http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c145 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:43:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c145 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c405 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:43:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c405 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c468 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c468
"Got Proof?"]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c451 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c451 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c130 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c130 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c440 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c440 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c384 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c384 "Not just *who* is looking at it, but *when* they are looking at it, and *where* they looked at it. 'Contemporary community standards'. Who, when, and where are very important for determining a 'contemporary community standard'."

Same thing. The "who" in question is the people who are members of a particular community at a particular time. Same content, different people, different legal outcome.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1086 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08324323118/trade-group-representing-many-large-companies-claims-that-exceptions-blind-would-cast-aside-copyright.shtml#c1086
If they stop hating the blind.

Seriously, only 1% of all books are available for the blind to read. There is as yet no exception to copyright to make them available for the blind and they're lobbying against it.

Let me repeat that for you, parasite: they are lobbying against the right of works to be modified so they are accessible to the disabled.

That's the evilest thing I've ever heard of, and you're in favor of it. This is why you're called an extremist. This is why your copyright monopolism must end. You call copyright a right. Nobody has any rights; only responsibilities. Fail in your responsibilities, your rights are taken away...as they should be.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c629 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c629 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c123 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c123
Great job Mike.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c106 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c106
Do you HONETSLY expect anyone to believe that somehow those 4 companies DON'T EVEN KNOW what copyrights they own, and this was some sort of "accident?"

Maybe you bought that bullshit...but I find it hard to believe that someone at each of these 4 companies looked through a list of what they own, saw The Pirate Bay's movie on it and said "yup, this one's ours...fire a DMCA notice."

Which is it? Gross incompetence? Or deliberate asshatery?

(It's a rhetorical question...both are applicable)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c89 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:34:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c89 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c606 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:33:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c606 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c306 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c306 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c432 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c432 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c75 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c75 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c51 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c51
you've got to be freakin' kiddin me! there is about as much chance of that as of me being a spaceman!! it was done on purpose. it will be done again on purpose for this or maybe other films as well. it's done because they can. it's done because there is no punishment. it's done to try to suppress something they, yet again and as usual, dont like! it's done in particular because it's about TPB!

as for the twat on post number 1, there is never a take down notice that results in a file sharer (you call a pirate) getting nothing but a slap on the wrist! your paymasters harass as many as possible for as much as possible, even though they lose next to nothing!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c380 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c380 and *where* they looked at it. "Contemporary community standards". Who, when, and where are very important for determining a "contemporary community standard".

Note that the court ruling specifically and explicitly mentions that the city and state (Albany, Georgia). The Feds will shop around for a community which has a very low standard for "obscene". They did the same thing to Paul F. Little, aka Max Hardcore.

Using GA also puts it under Federal jurisdiction, since the data crossed state lines via the Internet access of a web site.

IMO, "contemporary" should have nothing to do with it, and the "community" in question should be the logical community where such works as this are available/advertised/provided, NOT the physical community where the work was ultimately consumed. Otherwise you end up in the situation where the literary work in your glove box goes from legal to illegal as you enter the city limits of e.g. Albany, GA.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c603 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c603 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c422 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c422
When we are talking US intelligence and anti-crime units it is a mess of lawlessness and internal fighting. It has been so, at least since the patriot act. What the AC is doing is just spitting acid (probably LSD) and appealing to the added safety the lawlessness provides...]]>