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Eric Holder Claims Terrorists Are Involved In 'IP Theft' -
You may have heard about a fair bit about Attorney General Eric Holder testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning.TechDirt less than a day ago:
UK Recording Industry Looks To Censor More Sites With No Trial Or Conviction -
Once the UK recording industry realized that UK courts would order ISPs to block websites it didn't like, it appears that the industry, led by BPI and PPL began putting together a list of over two dozen sites that they're asking to have blocked by all UK ISPs, even though many of the sites on the list have never been tried in a court of law or convicted of copyright infringement.TechDirt 2 days ago:
Kiwis Want To Spy On All Communications, VPNs, And Be Able To Use Secret Evidence Against You -
Although New Zealand's decision not to allow patents for programs "as such" was welcome, other moves there have been more problematic.TechDirt 2 days ago:
Aaron Swartz's Last Project: Open Source System To Securely & Anonymously Submit Documents To The Press -
The New Yorker has announced a new anonymous document sharing system called Strongbox, that will allow people to anonymously and securely submit documents to reporters from the New Yorker.TechDirt 2 days ago:
How GEMA Is (Still) The Worst 'Collective Rights' Organization In The World -
We've discussed GEMA's antagonistic attitude towards, well, pretty much everyone other than itself.
TechDirt 2 days ago:
Center For Copyright Information Loses Company Status, Not Supposed To Conduct Business In The US -
TorrentFreak has discovered that the Center for Copyright Information (CCI), better known as the company running the whole "six strikes" scheme in the US, somehow had its company status revoked last year for reasons unknown.TechDirt 3 days ago:
DailyDirt: New Models For (Not) Funding Science? -
In lean times like these, it's getting tougher to get funding for science and technology research, especially for innovative but high-risk ideas.TechDirt 3 days ago:
Some Data: Big Kickstarter Projects By Famous People Actually Help Other Projects -
Last week, in writing about the silly backlash to Zach Braff's successful Kickstarter project, we noted that he claimed he had the data that showed his success did not take away from other Kickstarter projects, but rather it appeared that Braff brought a lot of new people to Kickstarter, many of whom went on to fund other projects.TechDirt 3 days ago:
Restaurant's Facebook Goes Nuclear Over Reviews & Gordon Ramsay; Owners Cry Hack -
I guess I can't say for sure how I would react to a negative review (besides reading some Techdirt comments directed at me), but I'd like to think that I have thick enough skin not to make a complete ass out of myself.TechDirt 3 days ago:
VP Joe Biden Believes There's 'No Legal Reason' The Government Can't Slap A Sin Tax On 'Violent Media' -
I'm not sure where vice president Joe Biden is getting his information, but he seems rather confident that a tax can be levied against "violent media.
