http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/17584023513/new-orleans-cops-set-up-private-company-to-fill-pockets-with-red-light-camera-cash.shtml#c277 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:08:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/17584023513/new-orleans-cops-set-up-private-company-to-fill-pockets-with-red-light-camera-cash.shtml#c277
i am HIGHLY skeptical of red-light camera improving 'safety' to any *significant* extent, ESPECIALLY in comparison to any of a dozen other tactics which would be more effective, but don't generate extortion money for someone...

oh, please, please, please, Big Daddy, make me safe against my own will...
...OR, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY LIFE, goons for the state...

art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1133 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:55:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1133 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/10395523531/next-time-someone-says-twitter-is-killing-deep-thinking-with-short-quick-messages-show-them-this.shtml#c511 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:55:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/10395523531/next-time-someone-says-twitter-is-killing-deep-thinking-with-short-quick-messages-show-them-this.shtml#c511 But this is clearly off topic.
Sorry.

I disagree. Or I wouldn't have posted it. I think this story responds to the assertion]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c130 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:53:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c130
Prison Fraud?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c381 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:49:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c381 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c380 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:47:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c380
Kudos for making an effort, don't be disappointed that it failed, Anonymous Coward (Jun 19th, 2013 @ 5:17pm), your success is that you argued without being a jerk about it.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c117 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:42:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c117 Prismafreude]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c271 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:42:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c271
Cathy is the crazy copyright lady.

Hilariously, she, as much as the other trolls, has failed to tell us what her interest in copyright is.

"Everyday good," my ass.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c263 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:41:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c263 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c238 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:39:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c238
Judge Snow 'put up' with many of Mr. Harris's filings that were less than kind and was displeased with some. But I think he has started to understand that that learned lawyer standing in the courtroom before him (or hiding in another state behind a "medical emergency") is everything Mr. Harris has claimed from day one. That this case is an abomination with so many flaws and "issues" with candor and truth.

One can only hope that Judge Snow beats them senseless and then sees fit to award Mr. Harris compensation for all of the misery they inflicted upon him and then some. Goodhue needs to be referred to the bar at a minimum, someone needs to finally make an example of the CL lawyers who are willing to sign their name to cases they know nothing about for an "easy" payday.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130620/00581223542/ftc-planning-to-go-after-patent-trolls.shtml#c42 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:39:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130620/00581223542/ftc-planning-to-go-after-patent-trolls.shtml#c42 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1121 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:35:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1121
There were still many AAA titles being released for the PS2 and Xbox 1 years after the PS3 and 460 came out.

So it would make a hell of a lot more sense financially to keep the current gen for a while until they have got rid of all the hardware and software bugs. (RROD or YLOD anyone?)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c364 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:34:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c364 those who run these companies come from the human race

I really gotta stop posting comments before I eat breakfast.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c352 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:30:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c352 Service providers, even if a mere free-to-use physical bulletin board, DO in fact have SOME degree of responsibility to police their area.

While true, said policing goes hand-in-hand with the notion that a service provider can]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c222 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:28:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c222
I think this is the reason Mr. Harris has been so vehement in his demand they reveal how they got his information, because it would open a much larger can of worms and set 2 Judges in 2 District upon them.

I await my external brain SJD to arrive and confirm I am remembering correctly.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130604/21150823320/help-explain-why-phone-unlocking-is-important-to-you-why-it-should-be-legal.shtml#c1995 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:25:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130604/21150823320/help-explain-why-phone-unlocking-is-important-to-you-why-it-should-be-legal.shtml#c1995
I'd say that's enough. Once they sign the paperwork, the phone belongs to them, and they can do any damn thing they want with it. They're already on the hook if they break it, so they've got the responsibilities of ownership. They should also get the benefits.

And then if they try to cheat their phone provider, well, there are tons of legal remedies available.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c329 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:22:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c329
Spent so much time
Not looking for an answer
But someone else to blame
As long as you don't take the drop
To you it's all the same]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130604/21150823320/help-explain-why-phone-unlocking-is-important-to-you-why-it-should-be-legal.shtml#c1966 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:20:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130604/21150823320/help-explain-why-phone-unlocking-is-important-to-you-why-it-should-be-legal.shtml#c1966
I thought this was a fairly ridiculous price, and a law requiring that phones be fully unlocked would have meant I could have spent far less.

Now, it's gotten better since I bought my Galaxy Nexus, as you can now get equivalent unlocked phones for $400 direct from Google, but that's still about $200 or $250 too much. Even cheapies should be easily portable. Note that I do NOT mean subsidized phones; those only look cheap. I mean the actual cheapies, the ones you can buy for $100 to $150, should be usable with any carrier using that technology.

Note that simply allowing unlocks is not enough, because at least with AT&T and T-Mobile, the phones they sell themselves will be deliberately crippled, so as not to work well on their competitors' frequencies. I'm not sure this legislation can be modified to fix that problem, but if it's in scope, it's something Congress should be thinking about.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1105 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:08:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1105 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c982 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:56:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c982