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TechDirt 4 hours ago:
Xbox One Release: Tons Of Questions, Very Few Answers -
Unless, like me, you are looking at the release dates for the next generation of gaming consoles the way a starving hyena watches an approaching gazelle that's been eating nothing but butter for weeks, perhaps you're not up on all the information coming about regarding Microsoft's next console.
TechDirt 5 hours ago:
Think DOJ Spying On Reporters Was 'Unprecedented'? Think Again -
We've already written about how the DOJ has a bit of history of spying on journalists' phone records without following the rules, and that was only scratching the surface.TechDirt 6 hours ago:
DailyDirt: DIY Soda (Pop Or Whatever You Call Carbonated Beverages) -
Making your own carbonated soft drinks has a few benefits -- from knowing where all the ingredients came from (eg.TechDirt 7 hours ago:
Petition Asks Obama To Support Treaty For The Blind, Rather Than Siding With Hollywood -
During the course of President Obama's administration, he has gone back and forth over support for the WIPO treaty for the blind, which would make it easier for vision impaired people to get copies of books that they can read (allowing legally made copies to be shared across borders).TechDirt 8 hours ago:
Fair Use For Me, But Not For Thee -
Here's a wacky one. Blogger Mark Reinhardt, who blogs about Idaho, had written a blog post critical of local TV station KTVB and its news reporting.TechDirt 9 hours ago:
Another Court Tells Prenda To Pay Up On Attorneys Fees -
It looks like the bill for Prenda Law is going up. Yet another court has now awarded attorneys' fees, telling "AF Holdings" (one of Prenda's shell companies) to pay $9,425.TechDirt 10 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 11 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 12 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 13 hours ago:
