http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c837 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:43:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c837
Why don't you speak for yourself instead of putting words in somebody else's mouth?

The only things you make are your posts on this blog, which you have given away for years.

"copyright recognizes that no one else has a right to copy works"

It does something entirely different, as everyone in any IP industry knows. Again, stop pretending to speak for people who you aren't.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c205 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:41:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c205
Thus, outrage of a DOJ that has the power to tap my phone without a warrant, tap 1st Amendment Protected reports, monitor this post & put me in jail for their reasons MUST go straight to the President's desk (R or D) for hiring the people who carry out such activities.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1967 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:41:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1967
' I mean, I'm stupid and you're smart,so it should be simple for you.']]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1959 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1959 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c813 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:38:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c813
No. Speech does not require income.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c142 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c142
I've written this before on a techdirt article, so forgive me for repeating myself, but if the people who owned Star Trek in the early 70s had come down like a ton of bricks on the fans who were throwing cons where they charged people entry, printing and selling zines, and creating and selling art (the way Paramount's lawyers totally would do today and sometimes sort of try to do, only to be slapped down by the fans), Star Trek would not be the fat-and-sassy cash cow Paramount is milking to this day. STAR TREK WOULD BE COMPLETELY, UTTERLY FORGOTTEN. Paramount considered Star Trek worthless, you could have bought the whole thing for about a hundred grand; it was beneath Paramount's notice so they didn't care what the little people did with it. Considered worthless and given freely away, Star Trek became an incredibly valuable "franchise" (a phrase I detest). The fans gave it worth.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1934 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1934 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c412 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:31:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c412 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c183 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c183
Partisan politics are the polarisation of issues not the solution.

When we can see everything that the government does (every door opened, every document available, every meeting entered and every communication revealed) then and only then would we be able to trust them with spying on us. We would see exactly what is going on.

This will never happen as there are "too many secrets". Movie reference anyone?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1918 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1918 Masnick's weasely narrative is totally unnecessary and only serves to make him look like a bigger jerk than usual."

which takes some doing !!!!!

Masnick probably has been taking lessons off Kim fatbastard..]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c177 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c177 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c125 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c125
There are absolute standards that derive from the facts of existence, it's not all relative and up for grabs the way you commie-pirates want.

Sticking to copyright: while Disney may have "stolen" from fairy tales (no one complained), the labor of thinking up, working out, and producing Mickey Mouse was nearly all due to Walt Disney (and his gang of slave-artists to draw the many images), so the resulting film is ALL his. -- And to ENJOY the product of his work, you only had to pay a nickel! If you don't want to pay, you don't have to, but you've then NO right to enjoy the content. THAT'S A MORAL DEAL, plain and simple. -- Of course Disney is bad example for later years, but was absolutely true up to 28 years from creation date.

And no, I'm not going to shut up. But you just keep pushing your immorality of taking what you haven't created, because that too serves MY purposes!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c163 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:23:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c163 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1893 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:23:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1893
Really appreciate the "ADVERTISING" and your efforts to promote those particular posts.

Thanks again.. keep up the good work..]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c159 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:22:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02514123171/partisanship-over-spying-journalists-is-stupid-spying-journalists-is-bad-period.shtml#c159 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1869 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:18:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1869
they are both doing the same job (feeding fuel to the engine) but with 2 different METHODS.

But I don't expect you to understand the difference, you've been worshiping masnick for too long.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1868 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:14:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1868
and as you should well know, (but clearly do not) patents are A METHOD to achieve a result, NOT THE FUCKING result itself.

This one apparently is "A METHOD OF PASSWORD" authentication.

Notice it is not THE method, or the only method possible, but it is simply A METHOD.

for example, "A method of supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine" Might describe the method of using a type of carburettor, ANOTHER METHOD might be using a form of FUEL Injector.

You don't patent 'feeding fuel to an engine' you patent A METHOD of feeding fuel into an engine.

Therefore this is a method of password authentication, it is NOT the method.

Just as prior art does not apply between carburation and fuel injection it does not apply here.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c100 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00010122821/adam-savage-why-copyright-trademark-holders-need-to-get-over-their-obsession-with-control.shtml#c100 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01434213446/dailydirt-tuition-debt-is-chumps.shtml#c7 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01434213446/dailydirt-tuition-debt-is-chumps.shtml#c7 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1856 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/00174423181/kim-dotcom-threatens-to-sue-google-facebook-twitter-over-2-factor-authentication-patent-if-they-dont-help-him.shtml#c1856