http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c75 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c75 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c51 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c51
you've got to be freakin' kiddin me! there is about as much chance of that as of me being a spaceman!! it was done on purpose. it will be done again on purpose for this or maybe other films as well. it's done because they can. it's done because there is no punishment. it's done to try to suppress something they, yet again and as usual, dont like! it's done in particular because it's about TPB!

as for the twat on post number 1, there is never a take down notice that results in a file sharer (you call a pirate) getting nothing but a slap on the wrist! your paymasters harass as many as possible for as much as possible, even though they lose next to nothing!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c380 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c380 and *where* they looked at it. "Contemporary community standards". Who, when, and where are very important for determining a "contemporary community standard".

Note that the court ruling specifically and explicitly mentions that the city and state (Albany, Georgia). The Feds will shop around for a community which has a very low standard for "obscene". They did the same thing to Paul F. Little, aka Max Hardcore.

Using GA also puts it under Federal jurisdiction, since the data crossed state lines via the Internet access of a web site.

IMO, "contemporary" should have nothing to do with it, and the "community" in question should be the logical community where such works as this are available/advertised/provided, NOT the physical community where the work was ultimately consumed. Otherwise you end up in the situation where the literary work in your glove box goes from legal to illegal as you enter the city limits of e.g. Albany, GA.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c603 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c603 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c422 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c422
When we are talking US intelligence and anti-crime units it is a mess of lawlessness and internal fighting. It has been so, at least since the patriot act. What the AC is doing is just spitting acid (probably LSD) and appealing to the added safety the lawlessness provides...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c598 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c598 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c39 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c39 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1068 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1068
I mean logic dictates that if you can't backup the claim that this proposal, which is in the draft stages and therefore can still be revised, would cause a shift in the balance of international copyright law then you're full of it.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c588 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c588 > should be able to register domain names to
> sites that they know are committing criminal
> acts?

How does a registrar know what a website is even about? Even if you wanted to burden the registrars with having to review every single web site and act as internet censors, if a site hasn't been registered yet, it's not up and running, so there's nothing for them to look at, genius.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c586 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:21:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c586 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c579 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:20:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c579 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c21 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:20:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c21 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c560 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:19:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c560 So Mike, is it your position that registrars should be able to register domain names to sites that they know are committing criminal acts? I'm trying to understand what the problem is here.

Wow. You guys are so sensitive that you had to report this comment? That's just sad. You guys really can't stand it if anyone challenges anything. It's a TERRIBLE environment you produce here. It's really, really, really sad that you act this way.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c9 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c9
This is not about protecting creators, it is about censoring a legitimate film that shows a different side to TPB (one contrary to the MAFIAA view) and there is absolutely nothing accidental about this one.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c378 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:17:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c378
Collapsing flagged comments is not censorship. The comment is still there. You know it's still there. This is no more censorship than putting the playboys behind the counter.

FWIW, I *like* collapsing flagged comments and I wish you could collapse the thread from the flag on down. Too many times the troll rolls in and everyone pounces and it's entirely unrelated to the damn article.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c5 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:17:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c5 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c398 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:15:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c398
Frankly I don't care what news organization is in the Governments sights. This has a chilling effect and should not go unchallenged.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1044 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:15:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1044 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c383 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c383
>.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c376 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c376
Otherwise, innocent until proven guilty. We should never make assumptions of wrong doing.]]>