http://en.redtram.com/ techdirt.com Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:07:04 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 43421 | David Brooks: Mobile Phones Are Destroying Courtship http://en.redtram.com/go/229175988/top100/ 229175988 It looks like David Brooks has officially entered into the old curmudgeonly "well, back in my day" phase of his NY Times op-ed columnist career, with a rant about between a man and a woman. What is his basis for Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:51:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229175988/top100/ 43421 | Is Google Going Better Than Free On Navigation? Will That Set Off Antitrust Alarms? http://en.redtram.com/go/229175987/top100/ 229175987 A few friends have passed along Bill Gurley's excellent (as usual) by ditching the two big players in the space (Tele Atlas and Navteq), going it alone and also (the big news) offering its navigation info for free. Gurley points Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:51:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229175987/top100/ 30962 | Why Is NY, Not The FTC Or DOJ, Filing Antitrust Claims Against Intel? http://en.redtram.com/go/229042049/top100/ 229042049 I have no idea if Intel is really guilty of antitrust violations or not at this point -- though, considering the fact that its products keep getting faster and cheaper, it's not as if there's been some obvious huge monopoly Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042049/top100/ 30962 | EMI Sues Music Site Offering Beatles MP3s http://en.redtram.com/go/229042047/top100/ 229042047 Last last week, a bunch of music blogs started noticing that a previously unknown site called Bluebeat.com was , including numerous acts that still haven't officially authorized online sales -- such as The Beatles and AC/DC. There was a lot Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042047/top100/ 30962 | Is It Really A Problem That 'Only' 31 Newspapers Sent Reporters To The World Series? http://en.redtram.com/go/229042043/top100/ 229042043 Earlier this year, we had a discussion on the changing nature of in the internet era, and one of the points we made is that there really is an awful lot of overlap and duplication in effort in some cases Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042043/top100/ 30962 | Grammy Winner: If You're A Good Musician, You Have Nothing To Fear With Piracy http://en.redtram.com/go/229042039/top100/ 229042039 Last year, we wrote about Grammy award wining singer Joss Stone and her where she said she "loves it" and thinks "it's brilliant." More recently, Stone was asked about her EMI labelmate Lily Allen's recent misguided (even as she, with Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042039/top100/ 30962 | Patent Holder Sues McAfee, Gets $25 Million... But May End Up Losing $5 Million Due To Everyone It Has To http://en.redtram.com/go/229042037/top100/ 229042037 A few years ago, we noticed the troubling trend of private equity firms raising capital solely for the purpose of . Basically, these private equity guys saw the ridiculous awards being handed out to patent holders who did nothing, and Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042037/top100/ 30962 | Why Kicking Fans Off The Internet Won't Make Them Buy http://en.redtram.com/go/229042033/top100/ 229042033 When Lord Mandelson officially announced his plan to based on accusations (not convictions) -- the so-called "three strikes" plan -- I asked a simple question: how will this get people to buy more. It was fun watching industry defenders paint Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042033/top100/ 30962 | Storm Trooper Copyright Lawsuit Back On In the UK http://en.redtram.com/go/229042029/top100/ 229042029 Last year we wrote about a between George Lucas/Lucasfilm and Andrew Ainsworth, the guy who created the original costumes for the storm troopers in Star Wars. Ainsworth believes that he has every right to now sell storm trooper costumes. Lucas, Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042029/top100/ 30962 | Law Professor (?!?) Claims Copyright Infringement Because Blog Uses Faculty Photo In Blog Post [Update] http://en.redtram.com/go/229042026/top100/ 229042026 Just because you're a law professor, it doesn't mean you really understand the law, apparently. Eric Goldman (a law professor who does understand the law) alerts us to a bizarre lawsuit involving University of Miami law professor D. Marvin Jones, Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042026/top100/ 30962 | Time For Palm To Drop WebOS And Embrace Android http://en.redtram.com/go/229042023/top100/ 229042023 It appears that Wall Street is after sales of the Pre have been massively disappointing, and Sprint (their only US partner) appears to be focusing more and more on HTC Android-powered phones these days. At the same time, developers are Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042023/top100/ 30962 | Australian Radio Program On 'Piracy' What 60 Minutes Should Have Done http://en.redtram.com/go/229042020/top100/ 229042020 On Monday, we wrote about that that ridiculous attempt by 60 Minutes to do a story about that was basically one long press release for the MPAA's position. Facts weren't checked, and the reporter, Leslie Stahl, didn't bother to push Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042020/top100/ 30962 | Attacks On File Sharing Simply Drive People Further Underground http://en.redtram.com/go/229042016/top100/ 229042016 Admittedly it's just an estimate, but reports coming out of Sweden suggest that, rather than stop file sharing, under the new IPRED law, a growing number of file sharing users have simply . Of course, this shouldn't surprise anyone, as Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042016/top100/ 30962 | AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'There's A Map For That' Ad Campaign http://en.redtram.com/go/229042013/top100/ 229042013 Recently, Verizon came up with a rather clever ad campaign, mocking the iPhone ads that claim "there's an app for that" with ads that showcase Verizon's wider 3G footprint, claiming "there's a map for that," and showing the two services' Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042013/top100/ 30962 | Reason To Have A Distinct Ringtone? So You Can Find Your Mobile Phone At The Dump http://en.redtram.com/go/229042009/top100/ 229042009 A guy in Aspen accidentally dropped his mobile phone into the piles of leaves he was raking up, and scooped up the phone and sent it off to the dump... But, amazingly, . Apparently, it took about half an hour Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042009/top100/ 30962 | Court Rules That Using Domain Registration Privacy Services Represents 'Material Falsification' http://en.redtram.com/go/229042004/top100/ 229042004 Lots of people use private registration services for domain names, that lets them register a domain name while keeping their own identities private. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to do so: they don't want spam or they want to Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042004/top100/ 30962 | Discount Tickets Available To SF MusicTech http://en.redtram.com/go/229042001/top100/ 229042001 On December 7th in San Francisco, there will be the next SF MusicTech Summit, which is a great event that I've been to a few times before. It really does a great job covering technology and business models that are Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229042001/top100/