http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10290323174/vod-service-acetrax-shuts-down-germany-customers-movies-are-lost-due-to-drm.shtml#c467 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:11:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10290323174/vod-service-acetrax-shuts-down-germany-customers-movies-are-lost-due-to-drm.shtml#c467
If it co-relates to older titles carried by the service then you have some convincing data that closing legitimate services and binding legal purchases simply increases piracy.

I mean, we all know that its the case, but published data is useful for the nonbelievers.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c483 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c483
He is hoping to mislead the court in order to make them sympathetic to his plight, and ignore how he and his employers have been violating the law.

Oooh he got 1 email. Isn't this the same fellow who about shit himself when his emails were submitted to the court? Did he get permission from the sender? Or are his rules different each time?

How many harassing letters has Pretenda et al send out?
How many harassing phone calls have they made?

You pound on your military record, you pound on but but but gays, you pound on but but but hackers... you should go pound sand you moron.

You either placed or answered an ad on Craigslist to get into this case to make money. This leads people to make judgements about your skills. Your filings confirm those judgements as maybe not being harsh enough.

You have no case and wasting the courts time should be punished.

And the person who emailed you is right, you aren't very smart, are you. Had you actually been harassed (by the way Gibbs tried the whole they are picking on me trick as well and he had cancer on his side and failed with this gambit) you would file an actual complaint. An actual complaint would let you attempt to get the records to locate your single email sending harasser. Unless of course you already know who created and sent that email and have no need to investigate further. Your bosses forged documents and carried out fraud on the courts, to think for a second an unverified email that you refused to investigate counts as evidence assumes the Judges are as gullible as you. Bonus points for not posting the whole headers, it makes it much harder for anyone to take you seriously.

You really aren't very smart are you.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/16293623190/district-attorney-major-tv-network-sued-over-stupid-reality-show.shtml#c43 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:59:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/16293623190/district-attorney-major-tv-network-sued-over-stupid-reality-show.shtml#c43 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/16293623190/district-attorney-major-tv-network-sued-over-stupid-reality-show.shtml#c23 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/16293623190/district-attorney-major-tv-network-sued-over-stupid-reality-show.shtml#c23
"If you push our SOPA style laws, we'll ensure your victory by making a movie about you."]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c470 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c470 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c459 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c459
Maybe the 'fame' went to my head?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/16293623190/district-attorney-major-tv-network-sued-over-stupid-reality-show.shtml#c2 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/16293623190/district-attorney-major-tv-network-sued-over-stupid-reality-show.shtml#c2 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c416 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c416 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c229 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c229 There are absolute standards that derive from the facts of existence

This is false on its face. Morals are derived from the standards of a society. There is NOTHING that is always moral or always immoral.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c957 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:29:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c957 A better solution in my humble opinion would be a civilian oversight board.
Sheriff says he's against that idea.


]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c931 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:28:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c931 Breaking Bad
Sons of Anarchy
The inside man
the Italian Job

All Lionizing criminals]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c2053 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:27:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c2053 Care to try again when you have a clue

Are you paid to be a stupid baiting troll, or are you doing it for free?

The point of prior art isn't to show that someone is an exact method duplication end to end but rather to show that, for people knowledgable in the art, that this patent was not something particularly new or inventive. Rather, it's more of a retelling of systems that have been around for decades, plus the old "with a computer", which as the standard thing before you could use "on the internet".

Considering that Techdirt is all against stupid patents, I am shocking that Mike Masnick didn't rip Kim a strip for a very derivative and evident patent, the type of thing he would do for anyone he doesn't like.

What's your excuse? Didn't you get paid enough to troll fully?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c490 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:25:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c490 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c399 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:23:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c399 IBM did manufacture 486 chips, however.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01434213446/dailydirt-tuition-debt-is-chumps.shtml#c216 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:23:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01434213446/dailydirt-tuition-debt-is-chumps.shtml#c216
Things that are not proper science or the application of it though? They're better taught in trade schools or learned on the job. Spending years and thousands of dollars on a degree for them is foolish beyond belief and does no good for anyone except the universities.

The humanities? They're another discussion entirely; a fair number of their degrees have no career path whatsoever outside teaching them to the next batch of students.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c211 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:22:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c211
That. I've dealt with the Discovery channel before, not for Mythbusters, but another show. They're so paranoid about what's shown. The company I was working with at the time had to remove anything and everything with names that weren't directly involved with the recording. The event calendars had to be removed from the tables out of fear that some small band name might be shown.

Hell, the agreement I had to sign just to be in the same building was insane to possibly the point of unenforceable. Funny thing is, I was the only one to read it before signing it.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c233 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:22:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c233
News organizations are referred to as "the Fourth Estate", which is from the Edmund Burke quote that there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, "in the Reporters' Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all."

The role of the Fourth Estate is to keep the other three "estates" or "branches" of our government--the executive, the judiciary, and the legislature--honest. Journalists cannot keep the government honest if people are afraid to report wrongdoing on the part of the government to the Fourth Estate, which is exactly what this particular bit of spying was meant to do--frighten whistleblowers.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c936 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:22:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c936 ]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c231 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:22:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c231 So what you are saying is that it should be ok for the government to spy on anyone that is morally imperfect?

I said that journalists are human like the rest of us, and shouldn't get a pass because they happen to have the magic press card. It the same thing as the police investigating other police for committing crimes, having the uniform doesn't mean that the person isn't capable of crime.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c926 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:14:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c926