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Why The Australian Open Looks Different For Some This Year: Broadcast Rights

1 hour 38 minutes ago
It’s no secret that the world of live sports is becoming increasingly complicated due to the fractured nature of broadcast and streaming rights. Between leagues like the NFL making sure their own streaming services aren’t terribly useful and that finding any particular game requires Sherlock-ian investigative efforts, these new and complicated deals that major sports […]
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 408: Copyright vs AI – Hollywood & Creators

7 hours 16 minutes ago
Support us on Patreon » We’ve got another cross-post episode this week! Recently, Mike appeared on The Dynamist podcast from the Foundation for American Innovation for the second entry in a four-part series about copyright and artificial intelligence. He’s joined by Alex Winter and Tim Hwang, and host Evan Swarztrauber, for a discussion about how artists, […]
Leigh Beadon

TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban

9 hours 40 minutes ago
Great job, US government. You went so overboard with your “TikTok is an evil Chinese app” and deciding to ban it that you’re pushing kids to go even deeper into the Chinese app ecosystem. The US government’s ham-handed attempt to ban TikTok on national security grounds is not only a troubling attack on free speech […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: 2-in-1 Keychain Wireless Charger for iPhone and Apple Watch

9 hours 45 minutes ago
This 2-in-1 Keychain Wireless Charger with 2,500mAh battery will charge your Apple Watch 3-5 times on a full charge. Its magnetic design ensures perfect alignment and it works seamlessly with all Apple Watch series. It features Type-C port for versatile charging options for other devices. It’s on sale for $19. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store […]
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Trump’s DHS Pick, Kristi Noem, Decides To Undermine Public Safety By Cutting Funding For Public Broadcasting

11 hours 21 minutes ago
Hitch yourself to a wagon and see what you get. Area dog-killer/current governor/possible DHS head Kristi Noem boarded the Trump Train when it first passed through town nearly a decade ago. Since then, she’s won the loyalty of a bunch of fascist-adjacent dipshits who don’t care how much they vote against their own interests, as […]
Tim Cushing

What Adaptation? Cable TV Prices Jumped $15 A Month In 2025

15 hours 27 minutes ago
As streaming video chipped away at traditional cable TV subscriber bases, most cable giants like Spectrum and Comcast responded by raising prices and being difficult. When confronted with growing evidence that cord cutting (defined as cutting the TV cord but keeping broadband and streaming TV) was a growing trend, most of these same executives spent years first denying cord cutting […]
Karl Bode

NY Post: Fact Checking Is Now Censorship

1 day 7 hours ago
This was inevitable, ever since Donald Trump and the MAGA world freaked out when social media’s attempts to fact-check the President were deemed “censorship.” The reaction was both swift and entirely predictable. After all, how dare anyone question Dear Leader’s proclamations, even if they are demonstrably false? It wasn’t long before we started to see […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 + The 2025 Premium Learn to Code Bundle

1 day 9 hours ago
Visual Studio Professional 2022 is a fully featured development environment. Their first 64-bit IDE makes it easier to work with even bigger projects and more complex workloads. Enhance your productivity, write high-quality code, and re-imagine collaboration with an advanced suite of tools and built-in integrations to tackle the most challenging development workflows and deliver innovative […]
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New Ohio Law Allows Cops To Charge $75/Hr. To Process Body Cam Footage

1 day 11 hours ago
Ohio residents pay for the cops. They pay for the cameras. Now, they’re expected to pay for the footage generated by cops and their cameras. Governor Mike DeWine, serving no one but cops and their desire for opacity, recently signed a bill into law that will make it much more expensive for residents to exercise […]
Tim Cushing

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

2 days 8 hours ago
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad with a comment about Mark Zuckerberg’s pathetic deference to Trump: I’ve said it before, but what’s even the point of having that level of wealth if you’re just going to debase yourself for somebody like Trump? For what will it profit a man […]
Leigh Beadon

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

3 days 8 hours ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, the libel tourism of Devin Nunes was continuing to highlight the problems of weak anti-SLAPP laws. A patent troll got smacked down by an appeals court, while there was a twist in Oracle’s attacks on Google, and Apple became the latest company to up the ante in abusing […]
Leigh Beadon

Prepare For A Whole Bunch Of Pointless, Harmful Mergers In Streaming By Media Executives All Out Of Original Ideas

4 days 1 hour ago
Early last year, streaming company Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit against Disney, Fox, and Warner Brothers Discovery after the three companies decided to launch their own joint streaming live sports venture. Fubo, in the lawsuit, claims the collective power of the three companies would stifle competition in the sports streaming space, ultimately driving up costs […]
Karl Bode

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Zuck And Cover

4 days 4 hours ago
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]
Mike Masnick

Liz Truss, Who Accused Earlier PM Of ‘Crashing’ Economy, Threatens To Sue Current PM For Saying She Crashed The Economy

4 days 7 hours ago
In a twist that highlights the absurdity of UK libel laws, former Prime Minister Liz Truss is threatening to sue current PM Keir Starmer for saying she “crashed the economy” during her chaotic 49 days in office… conveniently forgetting that she made the exact same accusation against an earlier PM herself. That’s right, Truss, whose […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: The 2025 Graphic Design for Beginners Bundle

4 days 9 hours ago
The 2025 Graphic Design for Beginners Bundle has 4 courses to help you learn about graphic design. Courses cover working with Adobe Illustrator, using your iPhone for filming, and starting your own graphic design business. It’s on sale for $30. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. A portion of all […]
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