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TechDirt 4 hours ago:
Modest Proposal: Going Piracy Neutral -
Here's an amusing one out of the UK. Nick Henderson has created something of a Swiftian "modest proposal" for people who feel guilty about infringement.TechDirt 6 hours ago:
DailyDirt: Graduation Advice To Remember -
Maybe you remember your graduation. Maybe you don't. If you were lucky, you graduated college and knew exactly what you wanted to do.TechDirt 7 hours ago:
New Bill Would Stop Patent Trolls From Hiding Behind Shell Companies -
We've talked in the past about how patent trolling operations love to use shell companies to hide who actually owns the patents.TechDirt 8 hours ago:
Eric Schmidt Still A Fan Of Figuring Out A Way To Erase The Past -
Back in 2010, we wrote about Google's Eric Schmidt suggesting that in the future kids might change their names as they reach adulthood in order to disconnect their present-selves from their youthful indiscretions that were recorded permanently online.TechDirt 9 hours ago:
Chinese Hacks Of Google Database Of Surveillance Targets Highlight How Dumb Technology Backdoors Are -
We've argued for quite some time that law enforcement's desire to require backdoors for wiretapping in all electronic communications is really dumb, because it won't just be law enforcement using it (and, when they use it, it won't just be for legitimate purposes).TechDirt 10 hours ago:
Released Video From Silva Beating Shows His Last Moments; Video Of Actual Beating Still Missing -
A pair of the cell phone recordings of the David Silva beating have been released by attorney Daniel Rodriguez.
TechDirt 11 hours ago:
AT&T Says You Can Use Any Video Streaming App You Want... Just As Soon As It Can Get The Meter Running -
AT&T isn't going to let something like "net neutrality" slow it down from shaking every spare cent out of its customer base.
TechDirt 12 hours ago:
Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges -
In a story that sounds mighty similar to the Andrew "weev" Aurenheimer situation, two reporters from the Scripps News service have been told that they may be hit with Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) charges after a Google search they did turned up personal data on 170,000 customers that two telcos left exposed.TechDirt 13 hours ago:
New York Times Tells Startup It Can't Even Mention The NY Times -
Another day, another story of a ridiculously overaggressive legal move by a big company. This time it's the NY Times, which turned its bogus nastygramming skills on a startup called Scroll Kit.TechDirt 14 hours ago:
So It's Come To This: Seven High School Students Arrested For Throwing... Water Balloons -
The weather's (mostly) hot. School's almost out. And what better way to celebrate summer being almost here than being arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for throwing water balloons.TechDirt 16 hours ago:
First Hand Account Of Judicial Smackdown Of Prenda In Minnesota -
Yesterday we had a story about how a judge in Minnesota, Judge Ann Alton, angrily accused Paul Hansmeier of fraud in the lawsuit filed by Alan Cooper against Prenda.TechDirt 18 hours ago:
Quack Professor Releases Dumbest Violent Video Game Theory Ever -
If you have sensed an increase in the levels of air-borne stupidity in the world lately, as have I, you might be looking for the root cause of this collective mental climate change.TechDirt 20 hours ago:
How Low Can Drones Go? -
As we've pointed out in a few stories, drones aren't necessarily something to worry about. Like any technology, they can be used for good and bad purposes, and shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.
TechDirt less than a day ago:
Prenda Gets Some Tiny Bit Of Good News, As It May Get Out Of Two Critical Cases -
It's been a busy day for Prenda news, with some trouble in Minnesota and central California. However, it may have some slightly better news in two other key cases where judges had suddenly taken a deeper interest in what exactly was going on with Prenda.TechDirt less than a day ago:
Ridiculous Timing: Obama Administration Responds To Spying On AP By Pushing Journalist Shield Law That Wouldn't Matter -
There was one odd side note in all of the attention last week to the DOJ spying on the AP under questionable circumstances.TechDirt less than a day ago:
DailyDirt: Weapons In The Sky -
Completely autonomous drones that can decide who or what to strike are still many years away from becoming a reality, but the military has already developed various unmanned aircraft that it's been using primarily for gathering intelligence (rather than for attacking targets).TechDirt less than a day ago:
Bad Day For Prenda Continues: Judge Rejects Stay, Adds $1k Per Day For Each Day They Don't Pay Up -
Prenda's not having a very good day (or month, for that matter). We noted yesterday that Paul Hansmeier had asked the appeals court to put a stay on the attorney's fees awarded by Judge Otis Wright in California.TechDirt less than a day ago:
Angry Judge Tells Prenda To Stop Falsifying Alan Cooper's Signature; Calls It Fraud -
Looks like Prenda continues to have problems in court. In the lawsuit in Minnesota that Alan Cooper brought against Prenda and John Steele for fraudulent use of his name, it appears that Judge Ann Alton made fairly quick work of getting the whole thing off of her docket.TechDirt less than a day ago:
More Details Emerge On Key Legal Fight Over DMCA Abuse -
We recently wrote about a key legal fight over DMCA abuse and whether or not you can expect punishment for bogus DMCA takedowns under 512(f).TechDirt less than a day ago:
