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Techdirt: Hollywood's New Talking Point: Gatekeepers Are Awesome
We've argued for years, that there are different kinds of middlemen involved in making markets. Some are efficient, leading to better reach, easier access, and more convenient transactions, while some are inefficient, blocking access, keeping prices infla...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 11:31am -07:00T (2381 words)
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Techdirt: New Orleans Cops Caught Filling Their Pockets With Red Light Camera Cash
Red light cameras have proven popular in certain communities (mainly the "law enforcement community"). They're a rather painless way to generate cash, both for the city itself and for the private contractors chosen to install and maintain the system. Thi...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 10:16am -07:00T (636 words)
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Techdirt: LeaseWeb Deletes Megaupload's Servers Without Warning, Destroying Key Evidence
Last year, we found it absolutely bizarre that the DOJ would seize all of Megaupload's servers, and then, just weeks later, tell its hosting partners that they could wipe those servers clean. Considering that the servers held key evidence that might exone...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 9:16am -07:00T (239 words)
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Techdirt: How Overclassification Makes Secrets Less Likely To Remain Secret
There's a really good point in a recent Washington Post article talking about how nearly 4 million people have top secret clearance in the US these days. The problem isn't necessarily that so many people are given that clearance, but that so many people n...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 8:01am -07:00T (344 words)
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Techdirt: Sweden Makes It Illegal To Take Photos In 'Private Environments' Without Permission
Here on Techdirt we've had stories about how the ubiquity of digital cameras is changing the way we look at public events and art. But as has also become clear, the ability to take photos of more or less everything we see brings with it certain problems ...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 6:46am -07:00T (443 words)
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Techdirt: Hollywood Studios Keep Saying Its Employees Must Get Paid, And Now May Be Forced To Pay Its Interns
Last fall, we noted the absolute hypocrisy of the major Hollywood studios, who repeatedly argue that they're fighting for copyright to make sure "the little guy" on the movie set gets paid. However, as we pointed out, it appeared that they were violating ...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 4:16am -07:00T (456 words)
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Techdirt: Warning Letters Under UK's Three Strikes Plan Unlikely To Be Sent Out Before 2016 -- If Ever
Techdirt readers may recall that over three years ago, the UK's Digital Economy Act was passed in totally disgraceful circumstances. Since then, almost nothing has been heard about it, as British civil servants grapple with the fact that this poorly-draf...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 3:01am -07:00T (350 words)
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Techdirt: Public Outcry In Taiwan Kills Their Version Of SOPA
At the end of May, we wrote about the Taiwanese government's bizarre proposal to create a copyright bill that was like SOPA, but even worse. Apparently, the folks at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (IPO) had slept through the whole SOPA thing. Tha...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 11:16pm -07:00T (307 words)
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Techdirt: WIPO: Informal Economy Innovates In The Absence Of Intellectual Monopolies
One of the problems with the debates around copyright and patents is that they too often assume that intellectual monopolies are necessary in order to promote innovation or even basic economic activity. But that overlooks all kinds of domains where that'...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 9:01pm -07:00T (959 words)
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Techdirt: DailyDirt: Augmented Vision
Augmented reality glasses are all the rage these days, because it's just not good enough to see the world through only our human eyes. We want enhanced vision, web connectivity, and complete access to our mobile lives with a blink of an eye. It's therefor...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 5:16pm -07:00T (262 words)
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Techdirt: NYPD Commissioner Blasts NSA Secret Monitoring For Being Secret
In the wake of the NSA scandal leaks, there have been several examples of government officials and law enforcement coming out to state both that the program is necessary and that its existence ought never have been revealed. Those who espouse the latter ...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 4:16pm -07:00T (642 words)
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Techdirt: Google, Without Admitting It Gets FISA Orders, Files Lawsuit To Challenge FISA Gag Orders
Google appears to be stepping it up a notch in trying to fight back against the claims that it is somehow opening up its system to the NSA or other law enforcement folks. As you now know well, one of the leaks from Ed Snowden a few weeks ago was about a s...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 4:16pm -07:00T (449 words)
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Techdirt: States Attorneys General Want To Special Exception To Blame Sites For Actions Of Users
One of the most important laws that has enabled innovation on the internet to thrive is Section 230 of the CDA. We've written about it many times. What it says is fairly basic: a website cannot be held liable for actions by its users. There are a few exce...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 4:16pm -07:00T (715 words)
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Techdirt: NYPD Commissioner Blasts NSA Secret Monitoring For Being Secret
In the wake of the NSA scandal leaks, there have been several examples of government officials and law enforcement coming out to state both that the program is necessary and that its existence ought never have been revealed. Those who espouse the latter...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 3:16pm -07:00T (630 words)
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Techdirt: Google, Without Admitting It Gets FISA Orders, Files Lawsuit To Challenge FISA Gag Orders
Google appears to be stepping it up a notch in trying to fight back against the claims that it is somehow opening up its system to the NSA or other law enforcement folks. As you now know well, one of the leaks from Ed Snowden a few weeks ago was about a ...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 3:16pm -07:00T (443 words)
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