http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c41 Mon, 6 May 2013 05:14:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c41 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c36 Mon, 6 May 2013 05:13:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130503/12261122940/moral-panic-over-google-glass-white-house-petition-asks-to-ban-them-to-prevent-indecent-public-surveillance.shtml#c36 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130413/02124222699/awesome-stuff-ferrolicious.shtml#c39 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:25:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130413/02124222699/awesome-stuff-ferrolicious.shtml#c39 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130402/02150622543/homeland-security-fusion-center-director-were-not-spying-americans-just-anti-government-americans.shtml#c96 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 05:29:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130402/02150622543/homeland-security-fusion-center-director-were-not-spying-americans-just-anti-government-americans.shtml#c96 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130402/02150622543/homeland-security-fusion-center-director-were-not-spying-americans-just-anti-government-americans.shtml#c46 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 05:11:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130402/02150622543/homeland-security-fusion-center-director-were-not-spying-americans-just-anti-government-americans.shtml#c46 Maybe such stupid operations should be sequestered. Then again, maybe they already have.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130312/15405822302/maxis-insider-ea-lying-about-needing-servers-single-player-simcity.shtml#c24 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:22:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130312/15405822302/maxis-insider-ea-lying-about-needing-servers-single-player-simcity.shtml#c24 /sarc]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130312/15405822302/maxis-insider-ea-lying-about-needing-servers-single-player-simcity.shtml#c8 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:20:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130312/15405822302/maxis-insider-ea-lying-about-needing-servers-single-player-simcity.shtml#c8 UFO attack (video) would cause more harm!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130124/16131221781/court-says-trial-needed-to-determine-if-universal-music-violated-dmca-with-dancing-baby-takedown.shtml#c339 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:03:42 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130124/16131221781/court-says-trial-needed-to-determine-if-universal-music-violated-dmca-with-dancing-baby-takedown.shtml#c339 LITIGATE! LITIGATE! LITIGATE!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130124/16131221781/court-says-trial-needed-to-determine-if-universal-music-violated-dmca-with-dancing-baby-takedown.shtml#c316 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:02:13 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130124/16131221781/court-says-trial-needed-to-determine-if-universal-music-violated-dmca-with-dancing-baby-takedown.shtml#c316 must be punished!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130124/16131221781/court-says-trial-needed-to-determine-if-universal-music-violated-dmca-with-dancing-baby-takedown.shtml#c300 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:58:55 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130124/16131221781/court-says-trial-needed-to-determine-if-universal-music-violated-dmca-with-dancing-baby-takedown.shtml#c300 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130107/09433321595/unintended-consequences-lead-crime.shtml#c301 Tue, 8 Jan 2013 12:01:34 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130107/09433321595/unintended-consequences-lead-crime.shtml#c301 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121214/23441221394/mpaa-millions-dmca-takedowns-proves-that-google-needs-to-stop-piracy.shtml#c882 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:29:03 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121214/23441221394/mpaa-millions-dmca-takedowns-proves-that-google-needs-to-stop-piracy.shtml#c882 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121202/22361221204/internet-isnt-broken-so-why-is-itu-trying-to-fix-it.shtml#c35 Mon, 3 Dec 2012 04:16:26 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121202/22361221204/internet-isnt-broken-so-why-is-itu-trying-to-fix-it.shtml#c35 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121103/11042020926/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c130 Sun, 4 Nov 2012 18:53:41 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121103/11042020926/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c130 Challenge to musicians in the Techdirt community: score some "disingenuousity music"It already exists: The Final Countdown.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121018/06444220749/governments-using-also-fretting-encrypted-communications-app.shtml#c195 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:19:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121018/06444220749/governments-using-also-fretting-encrypted-communications-app.shtml#c195 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121018/06444220749/governments-using-also-fretting-encrypted-communications-app.shtml#c184 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:17:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121018/06444220749/governments-using-also-fretting-encrypted-communications-app.shtml#c184 .\sarcasm off/linux]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120910/02004020322/do-we-really-want-un-charge-cybersecurity-standards.shtml#c24 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:15:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120910/02004020322/do-we-really-want-un-charge-cybersecurity-standards.shtml#c24 {REDACTED}
... No. No. No. No. No.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120910/12101720331/industries-dependent-copyright-exceptions-contribute-182-billion-to-australian-economy.shtml#c85 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:11:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120910/12101720331/industries-dependent-copyright-exceptions-contribute-182-billion-to-australian-economy.shtml#c85 tried. I even showed my work, but that might have been a mistake. I think the mystery of how these numbers get put together adds to their supposed credence.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120910/12101720331/industries-dependent-copyright-exceptions-contribute-182-billion-to-australian-economy.shtml#c73 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:07:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120910/12101720331/industries-dependent-copyright-exceptions-contribute-182-billion-to-australian-economy.shtml#c73 Copyright supports and provides income from creators everywhereGee, I sure am glad of that too! With automatic copyright protection for every scribble I place on a napkin, I've been able to slack off in the classroom, secure in the knowledge that even when I sneeze I'm raking in valuable IP.

/sarc

Are you freaking kidding me!!! If copyrights make all this money, where the hell is all of this fictional money going? You seem to be more specifically stating that copyrights deemed more important by stubborn legacy players are the ones making money. This is a useless straw man and completely ignores that it is the business model used that persuades the public to make a purchase, not the imminent threat of a law suit.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120823/07385120134/does-setting-up-paywall-suddenly-make-your-readers-erudite-intellectual-vs-crass-tacky.shtml#c224 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:03:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120823/07385120134/does-setting-up-paywall-suddenly-make-your-readers-erudite-intellectual-vs-crass-tacky.shtml#c224