http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130322/06243622416/ncaa-still-going-backwards-tournament-streaming.shtml#c81 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:17:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130322/06243622416/ncaa-still-going-backwards-tournament-streaming.shtml#c81 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130129/16045921819/broken-copyright-jonathan-coulton-is-actually-infringing-copyright-glee-is-not.shtml#c754 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:58:40 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130129/16045921819/broken-copyright-jonathan-coulton-is-actually-infringing-copyright-glee-is-not.shtml#c754 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120824/01254520142/mpaa-pretends-offering-something-is-same-thing-as-offering-what-people-want.shtml#c901 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:35:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120824/01254520142/mpaa-pretends-offering-something-is-same-thing-as-offering-what-people-want.shtml#c901
If the kid had stolen 2 CDs from the store, he would have been fined like $250. Thats the problem with this case, troll]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120618/18250119374/matthew-inman-to-charles-carreon-take-time-off-stop-saying-crazy-sht-to-journalists-calm-down.shtml#c715 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:29:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120618/18250119374/matthew-inman-to-charles-carreon-take-time-off-stop-saying-crazy-sht-to-journalists-calm-down.shtml#c715 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120612/03005619283/what-kind-professor-patents-way-to-make-it-more-expensive-more-difficult-students-to-learn.shtml#c1404 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:55:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120612/03005619283/what-kind-professor-patents-way-to-make-it-more-expensive-more-difficult-students-to-learn.shtml#c1404 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120612/03005619283/what-kind-professor-patents-way-to-make-it-more-expensive-more-difficult-students-to-learn.shtml#c786 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:17:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120612/03005619283/what-kind-professor-patents-way-to-make-it-more-expensive-more-difficult-students-to-learn.shtml#c786
That uncertainty prevented us from buying used books ahead of time, AND wasted our money on some code we didn't need, all because the teacher was lazy about putting up their book list]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120521/09045719001/which-would-you-rather-have-planet-patent.shtml#c618 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:43:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120521/09045719001/which-would-you-rather-have-planet-patent.shtml#c618 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120521/09045719001/which-would-you-rather-have-planet-patent.shtml#c594 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:40:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120521/09045719001/which-would-you-rather-have-planet-patent.shtml#c594
Anyway, our ability to predict the weather has nothing to do with our ability to predict climate and climate effects. Weather and Climate are two totally separate topics. We understand the effects of sulfate aerosols on the stratosphere from the changes in the climate system after large volcanic eruptions such as Mt. Pinatubo

I am not a supporter of this SPICE project, since the we would have to inject millions of tons of SO2 into the stratosphere (10 km or higher) constantly, since they're removed within 2 years of injection.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120503/04032118755/chris-dodd-rewrites-hollywoods-history-to-pretend-that-it-came-about-because-ip-laws.shtml#c254 Thu, 3 May 2012 10:30:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120503/04032118755/chris-dodd-rewrites-hollywoods-history-to-pretend-that-it-came-about-because-ip-laws.shtml#c254 Ah, Chris Dodd. Can you open your mouth without saying something that's complete bullshit? Sometimes, it doesn't seem possible.

Hey Mike, Fixed it for you]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120202/12374117639/ice-seizes-300-more-sites-cant-have-people-watching-super-bowl-ads-without-permission.shtml#c492 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:42:31 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120202/12374117639/ice-seizes-300-more-sites-cant-have-people-watching-super-bowl-ads-without-permission.shtml#c492
There is no legal alternative for me to view these events, other than a $1200/yr cable bill, plus a subscription to my favorite team's PPV video stream, which is $10/game. So there you go; you're not converting pirates to legitimate customers, you're just driving us to spend our time/effort/money elsewhere]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111010/04043716279/nytimes-sues-federal-government-refusing-to-reveal-its-secret-interpretation-patriot-act.shtml#c345 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:42:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111010/04043716279/nytimes-sues-federal-government-refusing-to-reveal-its-secret-interpretation-patriot-act.shtml#c345 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110711/01434715038/isps-five-strikes-plan-railroading-mpaariaa-style.shtml#c2578 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:45:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110711/01434715038/isps-five-strikes-plan-railroading-mpaariaa-style.shtml#c2578 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110722/02383515203/comcast-hijacks-mac-firefox-users-homepage-offers-blame-game-faux-apology-return.shtml#c415 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:35:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110722/02383515203/comcast-hijacks-mac-firefox-users-homepage-offers-blame-game-faux-apology-return.shtml#c415 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110719/03085915162/once-again-law-enforcement-protects-us-america-destroying-scourge-children-with-lemonade-stands.shtml#c803 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:19:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110719/03085915162/once-again-law-enforcement-protects-us-america-destroying-scourge-children-with-lemonade-stands.shtml#c803 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110714/10052015091/incubus-promotes-new-album-with-misguided-anti-piracy-8-bit-video-game.shtml#c550 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:49:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110714/10052015091/incubus-promotes-new-album-with-misguided-anti-piracy-8-bit-video-game.shtml#c550 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110708/13501215021/dark-side-wins-lucasfilm-shuts-down-star-wars-fan-movie-marathon.shtml#c318 Fri, 8 Jul 2011 21:56:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110708/13501215021/dark-side-wins-lucasfilm-shuts-down-star-wars-fan-movie-marathon.shtml#c318 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110531/04034914487/apple-sues-teen-who-sold-repair-parts-to-make-your-iphone-into-mythical-white-iphone.shtml#c246 Tue, 31 May 2011 15:18:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110531/04034914487/apple-sues-teen-who-sold-repair-parts-to-make-your-iphone-into-mythical-white-iphone.shtml#c246 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110517/17522714308/bezos-attempts-to-collect-state-sales-tax-amazon-sales-is-unconstitutional.shtml#c207 Thu, 19 May 2011 05:02:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110517/17522714308/bezos-attempts-to-collect-state-sales-tax-amazon-sales-is-unconstitutional.shtml#c207
At the end of the day, Amazon may not have a foot in my state, but if they are selling products to my state, then need to be collecting sales tax in my state]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110517/17522714308/bezos-attempts-to-collect-state-sales-tax-amazon-sales-is-unconstitutional.shtml#c203 Thu, 19 May 2011 04:54:56 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110517/17522714308/bezos-attempts-to-collect-state-sales-tax-amazon-sales-is-unconstitutional.shtml#c203
If you don't like the prices offered, after taxes and shipping, don't buy it online. However if you think the convience of buying from home, a vast supply of products, and delivery to your door is worth the difference in price, buy online.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110428/02275114066/trying-to-limit-net-access-dutch-telcos-accidentally-force-government-to-speak-out-net-neutrality.shtml#c224 Tue, 3 May 2011 10:24:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110428/02275114066/trying-to-limit-net-access-dutch-telcos-accidentally-force-government-to-speak-out-net-neutrality.shtml#c224
At the end of the day, corporations will throw their users under a bus if it means higher profits. Net neutrality protects consumers from this.]]>