http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130423/11095922808/oxycontin-art-evergreening.shtml#c381 Wed, 1 May 2013 07:50:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130423/11095922808/oxycontin-art-evergreening.shtml#c381 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130426/15064322856/sen-dan-coats-boston-bombers-you-know-who-we-need-to-keep-eye-loners.shtml#c49 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:34:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130426/15064322856/sen-dan-coats-boston-bombers-you-know-who-we-need-to-keep-eye-loners.shtml#c49 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130228/09391122151/video-games-do-not-cause-violence-according-to-former-fbi-profiler.shtml#c96 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 08:12:58 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130228/09391122151/video-games-do-not-cause-violence-according-to-former-fbi-profiler.shtml#c96 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130227/02342022129/is-it-fair-that-baauer-gets-proceeds-harlem-shake-videos-despite-having-little-to-do-with-meme-popularity.shtml#c135 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:26:39 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130227/02342022129/is-it-fair-that-baauer-gets-proceeds-harlem-shake-videos-despite-having-little-to-do-with-meme-popularity.shtml#c135 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130227/02342022129/is-it-fair-that-baauer-gets-proceeds-harlem-shake-videos-despite-having-little-to-do-with-meme-popularity.shtml#c95]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130227/02342022129/is-it-fair-that-baauer-gets-proceeds-harlem-shake-videos-despite-having-little-to-do-with-meme-popularity.shtml#c95 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:16:56 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130227/02342022129/is-it-fair-that-baauer-gets-proceeds-harlem-shake-videos-despite-having-little-to-do-with-meme-popularity.shtml#c95 http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/28/4039718/wow-all-the-way-down-donald-trump-sparks-twitters-latest-weird-meme]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130208/12264121921/fbi-stops-yet-another-its-own-terrorist-threats.shtml#c241 Sat, 9 Feb 2013 07:39:34 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130208/12264121921/fbi-stops-yet-another-its-own-terrorist-threats.shtml#c241
Post 9/11 domestic intelligence became their #1 objective. The problem becomes how do you measure and reward staff for doing well at intelligence gathering? Compounding this was
*everyone in the agency has been hired and promoted based on their crime fighting skills not intelligence gathering skills
* because crime is mostly regional, offices are NOT used to working together

The book doesn't talk about these fake plots, but I'm going to imagine that this is what crime fighters do to make it look like they are doing the work of domestic intelligence.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20121008/16551020648/looper-director-offers-downloadable-in-theater-commentary-track.shtml#c64 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:30:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20121008/16551020648/looper-director-offers-downloadable-in-theater-commentary-track.shtml#c64 http://redlettermedia.bandcamp.com/album/mr-plinketts-star-wars-episode-4-a-new-hope-commentary

My wife an I made sure to sit in the back, so we wouldn't disturb anyone else, should caught laughing at the movie or have our iphones out.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120813/10323120007/if-i-were-mpaa-how-i-would-deal-with-my-car-break-in.shtml#c700 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:00:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120813/10323120007/if-i-were-mpaa-how-i-would-deal-with-my-car-break-in.shtml#c700 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120430/07083218708/googles-fiber-makes-mpaa-skittish-why-does-hollywood-see-all-technology-terms-piracy.shtml#c96 Thu, 3 May 2012 06:37:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120430/07083218708/googles-fiber-makes-mpaa-skittish-why-does-hollywood-see-all-technology-terms-piracy.shtml#c96 sounds a lot like:
"We've always been at war with Eastasia"]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120327/04431918256/why-you-cant-have-tacocopter-drone-deliver-you-taco-lunch-today.shtml#c241 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:59:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120327/04431918256/why-you-cant-have-tacocopter-drone-deliver-you-taco-lunch-today.shtml#c241 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120213/00272917738/european-parliament-president-criticizes-acta.shtml#c89 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:32:28 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120213/00272917738/european-parliament-president-criticizes-acta.shtml#c89
I mean as much effect as a 'executive agreement, we swear this doesn't require change is US law' can have an effect.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120202/17433417641/canadian-songwriters-want-to-embrace-file-sharing-do-they-have-right-approach.shtml#c81 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:08:10 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120202/17433417641/canadian-songwriters-want-to-embrace-file-sharing-do-they-have-right-approach.shtml#c81
It is funny they don't see the answer when it is clearly in front of them.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/11581717456/more-senators-dropping-off-as-co-sponsors-pipa.shtml#c480 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:24:44 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/11581717456/more-senators-dropping-off-as-co-sponsors-pipa.shtml#c480 http://hatch.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/6655775a-85bc-431a-af6c-8b9a1e6df176/Letter%20to%20Majority%20Leader%20Reid%20January%2013%202012.pdf]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/11581717456/more-senators-dropping-off-as-co-sponsors-pipa.shtml#c469 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:21:25 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/11581717456/more-senators-dropping-off-as-co-sponsors-pipa.shtml#c469 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/11581717456/more-senators-dropping-off-as-co-sponsors-pipa.shtml#c295 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:21:07 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/11581717456/more-senators-dropping-off-as-co-sponsors-pipa.shtml#c295 http://www.inhofe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=f2998e23-fbaa-5dfd-c98a-9a71c579b2b0]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110923/03004416062/senate-lets-copyright-lobby-set-up-shop-senate-building-during-protect-ip-debate.shtml#c7 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:59:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110923/03004416062/senate-lets-copyright-lobby-set-up-shop-senate-building-during-protect-ip-debate.shtml#c7
Remember when words used to have meanings?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110916/23392815988/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c12 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:25:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110916/23392815988/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c12 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110912/17454015918/why-does-authors-guild-hate-education-so-much-sues-five-universities-providing-access-to-orphan-works.shtml#c24 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:46:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110912/17454015918/why-does-authors-guild-hate-education-so-much-sues-five-universities-providing-access-to-orphan-works.shtml#c24 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110826/15450015708/federal-court-invents-new-intellectual-property-right-money-makes-it-so-exclusive-right-to-record.shtml#c6 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:45:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110826/15450015708/federal-court-invents-new-intellectual-property-right-money-makes-it-so-exclusive-right-to-record.shtml#c6
I for one think this is public, and will public anyone who tries to say differently. If they don't like it, they can go public themselves in the public.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110824/22230615672/this-post-is-not-about-steve-jobs.shtml#c103 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:44:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110824/22230615672/this-post-is-not-about-steve-jobs.shtml#c103