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• Aug 18th, 2019 @ 12:09pm

  Error

  on Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  Error in this line.

  "Our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous response to the question of who you can trust when porn producers behave like Malibu Media:"

  Should read "Our first place winner on the funny side..."

• Sep 6th, 2017 @ 4:23pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Case Dismissed: Judge Throws Out Shiva Ayyadurai's Defamation Lawsuit Against Techdirt
  Congratulations Mike and all the legal team.
• Jan 7th, 2017 @ 12:32pm

  Correction

  on This Week In Techdirt History: January 1st - 7th
  "Five Years Ago
  
  This week we finally move from 2006 to 2007."
  
  Five years ago would have been 2011 to 2012.
• Nov 3rd, 2016 @ 1:40pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Here's The Truth: Shiva Ayyadurai Didn't Invent Email
  Does that mean I invented photography, since I have copyright on some photos?
  
  And just so you all know Ayyadurai didn't invent email.
• Jan 21st, 2015 @ 3:42pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: No Go Zones are real

  on Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News
  I agree, but what he is saying does not support the argument that "No Go Zones" are real.
• Jan 21st, 2015 @ 2:46pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: No Go Zones are real

  on Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News
  Quote from the first link doesn't support
  
  "Before you get your backs up, let me inform you that the word sharia is mentioned only 3 times in the Quran, where it means moral and ethical guidance. Observant Muslims implement the moral and ethical guidelines of sharia in their life governing strictly PERSONAL religious matters such as diet, fasting, charity, prayer, pre-nuptial agreements, birth etc. without any side-effects because A, they are not forcing it in the public sphere and B) they are not using it as a parallel legal system in a non-Muslim environment."
• Jan 20th, 2015 @ 11:58am

  (untitled comment)

  on Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News
  A more appropriate response from Birmingham, England.
  
  http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/12/birmingham-laughs-off-fox-news-muslim-claim
• Oct 2nd, 2014 @ 12:57pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Coke Zero Wins Trademark Dispute With Naturally Zero Water
  "If I decide to buck the potato chip trend and make chips out of carrots, calling my product "Carrot Chips""
  
  You wouldn't be the first, one of many.
  
  http://www.grimmway.com/corporate/carrots/carrot-chips.php
• Nov 11th, 2013 @ 3:34pm

  Re: Pretty good...

  on Canonical Apologizes For Trademark Bullying... And Again... And Again
  Or they review their policy, guidelines and training so that the next "new guy" doesn't make the same mistake.
• Jul 22nd, 2013 @ 12:59pm

  Re: Other people, they give envelopes of cash. Or stock options.

  on ISP CEO Explains What Happens When The NSA Shows Up At Your Door
  everyone slowly gets used to the new milieu, anger is diffused, not enough outrage ever forms to get people into the streets
  
  Actually agree with you on this point, apathy, like entropy always increases
• Mar 25th, 2013 @ 1:35pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Blowhard UK MP Says Ban Twitter Because Grandstanding Is Fun
  Sadly "Scapegoating" is becoming popular in the UK and all the political main parties are joining in to try and attract votes. Whether it be twitteres, immigrants or people with too many bedrooms http://www.housing.org.uk/policy/welfare_reform/%E2%80%98under-occupation%E2%80%99_penalty.aspx
• Mar 20th, 2013 @ 2:31pm

  Re: one small thing...

  on Register Of Copyright Suggests That Personal Downloading Should Not Be Seen As 'Piracy'
  But I think it does show that she's thinking more deeply that most
• Mar 20th, 2013 @ 2:28pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Register Of Copyright Suggests That Personal Downloading Should Not Be Seen As 'Piracy'
  How did a sensible person get through the gate?
• Jan 10th, 2013 @ 3:16pm

  Re: Re:

  on Now That Amazon Is Offering Auto-Rip Of CDs You Bought, Will It Do The Same For Books?
  Mine too. I would never recommend using an online service as a backup. Always keep an offline copy.
• Jan 10th, 2013 @ 3:00pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Now That Amazon Is Offering Auto-Rip Of CDs You Bought, Will It Do The Same For Books?
  And when Amazon lose the licensing deals and have to switch off the service.. where do your MP3s go?
• Oct 16th, 2012 @ 4:05pm

  Re: Hmm...

  on Gary Mckinnon Extradition To US Blocked By UK Home Secretary
  Don't understand mental illness then?
• Oct 16th, 2012 @ 3:18pm

  Re:

  on Gary Mckinnon Extradition To US Blocked By UK Home Secretary
  Sadly I think the deal may have already been done with BabarAhmad & TalhaAhsan
• Jul 11th, 2012 @ 3:05pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Multiple Hollywood Studios Making Movies About Julian Assange; How Many Will Pay Him For His Story?
  Because Hollywood understand "fair use" completely.. except when it doesn't suit them.
• Jul 3rd, 2012 @ 11:31am

  Re:

  on Charles Carreon Tries To Intimidate Parodist With Bizarre List Of Demands Plus DMCA Takedown Threat
  Not any more apparently, just tried.
• Jun 15th, 2012 @ 2:47pm

  Re: Blog not banned...

  on The Streisand Effect Wins Again: Scottish Council Reverses Ban On 9-Year Old Blogging About School Lunches
  The lass was asked to not photograph her meals by the school under instruction from the Argyle and Bute Council, the School had been supportive of her blog. The ban has now been lifted.

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