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TechDirt 7 hours ago:
District Attorney And Major TV Network Sued Over Stupid Reality Show -
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The most tragically stupid decision was greenlighting a reality show about lawyers.
TechDirt 10 hours ago:
DailyDirt: Tuition Debt Is For Chumps? -
Crowds of students are graduating (or have just graduated) from college, and they might be a little nervous about how they're going to pay off their student loans.TechDirt 11 hours ago:
Adam Savage On Why Copyright And Trademark Holders Need To Get Over Their Obsession With 'Control' -
Reader aster points us to a tested.com video in which Adam Savage talks about copyright issues. I've seen Savage mention on Twitter in the past that he's a closet copyright geek who is very interested in copyright policy, and the conversation is definitely interesting, focusing on the high profile cease and desist letter that Fox sent over Jayne hats.TechDirt 12 hours ago:
Partisanship Over Spying On Journalists Is Stupid: Spying On Journalists Is Bad, Period -
I've said many times before that I'm not a member of any political party, nor a fan of partisanship in general, and that means most political parties are a ridiculous concept to me, because they're more focused on "beating the other guy" than doing what's right.TechDirt 13 hours ago:
Magic Hat Brewery Sues West Sixth Brewing, Claiming 6 Looks Too Much Like 9 -
You may recall that years ago Anheuser-Busch applied for a trademark on the number 312, having bought out Goose Island Brewery, who had a beer by that name.TechDirt 14 hours ago:
Filmmaker Behind The Pirate Bay Documentary Says Bogus DMCA Takedowns Take Away His Free Speech -
We just wrote about how major Hollywood studios had included links to the freely available, Creative Commons-licensed documentary, TPB AFK, in a bunch of bogus DMCA notices to Google, meaning that perfectly legitimate links were likely being removed.TechDirt 15 hours ago:
Vermont Declares War On Patent Trolls; Passes New Law And Sues Notorious Patent Troll -
I've always liked the state of Vermont -- but mainly because it was a nice place to visit. But, now the state appears to be declaring war on patent trolls.TechDirt 16 hours ago:
Prenda Lawyer Says Georgia Court Should Ignore Judge Wright's Order Because... Look! Hackers! -
Remember Jacques Nazaire? He's the local counsel for Prenda in a case in Georgia who was trying desperately to get the judge there to ignore Judge Wright's order in California, which lays out how Prenda's lawsuits are highly questionable, and likely against the law.TechDirt 17 hours ago:
Chicago School System On FOIA Requests: Stonewalling, Obfuscation, & Paper-Shredding -
If you're a government with something to hide, there are plenty of shady ways to handle Freedom of Information Act requests.
TechDirt 18 hours ago:
VOD Service Acetrax Shutting Down, Forcing Customers Through DRM Hoops To Retain Their Purchased Movies -
Does DRM stop (or even slow down) piracy? This question's hardly hypothetical. It's been answered with a resounding "no" all over the internet.
