http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/03220823047/mpaa-freaks-out-insists-that-having-to-consider-fair-use-before-filing-dmca-takedown-would-be-crazy.shtml#c37 Mon, 13 May 2013 07:21:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/03220823047/mpaa-freaks-out-insists-that-having-to-consider-fair-use-before-filing-dmca-takedown-would-be-crazy.shtml#c37 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130415/11111822710/white-house-petition-launched-to-recast-copyright-digital-age.shtml#c527 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:29:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130415/11111822710/white-house-petition-launched-to-recast-copyright-digital-age.shtml#c527 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130415/11111822710/white-house-petition-launched-to-recast-copyright-digital-age.shtml#c139 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:29:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130415/11111822710/white-house-petition-launched-to-recast-copyright-digital-age.shtml#c139 professionals are abandoning the web.

What world do you live in?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/11044122339/apples-patent-creating-leak-proof-data-pipe-why-its-doomed-to-fail.shtml#c578 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:09:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/11044122339/apples-patent-creating-leak-proof-data-pipe-why-its-doomed-to-fail.shtml#c578 That technology has been around for years. Why is Apple trying to patent it now?

That's SOP for Apple. Followed by suing everyone else.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130320/16033322402/motion-picture-association-cloud-is-threat-to-us-best-response-is-censorship.shtml#c174 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:02:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130320/16033322402/motion-picture-association-cloud-is-threat-to-us-best-response-is-censorship.shtml#c174 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130320/16033322402/motion-picture-association-cloud-is-threat-to-us-best-response-is-censorship.shtml#c12 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:39:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130320/16033322402/motion-picture-association-cloud-is-threat-to-us-best-response-is-censorship.shtml#c12 The cloud also represents a threat in that it facilitates piracy, and the pirates seem to have gotten into this space first

Who would have guessed that? Probably because Hollywood doesn't actually come up with new tech other than tech to try and screw their customers.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/11044122339/apples-patent-creating-leak-proof-data-pipe-why-its-doomed-to-fail.shtml#c270 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:34:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/11044122339/apples-patent-creating-leak-proof-data-pipe-why-its-doomed-to-fail.shtml#c270 By the way, ever notice how much focus here is on keeping identity hidden? The most obvious purpose is so you can download infringed content.
Says the person who is always on this site commenting, but never creates an account. Obviously OOTB must be pirating this site!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/17590622369/indie-film-distributor-spends-half-her-profits-sending-dmca-takedowns-is-it-worth-it.shtml#c1026 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:32:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/17590622369/indie-film-distributor-spends-half-her-profits-sending-dmca-takedowns-is-it-worth-it.shtml#c1026 Could the same be accomplished at half the price? How about $10,000 per year? Or $0? ... Kathy Wolfe has obviously worked hard to keep Wolfe Films running for more than a quarter-decade. She deserves a salary and I hate to see that money flowing into an effort that's not paying off.

Yeah...What a dick]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/17590622369/indie-film-distributor-spends-half-her-profits-sending-dmca-takedowns-is-it-worth-it.shtml#c131 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:30:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/17590622369/indie-film-distributor-spends-half-her-profits-sending-dmca-takedowns-is-it-worth-it.shtml#c131 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/17590622369/indie-film-distributor-spends-half-her-profits-sending-dmca-takedowns-is-it-worth-it.shtml#c48 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:09:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/17590622369/indie-film-distributor-spends-half-her-profits-sending-dmca-takedowns-is-it-worth-it.shtml#c48 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130227/01483822127/music-industry-data-sales-up-piracy-down-its-not-because-any-anti-piracy-efforts.shtml#c51 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:35:01 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130227/01483822127/music-industry-data-sales-up-piracy-down-its-not-because-any-anti-piracy-efforts.shtml#c51 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130114/18442221671/dear-hbo-disney-netflix-et-al-fragmenting-online-tv-lets-piracy-keep-its-biggest-advantage.shtml#c416 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:09:11 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130114/18442221671/dear-hbo-disney-netflix-et-al-fragmenting-online-tv-lets-piracy-keep-its-biggest-advantage.shtml#c416 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130114/18442221671/dear-hbo-disney-netflix-et-al-fragmenting-online-tv-lets-piracy-keep-its-biggest-advantage.shtml#c161 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:28:07 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130114/18442221671/dear-hbo-disney-netflix-et-al-fragmenting-online-tv-lets-piracy-keep-its-biggest-advantage.shtml#c161 I think people are missing the larger idea of what's happening here, and that's HBO becoming the closest thing Netflix has to a direct competitor. The groundwork is already in place with the aforementioned Go service. Add in exclusive access to movies from all those studios, and $15 a month for HBO Go starts looking nearly as appealing as $15 a month for Netflix.

I don't consider that a competitor at all, certainly not one for the same price. Because in order to get that you need the $100+ cable package, which is why it will never compete directly against Netflix.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130101/16214221533/faa-facing-more-pressure-to-change-its-rules-electronic-device-usage.shtml#c52 Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:47:40 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130101/16214221533/faa-facing-more-pressure-to-change-its-rules-electronic-device-usage.shtml#c52 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121105/17594020942/when-mouse-requires-internet-connection-youre-doing-cloud-wrong.shtml#c339 Wed, 7 Nov 2012 06:35:24 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121105/17594020942/when-mouse-requires-internet-connection-youre-doing-cloud-wrong.shtml#c339 No one spends $80 for a "plug and play" mouse (or over $300 with the keyboard -- which also requires a connection and an account).]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20121024/20333720816/exploring-earnings-humble-bundle-author.shtml#c214 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:15:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20121024/20333720816/exploring-earnings-humble-bundle-author.shtml#c214 It was published in 2005
$20k for a 7 (almost 8) year old book in a week (or two, don't remember how long this bundle was)? That's pretty damn good if you ask me. Not to mention Bob just ignores most everything that doesn't go well with his 'argument']]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121016/17395020723/why-hardware-patent-trolls-may-be-next-big-problem.shtml#c236 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:53:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121016/17395020723/why-hardware-patent-trolls-may-be-next-big-problem.shtml#c236 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121019/07505220761/brazilian-newspapers-apparently-dont-want-traffic-they-all-opt-out-google-news.shtml#c36 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:56:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121019/07505220761/brazilian-newspapers-apparently-dont-want-traffic-they-all-opt-out-google-news.shtml#c36 by providing the first few lines of our stories to Internet users, the service reduces the chances that they will look at the entire story in our web sites

Is the news so boring that after a few lines they are don't want to read any more than the first couple lines?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121017/17101320738/apparently-if-you-explain-many-ways-that-artists-can-make-money-outside-copyright-youre-against-artists-getting-paid.shtml#c70 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:50:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121017/17101320738/apparently-if-you-explain-many-ways-that-artists-can-make-money-outside-copyright-youre-against-artists-getting-paid.shtml#c70 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20121017/10480520734/there-are-250000-active-patents-that-impact-smartphones-representing-one-six-active-patents-today.shtml#c299 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:51:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20121017/10480520734/there-are-250000-active-patents-that-impact-smartphones-representing-one-six-active-patents-today.shtml#c299