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TechDirt  6 hours ago:

Modest Proposal: Going Piracy Neutral -

Here's an amusing one out of the UK. Nick Henderson has created something of a Swiftian "modest proposal" for people who feel guilty about infringement.
TechDirt  9 hours ago:

DailyDirt: Graduation Advice To Remember -

Maybe you remember your graduation. Maybe you don't. If you were lucky, you graduated college and knew exactly what you wanted to do.
TechDirt  10 hours ago:

New Bill Would Stop Patent Trolls From Hiding Behind Shell Companies -

We've talked in the past about how patent trolling operations love to use shell companies to hide who actually owns the patents.
TechDirt  11 hours ago:

Eric Schmidt Still A Fan Of Figuring Out A Way To Erase The Past -

Back in 2010, we wrote about Google's Eric Schmidt suggesting that in the future kids might change their names as they reach adulthood in order to disconnect their present-selves from their youthful indiscretions that were recorded permanently online.
TechDirt  12 hours ago:

Chinese Hacks Of Google Database Of Surveillance Targets Highlight How Dumb Technology Backdoors Are -

We've argued for quite some time that law enforcement's desire to require backdoors for wiretapping in all electronic communications is really dumb, because it won't just be law enforcement using it (and, when they use it, it won't just be for legitimate purposes).
TechDirt  13 hours ago:

Released Video From Silva Beating Shows His Last Moments; Video Of Actual Beating Still Missing -

A pair of the cell phone recordings of the David Silva beating have been released by attorney Daniel Rodriguez.

TechDirt  14 hours ago:

AT&T Says You Can Use Any Video Streaming App You Want... Just As Soon As It Can Get The Meter Running -

AT&T isn't going to let something like "net neutrality" slow it down from shaking every spare cent out of its customer base.

TechDirt  15 hours ago:

Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges -

In a story that sounds mighty similar to the Andrew "weev" Aurenheimer situation, two reporters from the Scripps News service have been told that they may be hit with Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) charges after a Google search they did turned up personal data on 170,000 customers that two telcos left exposed.
TechDirt  16 hours ago:

New York Times Tells Startup It Can't Even Mention The NY Times -

Another day, another story of a ridiculously overaggressive legal move by a big company. This time it's the NY Times, which turned its bogus nastygramming skills on a startup called Scroll Kit.
TechDirt  17 hours ago:

So It's Come To This: Seven High School Students Arrested For Throwing... Water Balloons -

The weather's (mostly) hot. School's almost out. And what better way to celebrate summer being almost here than being arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for throwing water balloons.