Latest Techdirt Comments http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... Re: Re: Recording http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c492 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:20:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c492 > from you as "evidence"

Then decline to participate in the interview.]]> Re: Ummmm 9/11 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c916 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:20:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c916 Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c859 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:17:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c859
you have really hit the nub: there IS NO real 'harm' from 99.99% of your casual 'pirates'; but there is REAL HARM -as in destroying lives- from the preposterous lengths copyright infringers are persecuted...
...and *that* is the fundamental unfairness and hypocrisy you so ably highlighted...

art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down.shtml#c78 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:17:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down.shtml#c78 Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c899 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:16:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c899 > what the domain name had been used for

So they should yank domains on nothing more than being 'told something by the authorities'?

No due process, court proceedings, findings of guilt, nothing. Just a phone call from 'the authorities'.

> and may be used for again

Ah, so we're prosecuting future crime now, are we? I mean, sure. Why bother for a crime to actually occur when you can punish for it in advance?

> You sure you're a lawyer?

You sure you're not a fascist?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down.shtml#c67 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:16:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down.shtml#c67
I wonder if Nutella is just trying to gain control over this in an effort to make money from it. But, it's a crying shame because Nutella has been getting slammed from Nutella consumers and they're hitting back with a lot of hateful comments aimed at Nutella's direction.

I think this is something that Nutella needs to step back and admit that they made a mistake.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c495 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:15:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c495
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Order now!]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c489 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:13:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c489 did not reuse the same region of flash memory for something else
Wear leveling]]> Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/01321523153/kitchen-nightmares-lawyers-threaten-infamous-samy-amy-if-they-talk-about-their-experience-show.shtml#c183 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:13:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/01321523153/kitchen-nightmares-lawyers-threaten-infamous-samy-amy-if-they-talk-about-their-experience-show.shtml#c183
That's why some of them seem like they're there just to make a big enough fuss to get themselves on TV, because they are.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c485 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:12:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c485 have to desolder the flash chip

Might have JTAG pins available. Most boards these days do. Needed for assembly-line QA.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down.shtml#c44 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:11:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down.shtml#c44
Perhaps they were jealous that they didn't think of it.]]> Maybe they're about to pull a "New Coke" http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down.shtml#c23 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:10:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down.shtml#c23
Maybe shut down the critics early, and decrease the drama later?]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c470 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:04:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c470 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/06201422976/chicago-blackhawks-fire-reporter-over-silly-old-youtube-videos.shtml#c683 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:04:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/06201422976/chicago-blackhawks-fire-reporter-over-silly-old-youtube-videos.shtml#c683
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0bOAyBtTBY.

The words 'Anti Semitic' are pretty powerful, irregardless of whether it's accurate or not (hint - it's not).]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c282 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:03:32 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c282 Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c467 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:03:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c467
And no matter which method, you are counting on being lucky that the phone's operating system did not reuse the same region of flash memory for something else. If it is deleted, the space occupied by the file is now fair game for reuse by the operating system.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/01321523153/kitchen-nightmares-lawyers-threaten-infamous-samy-amy-if-they-talk-about-their-experience-show.shtml#c168 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:02:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/01321523153/kitchen-nightmares-lawyers-threaten-infamous-samy-amy-if-they-talk-about-their-experience-show.shtml#c168
If they want they can talk about the show while NOT Disparaging the show, without issue.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c459 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:59:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c459 Someone should get rid of that "less-than-lethal" modifier attached to "Taser."

"Less-than-lethal" is likely a misquote/misunderstanding on the part of the author of that Courthouse News article. I'm pretty sure the actual official designation is "less-lethal" which is a subtle but important distinction.]]> Re: Wrong angle http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c907 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:56:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c907 the concern is effectively dealing with sexual assault

Fine, but just because their goal is reasonable does not mean their methods are.

Neither the DoJ nor the DoE is trying to curtail students' rights of free speech.


If that's the case, then write the rules in a way that doesn't allow these rights to be curtailed.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c443 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:55:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c443
Did she violate the law? This is a yes or no question. If the answer is "no", they have ZERO grounds to confiscate her property or arrest her.

If the police officers can't deal with some cranky woman, they don't deserve to be police officers. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

This woman is doing us a favor. She is highlighting the police officers who don't deserve the badge.]]>