http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130215/15093722002/arthur-conan-doyle-estate-sued-to-show-that-sherlock-holmes-is-public-domain.shtml#c464 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:10:52 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130215/15093722002/arthur-conan-doyle-estate-sued-to-show-that-sherlock-holmes-is-public-domain.shtml#c464

Not that it was really trolling, just a bit of sarcasm.

6/10 must try harder.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121017/03210820728/bringing-artists-entrepreneurs-together-to-help-each-other.shtml#c402 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:51:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121017/03210820728/bringing-artists-entrepreneurs-together-to-help-each-other.shtml#c402 Oh wait, you wanted smart people?
Sorry! As you were ;]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121017/03210820728/bringing-artists-entrepreneurs-together-to-help-each-other.shtml#c389 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:49:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121017/03210820728/bringing-artists-entrepreneurs-together-to-help-each-other.shtml#c389 http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/hargreaves/hargreaves-copyright/hargreaves-copyright-dce.htm]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120925/22104620513/us-copyright-office-seeking-comments-resale-royalties-visual-artists.shtml#c251 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:48:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120925/22104620513/us-copyright-office-seeking-comments-resale-royalties-visual-artists.shtml#c251 Oh look, here's that same argument again, expanding individual rights against the public interest.
Glad that I was proved wrong so quickly...

... oh no, wait.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120911/20482020352/amnesia-is-selling-so-well-developers-have-forgotten-all-about-piracy.shtml#c619 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:45:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120911/20482020352/amnesia-is-selling-so-well-developers-have-forgotten-all-about-piracy.shtml#c619 9/10]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120911/20482020352/amnesia-is-selling-so-well-developers-have-forgotten-all-about-piracy.shtml#c610 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:39:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120911/20482020352/amnesia-is-selling-so-well-developers-have-forgotten-all-about-piracy.shtml#c610
Or how much less?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120911/20482020352/amnesia-is-selling-so-well-developers-have-forgotten-all-about-piracy.shtml#c598 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:35:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120911/20482020352/amnesia-is-selling-so-well-developers-have-forgotten-all-about-piracy.shtml#c598 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120905/06254220281/should-robots-get-rights.shtml#c835 Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:55:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120905/06254220281/should-robots-get-rights.shtml#c835 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120905/06254220281/should-robots-get-rights.shtml#c821 Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:54:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120905/06254220281/should-robots-get-rights.shtml#c821 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120815/18483620066/stupidity-just-go-without-argument.shtml#c876 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:25:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120815/18483620066/stupidity-just-go-without-argument.shtml#c876 Our work place provides free coffee from vending machines - it's not very nice but it's hot and caffienated and that's what important.
But they also have vending machines that sell cold drinks and you can pay for coffee in the shop downstairs (but you can't compete with free! sorry, I'll move on).
The analogy comes into play on this story because the vending machines don't accept]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120821/02251520110/apps-are-not-coffee.shtml#c564 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:54:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120821/02251520110/apps-are-not-coffee.shtml#c564 If we're just talking about competing on price - which we were.
But again, 7 billion people on the planet, that's a long way towards infinity to me.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120821/02251520110/apps-are-not-coffee.shtml#c554 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:49:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120821/02251520110/apps-are-not-coffee.shtml#c554 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120818/01171420087/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c532 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:59:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120818/01171420087/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c532 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120817/17390920086/holmes-wilsons-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c742 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:39:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120817/17390920086/holmes-wilsons-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c742 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120817/17390920086/holmes-wilsons-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c383 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 05:06:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120817/17390920086/holmes-wilsons-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c383 Like or loathe Assange, you're being willfully abstruse if you can't see that he has reason to fear the absence of a fair trial.
If he even gets a trial at all.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120817/17390920086/holmes-wilsons-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c361 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 04:57:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120817/17390920086/holmes-wilsons-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c361 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/01550520070/yes-friends-can-share-your-facebook-profile-with-police.shtml#c343 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:16:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/01550520070/yes-friends-can-share-your-facebook-profile-with-police.shtml#c343 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/01550520070/yes-friends-can-share-your-facebook-profile-with-police.shtml#c319 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:11:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/01550520070/yes-friends-can-share-your-facebook-profile-with-police.shtml#c319 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/01462020069/germany-tells-facebook-to-destroy-face-recognition-database.shtml#c183 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:11:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/01462020069/germany-tells-facebook-to-destroy-face-recognition-database.shtml#c183 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/01462020069/germany-tells-facebook-to-destroy-face-recognition-database.shtml#c4 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:59:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/01462020069/germany-tells-facebook-to-destroy-face-recognition-database.shtml#c4