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USTR Rejects Rep. Issa’s Request To Observe TPP Negotiations

So much for “transparency.” While the USTR continues to talk up its faux transparency as if it’s real transparency, the truth is always going to come out. Earlier this week, we wrote about how Rep. Darrell Issa had asked the USTR if he could come and… Continue reading

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UK’s 3-Strikes Plan Continues To Grind Through The System; Still Not In Force, Still Awful

As Techdirt reported in 2010, the passage of the Digital Economy Act was one of the most disgraceful travesties of the UK parliamentary process in recent times; it was badly drafted, hardly revised and then pushed through with almost no debate in the d… Continue reading

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Podcasts I Like

I do this podcast called ShopTalk Show with Dave Rupert. If you like this blog you’ll probably like that show. We bring on guests but it’s mostly a listener Q&A show. I’ve had a few folks ask me what podcasts I listen to, so I thought I’d make a list and attempt to keep it updated.

 

The East Wing with Tim Smith & Galen Gidman gets a ton of heavy hitters and gets them talking about their past …

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How Extending Patent Protection For Antibiotics Creates Perverse Incentives To Render Them Useless

We take antibiotics and their ability to kill practically all bacteria for granted. But scientists are increasingly warning that we may be about to leave what might come to be seen as a golden age for anti-bacterial drugs, and enter a post-antibiotic … Continue reading

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Live Q&A With Rick Falkvinge & Christian Engstrom Concerning ‘The Case For Copyright Reform’; Techdirt Book Club

Today at 11am PT/2pm ET (and 8pm for Rick & Christian) we’ll be hosting a live Q&A session with Rick Falkvinge, founder of the first Pirate Party and Christian Engstrom, the first Pirate Party member elected to the European Parliament. As me… Continue reading

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Copyright: An Easy Excuse For Making Something Disappear

Well, here’s an interesting twist on a common story. We’ve pointed to lots of examples of companies and public figures using questionable copyright claims to take down content that was critical of them. Now, we’ve got what appears to be a newspaper hi… Continue reading

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Websites Deemed ‘Place Of Public Accommodation’ Under The ADA; Expects Lots Of Sites To Get Sued

Professor Eric Goldman is quite reasonably worried about a recent ruling in a case the National Assocation of the Deaf brought against Netflix, claiming it was a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to not have closed captioning. Nev… Continue reading

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Countries That Don’t Put In Place Copyright Regimes The US Likes May Be Deemed ‘Cybersecurity Concerns’

So called “cybersecurity” and “intellectual property” are two very different issues, but it seems that politicians are realizing that they get further by screaming about “cybersecurity threats” than about “intellectual property infringement.” The late… Continue reading

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3 Strikes Plan Re-established In Ireland After Court Decides To Ignore Data Protection Commission Ruling

A few years back, IFPI sued Irish ISP Eircom for not waving a magic wand and stopping infringement. It was part of the legacy entertainment industry’s strategy to try to force ISPs into kicking people offline under a 3 strikes regime, even if they cou… Continue reading

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The PHP Singularity

Look at this incredible thing Ian Baker created. Look at it!

What you’re seeing is not Photoshopped. This is an actual photo of a real world, honest to God double-clawed hammer. Such a thing exists. Isn’t that amazing? And also, perhaps, a little… Continue reading

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