http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101209/09504712210/dailydirt-taking-another-look-nuclear-energy.shtml#c80 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:14:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101209/09504712210/dailydirt-taking-another-look-nuclear-energy.shtml#c80 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101209/09504712210/dailydirt-taking-another-look-nuclear-energy.shtml#c71 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:13:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101209/09504712210/dailydirt-taking-another-look-nuclear-energy.shtml#c71 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c894 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c894 Step out of line, and YOU could be next."

A good message to send too, I would say.

If by stepping out of line you mean breaking the law..]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c872 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:09:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c872
WOW,, amazing, they only suspect someone of a crime AFTER that crime has been committed !!!!! OMFG..... !!!!!!!

Next time, THINK before you talk.. far less people will think you are a moron then.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130313/10343422312/rejection-pirate-bay-founders-appeal-sets-dangerous-precedent-liability-free-expression.shtml#c1578 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:05:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130313/10343422312/rejection-pirate-bay-founders-appeal-sets-dangerous-precedent-liability-free-expression.shtml#c1578 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130514/14283523085/interesting-move-peter-sunde-pirate-bay-flattr-to-run-eu-parliament.shtml#c390 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:59:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130514/14283523085/interesting-move-peter-sunde-pirate-bay-flattr-to-run-eu-parliament.shtml#c390 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130514/14283523085/interesting-move-peter-sunde-pirate-bay-flattr-to-run-eu-parliament.shtml#c386 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:58:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130514/14283523085/interesting-move-peter-sunde-pirate-bay-flattr-to-run-eu-parliament.shtml#c386 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c823 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:56:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c823 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/18051923103/footage-lethal-beating-deleted-seized-phone-sheriff-asks-fbi-to-take-over-investigation.shtml#c1096 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:52:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/18051923103/footage-lethal-beating-deleted-seized-phone-sheriff-asks-fbi-to-take-over-investigation.shtml#c1096 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101209/09504712210/dailydirt-taking-another-look-nuclear-energy.shtml#c48 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:46:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101209/09504712210/dailydirt-taking-another-look-nuclear-energy.shtml#c48
Even including Chernobyl, wind power has caused more fatalities per watt-hour than nuclear.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c38 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:41:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c38 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/12190223151/prendas-paul-hansmeier-asks-appeals-court-to-delay-sanctions-appeals-court-says-no-try-again.shtml#c280 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:29:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/12190223151/prendas-paul-hansmeier-asks-appeals-court-to-delay-sanctions-appeals-court-says-no-try-again.shtml#c280
I want to buy a chair. I go see the chair. I might even sit in the chair. If I like it, I can buy it. If it's rubbish, I don't buy it. The risk that someone doesn't want to buy it is always with the seller. The way to mitigate that risk is to make a product that people want to buy.

If I hire a car, book a hotel, or buy a train ticket I have a certain level of expectation of the quality of service that will be provided. If that service does not meet that expectation, I ask for a refund and get my money back.

The risk is always with the seller.

Go away and come up with a better argument.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1470 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:21:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1470
1. He's actually too stupid to understand anything that's not spelt out in small words in a few sentences easy enough for him to digest. He therefore doesn't understand the pretty clear positions that everybody else understands very clearly, hence the childish whining and attacks when he doesn't get what everyone else can see he already has. He literally won't be able to understand unless Mike writes a post detailing exactly what he things, and since that won't simply say "I hate copyright and want to destroy it" or "here's a completely rewritten law ready to go", he won't understand or accept it.

2. He thinks he knows what Mike's position is, but has wrongly assumed that it's a position that wishes to remove copyright entirely, or give everything to pirates directly to those who didn't create anything. Therefore, he thinks that if he can debate Mike he can trick him into admitting what he "truly believes". That is failing because Mike's confirmed his actual position in previous discussions as opposed to the fictional version he wants, so he keeps pretending that nothing has been said in the hope that he'll be told what he wants.

3. He's paid to sit on here attacking every word that's said that might put his employers' actions in a bad light. Unlike others who are in a similar position, he's trying to make it about him and his "mistreatment" rather than what's actually being said.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c715 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:19:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c715 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c13 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:16:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c13 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c10 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:10:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c10 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c807 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:50:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c807
An idiotic point, hence the AC's reaction to it.

But, let's go through the problems: first of all, how are domain names registered? Usually, they're registered before any content exists. I personally own 14 domain names, but there's only content on two of them. The registrar has absolutely no way of knowing what I plans to use them for. How are they meant to screen them before sale? Especially bearing in mind that they might not sell the domain directly (different rules apply to different countries, but many TLDs can be available in moments with no human screening).

After the domain is utilised for something, the registrar then has no way of knowing unless they constantly monitor it. They are not informed of any changes apart from the very basics (contact names, DNS servers). They have no relation to the content, no control over the hosting, and they sure as hell can't have knowledge of how legal the content is outside of their own country (and remember, before the US stuck its nose in, TPB was perfectly legal in Sweden).

So, at best what he's asking is that domain registrars should constantly monitor domains over which they have no direct control other than the ability to suspend if required. That's potentially millions of domains, for which they may not have the knowledge required to know if it's illegal (most infringing domains won't be as obvious as TPB, and a lot of perfectly legal services have been targeted in these kinds of cases). On top of that, there's the dangers of implementing such a thing - the ability for a private entity to censor speech is a very dangerous thing to promote, even if the aims in doing so are noble.

It's a silly point, and attacking those saying it's stupid doesn't really help improve it. There's no reason why a registrar should have responsibility for policing these things, any more than it's the phone company's or the yellow pages' responsibility for monitoring what you do with your phone number. They can investigate and react in response to legal requests, but they should not be responsible for policing it. There are many different agencies both better equipped and better positioned to do the same thing, and every possible bad action happens out of the registrar's control without their involvement or permission.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1451 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:35:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1451
But, hate the blind? Probably not in those exact words, no. That doesn't change a word of what Mike said though. Sadly, AJ is too moronic and too obsessed wto recognise that.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100714/00462310203.shtml#c234 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100714/00462310203.shtml#c234 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c694 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:21:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c694