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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 6 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 10 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 13 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.
TechDirt 17 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 18 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 19 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 20 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 21 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 22 hours ago:
