http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/16130622982/this-is-my-pencil-this-is-my-gun-one-is-writing-one-is-mandatory-two-day-suspensions.shtml#c656 Thu, 9 May 2013 11:01:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/16130622982/this-is-my-pencil-this-is-my-gun-one-is-writing-one-is-mandatory-two-day-suspensions.shtml#c656 Washington State Allows Third Parties To Brand Youthful Offenders For Life At The Low, Low Price Of Only 69]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130503/14495922942/national-institute-mental-health-abandons-dsm-just-as-american-psychiatric-association-prepares-massive-update.shtml#c12 Mon, 6 May 2013 14:03:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130503/14495922942/national-institute-mental-health-abandons-dsm-just-as-american-psychiatric-association-prepares-massive-update.shtml#c12 http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/19/4243060/dsm-5-bible-of-psychiatry-mental-health-revisions-spark-boycott

The Verge - 2013-05-03 - Federal institute for mental health abandons controversial 'bible' of psychiatry
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/3/4296626/nimh-abandons-controversial-bible-of-psychiatry]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/23530022609/when-you-sign-away-your-copyright-to-publisher-what-if-they-hold-you-hostage-over-it.shtml#c190 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:14:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/23530022609/when-you-sign-away-your-copyright-to-publisher-what-if-they-hold-you-hostage-over-it.shtml#c190
Thanks for the story update Gary,
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/56733-skyhorse-start-offer-night-shade-authors-new-terms.html

And here's an update from Phil Foglio,
http://girlgeniusadventures.com/2013/04/08/the-power-of-positive-screaming/]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101101/09532411671/dailydirt-genetic-discoveries-internet.shtml#c30 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:05:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101101/09532411671/dailydirt-genetic-discoveries-internet.shtml#c30 Weill Cornell Medical College
News
March 25, 2013
You Don't "Own" Your Own Genes
Researchers Raise Alarm about Loss of Individual "Genomic Liberty" Due to Gene Patents That May Impact the Era of Personalized Medicine
http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/wcmc/wcmc_2013/03_25_13b.shtml]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130312/15405822302/maxis-insider-ea-lying-about-needing-servers-single-player-simcity.shtml#c958 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:54:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130312/15405822302/maxis-insider-ea-lying-about-needing-servers-single-player-simcity.shtml#c958
Maxis Insider Tells RPS: SimCity Servers Not Necessary
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/12/simcity-server-not-necessary/

Thanks]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130219/06284622026/irans-new-jet-can-fly-photoshop-least.shtml#c115 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:33:33 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130219/06284622026/irans-new-jet-can-fly-photoshop-least.shtml#c115
GEMA is really sickening.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130204/09415221876/att-can-foist-their-data-plans-you-whether-you-use-it-not.shtml#c29 Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:42:45 PST http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130204/09415221876/att-can-foist-their-data-plans-you-whether-you-use-it-not.shtml#c29 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121108/18350120979/photography-advocatejournalist-acquitted-after-arrest-over-filming-police-intends-to-sue-back.shtml#c128 Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:15:38 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121108/18350120979/photography-advocatejournalist-acquitted-after-arrest-over-filming-police-intends-to-sue-back.shtml#c128
From Miller's blog, Photography Is Not A Crime (PINAC), at http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2012/11/08/not-guilty/

"A real journalist, he [the prosecutor] explained, was supposed to follow police orders without a second thought. A real journalist would never back talk to police. A real journalist would never question a direct police order as to why he was not allowed to stand on a public sidewalk."

Thankfully the defense was able to shred that argument to shreds. What the prosecution was describing is what you see in dictatorships and other such countries, not what is supposed to be a free democracy.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120705/01343719581/university-sues-student-graduating-too-fast.shtml#c816 Fri, 6 Jul 2012 23:54:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120705/01343719581/university-sues-student-graduating-too-fast.shtml#c816 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120503/04124818756/dear-google-people-like-you-because-youre-not-walled-garden-please-dont-put-up-garden-walls.shtml#c24 Thu, 3 May 2012 14:53:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120503/04124818756/dear-google-people-like-you-because-youre-not-walled-garden-please-dont-put-up-garden-walls.shtml#c24 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120131/06152417600/iphone-data-debunks-recording-industrys-report-how-french-three-strikes-law-increased-sales.shtml#c134 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:23:54 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120131/06152417600/iphone-data-debunks-recording-industrys-report-how-french-three-strikes-law-increased-sales.shtml#c134 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111223/10474517182/breaking-godaddy-drops-sopa-support.shtml#c1341 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:22:09 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111223/10474517182/breaking-godaddy-drops-sopa-support.shtml#c1341 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111019/11572816419/free-justin-bieber-do-we-really-want-congress-to-make-bieber-felon.shtml#c687 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:45:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111019/11572816419/free-justin-bieber-do-we-really-want-congress-to-make-bieber-felon.shtml#c687 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13213516340/mojangs-trademark-application-rejected-too-many-scrolls-uspto.shtml#c184 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:12:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13213516340/mojangs-trademark-application-rejected-too-many-scrolls-uspto.shtml#c184 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13213516340/mojangs-trademark-application-rejected-too-many-scrolls-uspto.shtml#c156 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:05:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13213516340/mojangs-trademark-application-rejected-too-many-scrolls-uspto.shtml#c156 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13213516340/mojangs-trademark-application-rejected-too-many-scrolls-uspto.shtml#c152 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:03:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111013/13213516340/mojangs-trademark-application-rejected-too-many-scrolls-uspto.shtml#c152
They've offered to give up the trademark request and even change the name to "Scrolls: " but Bethesday/Zenimax has refused to give up the suit.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110724/11180115223/writer-explains-how-copyright-has-prevented-her-ever-seeing-tv-shows-she-wrote.shtml#c560 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:31:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110724/11180115223/writer-explains-how-copyright-has-prevented-her-ever-seeing-tv-shows-she-wrote.shtml#c560 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110714/03594115087/guy-kicked-off-comcast-using-too-many-cloud-services.shtml#c378 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:35:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110714/03594115087/guy-kicked-off-comcast-using-too-many-cloud-services.shtml#c378 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110714/03594115087/guy-kicked-off-comcast-using-too-many-cloud-services.shtml#c246 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:09:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110714/03594115087/guy-kicked-off-comcast-using-too-many-cloud-services.shtml#c246
1) Comcast did NOT make it very clear that the limit includes uploads as well as downloads.

2) Comcast did not answer his question about what his bandwidth was being used on when he asked after the first time it happened. They didn't even tell him it includes uploads and downloads.

It wasn't until after the second time it happened and he SPECIFICALLY ASKED if it included uploads that they told him it did. He later tried to find the information about the data caps and had a very difficult time doing so.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110714/03594115087/guy-kicked-off-comcast-using-too-many-cloud-services.shtml#c90 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:48:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110714/03594115087/guy-kicked-off-comcast-using-too-many-cloud-services.shtml#c90 -- Ozymandias.com - Monday, July 11, 2011 - The Day Comcast]]>