This Week In Techdirt History: July 5th – 11th

This Week in 2016

  • ‘Most Transparent’ President Signs Into Law FOIA Reform Bill That Won’t Affect His Administration
  • Documentary About Freeing Happy Birthday From Copyfraud Comes Out The Day After Happy Birthday Officially Declared Public Domain
  • Why The Latest Supreme Court Ruling In Kirtsaeng May Have A Much Bigger Impact On Copyright & Fair Use
  • Appeals Court Says That Sharing Passwords Can Violate Criminal Anti-Hacking Laws
  • FBI Vacuums Up Local Law Enforcement Documents To Block Open Records Requests About Orlando Shooting
  • Facebook Experiments With End To End Encryption In Messenger

This Week in 2011

  • Smear Campaign Ramps Up Against Those Who Believe Free Speech Is More Important Than Hollywood’s Obsolete Business Model
  • Homeland Security Working Hard To Make Sure No One Wants To Use .com Or .net Domains
  • Video Gamers Realizing Streaming Criminalization Bill Might Make A Lot Of Them Into Criminals
  • Senator Jerry Moran Removes Himself As A PROTECT IP Co-Sponsor
  • RIAA Accounting: How To Sell 1 Million Albums And Still Owe $500,000
  • Did The Entertainment Industry Backdoor In Forcing ISPs To Kick People Offline, While Claiming It Did Not?

This Week in 2006

  • Throwing Away Privacy In The Blink Of An Eye
  • New Casino Business Model: Any Time Someone Wins, Blame The Software
  • Australia Wants To Regulate YouTube As Well
  • Attention English Teachers: Google Is Officially A Verb
  • Will The MPAA Now Lobby For A Ban On The Print Screen Button?
  • Is The Navy Trying To Patent The Firewall?
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