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TechDirt 3 hours ago:
If You Thought Copyright Was A Mess On Earth, What Does It Look Like In Space? -
Assuming you haven't been under a rock, there's a decent chance that you've seen astronaut Chris Hadfield's rendition of David Bowie's Space Oddity (with the lyrics conveniently changed to skip the whole dying in space part).TechDirt 4 hours ago:
Guy Sues Twitter For Taking Away His Twitter Handle -
Leonard Barshack, who founded BigFoot, which was a (quite popular) internet forwarding mailing service in the dotcom era, has apparently sued Twitter for taking away his username, @SunValley and giving it to the Sun Valley resort.TechDirt 5 hours ago:
Copyright... Patent... It's All The Same To The World's Third-Largest News Agency -
While we realize that the intricacies of IP law (and its often-attendant ridiculousness) can be rather difficult for the average, uninterested person to parse, it's really not asking too much to expect large international news agencies to make an effort to get the terminology right.
TechDirt 6 hours ago:
Ex-Prenda Lawyer Brett Gibbs Pleads Poverty To Judge Wright -
While Brett Gibbs has "parted ways" with Prenda and its copyright trolling, from all appearances he was an instrumental part of many of its efforts.TechDirt 7 hours ago:
Another CA Cop Thinks A Cell Phone Might Be A Dangerous Weapon -
Citizens recording police activity often find their subjects in no mood to be photographed. These amateur photographers/filmmakers are threatened, attacked or dragged to the nearest police station and booked, using charges like "interference" or "disorderly conduct" or "walking in an alley" to make sure they don't walk away unintimidated.
TechDirt 8 hours ago:
RIAA: The Copyright Reform We Need Is To Make Everyone Else Copyright Cops -
The RIAA is gearing up for the big copyright reform battle doing the only thing it knows: whining that everyone else won't fix its own broken business model.TechDirt 10 hours ago:
Ron Paul Doesn't Win RonPaul.com And Is Guilty Of Reverse Domain Hijacking -
We found it odd back in February to see Ron Paul try to use the domain dispute process to take over RonPaul.TechDirt 12 hours ago:
President Obama Is 'Troubled' About Chilling Effects His Own Administration Is Causing To Journalism? -
Well, this is rich. During his talk on Thursday, much of which focused on terrorism and drones, President Obama admitted that he's asked Eric Holder to review the DOJ's process for investigating leaks that involve getting information from journalists: President Obama said Thursday that he is “troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable.TechDirt 16 hours ago:
Yet Another Anti-Patent Troll Bill Introduced In Congress -
We were just talking about the third attempt by someone in Congress to deal with some aspect of patent trolling, and already we have a fourth bill.TechDirt 19 hours ago:
District Attorney And Major TV Network Sued Over Stupid Reality Show -
Cross-posted from
The most tragically stupid decision was greenlighting a reality show about lawyers.
