http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c227 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:15:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c227 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c212 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:15:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c212 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/15495123189/ron-paul-doesnt-win-ronpaulcom-is-guilty-reverse-domain-hijacking.shtml#c401 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:14:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/15495123189/ron-paul-doesnt-win-ronpaulcom-is-guilty-reverse-domain-hijacking.shtml#c401 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c534 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:14:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c534 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c203 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:14:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c203
Try an experiment: when you meet a new person not in your tech circlejerk - maybe your local barista or something - ask them to explain the difference between copyright and patents to you.

Then lambaste them for getting it wrong and observe the reaction.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c198 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:13:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c198
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=intellectual+property

Was that so hard?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c173 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:13:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c173 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c300 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:12:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c300
From the "About Us" page: (Dated 4/20/2013!)

"As for his health, Brett's condition is stable (i.e. good), and is looking forward to hanging with all of his friends down in Grenada."


Brett, buddy. You are sooooo busted.


.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/15495123189/ron-paul-doesnt-win-ronpaulcom-is-guilty-reverse-domain-hijacking.shtml#c395 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:11:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/15495123189/ron-paul-doesnt-win-ronpaulcom-is-guilty-reverse-domain-hijacking.shtml#c395 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c148 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:11:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c148
If you want to do a better job, DO A BETTER JOB. Making a federal case about every little mistake made by any of the 7 billion other people on the earth is not helping, it's just bitching.

If you took all the energy you spend bitching about how wrong everybody else is and channeled it into, I dunno, actually changing something, you might have an effect. Or you would at least gain some sorely-needed appreciation for why things are hard to change in the first place.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c140 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:08:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c140 flotsam in an unrelated post and it turned out I meant jetsam, I'd call that a minor mistake. If I was writing a news article specifically about an international dispute over abandoned shipping cargo, I'd look up the damn words. And the distinction between copyright and patents is far less nuanced than that.

This is like writing an article about baseball and referring to runs as touchdowns. Hey, not everyone is obsessed with every minute detail of sports, right?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c135 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:07:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c135 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c1147 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:07:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c1147 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c122 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:05:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c122 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c283 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:04:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c283
...This would actually explain a lot.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c102 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:03:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c102 no idea what you're talking about, maybe you shouldn't be the one reporting about it.

Just a thought.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c77 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:02:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c77
Try harder.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c978 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:02:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c978
Will take that under advisement.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/18225323199/president-obama-is-troubled-about-chilling-effects-his-own-administration-is-causing-to-journalism.shtml#c684 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/18225323199/president-obama-is-troubled-about-chilling-effects-his-own-administration-is-causing-to-journalism.shtml#c684 Not even his most popular quotes.
Seems Legit !


I agree that Obama is just as bad, if not worse than Bush on Civil Liberties, Privacy, Human rights etc...
I shouldn't have to say it every time I criticize one or the other.
I am not "Fair and Balanced"
Life is not "Fair and Balanced"
The whole Idea that I have to criticize one IF I criticize the other is complete bullshit.
I hate both sides equally on most issues.
On some issues I hate one side more.



The absence of criticizing Obama in my original comment does in NO WAY infer my support, ignorance or denial of his actions.
That* is what you made up in your head. I didn't even imply it in the slightest.



Comprehension skills are severely lacking]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c60 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c60
People make mistakes. People are lazy. People are under pressure to get shit done and quality sometimes suffers. Journalists are people. This is not news.

Anyway why don't you jot us off a quick three page summary of the changes in international maritime law over the last 10 years. Make sure to get all the details right!

Oh what's that? You don't spend all day studying the nuances of maritime law? What's your problem? What are you, some kind of simpleton?]]>