http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/01321523153/kitchen-nightmares-lawyers-threaten-infamous-samy-amy-if-they-talk-about-their-experience-show.shtml#c244 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:53:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/01321523153/kitchen-nightmares-lawyers-threaten-infamous-samy-amy-if-they-talk-about-their-experience-show.shtml#c244 I don't know about Kitchen Nightmares, but Hell's Kitchen IS a bunch of out of work actors and family/friends of people on the staff. There is no actual Hell's Kitchen restaurant, it's just part of a TV recording studio.

That's why some of them seem like they're there just to make a big enough fuss to get themselves on TV, because they are.

I've always thought this was true. It's like they raid the out-of-work (or over-aged) modeling agencies in LA.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c603 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:53:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c603 http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/cell-phones-interfere-plane-instruments.htm]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130102/01504521536/guy-claims-pinterest-is-ripoff-his-failed-unrelated-site.shtml#c46 Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:44:06 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130102/01504521536/guy-claims-pinterest-is-ripoff-his-failed-unrelated-site.shtml#c46 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121212/22445321369/funny-how-copyright-holders-only-ramped-up-google-dmca-takedowns-after-sopa-failed.shtml#c75 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:57:07 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121212/22445321369/funny-how-copyright-holders-only-ramped-up-google-dmca-takedowns-after-sopa-failed.shtml#c75
Perhaps, the rights holders are trying to overwhelm Google by the tenfold increase in takedowns. Kind of a "we'll show them" mentality.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121212/14335021367/italian-prosecutor-still-wants-to-put-google-execs-jail-because-video-uploaded-some-kids.shtml#c68 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:28:20 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121212/14335021367/italian-prosecutor-still-wants-to-put-google-execs-jail-because-video-uploaded-some-kids.shtml#c68 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111220/18294817149/guy-who-uploaded-early-version-wolverine-which-appears-not-to-have-hurt-movie-all-gets-1-year-jail.shtml#c1262 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:07:28 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111220/18294817149/guy-who-uploaded-early-version-wolverine-which-appears-not-to-have-hurt-movie-all-gets-1-year-jail.shtml#c1262
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111220/18294817149/guy-who-uploaded-early-version-wolverine-which-appears-not-to-have-hurt-movie-all-gets-1-year-jail.shtml#c1242 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:03:46 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111220/18294817149/guy-who-uploaded-early-version-wolverine-which-appears-not-to-have-hurt-movie-all-gets-1-year-jail.shtml#c1242
Or maybe, he copies the file, and left the original still on that computer. How is that stealing again? Definition fail on your part.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111112/01473916749/finns-norwegians-argue-over-who-owns-northern-lights.shtml#c729 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:51:22 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111112/01473916749/finns-norwegians-argue-over-who-owns-northern-lights.shtml#c729 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111110/19234516715/facebook-agrees-to-submit-to-independent-privacy-audits-next-20-years.shtml#c9 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:00:21 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111110/19234516715/facebook-agrees-to-submit-to-independent-privacy-audits-next-20-years.shtml#c9
Honestly, though, I don't have a FB account for this very reason (their only reason for being in existence is to trade private data as a commodity).]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111110/13455416712/house-judiciary-committee-refuses-to-hear-wider-tech-industry-concerns-about-sopa.shtml#c1523 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:17:19 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111110/13455416712/house-judiciary-committee-refuses-to-hear-wider-tech-industry-concerns-about-sopa.shtml#c1523
One exception to my music purchases: I bought some songs from Trent Reznor directly from his website. Also, Radiohead. See, I guess I do buy music from those that provide a reason to buy. I bet my purchasing directly from the artist are part of your "lost sales" calculation. They aren't lost sales; they are just not being filtered by the RIAA.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111110/13455416712/house-judiciary-committee-refuses-to-hear-wider-tech-industry-concerns-about-sopa.shtml#c1459 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:00:16 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111110/13455416712/house-judiciary-committee-refuses-to-hear-wider-tech-industry-concerns-about-sopa.shtml#c1459 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111107/01412516653/color-purple-trademarked.shtml#c159 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:50:34 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111107/01412516653/color-purple-trademarked.shtml#c159 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111109/09204316694/old-fashioned-pirates-steal-6000-copies-new-call-duty-game.shtml#c147 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:17:41 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111109/09204316694/old-fashioned-pirates-steal-6000-copies-new-call-duty-game.shtml#c147 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111109/09204316694/old-fashioned-pirates-steal-6000-copies-new-call-duty-game.shtml#c135 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:17:05 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111109/09204316694/old-fashioned-pirates-steal-6000-copies-new-call-duty-game.shtml#c135 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111103/18003116626/mainstream-press-realizing-that-e-parasitesopa-is-ridiculously-broad.shtml#c1997 Fri, 4 Nov 2011 12:01:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111103/18003116626/mainstream-press-realizing-that-e-parasitesopa-is-ridiculously-broad.shtml#c1997 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111103/18003116626/mainstream-press-realizing-that-e-parasitesopa-is-ridiculously-broad.shtml#c1881 Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:08:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111103/18003116626/mainstream-press-realizing-that-e-parasitesopa-is-ridiculously-broad.shtml#c1881 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111103/18003116626/mainstream-press-realizing-that-e-parasitesopa-is-ridiculously-broad.shtml#c14 Fri, 4 Nov 2011 06:23:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111103/18003116626/mainstream-press-realizing-that-e-parasitesopa-is-ridiculously-broad.shtml#c14
Blocking a DNS for a domain that has multiple non-infringing sub-domains just because one site is infringing is like closing down an entire mall because one store is selling counterfeit socks. In what world, be it digital or real, does that make sense?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/10013316111/bethesda-turns-down-quake-fight-over-scrolls-name-takes-guaranteed-loss-going-to-court.shtml#c1000 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:58:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/10013316111/bethesda-turns-down-quake-fight-over-scrolls-name-takes-guaranteed-loss-going-to-court.shtml#c1000 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/10013316111/bethesda-turns-down-quake-fight-over-scrolls-name-takes-guaranteed-loss-going-to-court.shtml#c994 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:57:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/10013316111/bethesda-turns-down-quake-fight-over-scrolls-name-takes-guaranteed-loss-going-to-court.shtml#c994
Thank the maker]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/09480916110/can-nypd-back-up-its-claim-confrontation-that-required-pepper-spray-despite-more-video-evidence.shtml#c373 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:53:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/09480916110/can-nypd-back-up-its-claim-confrontation-that-required-pepper-spray-despite-more-video-evidence.shtml#c373
As for the pepper spraying, maybe the cops were afraid of the trim-haired Wiccan in the prairie skirt. Maybe she was about to cast a spell on their asses, so they had to act. That's the aggression they were anticipating.]]>