http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130114/20113821678/court-blocks-controversial-california-bill-that-takes-away-all-anonymity-any-sex-offenders.shtml#c432 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:48:36 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130114/20113821678/court-blocks-controversial-california-bill-that-takes-away-all-anonymity-any-sex-offenders.shtml#c432 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111223/17271217185/vw-will-block-blackberry-email-when-people-are-off-work-isnt-that-when-its-most-useful.shtml#c81 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:48:32 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111223/17271217185/vw-will-block-blackberry-email-when-people-are-off-work-isnt-that-when-its-most-useful.shtml#c81 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13573516342/lady-googoo-gone-gone-after-lady-gaga-gets-injunction-against-parody.shtml#c269 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:15:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13573516342/lady-googoo-gone-gone-after-lady-gaga-gets-injunction-against-parody.shtml#c269 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13573516342/lady-googoo-gone-gone-after-lady-gaga-gets-injunction-against-parody.shtml#c251 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:08:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13573516342/lady-googoo-gone-gone-after-lady-gaga-gets-injunction-against-parody.shtml#c251
is this really her instigating this? or is it just more lawyer/record label bullshit?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111010/16473416292/ca-governor-lets-police-search-your-smartphones-traffic-stops.shtml#c308 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:09:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111010/16473416292/ca-governor-lets-police-search-your-smartphones-traffic-stops.shtml#c308
wait...crap, isn't that how kazinski started?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110819/07172315598/are-people-copy-machines.shtml#c182 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:20:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110819/07172315598/are-people-copy-machines.shtml#c182 http://grooveshark.com/s/Apeman/3WNO6B?src=5]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110317/03194613525/if-remote-dvrs-are-legal-what-about-remote-dvd-players.shtml#c899 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:01:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110317/03194613525/if-remote-dvrs-are-legal-what-about-remote-dvd-players.shtml#c899
it's more the tone of the article that prompted my reply: it comes across as having been written after the mpaa had already filed a suit. you seem to be lambasting already, for something they haven't done. YET.

perhaps a cautionary tone for now; followed by a well-deserved bashing after the fact.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110317/03194613525/if-remote-dvrs-are-legal-what-about-remote-dvd-players.shtml#c228 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:07:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110317/03194613525/if-remote-dvrs-are-legal-what-about-remote-dvd-players.shtml#c228
and this, mike, is the premise of your entire article. you imagine they will go ballistic, but so far, no one has. i'm generally on board with you, but today, i think, you're just spreading the fud.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110121/03200312757/francis-ford-coppola-art-copying-file-sharing-we-want-you-to-take-us.shtml#c368 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:17:46 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110121/03200312757/francis-ford-coppola-art-copying-file-sharing-we-want-you-to-take-us.shtml#c368 I did that made me such a good drummer. i told him that i only stole the best techniques from the best drummers. that's how i found MY voice, musically.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101116/10530411887/what-if-we-gave-toddlers-an-f-in-walking.shtml#c264 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:19:57 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101116/10530411887/what-if-we-gave-toddlers-an-f-in-walking.shtml#c264
While I agree with you, your point about education would be better taken if you had properly used "you're" instead of "your."

Back to those basics, eh...?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100624/1334459952.shtml#c222 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:55:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100624/1334459952.shtml#c222
(Yeah, I know, it's not really a direct analogy. Doesn't make it less funny...)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100622/1834199927.shtml#c186 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:16:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100622/1834199927.shtml#c186
i know i am filled with a weird combination of anger and apathy. it's like: "those bastards!" and, at the same time: "oh, more riaa stuff. yawn..."]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100322/0316398655.shtml#c81 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:40:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100322/0316398655.shtml#c81
that's not how you spell "coleslaw."

(actually, that's not how to spell, "judgments" or, "don't").

spelling nazi ftw!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100304/1234218418.shtml#c125 Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:16:32 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100304/1234218418.shtml#c125 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100113/0912357730.shtml#c271 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:03:27 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100113/0912357730.shtml#c271 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100120/0257407830.shtml#c86 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:21:44 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100120/0257407830.shtml#c86
i did something similar years ago: i purchased a couple of nice prints (the mona lisa and one by rembrandt, i forget which one). i had them mounted and then i spray painted "art" on the mona lisa and "not art" on the rembrandt. of course they're both art, but i was in my 20's, asking questions, etc.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091218/1608547432.shtml#c159 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:58:38 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091218/1608547432.shtml#c159 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091217/1805097415.shtml#c99 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:45:13 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091217/1805097415.shtml#c99
FCC spokesperson, you got some 'splaining to do!

no, seriously, in the event of a national emergency, i think everyone would stop using their fart apps and try to call their friends and families, which would dangerously use all of att's bandwidth, which is a significant threat. oh, wait, you mean voice traffic doesn't use 3g? so, when the aliens invade, i can use my fart app and still make calls?

awesome.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091215/1817437375.shtml#c194 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:30:29 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091215/1817437375.shtml#c194
the principle sucks, of course. but the money is chump change.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091102/2115416771.shtml#c260 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:09:11 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091102/2115416771.shtml#c260
no one's arguing ferrari's right to act. just their wisdom in doing so.]]>