http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c82 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:07:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c82
And you are correct, he has no intellectual consistency whatsoever.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c73 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:02:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c73
If you had a choice to spend $1,000 targeting people who are looking for what you are selling, or $1,000 on the shotgun approach that the newspapers provide, which would you choose?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c67 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:02:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c67
If you had a choice to spend $1,000 targeting people who are looking for what you are selling, or $1,000 on the shotgun approach that the newspapers provide, which would you choose?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08111723117/want-to-destroy-any-hope-serious-cybersecurity-give-doj-its-desired-backdoor-wiretaps-all-communications.shtml#c125 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/08111723117/want-to-destroy-any-hope-serious-cybersecurity-give-doj-its-desired-backdoor-wiretaps-all-communications.shtml#c125
If Google uses chrome to grab your private keys, spy on your emails as you write them, or puts in hooks to insert code on your machine, end of all trust in one very large publicly traded company.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130512/20494523050/bakersfield-ca-law-enforcement-follow-up-beating-possibly-intoxicated-man-to-death-seizing-witnesses-cell-phones.shtml#c1585 Tue, 14 May 2013 11:02:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130512/20494523050/bakersfield-ca-law-enforcement-follow-up-beating-possibly-intoxicated-man-to-death-seizing-witnesses-cell-phones.shtml#c1585 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/02295223046/pretending-that-instructions-to-print-gun-arent-out-there-wont-change-reality-that-they-are.shtml#c601 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:48:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/02295223046/pretending-that-instructions-to-print-gun-arent-out-there-wont-change-reality-that-they-are.shtml#c601 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/02295223046/pretending-that-instructions-to-print-gun-arent-out-there-wont-change-reality-that-they-are.shtml#c277 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:03:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/02295223046/pretending-that-instructions-to-print-gun-arent-out-there-wont-change-reality-that-they-are.shtml#c277
Double Barrel Bunny, Semi Auto Simian (monkey gun), Denture Derringer, ....]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/00585822974/intellectual-property-owners-association-against-helping-blind-because-it-would-set-dangerous-precedent.shtml#c260 Wed, 8 May 2013 10:02:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/00585822974/intellectual-property-owners-association-against-helping-blind-because-it-would-set-dangerous-precedent.shtml#c260 "who paid for and created the intellectual property in the first place"

Let me get this straight. The book publishers created the works themselves.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c759 Mon, 6 May 2013 12:58:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c759 Report Petitioner as STUPID! button.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c735 Mon, 6 May 2013 12:54:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c735 just because something is possible doesn't mean that society must allow it

I agree we should ban all cameras and recording devices.

Oh wait ... Movies, TV, and Music use those devices.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c191 Mon, 6 May 2013 06:05:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c191
That really isn't a problem, if they aren't doing anything wrong then they shouldn't fear being recorded. I can not remember which politician said that ....]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c150 Mon, 6 May 2013 05:57:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c150 urging the White House to ban the devices until "limitations on public surveillance" can be put in place.

I wonder if this limitation on public surveillance will apply to the government also?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130503/15272422944/mike-masnicks-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c237 Sun, 5 May 2013 09:25:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130503/15272422944/mike-masnicks-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c237 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130503/15272422944/mike-masnicks-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c180 Sun, 5 May 2013 06:18:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130503/15272422944/mike-masnicks-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c180 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/16064822930/why-networks-are-really-afraid-aereo-time-warner-cable-says-it-might-offer-aereo-like-service.shtml#c68 Fri, 3 May 2013 11:19:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/16064822930/why-networks-are-really-afraid-aereo-time-warner-cable-says-it-might-offer-aereo-like-service.shtml#c68 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/15484422771/its-not-about-whether-amateur-internet-journalism-is-good-bad-that-it-happens-will-continue-to-happen.shtml#c96 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:52:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/15484422771/its-not-about-whether-amateur-internet-journalism-is-good-bad-that-it-happens-will-continue-to-happen.shtml#c96
sorry about that, Dragon speak homonyms and misunderstandings.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/15484422771/its-not-about-whether-amateur-internet-journalism-is-good-bad-that-it-happens-will-continue-to-happen.shtml#c74 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:51:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/15484422771/its-not-about-whether-amateur-internet-journalism-is-good-bad-that-it-happens-will-continue-to-happen.shtml#c74 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/15484422771/its-not-about-whether-amateur-internet-journalism-is-good-bad-that-it-happens-will-continue-to-happen.shtml#c9 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:58:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/15484422771/its-not-about-whether-amateur-internet-journalism-is-good-bad-that-it-happens-will-continue-to-happen.shtml#c9 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130418/18333222758/megaupload-points-out-that-doj-has-contradicted-itself-concerning-legality-serving-megaupload.shtml#c358 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:18:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130418/18333222758/megaupload-points-out-that-doj-has-contradicted-itself-concerning-legality-serving-megaupload.shtml#c358 grabs popcorn and waits]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/14571522603/lobbyists-politicians-ustr-planning-rally-to-show-strong-support-tafta.shtml#c256 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 06:20:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/14571522603/lobbyists-politicians-ustr-planning-rally-to-show-strong-support-tafta.shtml#c256 "where the only folks likely to show up are the representatives of big legacy businesses"

where the only folks allowed to show up are the representatives of big legacy businesses

FTFY]]>