http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120323/01363318218/lindsay-lohans-lawyers-loopy-legal-argument-laced-with-lifted-language.shtml#c229 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:37:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120323/01363318218/lindsay-lohans-lawyers-loopy-legal-argument-laced-with-lifted-language.shtml#c229 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110815/03595515525/guy-claims-google-owes-him-500-billion.shtml#c94 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:38:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110815/03595515525/guy-claims-google-owes-him-500-billion.shtml#c94 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110427/01531214053/weve-trained-tsa-to-search-liquid-instead-bombs.shtml#c15 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:24:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110427/01531214053/weve-trained-tsa-to-search-liquid-instead-bombs.shtml#c15 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110328/16072113656/want-to-grope-people-random-airports-not-just-security-join-tsa.shtml#c782 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:31:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110328/16072113656/want-to-grope-people-random-airports-not-just-security-join-tsa.shtml#c782 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110328/16072113656/want-to-grope-people-random-airports-not-just-security-join-tsa.shtml#c749 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:15:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110328/16072113656/want-to-grope-people-random-airports-not-just-security-join-tsa.shtml#c749 A guy in my row commented to me that he would have gotten pissed if it had been him.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110319/00355113560/if-you-think-writing-free-undermines-your-profession-just-dont-do-it.shtml#c91 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:10:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110319/00355113560/if-you-think-writing-free-undermines-your-profession-just-dont-do-it.shtml#c91 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110314/01280213485/maintenance-report-shows-radiation-levels-some-tsa-scanners-10-times-higher-than-promised.shtml#c28 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:18:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110314/01280213485/maintenance-report-shows-radiation-levels-some-tsa-scanners-10-times-higher-than-promised.shtml#c28 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110215/19471413119/dailydirt-chemistry-isnt-just-class-everyone-hated-high-school.shtml#c20 Thu, 3 Mar 2011 17:22:51 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110215/19471413119/dailydirt-chemistry-isnt-just-class-everyone-hated-high-school.shtml#c20 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110203/22422912958/homeland-security-tries-fails-to-explain-why-seized-domains-are-different-google.shtml#c620 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:35:07 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110203/22422912958/homeland-security-tries-fails-to-explain-why-seized-domains-are-different-google.shtml#c620 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110203/22422912958/homeland-security-tries-fails-to-explain-why-seized-domains-are-different-google.shtml#c491 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:11:37 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110203/22422912958/homeland-security-tries-fails-to-explain-why-seized-domains-are-different-google.shtml#c491
correction: so long as someone who thinks they will directly financially benefit ...

These seizures dont really accomplish anything as every site can go right back up with a different domain. And the seizures don't increase revenue because the sites in question take away from the customer base to begin with.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110112/03580112634/erotic-art-museum-comes-up-with-bizarre-justification-suing-photographer-2-million.shtml#c160 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:57:28 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110112/03580112634/erotic-art-museum-comes-up-with-bizarre-justification-suing-photographer-2-million.shtml#c160 http://thomashawk.com/2010/12/miamis-world-erotic-art-museum-fraudulently-uses-the-dmca-to-take-down-items-in-their-collection-from-the-web.html]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101229/00034712442/guy-faces-five-years-prison-reading-wifes-email.shtml#c46 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:40:52 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101229/00034712442/guy-faces-five-years-prison-reading-wifes-email.shtml#c46 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101226/17292212411/study-suggests-placebos-dont-have-to-be-secret-to-work.shtml#c133 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:11:28 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101226/17292212411/study-suggests-placebos-dont-have-to-be-secret-to-work.shtml#c133 http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101110/18065911800/revealed-the-mysterious-cleavage-to-age-effectiveness-ratio-for-dating-sites.shtml#c91 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:47:37 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101110/18065911800/revealed-the-mysterious-cleavage-to-age-effectiveness-ratio-for-dating-sites.shtml#c91 http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/gay-sex-vs-straight-sex/ article, if you search down to "I discovered one question with a surprising disparity, not between orientations, but between genders." Tis ... comical.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101108/10383011762/if-only-newspapers-put-as-much-effort-into-correcting-errors-that-didn-t-involve-captain-kirk-captain-picard.shtml#c104 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 12:22:37 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101108/10383011762/if-only-newspapers-put-as-much-effort-into-correcting-errors-that-didn-t-involve-captain-kirk-captain-picard.shtml#c104
the correct info about star trek is here, http://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/e0d13/newspaper_issues_star_trek_correction_makes_more/c149z1r and other comments on that thread are relevant.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101108/02464211754/us-patent-office-makes-it-harder-to-reject-patents-for-obviousness.shtml#c90 Mon, 8 Nov 2010 13:45:59 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101108/02464211754/us-patent-office-makes-it-harder-to-reject-patents-for-obviousness.shtml#c90
The update seems to provide case law examples for the first three rules as teaching points but (from what I have read) does not imply that the other four rules are invalidated. Just that there have been significant rulings on the issue since that have helped to clarify the first three rules.

"The first three groups correspond directly with three of the rationales identified in the 2007 KSR Guidelines. These rationales]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101025/13535511579/when-your-ceo-suggests-moving-in-response-to-privacy-questions-time-for-a-new-ceo.shtml#c222 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:09:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101025/13535511579/when-your-ceo-suggests-moving-in-response-to-privacy-questions-time-for-a-new-ceo.shtml#c222 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101007/01111911319/once-again-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-china-learning-to-use-other-country-s-patent-systems.shtml#c111 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:19:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101007/01111911319/once-again-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-china-learning-to-use-other-country-s-patent-systems.shtml#c111 all of a sudden the mindset will become, well, if a foreign company came up with it, of course it was obvious.
just saying.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20101007/22591311328/meet-the-patent-thicket-who-s-suing-who-for-smartphone-patents.shtml#c196 Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:39:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20101007/22591311328/meet-the-patent-thicket-who-s-suing-who-for-smartphone-patents.shtml#c196 I would like to see a little spreadsheet of data instead of this mess.
Id also like to know if the chart was done freehand or with a program designed to draw graphs. because there is free software out there for this sort of thing... my first thought is http://www.graphviz.org/]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101004/20253111284/surprise-surprise-mpaa-in-favor-of-current-acta-text-before-anyone-s-supposed-to-have-seen-it.shtml#c131 Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:18:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101004/20253111284/surprise-surprise-mpaa-in-favor-of-current-acta-text-before-anyone-s-supposed-to-have-seen-it.shtml#c131 The anti counterfeiting trade agreement covers far more than its title implies.
Repeatedly telling somebody you are going to break their legs, and then rewarding them with a punch in the face is not a cause for thanks.]]>