Phony Bologna: More Evidence Of Indiscriminate Pepper Spraying, As Police...
NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna remains in the news, even as the NYPD ramped up their "arrest the protesters" campaign this weekend. After all of the video evidence that he randomly pepper...
View ArticleUK Government Admits That It Has No Evidence (Zip, Zilch, Zero) To Support...
One of our biggest issues with the constant beating of the drum to extend and expand copyright law, is how much of the policy making is totally faith-based. We always go back to the famous speech by...
View ArticleHint: If You Commit A Crime, Do Not Google Every Aspect Of It Afterwards
Techdirt has reported on a number people accused of murder googling for things like "neck snap break" or "how to commit murder" beforehand, and leaving these suggestive details on their computers....
View ArticleHADOPI Wants To Research File Downloads: Shouldn't It Have Done That First?
One of the most important aspects of the UK's Hargreaves Report was that it called for copyright policy to be based on evidence. It also noted that so far that simply hadn't been the case, and that...
View ArticleRIAA's Response To Infringement Via Its IP Address... Is To Note Someone Else...
Oh this one just gets better and better. Remember how the YouHaveDownloaded system was used to pinpoint infringement done via an RIAA IP address (among other interesting places)? Well, now the RIAA is...
View ArticleAccording To Lamar Smith, Data Or Criticism From Anyone Who Doesn't Like SOPA...
We recently wrote about PolitiFact trashing Lamar Smith for the numbers he used in support of SOPA -- numbers that PolitiFact says grade out to "false." What I somehow missed was at the very end of...
View ArticleSenators Ramp Up Fear Mongering To Try To Rush Through Cybersecurity Bill
We're still waiting for any actual evidence that this new cybersecurity bill is really necessary. An actual description of the real problem being dealt with would be a good start. Instead, we just get...
View ArticleSlow Down, Homeland Security: Does Everyone Really Agree That We Need...
We've been following the debate over the new cybersecurity bill, while still asking for detailed explanation of why it's needed that is a bit more specific than politicians screaming about airplanes...
View ArticleKim Dotcom Fires Back: Raises Questions About US's Evidence, Shows Studios...
After the US shutdown of Megaupload, we noted that there were serious issues with the indictment, in that the US Attorneys seemed to make all sorts of leaps of logic to make their case, and it...
View ArticleMegaupload Points Out That The Feds Want To Destroy Relevant Evidence In Its...
There are all sorts of problems with the federal government's arguments against Megaupload. Even if the site and its founders are guilty of breaking the law, it's amazingly troubling to look at the...
View ArticleMore Mistakes In The Megaupload Prosecution: Videotape Of The Mansion Raid...
It's really rather astounding just how many things law enforcement has done wrong when it comes to the prosecution against Megaupload/Kim Dotcom. We've seen procedural errors, evidence presented...
View ArticleJudge Preserves Megaupload Evidence For Now, While Gov't Tries To Pin Blame...
It appears that the judge handling the issue of what to do with Megaupload data -- a situation we've been covering for a while -- finds the entire situation just as annoying as many observers do. He's...
View ArticleJudge In Grooveshark Lawsuit Orders Blog To 'Preserve' Logs That Had Already...
Earlier this month, we noted a problematic attempt by Grooveshark's parent company, Escape Media, to subpoena information on an anonymous commenter on the blog site Digital Music News. As we noted at...
View ArticleNew Zealand's High Court Steps Into Extradition Fight Over Kim Dotcom
As the Justice Department continues to pretend there's nothing strange at all about its highly questionable tactics in shutting down Megaupload and having its executives arrested, the courts are still...
View ArticleWhy Are New Zealand Prosecutors Seeking To Suppress All Images & Video Of...
As lots of publications are reporting, over in New Zealand, Kim Dotcom took the stand to testify about how the police treated him during the raid on his home as part of the international effort to...
View ArticleNew Zealand High Court: FBI Must Release Its Evidence Against Kim Dotcom
The US's case against Kim Dotcom and Megaupload continues to run into significant problems. While the US Justice Department (with an assist from New Zealand law enforcement) has continued to insist...
View ArticleDEA Gets Lawsuit Dismissed Because It Couldn't Cope With Two Terabytes Of...
Catching up on some older stories, Aaron DeOliveira points us to the bizarre news that the DEA sought (and got) dismissal of a case against someone involved in a online pharmacy prescription drug scam...
View ArticleEvidence That UK Needs Mandatory Porn Filters? Informal Survey Done At One...
In the UK there is currently a campaign and associated petition from the organization "Safety Net: Protecting Innocence Online", which calls for mandatory Net filtering of pornography -- people would...
View ArticleDRAM Patent Holder Rambus Called Out (Again) For Shredding Evidence
Rambus Inc. is back in the news again as some of its questionable pre-litigation tactics have been highlighted by another company on the receiving end of a patent infringement lawsuit. Rambus Inc....
View ArticleSupplying The Missing Ingredient In Evidence-Based Policymaking: Evidence
It seems extraordinary that in the area of copyright it is only recently that people have started to consider the evidence before formulating policy. Even now, there is still resistance to this idea...
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