Mike Masnick 2022-01-25 18:01:11 www.techdirt.com from the don't-miss-it dept As you've probably seen, for the last couple of weeks we've been running our Techdirt Greenhouse series of posts looking back on the fight against SOPA from those who were…
Daily Deal 2022-01-25 13:44:04 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2022 Complete Tax Preparation Bundle has 11 courses to teach you about taxes for individuals, families, or businesses. You'll learn how to track your money in Quickbooks and Excel.…
Rep. Zoe Lofgren 2022-01-25 12:30:33 www.techdirt.com from the participatory-democracy dept Register now for our online event featuring the author of this post, Rep. Zoe Lofgren » On December 16, 2011, more than a decade ago, I had just concluded…
Tim Cushing 2022-01-25 06:26:33 www.techdirt.com from the making-himself-poorer-and-other-people-dumber dept Hope Mike Lindell has socked away some of his MyPillow millions. Trump toadying is proving to be an expensive hobby, and it's not as though the former president is doing…
Timothy Geigner 2022-01-24 23:06:54 www.techdirt.com from the ironic-surprised-face dept And here we go again. When Microsoft acquired Zenimax/Bethesda last year, the first question that leapt to most people's minds was whether or not Microsoft would wall off long-running franchises…
Mike Masnick 2022-01-24 18:37:38 www.techdirt.com from the the-web-can-work-differently dept We're excited today to announce that we've received a grant from Grant for the Web to create a content series on Techdirt exploring the history (and future?) of web monetization,…
Daily Deal 2022-01-24 13:54:52 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Microsoft Office Home and Business for Mac bundle is for families and small businesses who want classic Office apps and email. It includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and…
Karl Bode 2022-01-21 18:38:20 www.techdirt.com from the meet-the-new-boss... dept It's been obvious for a while that the future of internet television is starting to look increasingly like traditional cable. Initially, the streaming sector was all about innovation, choice, and…
Timothy Geigner 2022-01-20 23:10:41 www.techdirt.com from the DRM-is-the-devil dept When we've talked about any plans to put in online DRM pings when it comes to console gaming, we've typically centered that discussion around the console makers themselves. For older…
Daily Deal 2022-01-20 13:38:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2022 Web Development for Beginners Bundle has 8 courses to help you master coding basics, programming languages, and the most used web development platforms. You'll learn about CSS, C++,…
Babatunde Okunoye 2022-01-20 15:05:54 www.techdirt.com from the it-keeps-going dept This week (January 18) marks the ten-year anniversary of the successful campaign against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the United States. This proposed legislation threw up grave…
Karl Bode 2022-01-20 09:28:43 www.techdirt.com from the everybody-take-it-easy dept We'd already noted that the FAA had been pushing to impose limits on 5G deployments in certain bands due to safety concerns. The problem: the FCC, the agency with the…
Daily Deal 2022-01-19 13:40:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept GameGuru is a non-technical and fun game maker that offers an easy, enjoyable and comprehensive game creation process that is designed specifically for those who are not programmers or designers/artists.…
Tim Cushing 2022-01-19 01:25:42 www.techdirt.com from the follow-my-snoot-to-granted-suppression-orders! dept The legalization of marijuana is changing the probable cause equation all over the nation. What used to be an easy bust and/or a great way to engage in warrantless searches…
Mike Masnick 2022-01-18 12:30:38 www.techdirt.com from the greenhouse-time dept Register now for our online event featuring Rep. Zoe Lofgren » As mentioned last week, today is the 10 year anniversary of the big "Internet Blackout Day" that effectively killed…
Tim Cushing 2022-01-18 13:47:23 www.techdirt.com from the is-it-too-late-to-rebrand-as-'International-Pariah' dept NSO Group's terrible 2021 is flowing seamlessly into an equally terrible 2022. The leak of a list of alleged targets for its malware -- a list that included journalists, activists,…
Timothy Geigner 2022-01-14 22:39:00 www.techdirt.com from the too-late dept One of the more annoying trends in intellectual property is when regional consortiums try to lock up terms or language around a specific style of product with arguments that only…
Tim Cushing 2022-01-14 18:37:58 www.techdirt.com from the also:-finding-contraband-will-salvage-unbelievable-claims dept Cops are still claiming they can detect the odor of marijuana in moving vehicles. Not only that, they claim they can pinpoint the source, even when in traffic. Not every…
Leigh Beadon 2022-01-14 16:39:24 www.techdirt.com from the gaming-like-it's-1926 dept Gaming Like It's 1926: The Public Domain Game Jam This year, for the fourth year in a row, we're celebrating the entry of new works into the public domain with…
Daily Deal 2022-01-14 13:45:01 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2022 Ultimate Cisco Certification Training Bundle has 11 courses to help you prepare to earn the necessary certifications to master Cisco networking systems. Courses cover Cisco Meraki wireless access…
Daily Deal 2022-01-13 14:13:28 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Merge your creativity with science as you build exciting circuits using Circuit Scribe's conductive ink pen, sweet magnetic modules, and plain old printer paper. By placing the paper over a…
Karl Bode 2022-01-13 11:53:27 www.techdirt.com from the when-in-doubt,-repeat-your-mistakes dept For decades, like clockwork, somebody at Dish or DirecTV will try and float the idea that the two satellite TV companies should merge. Usually they'll do this by seeding the…
Copia Institute 2022-01-12 18:33:31 www.techdirt.com from the election-advertising-moderation dept Summary: In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections in the United States, progressive voters in seven competitive races in the Midwest were targeted with a series of Facebook ads…
Mike Masnick 2022-01-12 15:06:53 www.techdirt.com from the one-decade-later dept Register now for our online event featuring Rep. Zoe Lofgren » Next week is the ten year anniversary of the famed "Internet Blackout Day" in which internet users, together with…
Daily Deal 2022-01-12 13:45:04 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Complete 2022 AWS Training Bundle has 6 courses to help you on your way to becoming an AWS IT professional. Courses cover Cloud, SysOps, DevOps, Big Data, and more.…
Tim Cushing 2022-01-11 18:39:16 www.techdirt.com from the cry-harder,-cop dept The New York Police Department is complaining about having to do work again. The New York Post reports officers are unhappy that they're required to do a little bit more…
Daily Deal 2022-01-11 13:43:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Media Mac Bundle has 4 apps to help you take your photos and videos to the next level. GlueMotion is designed to reduce the stress associated with creating time-lapse…
Karl Bode 2022-01-11 15:06:00 www.techdirt.com from the something-akin-to-justice dept For decades now, consumers have been lured into a sour deal: pay for a relatively inexpensive printer, then spend a lifetime paying an arm and a leg for viciously overpriced…
Mike Masnick 2022-01-10 12:35:02 www.techdirt.com from the public-domain-to-the-rescue dept Last fall we wrote about how Chinese officials were looking to remove the "Pillar of Shame," a sculpture by artist Jens Galschiøt that commemorates China's massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators at…
Mike Masnick 2022-01-10 16:33:00 www.techdirt.com from the you-can-still-find-fair-use dept On Friday we got around to posting an article about the very, very strange case of a shell company with almost no presence filing a DMCA 512(h) subpoena to Twitter…
Daily Deal 2022-01-10 13:39:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Buy 1 Get 1 Free! Each order comes with 2 drones: 1 Alpha Z PRO Ultra HD Dual Camera Drone and 1 Flying Fox Ultra HD Dual Camera Drone. Both…
Leigh Beadon 2022-01-08 15:00:00 www.techdirt.com from the a-new-year dept Five Years Ago This week in 2017, we were still two years away from any new works actually entering the public domain in the US (be sure to check out…
Mike Masnick 2022-01-07 16:43:58 www.techdirt.com from the that-would-be-a-problem dept Senator Thom Tillis is chock full of bad ideas about copyrights and patents -- mostly focused on making things worse for the public by expanding the monopoly powers granted to…