http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c39 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:14:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c39 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c105 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:40:56 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c105
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDsbjAYXcQ]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c24 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:09:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c24
Harvey Sivlergate breaks it down.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c101 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:11:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c101 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130514/07513223080/kiwis-want-to-spy-all-communications-vpns-be-able-to-use-secret-evidence-against-you.shtml#c38 Thu, 16 May 2013 06:24:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130514/07513223080/kiwis-want-to-spy-all-communications-vpns-be-able-to-use-secret-evidence-against-you.shtml#c38 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/12113523062/monsanto-wins-case-seed-patents-planting-your-own-legally-purchased-grown-seeds-can-be-infringing.shtml#c612 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:34:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/12113523062/monsanto-wins-case-seed-patents-planting-your-own-legally-purchased-grown-seeds-can-be-infringing.shtml#c612 sorting, planting, and harvesting.

Patent that shit!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/12113523062/monsanto-wins-case-seed-patents-planting-your-own-legally-purchased-grown-seeds-can-be-infringing.shtml#c121 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:10:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/12113523062/monsanto-wins-case-seed-patents-planting-your-own-legally-purchased-grown-seeds-can-be-infringing.shtml#c121 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130509/16574623028/is-anybody-shocked-that-americans-trust-tv-judges-more-than-supreme-court-justices.shtml#c142 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:18:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130509/16574623028/is-anybody-shocked-that-americans-trust-tv-judges-more-than-supreme-court-justices.shtml#c142 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130509/17321423029/silliest-argument-ever-just-because-youtube-paywall-launches-it-means-more-money-is-made.shtml#c107 Fri, 10 May 2013 10:52:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130509/17321423029/silliest-argument-ever-just-because-youtube-paywall-launches-it-means-more-money-is-made.shtml#c107 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130509/11070923022/psa-to-parents-step-1-after-your-child-is-shot-is-not-checking-webmd.shtml#c53 Fri, 10 May 2013 06:31:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130509/11070923022/psa-to-parents-step-1-after-your-child-is-shot-is-not-checking-webmd.shtml#c53 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/01074822975/gaijin-entertainment-demands-gaijincom-which-predates-them-doesnt-infringe-their-trademark.shtml#c24 Tue, 7 May 2013 10:10:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/01074822975/gaijin-entertainment-demands-gaijincom-which-predates-them-doesnt-infringe-their-trademark.shtml#c24 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130503/16375722945/awesome-stuff-films-about-things-techdirt-talks-about.shtml#c16 Sat, 4 May 2013 09:10:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130503/16375722945/awesome-stuff-films-about-things-techdirt-talks-about.shtml#c16 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090611/1545515202/dailydirt-funny-money.shtml#c7 Thu, 2 May 2013 17:12:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090611/1545515202/dailydirt-funny-money.shtml#c7 ...explaining that the text was "an artistic representation of the author and text and not intended as a literal representation".

They just didn't want to get sued by the Joyce estate.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/22352122902/copyright-claims-lead-to-removal-popular-pebble-watch-faces.shtml#c17 Thu, 2 May 2013 14:36:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/22352122902/copyright-claims-lead-to-removal-popular-pebble-watch-faces.shtml#c17 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/22361622903/warner-bros-mgm-universal-collectively-pull-nearly-2000-films-netflix-to-further-fragment-online-movie-market.shtml#c828 Thu, 2 May 2013 11:07:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/22361622903/warner-bros-mgm-universal-collectively-pull-nearly-2000-films-netflix-to-further-fragment-online-movie-market.shtml#c828 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130429/07360222878/greenheart-games-trolls-pirates-with-altered-cracked-version-game-dev-tycoon.shtml#c36 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:57:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130429/07360222878/greenheart-games-trolls-pirates-with-altered-cracked-version-game-dev-tycoon.shtml#c36 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/07481722832/us-ambassador-to-australia-takes-1-issue-day-game-thrones-piracy.shtml#c199 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:29:56 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/07481722832/us-ambassador-to-australia-takes-1-issue-day-game-thrones-piracy.shtml#c199 I can't speak to the merits of the show, having given it up after the first episode...

WTH Tim?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00002122819/cbs-threatens-to-sue-aereo-again.shtml#c137 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:25:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/00002122819/cbs-threatens-to-sue-aereo-again.shtml#c137 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130423/15234022812/shopzilla-threatens-to-sue-site-3-year-old-neutral-link-to-shopzilla-then-apologizes.shtml#c115 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:40:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130423/15234022812/shopzilla-threatens-to-sue-site-3-year-old-neutral-link-to-shopzilla-then-apologizes.shtml#c115 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130408/08031822622/when-is-image-manipulated-enough-to-become-original-creation.shtml#c63 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:22:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130408/08031822622/when-is-image-manipulated-enough-to-become-original-creation.shtml#c63
Oh? It's because of your choices of framing and whatnot? Then you're cool with someone recropping your photos? Or photoshopping the hell out of them?

Shepard Fairey is Girl Talk. Discuss.]]>