Mike Masnick Techdirt September 05, 2026 tech

This Week In Techdirt History: August 30th – September 5th

This Week In Techdirt History: August 30th – September 5th from the back-in-the-day dept This Week in 2016 - UK Gov’t Report: Facebook, Twitter, And Google Are Pretty Much Unrepentant Terrorist Supporters - New Zealand Court Grants Kim Dotcom’s Request To Have Extradition Hearing Livestreamed On YouTube, Despite DOJ Protests - PETA Has Lost Its Monkey’s ‘Next Friend’ In Its Crazy Copyright Case - James Comey Claims He Wants An ‘Adult Conversation’ About Encryption; Apparently ‘Adults’ Ignore Experts - Our ‘Copying Is Not Theft’ T-Shirt Seems To REALLY Upset Some People - DHS’s New Election Cybersecurity Committee Has No Cybersecurity Experts This Week in 2011 - You Can Copy Our Articles All You Want… But Please Don’t Claim The Copyright Belongs To You - Pakistan Officially Bans All Encryption Online - Pure Awesomeness: Two Chat Bots Talking To Each Other - All Of Justin Bieber’s Music Removed From YouTube Via ‘Prank’ DMCA Claims - Twitter Keeps Suspending Accounts Based On Highly Questionable DMCA Claims - Leaked State Department Cable Confirms What Everyone Already Knew: MPAA Was Behind Bogus Australian ISP Lawsuit This Week in 2006 - Cable Companies, Telcos, Have An Epiphany — Their Service Sucks - The HP Way: Scientists Innovate New Ways Of Determining Ink Patent Infringement - iPod Factory Makes Even Apple’s Treatment Of Bloggers Look Good - RIAA Following MPAA’s Lead In Brainwashing Kids - MPAA Rates Film About MPAA Ratings As NC-17 - RIAA Still Feels Entitled To Scour Everyone’s Hard Drives

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