AT&T Claims Sling Made Changes To Get On The iPhone; Sling Has No Clue What AT&T Is Talking About
TechDirt Feb 08 10We noted in the past how odd it was that AT&T blocked something like the place-shifting Sling Player from the iPhone, but allowed place-shifting streaming TV apps from partners like MLB.com. So it was worth highlighting that, recently, AT&T changed its mind and began allowing Sling, though in the announcement, it claimed that Sling worked with AT&T to make changes to the app to make it okay. Apparently, no one ran that bit of PR by Sling, who quickly spoke up to say it simply wasn't true: "We didn't change anything... AT&T never discussed any specific requirements with us. Full story...
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Want To Link To Royal Mail? You Better Not Be In A Hurry
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If you ever read terms of use pages for websites, you know that they are mostly boilerplate. Unfortunately whatever template all these businesses seem to be sharing makes some ridiculous assertions, perhaps the worst of which is a provision against hyperlinking to the site without written permission.
UK Commission Suggests Taxing Google To Prop Up Newspapers
TechDirt 6 hours agoEarlier this year, we noted that France was considering a plan to tax Google to pay record labels. It looks like the UK has come up with a similarly bad plan for the newspaper industry, with a commission suggesting a tax on Google and other news aggregators, to help prop up newspapers.
Record Labels Put Out Report Insisting That Record Labels Do, In Fact, Invest In Musicians
TechDirt 7 hours agoWith the debates ongoing over where the music industry is heading, it's been amusing to watch the major record labels try to remain relevant.
Venezuela Next Up To Try To Censor The Internet
TechDirt 8 hours agoHaving just criminalized video games the government doesn't like, it looks like Hugo Chavez is looking to have Venezuela be the next country to massively censor the internet.
More Myth Debunking: File Sharing Is A Gateway Crime
TechDirt 10 hours agoThere's been plenty of coverage of Clay Shirky's recent talk at SXSW where, among other things, he discussed the impact of Napster on our culture.
When You Try To Figure Out Who Owns Imaginary 'Property,' Things Get Confusing Fast
TechDirt 3 days agoWe've discussed in the past how copyright isn't really "property" at all, and trying to compare it to regular property leads to all sorts of confusing problems.
Williams Sonoma Nastygrams Blogger Who Helps People Build Their Own Furniture
TechDirt 3 days agoBrad Hubbard writes "I regularly read a blog called "Knock Off Wood" -- a site where a woman teaches readers how to build various designer-looking pieces of furniture at home for a lot less.
Google, Facebook Sued Because Without Some Random Patent No One Would Ever Access A Social Network From A Mobile Phone
TechDirt 3 days agoWireless Ink was a company that I remember getting some buzz back in the 2005/2006 timeframe... and then they dropped completely off my radar.
Irony Alert: Hollywood Howard Berman To Introduce 'Internet Freedom' Bill
TechDirt 3 days agoEarlier this year we noted this was likely, but now it appears that Rep. Howard Berman is getting ready to introduce an "Internet Freedom Bill," that would limit how US companies could operate in "internet-restricting countries.
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