from the that-was-that dept

This Week In Techdirt History: June 28th – July 4th

This Week in 2016

• Copyright Office Pushing Dangerous And Ridiculous Plan To Strip Websites Of DMCA Safe Harbors
• Judge Calls Out Malibu Media For Its Attempt To Cut And Run When Faced With Challenge To Its Infringement Claims
• Hillary Clinton’s Tech Policy Plan Includes Some Empty Broadband Promises And A Continued War On Encryption
• Malibu Media Sues Its Former Lawyer Over Missing Funds, Breach Of Bar Rules
• Michael Bloomberg Comes Down On The Wrong Side Of The Crypto Wars: Supports Backdooring Encryption
• Ford Dealership Swipes Game Image For Ad, Thinks It’s Kosher Because It Came From A DMCA Compliant Site

This Week in 2011

• Supreme Court Says Anti-Violent Video Game Law Violates The First Amendment
• Righthaven Charged With Racketeering In Somewhat Epic Filing
• Petition To South Carolina Supreme Court Charges Righthaven With Unauthorized Practice Of Law
• Want To Give Righthaven’s Backers A Taste Of Their Own Medicine?
• California Politician Who Wrote Unconstitutional Anti-Video Game Law Plans To Try Again With New Law
• Righthaven: Blame Our Clueless Lawyer, But Don’t Sanction Us, For Failing To Name Stephens Media As An Interested Party

This Week in 2006

• Nathan Myhrvold’s Bait And Switch Plan On Patent Hoarding
• Why Is The Canadian Government Paying The Copyright Lobby?
• Sony BMG Rootkit Virus Writers Arrested
• RIAA’s Latest Legal Strategy: Sue Globally; Promote Locally
• Freeloaders Are Not The Issue
• Grokster’s Impact On File Sharing? Uh… Not Much