Is Claiming Fair Use Just a Nice Way to Pirate Stuff?
I read Mike Masnick over at Techdirt on a fairly regular basis, in part because he is an endless source of laughs for me. He has completely convinced himself of a bunch of different...
Tagged: piracy
Why Stopping Piracy Isn’t Censorship
One of the recurring arguments that the anti-copyright, pro-piracy types like to toss out there is that shutting down pirate sites (or removing pirated content from a file locker, example) is a form of...
Piracy and Censorship and Free Speech
It’s been an interesting period in the piracy world in the last 12 months or so. From the shut down of Mega (just over a year ago) to the latest announcement by the Spanish...
Piracy, Morality, and the Google Search Results
An announcement this past week by Google that they would start to adjust the search rankings for sites that get numerous DMCA / copyright complaints came as a surprise to many. For those who...
The Failings Of Supply and Demand In the New Economy
I am a pretty big follower of what is going on in what is called the new economy. That is businesses that are based around or based on the internet, and often that deal...
Another Wild OverReach by the Guru of Free
I really enjoy reading the Techdirt blog mostly because it’s fun to watch Mike Masnick tie himself in knots trying to prove things. He is forever posting very speculative things, drawing conclusions that just...
