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Getting People To Pay For Investigative Reporting Directly
Date : 08 26 2008
TechdirtWhen old school journalists complain about the supposed "threats" from companies like Craigslist and read more »
Hari Puttar vs. Harry Potter
Date : 08 26 2008 TechdirtJ.K. Rowling has been an aggressive user of intellectual property laws against anyone who she feels read more »
AMC Upset That Fans Are Making Mad Men More Fun; Sends DMCA Notices To Twitter
Date : 08 26 2008 TechdirtIt's really amazing how many times we see companies using the DMCA to shut down and stamp out fan ef read more »
Should It Be Illegal To Get Hacked?
Date : 08 26 2008 TechdirtA few years back, we asked if it should be illegal to get hacked. In that case, we were referring t read more »
No, Websites Shouldn't Roll Their Own Encryption
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtBen Adida calls out Apple for the poor security of its MobileMe web applications and AppleInsider fo read more »
The Benefits Of Piracy Aren't Always In The Expected Places
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtOne of the issues that comes up when we discuss the economics of infinite goods is people too often read more »
Bus Company Tries To Shut Down Online Carpooling Service
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtCarpooling is exactly the sort of thing that is perfect for a web app -- to match up potential drive read more »
Latest Bizarre Proposal: Save Democracy By Taxing Energy To Make It Too Expensive To Blog
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtOkay, we see all sorts of crackpot ideas and theories show up from time to time, but it's not often read more »
If You Had The 'Secret' To Winning The Lottery, Would You Patent It?
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtOkay, so this story is bizarre enough by itself, but there's an odd twist at the end. A husband and read more »
Judge Bans Using Murder Suspects' Names Online -- Offline Is Fine, Though
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtA judge in New Zealand has apparently banned the internet publication of the names of two men accuse read more »
Turns Out Disney Might Not Own The Copyright On Early Mickey Mouse Cartoons
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtRemember the recent story we had where some researchers noted that, despite the conventional wisdom read more »
NewEgg Tells NY Tax Collectors To Take A Hike
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtEarlier this year, we wrote about how NY state had passed a highly questionable law designed to forc read more »
Just Assume the Spammers Are Going to Get Your Email Address
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtThere's been quite a flame-war going on over at TechCrunch, where Mike Arrington has claimed that th read more »
EA Has To Back Off Sims Karaoke Due To Licensing Problems
Date : 08 25 2008 TechdirtIt's been quite a difficult time lately for various online music efforts. Pandora on the verge of s read more »
Do People Still Write Letters To The Editor?
Date : 08 22 2008 TechdirtI had a somewhat surreal experience a month ago. Out of the blue I received an email from someone f read more »