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By Mike Masnick, Blogger, TechDirt Here’s a question for you: can someone own the copyright on the history of a musical group? We may find out as a lawsuit moves forward concerning the “ownership” of the story of a famous band.

By Mike Masnick, Blogger, Techdirt There’s a famous saying by John Gilmore, that “the internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” However, that saying may apply equally to other “damage” beyond censorship — and that includes spying, slow connections and many other things.

By Mike Masnick, Blogger, Techdirt Apparently Judy Estrin, a well-known Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and exec, is coming out with a new book warning that the infrastructure needed for innovation in Silicon Valley is going away.

… environmental attorney Dusty Horwitt, who recently published this outlandishly stupid and highly offensive editorial in the Washington Post calling for an information tax to reduce the supply of information in society. “[I]n our information-overloaded society,” he argues, “the concept of [too much information] is no joke.

By Mike Masnick, Blogger, Techdirt While the FCC and certain broadband companies like to insist that there’s real competition in the broadband market, right here in the heart of Silicon Valley, there’s little evidence that this is true. If there were real competition, they might take customer service seriously.

The Motion Picture Association of America took its crusade for selectable output control (SOC) to the next level on Thursday, responding to critics in the FCC’s proceeding on the matter. The MPAA’s July 31 filing takes particular exception to suggestions that the agency lift its prohibition on SOC

Mike Masnick gets it again: many folks look at Silicon Valley and try to replicate the outward manifestations (a good university, some venture capitalists) and miss the underlying details that create the real culture of Silicon Valley, because they almost seem counterintuitive.

By Mike Masnick, Blogger, Techdirt AT&T is admitting that if it discovers users of its wireless broadband 3G service are making use of P2P apps, it will cut them off completely, and claims that it makes this clear in the terms of service.

By Mike Masnick, Blogger, Techdirt Back when Trent Reznor was still signed to Universal Music, he tested out his own form of a promotional campaign for his latest album: he started hiding USB keys with songs off of the album in the bathroom at his various concerts.

A Congressman ignites a netstorm about Twitter Filed under: Internet - does it make us smarter or dumber? — Tags: internet, john culberson, mike masnick, twitter — Fabius Maximus @ 6:00 am Congressman John Culberson (R-Texas) has ignited a small storm on the Internet.  He tells a horrifying story