http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... 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.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c219 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:53:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c219 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c195 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c195 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1736 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:25:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1736
For example an author writes a book. The book is stolen and a copy is sold to a publisher. The copy is not stolen property and subsequent copies would also not be stolen property. So the author's only recourse would be against the original thief.

Here is a case that deals with this issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States_(1985)]]>