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I'm happy for once I beat you to a prize, I got my posts of the week before you got yours. :)
Of course you still have more mentions by Judges in footnotes than I do...

With all of the recent stories, some crossing over the barriers between interest groups, it is nice to see that there is more notice being paid to copyright and the extra rights the monopoly holders demand everyone else give up to protect imaginary profits.
With Steele/Pretenda getting much wider coverage than ever before, I think people are finally cluing into the idea that the system might actually be flawed and the cries of but piracy are just a nice smokescreen to hide the cartel membership not wanting to adapt to the current market.

As always it is a joy to 'see' you... looking forward to Monday...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c787 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c787
Admittedly that might be more of a threat to some people than others, but it's a pretty weak one.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1708 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:56:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1708 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1695 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:25:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1695 need to protect unpublished writings? If someone takes something you've written but not published, laws against theft would be plenty to deal with that, no need to add another law on top just to muddy the waters.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c89 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:25:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c89 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c52 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:07:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c52
So yeah, that's better for society in general. It also puts money in the hand of creators and thinkers that will in turn spend it in their local economies to help their production as apposed to hoarding it.

Even if you don't care about those scenarios it made Masnick happy to hear about them so that's good for him. Just like being a hyperbolic asshole makes you feel better about yourself as you attempt to push his buttons to feel that fleeting moment of control in your life.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c43 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:01:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c43 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrainment_%28hydrodynamics%29

And this diagram is probably similar to how their product works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eductor-jet_pump]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c72 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c72 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/16014423066/more-details-show-irs-targeted-groups-critical-how-government-was-run.shtml#c1563 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:52:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/16014423066/more-details-show-irs-targeted-groups-critical-how-government-was-run.shtml#c1563 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130211/00562121942/new-book-about-data-mining-to-find-love-online-has-author-admit-to-possible-cfaa-violations.shtml#c325 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:33:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130211/00562121942/new-book-about-data-mining-to-find-love-online-has-author-admit-to-possible-cfaa-violations.shtml#c325 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c158 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:29:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c158 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071007/230742.shtml#c260 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:21:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071007/230742.shtml#c260 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c529 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:21:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c529 Richard Jennings]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c51 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:16:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c51 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c507 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c507 Robots are used on assembly lines, yet there's no drastic net loss of jobs.

been to Detroit recently ??]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c42 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:11:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c42 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c31 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:11:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c31
Thank you for all your excellent coverage on the copyright troll front SJD!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c19 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:11:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c19 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c32 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c32
Is this honestly the calibre of the things people want investment money for from Kickstarter ??

Are they the best examples you can find ?

Must be time for another Aaron Swartz article, or have you realised that no one cares about him either ?

Oh well, I guess it's just Masnick doing his best.....

I don't understand the mechanism behind it,

Don't worry Masnick, we understand, you do not have much of an understanding of most things. Cant expect you to understand. We know "things" confuse you.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1337 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:46:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1337
Your home air oscillation device using rapidly spinning polyethylene blades in order to rapidly displace the local breathable gasses. This displacement can lower the local oxygen level as well as cause rapid evaporation of body moisture and lowered body temperature. A similar effect in nature is the primary cause of deadly cyclonic activity. In fact, the Korea Consumer Protection Board released a consumer safety alert is 2006 warning of such devices causing asphyxiation or hypothermia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

This and other issues, like the unregulated use of dihydrogen oxide in common food products, must be corrected immediately!]]>