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Dishing the Dirt II
Read more: Dishing the Dirt IIBurlington Police Department responds to Techdirt.com article based on my blog post re: failed attempt to censor news stories about arrests, insists someone is pretending to abuse copyright law to protect reputation Last week, I blogged about a DMCA/copyright complaint filed by so-called ‘legal agent’ Mike Ferrell who claimed to represent the Burlington, Massachusetts Police Department,…
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Dishing the Dirt
Read more: Dishing the DirtTechdirt.com publishes article based on my blog post re: failed attempt to censor journalists reporting on crime in Massachusetts [UPDATE: Massachusetts cops says someone else filed the fraudulent DMCA requests] Yesterday, Techdirt.com founder/editor Mike Masnick – and, incidentally, the man who coined the term the “Streisand effect” – wrote an article based on my November 18,…
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Down by [Copyright] Law
Read more: Down by [Copyright] LawAre Massachusetts cops trying to censor local journalists? [UPDATE: Massachusetts cops says someone else filed the fraudulent DMCA requests] Earlier this month, ‘legal agent’ Mike Ferrell filed a copyright complaint with Google¹ on behalf of the Burlington Police Department, in Massachusetts, requesting the deletion of a number of local news articles regarding arrests made by the department. In his November…
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The Brexit Effect
Read more: The Brexit Effect“They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT!” – President-elect Donald Trump Despite nearly every poll indicating that Hillary Clinton would win a landslide victory this election, Donald Trump swept the electoral vote, even taking several traditionally blue states. Call it the Brexit Effect. Though it was widely assumed that Clinton was a shoo-in to…
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The Case for Regulation
Read more: The Case for RegulationMembers of UK official press regulator IMPRESS answer criticism that state-backed regulation could undermine a “vibrant local press” Last week, I blogged about IMPRESS, which recently gained recognition as the first official press regulatory body in the UK. The decision was made by the Press Recognition Panel (PRP), the government-funded body set up in the wake of the…
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UnIMPRESSed
Read more: UnIMPRESSedTwo publications are no longer seeking membership with UK state-backed press regulator IMPRESS, with another on the fence This week, it was announced that IMPRESS, a UK press regulator funded by motor racing tycoon Max Mosley, has gained recognition as a state-backed media watchdog. The decision was made by the Press Recognition Panel (PRP), the…
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The Tyranny of Values
Read more: The Tyranny of ValuesDowning Street used misleading data from “right-wing think tank” to “name and shame” universities that host “extremist” speakers, newly released e-mails show Late last year, Downing Street unveiled its updated Prevent strategy, requiring universities and colleges to “stop extremists radicalising students on campuses.” Citing work by Whitehall’s Extremism Analysis Unit (EAU), Downing Street claimed that…
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Unblurred Lines II
Read more: Unblurred Lines IIThe Daily Telegraph publishes Page 2 clarification based on my corrections request re: Crown Prosecution Service’s skewed statistics on rape Last month, I blogged about how the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) exaggerated the 2015-16 rape conviction rate. Via a press release, the CPS claimed that it was “convicting more cases of rape…than ever before,” with “a rise…
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