http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c820 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:18:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c820 Files a bogus lawsuit
Carreon digging]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c302 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:10:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c302 it doesn't matter.

Leading the legal fight isn't exactly the same as posting on a chat board. Cue ootb here, but only in weirdo Techdirt land would you think that.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1796 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:07:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1796 "Mike wants to separate the means from the ends. He wants to promote the progress so long as we don't do it by granting to authors exclusive rights."

Mike has never claimed such a thing. And your imagination does not count as evidence that he has.

"It's important to pretend like the two aren't interrelated since he hates the means so much."

No, its pretty clear that Mike and many others hate the damage those means, in their current form, are causing. Whatever the desired results from copyright, when the current downsides are considered it's hard to justify keeping the system unless it's massively reformed.

"That's why he always and only focuses on the negatives, or his version of the negatives anyway, of copyright. He'll never put things into perspective or acknowledge that there are even positives."

To be fair, it's pretty hard to see the positives. Feel free to present evidence of modern copyright producing the results intended when it was enacted. In fact, why don't you start your own 'Great Things About Copyright' blog so we can all see how awesome you think things really are!

"His mantra is that it's completely broken..."

That's pretty much the case...

"...and his dream is to see the day when authors have no exclusive rights whatsoever."

... but this claim is the product of your imagination and is not backed up by any evidence you've ever shared here.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c286 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:02:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c286 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1792 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:54:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1792 "Umm..... uh........ well............"

We're sorry you're too stupid to understand this, even though it's not that complicated.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c190 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:53:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c190 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1781 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:52:32 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1781 "I know he won't debate me. He's too scared."

You are many things Joe, but scary definitely isn't one of them.

And what the hell is "high-level" about any of this? It certainly ain't rocket science.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c316 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:45:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c316 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c206 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:42:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c206
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml

As usual, out_of_the_blue is out_of_the_loop.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1774 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:40:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1774 "No matter who your friends are, your viewpoints support infringement lawsuits and the lawyers who benefit from them. And nothing else."

This can't be emphasised enough. AJ is just like so many other copyright maximilists who claim to be all about supporting artists, but on closer inspection their arguments are clearly in support of a system that makes a lot of money from artists (via recored companies) but offers nothing in return.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c183 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:37:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c183 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1759 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:27:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1759 never name them. Chances are he's simply making them up to bolster his weak arguments, but if not, I imagine they'd be horribly embarrassed to be publicly linked to someone like AJ.

Of course I'm happy to be proven wrong on this...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/09590723059/this-weeks-bad-photoshopping-lesson-comes-scientology.shtml#c510 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:15:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/09590723059/this-weeks-bad-photoshopping-lesson-comes-scientology.shtml#c510 The Hole.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/07281823105/saudi-religious-police-anyone-using-twitter-has-lost-this-world-his-afterlife.shtml#c907 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:14:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/07281823105/saudi-religious-police-anyone-using-twitter-has-lost-this-world-his-afterlife.shtml#c907 "You have your opinion but consider one half of humanity disagrees. "

Really? Half of humanity believes we should be under the control of religious police? You sure about that?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/07281823105/saudi-religious-police-anyone-using-twitter-has-lost-this-world-his-afterlife.shtml#c896 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/07281823105/saudi-religious-police-anyone-using-twitter-has-lost-this-world-his-afterlife.shtml#c896 "I don't think it's religion causing this...

...people are the problem."

Religion is people. The problem is religious people.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101208/01331612181/dailydirt-getting-online-education.shtml#c151 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101208/01331612181/dailydirt-getting-online-education.shtml#c151
I've heard, damn near my whole life given both parents (then) serving, how unintelligent service members are and similarly poorly educated. The day of the dumb private or hick bosun's mate are far in the past. Part and parcel in the services today, you are not only a student, you are expected to be an instructor if only in your professional field(s). And if no teacher is handy, do it at a distance and practice locally.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c548 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:53:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c548
Haha, yeah that's a massive industry. Right up there with aerospace and energy.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c263 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:46:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c263 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c241 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:23:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c241 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c236 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:15:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c236
Running a "stop copyright trolls" site and then hiding your identity seems a bit of a failure, don't you think? Stop the trolls, but I am so scared I won't tell anyone who I am? It's about on par with pressure cooker bombs in a crowd.]]>