Rick Battle’s Comments

• Jan 25th, 2018 @ 12:30pm

  Not a "defeat for the US"

  on TPP Is Back, Minus Copyright Provisions And Pharma Patent Extensions, In A Clear Snub To Trump And The US
  The number of people who benefit from continually increased copyright/patent protections is orders of magnitude smaller than the number of people who benefit from the opposite, so I'm going to go ahead and call "not having copyright and patents [in] the new deal" a win for, not just the US, but (almost) everyone.
• Sep 6th, 2017 @ 3:28pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  on Case Dismissed: Judge Throws Out Shiva Ayyadurai's Defamation Lawsuit Against Techdirt
  From a SLAPP perspective, that means it 100% worked.
• Jan 11th, 2017 @ 3:42pm

  Just went behind the curtain

  on Techdirt's First Amendment Fight For Its Life
  I know $15 per month isn't a lot when facing a $15 million threat, but you now have my recurring support.