http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c82 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:54:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c82 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c6 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:52:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c6 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1152 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1152 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c1153 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c1153
So quit watching or start buying!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c494 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:49:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c494
How many of the people these clowns extorted/blackmailed money from were broke or had serious medical problems or financial burdens and paid up despite not being able to afford to? He didn't think about, or care, about any of them, so why should any of us care about the fact he is now in the same boat.

Mainly, though, I have no sympathy because after all the lies and BS he has peddled, I don't believe for a minute he's actually broke. Let the IRS do an audit and come back and say he's really broke, then I might believe him.

And if it turns out he is, indeed broke, then on top of everything else, he's a dumbass for letting his "partners" screw him out of a decent share of their spoils.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/21222323165/another-ca-cop-thinks-cell-phone-might-be-dangerous-weapon.shtml#c653 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:47:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/21222323165/another-ca-cop-thinks-cell-phone-might-be-dangerous-weapon.shtml#c653 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c648 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:46:32 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c648
Again, you have zero idea of how this actually happened. The pot is awfully fervent about the kettle's blackness today. Why don't you call up the newsroom and talk to the principals involved? Are journalists the only ones who can do investigation?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/00583723201/if-you-thought-copyright-was-mess-earth-what-does-it-look-like-space.shtml#c251 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:45:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/00583723201/if-you-thought-copyright-was-mess-earth-what-does-it-look-like-space.shtml#c251 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c77 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:43:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c77 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c69 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:42:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c69 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c2238 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:42:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c2238
But you have a point, now that this major crime has been dealt with the "disadvantaged" "problem" school can go back to the usual drive bys, drug deals, and gang fights without further disruption to the school day.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c646 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:41:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c646
Nothing in this post claims AFP is entirely in shambles -- it's just deservedly harsh criticism over a specific major error. And yes, a factual error in report is precisely "a systemic failure of the entire enterprise" because accurate reporting of the news is, explicitly and exactly, what the system of a news enterprise is set up to do.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c2223 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:38:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c2223
I invite everyone to learn about this dangerous omnipresent substance at:
Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide! -and-
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - Dihydrogen Monoxide info]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c68 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c68
Next we'll be told that it's not Alan Cooper or Salt Marsh, but one Mobius Stripp.

.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c50 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:31:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c50 If that is true he ought to just pay this before people look deeper into this. ....]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c626 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:29:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c626 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c625 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:29:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c625 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c544 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c544 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c43 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:23:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/10542823205/another-court-tells-prenda-to-pay-up-attorneys-fees.shtml#c43
"I'm sorry, AF Holdings just filed for bankruptcy right after selling off our copyrights to our other....I mean another company."]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c612 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:22:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c612
I don't expect everyone to understand the distinctions of IP law (and if everyone did, there'd be no real reason to write about it), but I do expect people who write about such things professionally to get their facts right. Just as I would expect them to do if they were informing me about maritime law]]>