Latest Techdirt Comments http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... Anti bullying http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20130401/03115322523/macklemore-explains-why-not-being-label-helped-him-succeed.shtml#c330 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20130401/03115322523/macklemore-explains-why-not-being-label-helped-him-succeed.shtml#c330 My daughter used parts of same love but rewrote
The words to suit a bullying situation at her school! It has become so popular that the
School wants to submit it to a national contest.
There is no monetary compensation.
Just helping a young girl build some self asteem
And possibly win a trophy for her efforts.
818 515 0069! We love ur music]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c512 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:41:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c512 replied to Nazaire's bizarre pleading. Translation from Legalese:

Exhibits A & B: WTF??


Also, Chintella tweeted that the sanction motion hearing is set to June 20, 2013.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c293 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c293
* facepalm *

What is the point of having news if the aren't accurate?

Did I miss the memo saying that it is OK to make shit up now?]]> They're right you know http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/21222323165/another-ca-cop-thinks-cell-phone-might-be-dangerous-weapon.shtml#c488 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/21222323165/another-ca-cop-thinks-cell-phone-might-be-dangerous-weapon.shtml#c488 Re: Cop == coward http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/21222323165/another-ca-cop-thinks-cell-phone-might-be-dangerous-weapon.shtml#c479 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/21222323165/another-ca-cop-thinks-cell-phone-might-be-dangerous-weapon.shtml#c479 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c281 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:36:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c281 seriously discuss matters regarding such things would not be able to confuse one for the other, as the differences between them are non-trivial.

Confusing one for the other reveals total lack of fact checking or knowledge on the subject.

A news agency, whose job is to - supposedly - report on facts cannot be allowed to make such a mistake. They are dead wrong and thus should be called out for it.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c1461 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:34:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c1461 Yes, fair use counts as authorized distribution. But the only way this is fair use is if there is zero market impact, which is questionable.

That's not correct, fair use is determined based on the balance of the four factors.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c1436 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:33:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c1436 Right, and the only factor that's debatable is market impact.

You really think people will go to ScrollKit's site to get NYT stories rather than NYT's? Because that's how there would be a market impact.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c842 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:31:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c842 No, Google is NOT saying that. Yet their system is more than capable of keeping URLs out of the system that are listed in the robots file so there's no excuse why they, as a supposed security advocate, shouldn't honor robots.txt instructions.

But you keep mentioning security in connection with robots.txt. If you acknowledge that it's not a security measure, and Google doesn't say it's a security measure, why are you still talking about security?

Also, why is this a big deal? I'm not trying to defend Google, I just really don't see why it's important. Can you explain it?]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c276 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c276 News flash: just because the nuances of IP law are your private obsession doesn't mean everyone else in the world gives a shit.

People make mistakes. People are lazy. People are under pressure to get shit done and quality sometimes suffers. Journalists are people. This is not news.

Anyway why don't you jot us off a quick three page summary of the changes in international maritime law over the last 10 years. Make sure to get all the details right!

Oh what's that? You don't spend all day studying the nuances of maritime law? What's your problem? What are you, some kind of simpleton?

Exactly. The irony is that Tim himself butchers the doctrines more than most.]]> Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1034 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:32 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1034 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c310 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c310
"Your honor, I can't pay the money! I'm sick! I'm poor!"

"If you are sick, why did you post that your condition is 'stable (good)' on your wedding page? If you are poor, then how did you afford a wedding in the Caribbean?"

*stammers* "um.... um... um... look over there! Gay marriage! Hackers!"]]> Re: Re: Turnabout is fair play http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1029 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1029 centralized sources. Only sites and links would be gone, but there would still be tools out there that don't rely on fixed links and sites. There are pure p2p tools that aggregate their indices without a centralized server or link. They peer the index to fellow peers and the user searches through the index for content. No servers, no link required. Tools like Tribler make this possible. Once these tools are published, there's no way to make them disappear. The internet never forgets.

They could close down The Pirate Bay every other p2p site, but the genie is out of the bottle. There is nothing they can do short of shutting down the entire internet that will stop sharing of content. Since that will never happen, they're just pissing in the wind. It's war is over, they lost. What's left are some flailing corpses unwilling to accept the fact that they are dead.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/21222323165/another-ca-cop-thinks-cell-phone-might-be-dangerous-weapon.shtml#c457 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/21222323165/another-ca-cop-thinks-cell-phone-might-be-dangerous-weapon.shtml#c457 Re: I'm either over or under thinking this. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/15495123189/ron-paul-doesnt-win-ronpaulcom-is-guilty-reverse-domain-hijacking.shtml#c403 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:25:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/15495123189/ron-paul-doesnt-win-ronpaulcom-is-guilty-reverse-domain-hijacking.shtml#c403
A normal domain hijacking takes place before a legitimate owner can take control of a domain.

Here, the domain was being used legitimately, & they even offered up one they had, but didn't need, for free. But Ron was trying to hijack both anyway.

The problem comes in that we normally think of hijacking the way Reverse Domain Hijacking appears to work: taking from a legitimate owner.]]> Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1026 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1026 Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c265 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/19133923200/copyright-patent-its-all-same-to-worlds-third-largest-news-agency.shtml#c265
So while that editor is going to appear to be very concerned about any error, the reality is that shit happens, the editor knows it, and tries to balance accuracy with every other one of 25 concerns she has all day. Sometimes accuracy doesn't win.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1025 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:21:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1025
Great suggestion that I'll certainly take under advisement as well.

/sarcasm]]> Re: Turnabout is fair play http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1008 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1008
wash, rinse, repeat.]]> Re: Re: Too many thieves and pirates break ANY business model. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1001 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c1001
Most people here ARE pirates. Duh]]>