http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/12283223188/petition-asks-obama-to-support-treaty-blind-rather-than-siding-with-hollywood.shtml#c238 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:18:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/12283223188/petition-asks-obama-to-support-treaty-blind-rather-than-siding-with-hollywood.shtml#c238 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c635 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:18:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c635 Its called remission.
As he has removed his brain caner blog from the web its hard to track the progress.
Notice he focuses on the special diet and supplements, which don't exactly strike me as being a medical treatment.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110912/01135415897/lawyers-thomas-cooley-law-school-skirt-legal-ethical-questions-uncovering-anonymous-blogger-theyre-suing.shtml#c339 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:13:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110912/01135415897/lawyers-thomas-cooley-law-school-skirt-legal-ethical-questions-uncovering-anonymous-blogger-theyre-suing.shtml#c339
Url: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/21/president-obama-announces-his-intent-appoint-individuals-presidential-co

Alumni from Thomas M. Cooley Law School who are recognized as SuperLawyers

URL: http://www.superlawyers.com/lawschool/The-Thomas-M-Cooley-Law-School/fad6dc18-84c4-102c-aca4-000e0c6dcf76.html]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c626 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:13:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c626
I'll repeat what I said on popehat about it...
http://www.popehat.com/2013/05/20/prenda-law-the-sound-of-one-shoe-dropping/#comment-1056853

Its a shame that Gibbs scrubbed the web of his blog about his cancer.
http://blogs.marinij.com/bretts_journey
The Wayback Machine shows it vanished end or 2011 start of 2012.

I know that we are supposed to have sympathy for people suffering from a disease, but when they trot it out like a trick pony over and over and over to deflect the heat]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01465413450/dailydirt-diy-soda-pop-whatever-you-call-carbonated-beverages.shtml#c54 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:12:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01465413450/dailydirt-diy-soda-pop-whatever-you-call-carbonated-beverages.shtml#c54
Also the Sodastream does a bad job when it comes to carbonating it only carbonates at 15psi. Many sodas need higher carbonation levels such as colas they are better served at 30psi.

Like Rekrul pointed out there are many cheaper ways to build a carbonator and you can buy the syrup from many sources. You can even buy your favorite Coke or Pepsi flavours if your willing to pay the premium price. My rig cost me $20 it consists of a CO2 bike pump and a tubeless tire valve.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c683 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:11:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c683 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1249 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:07:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1249 Google has money, money the **AA's like to claim was only made by 'stealing' their content.

They intend to bury Google in notices until its just more cost effective to let them have their own unchecked removal system and pay a portion of the profits to the **AA's.

This could be the reason Google is now keeping a record of how many of these notices are freaking bogus.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c660 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:07:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c660

Here's the GODDMNED scoop ace...the reason why most of these games on the previous generation were so successful is that people could trade in their games, that they have finished, for others to enjoy. When you take away the ability to do that through a cost prohibitive fee, you are basically killing your own success. Not only does word not spread so quickly about how awesome the game is, but the used game market makes it more affordable to enjoy games.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/15314122604/appeals-court-protects-anonymity-critics-cooley-law-school-could-have-done-more.shtml#c447 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:06:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/15314122604/appeals-court-protects-anonymity-critics-cooley-law-school-could-have-done-more.shtml#c447 http://www.superlawyers.com/lawschool/The-Thomas-M-Cooley-Law-School/fad6dc18-84c4-102c-aca4-000e0c6dcf76.html

In addition, Thomas M. Cooley Law School is one of the larger law schools in the U.S. meaning that it a graduate of the school has a larger network of alumni to refer work to and from.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c635 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:54:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c635 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/00583723201/if-you-thought-copyright-was-mess-earth-what-does-it-look-like-space.shtml#c323 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:50:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/00583723201/if-you-thought-copyright-was-mess-earth-what-does-it-look-like-space.shtml#c323
Not really. It's actually fairly mess-free, considering there is no copyright law (or any other law, for that matter) on Mars.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/00583723201/if-you-thought-copyright-was-mess-earth-what-does-it-look-like-space.shtml#c308 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:48:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/00583723201/if-you-thought-copyright-was-mess-earth-what-does-it-look-like-space.shtml#c308 > likely will be) American, and so will the rocket and lander,
> that US style copyright law does apply.

Disney can say whatever it likes. Doesn't make it true. The fact that a person is an American citizen doesn't mean U.S. law follows them around the universe wherever they go. A U.S. citizen can go to Amsterdam and legally smoke pot even though it's illegal to do so in the U.S. Likewise, a U.S. citizen could go to Mars and copy, play, and sell (if there was anyone else to sell to) the entire Disney DVD library and no law would be violated.

Despite the recent delusions of grandeur by a few Justice Department officials, U.S. law only applies in the U.S. It doesn't even apply 20 feet over the border in Canada. Why the hell would it apply on Mars?

To claim otherwise would essentially be claiming that the U.S. Congress has the legal authority to bind the entire universe with its laws, and that's laughable on its face.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c612 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:47:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c612
So what are people not attracted to in a console?

1. Requirement of always online to play single player...Nintedon't
2. Activation fees for games you already paid $60 for...Nintendon't
3. Paying a monthly fee for services only related to the console and your online gameplay...Nintendon't.
4. Does not allow you to play games you owned from the previous generation...Nintendon't

Sony and M$ are currently doing exactly what Nintendon't.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/00583723201/if-you-thought-copyright-was-mess-earth-what-does-it-look-like-space.shtml#c303 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:42:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/00583723201/if-you-thought-copyright-was-mess-earth-what-does-it-look-like-space.shtml#c303 > as an international commons

Treaties only apply to nations. Individuals are not bound by them.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c278 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:37:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c278
Copyright is *not* common law, at least in the U.S.

It's statutory law.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c599 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:35:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c599 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c591 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:33:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c591 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c584 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:28:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c584
In console gaming, for games...developers develop the game around the specific GPU architecture and thus strictly for what ever GPU is being used The CPU's Architecture is basically designed for the OS.

Case in point, Halo and Halo 2 for XBox were specifically meant for use with nVidia GPU chipsets in mind...you can play both on the XBox 360 no problem. The XBox used an X86 CPU from Intel...The XBox360 uses the IBM PowerPC 950 architecture.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c581 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:22:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c581
The XBox One is a very very bad thing because of the 8GB of GDDR3 RAM...which is much slower and far less efficient than the WiiU's use of esRAM...XBox One only reserves 3GB for gaming...that's including software and graphics in that 3GB space...given the average game will likely use 2GB of RAM just to run the software from the hard disk, that's 1GB for graphics. This means that not only is it running off of Graphics RAM technology from roughly 4 or 5 years ago, it's also means that in order to keep the efficiency and smooth gameplay, they have to keep the games natively at 720p .. The left over 5 GB of GDDR3 RAM is strictly for you to run the OS.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c272 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c272