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TechDirt 4 hours ago:

Is It A Problem If People Only Discover A Musician Because They Have A Cool Kickstarter? -

One of the things we've heard for years, whenever we talk about awesome marketing campaigns and business models that musicians and other artists have put together, is that it's somehow a "shame" that the artists are getting attention for the campaign/business model, rather than the art itself.

TechDirt 5 hours ago:

Resetting The Balance To Save Copyright (Part III) -

Summary of Parts One and Two: The essential balance of copyright between incentives for creators and the feeding of a rich and unlicensed public domain has been undone by a long series of misguided efforts to save copyright by making its rules both stronger and less enforceable at the same time.

TechDirt 6 hours ago:

Spotify In A Box: Why Sharing Will Never Be Stopped -

Most people will be familiar with Moore's Law, usually stated in the form that processing power doubles every two years (or 18 months in some versions.

TechDirt 7 hours ago:

DailyDirt: There's Nothing That Can't Be Deep Fried And Eaten -

We know it's bad for our health, but somehow we just can't get enough of artery-clogging fried foods because they taste so good.

TechDirt 8 hours ago:

EU Parliament Wants China To Join ACTA, Even As It May Reject It? -

We've written a few times that the end goal behind ACTA and TPP is to put in place frameworks by the US and Western Europe for certain things, and then pressure the key developing nations to join in based on the framework that has already been established.

TechDirt 9 hours ago:

Video Highlights Earlier Beastie Boys Copyright Lawsuit & MCA's Thoughts On Sampling -

Bloomberg Law has put together a short video about Adam Yauch and the sampling lawsuit filed against the Beastie Boys the day before his death.

TechDirt 10 hours ago:

Tougher Enforcement In Sweden Doesn't Slow Down Public's File Sharing -

For years we've argued over and over again that stricter enforcement does nothing to slow down or stop infringement.

TechDirt 11 hours ago:

Amanda Palmer And Steve Albini On 'Piracy': It Only Helps Musicians -

Okay, here's a bit of a two-fer. With all of the attention that Amanda Palmer has been getting for her massively successful Kickstarter campaign, we had some commenters here questioning whether or not she would freak out if people then shared her music.

TechDirt 12 hours ago:

Vint Cerf Slams Congress Over CISPA -

While there have been some claims that Google has supported CISPA (whereas the company does not appear to have taken an official position), at least one top person at Google is not all pleased with the bill.

TechDirt 14 hours ago:

US Gov't Tells Developing Nations That Patents & High Prices Are Good For The Health Of Their Citizens -

There have been plenty of studies showing how -- especially in developing nations -- patents for pharmaceuticals serve to keep important drugs (which are cheap to manufacture) out of reach for the patients who need them most.

TechDirt 15 hours ago:

Did Hollywood Not Use Available DMCA Tools Just To Pretend It Needed SOPA? -

The more you dig into Google's new copyright transparency reports the more eye-catching info you find.

TechDirt 16 hours ago:

UK Publisher's Association Accuses British Library Of 'Tawdry Theft' For Supporting More Reasonable Copyright -

The UK Publisher's Association seems to be making sure it appears as out of touch and obsolete as possible these days.

TechDirt 17 hours ago:

TV Networks File Legal Claims Saying Skipping Commercials Is Copyright Infringement -

Okay, we had expected the TV networks to possibly take legal action against DISH Networks for its new Auto Hopper technology, which allows DISH subscribers who use the Hopper feature (which records all prime time shows from the four major networks) to autoskip commercials, if they watch shows in the days after they originally air.

TechDirt 19 hours ago:

Odd That Microsoft Demands Google Take Down Links That Remain In Bing -

We just wrote about Google's very cool, new copyright transparency tool, which lets you dig into the details of all the search takedowns that Google gets.

TechDirt 21 hours ago:

Copylaundering: Jay Leno Airs Campaign Video From YouTube, NBC Claims Ownership Of Original -

This is easily one of the best responses to copyfraud I've ever read. Sure, Jay Leno is a pretty easy target for a roast, but musician Brian Kamerer does a brilliant job of taking him to task over a bogus YouTube takedown.

TechDirt 24 hours ago:

Greece Stares Into the Abyss; Meanwhile, Local Music And Audiovisual Collecting Society Gets Court Order To Block Web Sites -

As you may have heard, Greece is having a spot of bother at the moment. Its economy shrank by 6.

TechDirt less than a day ago: