http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c776 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:40:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c776 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c118 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:40:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c118
Yep, definitely none employed by the NY Times (oops, is that infringement? I mentioned their name)...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1146 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:38:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1146
If you can't beat the law, bend it to your will...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c770 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:38:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c770 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c106 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c106
Software patents and copyright have let people patent digging a hole. Not a particular and specific method for digging a hole, but the digging of a hole itself.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c90 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c90 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c747 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c747
I agree 100%. The problem is that not everything requires an arrest.

There are ways to stop behavior or punish people that don't involve slamming them to the ground unnecessarily and arresting them.

By this logic it's ok to arrest and charge someone who intentionally pushes past you in a rude manner and makes you stumble: He has no right to push someone, therefore crime, therefore arrest the asshole!

This sort of thinking does not allow for a functional society of people.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c88 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c88 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c1092 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:33:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c1092 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c746 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:33:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c746 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130305/03020122199/bradley-manning-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-as-people-begin-realizing-how-damaging-his-case-is-to-free-press.shtml#c753 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130305/03020122199/bradley-manning-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-as-people-begin-realizing-how-damaging-his-case-is-to-free-press.shtml#c753 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c734 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c734
As hard as it is for me to type, we are now in dire need of a return to the '60s, even if it requires hippies and bell-bottoms.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c71 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c71 > I can't imagine the Times would give a shit.

Oh yes they would. This is about copyright. The copyright maximallists are crazy. I'm sure a wave of them will be along shortly to demonstrate and confirm this.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c719 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:31:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c719 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c696 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c696 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c694 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:29:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c694
Detainee: I violated Facebook's terms of service

Tax Payer: Why are the costs of law enforcement going up and our prisons over-crowded?

Former Military Officer: TERRORISM!! AHH!! TERRORISM!! RUN!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c68 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:29:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c68 * to censor undesirable speech
* to prevent you from owning what you bought
* to prevent competition (even when copyright itself is not at issue)
* to make outrageous but bogus claims (I have the copyright on this feature, this flavor, this color, this style, or over plain hard facts).
* to limit growth of the public domain through abuse of copyright length
* to destroy the public domain by re-copyrighting it
* as a tool to accuse and send extortion shakedown settlement letters, aka "copyright trolling", (see practitioners: Prenda, Righthaven, MPAA, RIAA)
* to prevent fair use of any kind, no matter how legitimate that use may be
* to enable "collection societies" to collection on works they do not own
* to enable "collection societies" to shakedown people's private use of the radio (or other music) in a public location
* . . . and other things I'm sure I've missed

Copyright bad? Does it need reform? Don't even think such a thing!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c684 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:29:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c684 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c395 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:56 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c395 What's your point?

Umm... that Karl's a drooling moron.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c46 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c46 https://www.scrollkit.com/s/Cy0mzoK
It's not the first time they've used content without permission: http://codybrown.name/2013/03/an-unsolicited-redesign-of-time-com/

Regarding the second request to not use the name, the NYT has clarified that they object to Scroll Kit's promoting itself as a way to infringe on the NYT's copyright: http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/214142/nyt-scroll-kit-developer-is-bragging-about-copyright-infringement/ While the actual purpose of the tool is not that, the way it's being presented is questionable (at least morally). If Scroll Kit had just used different content and said "Snow Fall-like", I can't imagine the Times would give a shit.]]>