Oh hey, it’s my turn to pick my favorite Techdirt posts of the week! Woot!

Let’s start with the continuation of the David Lowery saga, of which there is absolutely nothing to write about. Nope, nothing at all. Moving on.

Oh wait, I did want to highli… Continue reading →

We recently took Jon Taplin to task for his comments insulting Nina Paley’s artwork, because he did not agree with her viewpoint that disobeying copyright law for the sake of making new art was a form of “intellectual disobedience.” The debate spilled… Continue reading →

As some folks noticed, a few days ago, I was named to Newsweek’s new Digital Power Index. Like all such lists, I take this with a major grain of salt. These kinds of things tend to be somewhat random, and while it’s nice to be recognized, in the gran… Continue reading →

As you may have heard, when the Supreme Court came out with its ruling on healthcare, CNN and Fox News jumped the gun and incorrectly reported that the Court had struck down the individual mandate. Fox News corrected the mistake pretty quickly. CNN t… Continue reading →

Analyzing baseball statistics turned into a huge field called sabermetrics. A long time ago, geeks were weird people who performed strange stunts like biting the heads off chickens. But geeks nowadays are gathering stats on just about everything, so he… Continue reading →

Analyzing baseball statistics turned into a huge field called sabermetrics. A long time ago, geeks were weird people who performed strange stunts like biting the heads off chickens. But geeks nowadays are gathering stats on just about everything, so he… Continue reading →

The folks at Demand Progress today filed a brief in one part of the ongoing Megaupload case: the fight over users being able to get their files back. The DOJ is trying to block this, while also wanting the evidence destroyed. The MPAA says it is okay… Continue reading →