http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130518/17573523139/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c36 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:54:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130518/17573523139/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c36 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c790 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:48:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c790 common sense.

Seriously, you're attacking people who help others defend against extortionists, stop and think about that for a moment, and ask yourself if you're really on the right side of this argument.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130518/17573523139/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c32 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:41:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130518/17573523139/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c32 not getting it. It comes to that simple thing, if I steal a bunch of stuff, I can sell it for a lot less than retail and still make a profit, because I didn't have to pay to make it.

Not having to pay for things, but still charging something for them is the basics of profit. It's how criminals have done it since the start of time, and the virtual criminals are doing to today.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c767 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:39:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c767 Your problem is that you thought organizing against the troll extortion and blackmailing machine was something that would never happen

Where do you get that from? Seriously, stop ranting, I didn't say anything like that.

Why is pointing out the obvious silliness of a group hiding it's identity suddenly lead to this? In for a penny, in for a pound? Is this a virtual scarlet letter, where if you dare to say anything at all you are immediately blamed for all the supposed sins of the opposition?

A---mazin'!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c745 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:36:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c745 logic grenades into the discussion.

I think it creates a credibility gap.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c735 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:34:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c735 You'd rather complain about Otis Wright than John Steele;

You are trying to create a choice where one is not needed to be made. Complaining about one does not mean I am not also going to complain about the other. Since this isn't a John Steele or Prenda thread, I don't tend to talk about them here.

Do you have any other wild red herrings you want to throw in to try to cover up for the obvious stupidity of a group picking a fight against copyright trolls by first hiding?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c161 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:24:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c161 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c147 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:21:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c147 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c132 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:20:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c132 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c106 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:18:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c106 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/03220823047/mpaa-freaks-out-insists-that-having-to-consider-fair-use-before-filing-dmca-takedown-would-be-crazy.shtml#c1227 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:34:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/03220823047/mpaa-freaks-out-insists-that-having-to-consider-fair-use-before-filing-dmca-takedown-would-be-crazy.shtml#c1227 The MPAA is jealous of Cheney?

They're not quite that overreaching. After all, Cheney shot a guy in the face, and that guy later apologized to Cheney for it. Seriously.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c827 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:56:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c827 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c722 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:15:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c722 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml#c2349 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:41:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml#c2349 Where have you been all my life?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/02114423045/some-data-big-kickstarter-projects-famous-people-actually-helps-other-projects.shtml#c418 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:39:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/02114423045/some-data-big-kickstarter-projects-famous-people-actually-helps-other-projects.shtml#c418 The project itself could still be mostly just part of the old Hollywood system.

Given away for free and part of the old Hollywood system are not the only two possibilities.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130518/17573523139/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c8 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:40:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130518/17573523139/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c8 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130224/22430522090/non-profit-responds-to-threatened-lawsuit-ferrari-remaking-video-to-hide-ferrari.shtml#c545 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:21:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130224/22430522090/non-profit-responds-to-threatened-lawsuit-ferrari-remaking-video-to-hide-ferrari.shtml#c545 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c220 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c220 In India, Section 66A of the Information Technology Act makes it illegal to use a computer to publish "any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character" or to publish false information.

"Execute Order 66."]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c815 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:50:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c815
What this amounts to is that robots will take over the world by coming round and doing our housework for us.

This is only a threat because we haven't figured out how to hand out the pocket money fairly when we aren't doing the chores.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c792 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:48:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c792
The machine we created solves the optimisation problem - but we still decide what the problem is.]]>