Comments by Nina Paley http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... Re: Re: Question About "Transformative" Uses http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130428/06391522863/fair-use-protects-some-uses-it-is-still-way-too-weak-to-be-effective-many.shtml#c598 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:27:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130428/06391522863/fair-use-protects-some-uses-it-is-still-way-too-weak-to-be-effective-many.shtml#c598 the standard for transformative visual art is quite permissive and sensible

I disagree. Andy Baio's contentious album cover was visual art.]]> porntastic http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130407/21003122619/eric-holder-american-library-association-wikipedia-are-americas-worst-porn-enablers.shtml#c197 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:02:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130407/21003122619/eric-holder-american-library-association-wikipedia-are-americas-worst-porn-enablers.shtml#c197 porntacular, pornstravaganza, porned up, pornundated

I don't particularly like porn, but I like the word "porn" more than ever.

Maybe porn is the new chicken.]]> Pants http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130402/19381122555/eff-files-amicus-brief-texas-high-court-battling-state-prosecutors-claims-that-searching-cell-phone-is-no-different-than.shtml#c372 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:22:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130402/19381122555/eff-files-amicus-brief-texas-high-court-battling-state-prosecutors-claims-that-searching-cell-phone-is-no-different-than.shtml#c372
Really, searching a call phone is no different than searching a body cavity. Just routine, for my own protection I'm told.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110105/20192212542/dailydirt-interesting-spider-behavior.shtml#c54 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:01:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110105/20192212542/dailydirt-interesting-spider-behavior.shtml#c54 Perhaps, instead of focusing on their "creepiness," people should learn about how cool these little creatures really are.

, he says, with a story about SPIDERS EATING BATS.]]> saddle stitch http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130219/02285522024/insanely-complex-rules-supreme-court-requires-you-to-meet-to-ask-it-to-hear-your-case.shtml#c140 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:59:55 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130219/02285522024/insanely-complex-rules-supreme-court-requires-you-to-meet-to-ask-it-to-hear-your-case.shtml#c140 Oh yeah, also the filings are encouraged by the Court to be bound together with a specific stitch: saddle stitch.

Actually "saddle stitched" just means "stapled." A saddle stitcher is just a long stapler; they were quite common in the pre-internet world of 20 years ago, when we made minicomics and 'zines instead of blogs.]]> Kudos to Amoeba http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130205/03364721886/amoeba-records-deals-with-orphan-works-pretending-it-can-just-digitize-sell-now-pay-later.shtml#c96 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:45:11 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130205/03364721886/amoeba-records-deals-with-orphan-works-pretending-it-can-just-digitize-sell-now-pay-later.shtml#c96 Re: Re: Re: Re: mental illness http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130207/10425321911/teri-buhl-threatens-to-sue-us-others-still-seems-confused-about-law.shtml#c1558 Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:54:08 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130207/10425321911/teri-buhl-threatens-to-sue-us-others-still-seems-confused-about-law.shtml#c1558 So you are saying that ineffective (or the lack of) parenting causes mental illness?

Does it matter what causes it?]]> mental illness http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130207/10425321911/teri-buhl-threatens-to-sue-us-others-still-seems-confused-about-law.shtml#c665 Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:46:01 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130207/10425321911/teri-buhl-threatens-to-sue-us-others-still-seems-confused-about-law.shtml#c665 Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c737 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:26:31 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c737 don't claim that.]]> Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c577 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:26:58 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c577 Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c575 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:23:40 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c575 I remember that there was a plan to crowdfund the purchase of the worldwide license of the songs

I would never support such a plan. Raise good money for extortionists? They've already extorted $70,000 from me just to decriminalize the movie, they're not getting any more. Artists and innovators deserve money, not extortionist rentiers.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Releasing to Public Domain http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c337 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:47:28 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c337 below, CC-0 is NOT actually a license! That's comforting. Things are looking up.]]> Re: Re: Re: Releasing to Public Domain http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c326 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:43:25 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c326 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c316 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:38:23 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/12284221729/ahimsa-sita-sings-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain.shtml#c316 Re: Facebook Response http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121206/15484521270/shocking-photos-that-violated-facebooks-policies.shtml#c1081 Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:43:09 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121206/15484521270/shocking-photos-that-violated-facebooks-policies.shtml#c1081 Update http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121206/15484521270/shocking-photos-that-violated-facebooks-policies.shtml#c1063 Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:41:48 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121206/15484521270/shocking-photos-that-violated-facebooks-policies.shtml#c1063
I'm so sorry for the inconvenience caused, there was a temporary misconfiguration in our photo review systems which caused a very small subset of users to be incorrectly enrolled in one of our checkpoints. There was no issue with your original photo, we have a combination of automated and human-review systems dedicated to keeping people safe, and a bug caused one of these systems to incorrectly enroll a small number of users into checkpoints.

We have since remedied the issue, and remediated all affected accounts. Please let me know if you or others are still experiencing any difficulties.
]]> Re: Nuts http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121206/15484521270/shocking-photos-that-violated-facebooks-policies.shtml#c520 Fri, 7 Dec 2012 10:08:30 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121206/15484521270/shocking-photos-that-violated-facebooks-policies.shtml#c520 Re: My take... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121206/15484521270/shocking-photos-that-violated-facebooks-policies.shtml#c501 Fri, 7 Dec 2012 10:05:26 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121206/15484521270/shocking-photos-that-violated-facebooks-policies.shtml#c501 I'd switch http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121116/16481921080/house-republicans-copyright-law-destroys-markets-its-time-real-reform.shtml#c418 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:44:31 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121116/16481921080/house-republicans-copyright-law-destroys-markets-its-time-real-reform.shtml#c418 less than Democrats, I'd gladly join them. This would be a great start. You have an opportunity, Republicans! You will also have to drop the fringe religious extremism and woman-hating, but I bet you can do it. Just be less evil than Democrats, rather than more.]]> Bravo on the title http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121112/02460021013/cake-copyright-is-lie-safeway-just-doesnt-want-to-be-mocked.shtml#c295 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:04:16 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121112/02460021013/cake-copyright-is-lie-safeway-just-doesnt-want-to-be-mocked.shtml#c295