http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c318 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:33:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c318 Wasn't it just a big racist thing where they would find pot?

Pretty much, but we knew it was happening. He is referring to it as above board because it was not initiated by pulled each police officer aside and whispering in their ear "psst. we are going to have a policy of stopping and frisking anyone you want without giving a reason. don't tell anyone, just start doing it."]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/14341223521/google-without-admitting-it-gets-fisa-orders-files-lawsuit-to-challenge-fisa-gag-orders.shtml#c476 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:30:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/14341223521/google-without-admitting-it-gets-fisa-orders-files-lawsuit-to-challenge-fisa-gag-orders.shtml#c476
* note that the number of FISA orders is counted in a range along with the number of toilet paper units sold throughout the world. Why? Well, it's classified.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c32 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:30:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c32 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c21 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:27:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c21 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c798 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:26:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c798 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c308 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:26:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c308 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11133123507/steve-wozniak-speaks-out-against-nsa-spying-this-is-not-my-america.shtml#c616 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:22:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11133123507/steve-wozniak-speaks-out-against-nsa-spying-this-is-not-my-america.shtml#c616
This nation has been taught to be timid and fear ourselves, it is not the home of the brave anymore.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130616/20142123500/games-war-designer-cliff-bleszinski-used-games-must-be-killed-order-unsustainable-aaa-development-to-live.shtml#c1696 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130616/20142123500/games-war-designer-cliff-bleszinski-used-games-must-be-killed-order-unsustainable-aaa-development-to-live.shtml#c1696 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c784 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c784
Also, larger population do not necessary mean larger market for movies, at least not in a linear relationship like ootb suggested below.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130608/03355523371/warning-letters-under-uks-three-strikes-plan-unlikely-to-be-sent-out-before-2016-if-ever.shtml#c163 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130608/03355523371/warning-letters-under-uks-three-strikes-plan-unlikely-to-be-sent-out-before-2016-if-ever.shtml#c163
It's not like by the year 2016 there is any chance that there will have been any technology changes in the internet that would make this program irrelevant.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c774 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:16:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c774 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c755 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:15:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c755
And any country producing such gems as 'Jersey Shore' cannot possibly complain about the local output of any other country!

Disclaimer: I know the UK has 'The Only Way Is Essex' (TOWIE).]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130608/03355523371/warning-letters-under-uks-three-strikes-plan-unlikely-to-be-sent-out-before-2016-if-ever.shtml#c154 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:11:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130608/03355523371/warning-letters-under-uks-three-strikes-plan-unlikely-to-be-sent-out-before-2016-if-ever.shtml#c154
Those who want content but cannot get it by legal means, leaving piracy or do without as the only option.

The content industry is very good at creating this cklass by regional releases, and withdrawing content from streaming sites when it is about to be broadcast on TV, cable or satellite.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130611/00503223401/public-outcry-taiwan-kills-their-version-sopa.shtml#c93 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:11:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130611/00503223401/public-outcry-taiwan-kills-their-version-sopa.shtml#c93
The Internet is under attack on a global front where no matter in which country they strike we should always stand shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters to strike down such bad legislation.

We cannot allow the Internet to be harmed by those organization aiming to make a land-grab for control.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/02053123505/dick-cheneys-crystal-ball-says-that-nsa-surveillance-could-have-stopped-911.shtml#c1557 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:09:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/02053123505/dick-cheneys-crystal-ball-says-that-nsa-surveillance-could-have-stopped-911.shtml#c1557
What I can buy, though, is the idea that Valerie Plame herself -- who was, after all, working independently to answer that vital question of where the WMDs were in Iraq, or if they existed at all -- might have been the real problem for Cheney, and the real target. A CIA agent loses a lot of her effectiveness once everybody in the world knows she's a CIA agent. All Cheney had to do was figure out a quasi-legal way to get the information to the media.

And there you are, another whistleblower dealt with.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/00483923515/nsas-lockbox-has-no-lock.shtml#c739 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:04:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/00483923515/nsas-lockbox-has-no-lock.shtml#c739
Then they say 9/11 could have been avoided if they had all that data. How do both statements fit together? The only possible way they could look at the data if available would be to have a court warrant which means they'd need to argue that there's a probable cause and this could only be done by normal police work which would have raised some data first.

Providing a warrant is given, the telcos store metadata as what was collected for a good while thus making such preemptive surveillance completely unnecessary. Their own arguments kill each other.

No really, just a peek.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c744 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:04:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c744 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c724 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:03:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c724 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/01573323504/senator-lindsey-graham-defends-nsa-surveillance-arguing-about-something-entirely-different.shtml#c779 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:01:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/01573323504/senator-lindsey-graham-defends-nsa-surveillance-arguing-about-something-entirely-different.shtml#c779
The only downside to your obsession is that I may stop bothering to show pinked-out comments and miss some of OotB's slightly more lucid rants.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/01573323504/senator-lindsey-graham-defends-nsa-surveillance-arguing-about-something-entirely-different.shtml#c778 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/01573323504/senator-lindsey-graham-defends-nsa-surveillance-arguing-about-something-entirely-different.shtml#c778