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4th Amendment? What 4th Amendment? Supremes Say Police Can Create Conditions To Enter Home Without A Warrant | Techdirt
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Senator Leahy Wants To Update Digital Privacy. Patent Troll Lodsys: All We Want Is 0.575% Of. Tue, May 17th 2011 3:05pm. We've been discussing various ways that our government and the courts have been slowly chipping away at the 4th Amendment, what with warrantless wiretaps, searching laptops, TSA agents groping. Supremes Say Police Can Create Conditions To Enter Home Without A Warrant. Out of the 4th Amendment in saying that police can raid homes without a warrant. Their own exigent circumstances, and t...
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The Insanity Of Music Licensing: In One Single Graphic | Techdirt
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Freakonomics Flips The Window: Releasing Movie. It's Official: People In Power Act As If They. Mon, Aug 16th 2010 8:57am. The history of music licensing is a messy one, but the short version is that every time some new technology or technological shift has come along in the past century, someone in the industry has. The Insanity Of Music Licensing: In One Single Graphic. If someone bought the file, do they still need to pay for a performance right? And that's just a few of the very initial questions.
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Bogus Copyright Claim Silences Yet Another Larry Lessig YouTube Presentation | Techdirt
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Open WiFi To Become A Liability In The UK. Court Says Domain Name Is Located Where Its. Tue, Mar 2nd 2010 4:26am. And not block it). But, in the end, does it really make a difference? Amazingly enough, it appears that almost the exact same thing has happened again. A video of one of Lessig's presentations. That he just posted. A "chat" he had done for the OpenVideoAlliance a week or so ago, about open culture and fair use. If you liked this post, you may also be interested in. Reader Comments ( rss.
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Why It's Mathematically Impossible To Avoid Infringing On Software Patents | Techdirt
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Putting Lives Before Patents: India Says. Help Fund A 'Don't Mess With The Internet'. Mon, Mar 12th 2012 12:43pm. In 2008 James Bessen and Michael Meurer came out with a truly excellent book, Patent Failure. It's chock full of excellent information and a pretty wide survey of the research showing just how. Why It's Mathematically Impossible To Avoid Infringing On Software Patents. In 2008 James Bessen and Michael Meurer came out with a truly excellent book, Patent Failure. It's a scalability problem.
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How Reuters Should Be Responding To The AP's Suicide | Techdirt
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How 'Free' Economics Are Going To Impact The. News You Could Do Without. Fri, Jul 24th 2009 5:29pm. Earlier today we wrote about the AP's plans to DRM the news, explaining what a backwards plan it was. The story is getting lots of play elsewhere, with many pointing to a NY Times report, where. How Reuters Should Be Responding To The AP's Suicide. From the step-up,-folks. Earlier today we wrote about the AP's plans to DRM the news. We want to stop wholesale misappropriation of our content which does occur...
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'Free Credit Score' Company Tries To Unmask Anonymous Blogger; Sues Wikipedia | Techdirt
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More UK Artists Speak Out About File Sharing. Why Don't More TV Shows Try To Connect With. Fri, Sep 18th 2009 10:59am. You may recall last month that Ben Stein was fired from the NY Times after it was revealed that he was pitching "free credit reports" under the brand FreeScore.com, from a company, Adaptive. Free Credit Score' Company Tries To Unmask Anonymous Blogger; Sues Wikipedia. You may recall last month that Ben Stein was fired from the NY Times. Linked to Salmon's post, and quoted. Where it has a...
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Shattering pyrex To Show A Massive Weakness In Trademark Law | Techdirt
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NY Times: RIAA & MPAA Exaggerate Piracy. The World Intellectual Property Organization. Tue, Feb 7th 2012 6:24am. Trademark at its best is a means to protect the public and consumers. A brand may be associated with a particular product and a particular level of quality. Consumers seeking exactly that product. Shattering pyrex To Show A Massive Weakness In Trademark Law. Demonstrates (start watching at about 28:00):. What I and everyone I know always called Pyrex is in fact borosilicate glass. Acquiring th...
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Constitutional Scholars Explain Why SOPA & PROTECT IP Do Not Pass First Amendment Scrutiny | Techdirt
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Chinese Internet Users Relish Irony Of SOPA's. Spotting Counterfeit Chips Is Hard; Spotting. Fri, Dec 9th 2011 4:16am. Constitutional Scholars Explain Why SOPA & PROTECT IP Do Not Pass First Amendment Scrutiny. We had already mentioned that one of the foremost Constitutional scholars around, Laurence Tribe, had come out against. Pdf) and why it violates the First Amendment. There are many, many reasons, with lots of details and citations, but here's just an example:. Of the First Amendment issues here:.
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IFPI Complains That Canada's New Copyright Bill Not Draconian Enough | Techdirt
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WHO Exaggerated H1N1 Flu Problems, After. Script Kiddie Botnet Operators Ask For Jobs. Thu, Jun 10th 2010 4:11am. Perhaps not a surprise, but Michael Geist. In protecting its obsolete business model:. If you liked this post, you may also be interested in. Anti-Piracy Operations Are Fabricating Links To Non-Existent Torrents In DMCA Notices. IFPI Files DMCA Takedown. On A Creative Commons Song. Posted 12 Years Ago. Recording Industry's Latest Plan To Mess Up The Internet: Do Away With Safe Harbors. To the...