homes for purposes of search by lying about getting 911 calls [IndyWeek] “California Highway Patrol Seizes Medical Records Of Woman An Officer Was Caught On Tape Beating” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Drivers routinely expected to… [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm
Facebook fought dragnet-with-gag-order subpoena in NY police/fire disability-fraud case [Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Two lawyers charged in alleged plot to extort millions from wealthy sheik [ABA Journal] Judge declares mistrial, plans new trial date in case of allegedly faulty guardrails [Bloomberg, more, background] Last year Overlawyered made the “Hall of Fame” and from now through Aug. 8 you can nominate other sites for the ABA’s annual Blawg 100 honor; Supreme… [read post]
20 Jul 2014, 9:14 am
Writes Mike Masnick at TechDirt: “we don’t want shipping companies to be liable for what’s in packages, because then they have not just the incentive, but the mandate to snoop through all our packages. [read post]
19 Jul 2014, 5:31 am
Via Mike Masnick at Techdirt: Apparently, FedEx was unwilling to fall on its sword and cough up a similar amount to the US government, so the DEA and DOJ have announced they’ve gotten a grand jury to indict the company for delivering drugs associated with internet pharmacies. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 10:37 am
And TechDirt have this take "EU Publishers Present Their 'Vision' For Copyright: A Permission-Based Internet Where Licensing Is Required For Everything" which can be found here.And in the UK doubt has been raised about the UK government's power to introduce a new private copying exception to copyright without an associated mechanism for compensating rights holders. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 4:20 pm
Back in 2010, after the original trial court decision, Mike Masnick of Techdirt wrote that the Ultramercial case would be “worth watching. [read post]
28 Jun 2014, 4:24 am
From Mike Masnick at Techdirt: Meanwhile, at the DOJ, they’re already plotting on ways to get around this ruling by seeing how far they can push the “exigent circumstances” exception: Ellen Canale, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said the agency would work with law enforcement to ensure “full compliance” with the decision. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 3:56 am
And Tim Cushing at Techdirt raised a new one, the companies that manufacture license plate readers. [read post]
