Month: August 2015

Hollywood Keeps Breaking Box Office Records… While Still Insisting That The Internet Is Killing Movies | Techdirt

Hollywood is still 100% focused on trying to blame the internet for any of its woes, mostly with bogus attacks on internet companies it doesn’t like. And yet… it seems to keep on setting box office records. The latest is that Universal Pictures has broken a new record in bringing in $2 billion in box office revenue faster than any other studio in history, pushed over the top by the successful opening weekend of “Straight Outta Compton” (a movie that seems to have some big fans in Silicon Valley).

Source: Hollywood Keeps Breaking Box Office Records… While Still Insisting That The Internet Is Killing Movies | Techdirt

Jeb Bush, Hosted By Defense Contractor-Backed Group, Calls Iraq War “A Pretty Good Deal”

It was a pretty good deal for defense contractors.

Source: Jeb Bush, Hosted By Defense Contractor-Backed Group, Calls Iraq War “A Pretty Good Deal”

Piracy Stunt Studio ‘Overwhelmed” By Positive Feedback – TorrentFreak

A game studio that admitted to uploading a rigged copy of its own game to torrent sites informs TF that the positive feedback has been ‘overwhelming’. NoodleCake’s special version of Shooting Stars! features an unbeatable boss as a marketing stunt, a move that’s a million miles better than the anti-piracy schemes of yesteryear.

Source: Piracy Stunt Studio ‘Overwhelmed” By Positive Feedback – TorrentFreak

New Documents and Reports Confirm AT&T and NSA’s Longstanding Surveillance Partnership | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Reports today in the New York Times and ProPublica confirm what EFF’s Jewel v. NSA lawsuit has claimed since 2008—that the NSA and AT&T have collaborated to build a domestic surveillance infrastructure, resulting in unconstitutional seizure and search of of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of Americans’ Internet communications.

Source: New Documents and Reports Confirm AT&T and NSA’s Longstanding Surveillance Partnership | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Bland Monster Jeb Bush “Proud” of His Brother’s Torturing People

In remarks in Iowa, Jeb celebrated all his brother did “to create a secure environment for our country” after 9/11.

Source: Bland Monster Jeb Bush “Proud” of His Brother’s Torturing People

LMFAO, The Band, Sends Cease And Desist Over LMFAO, The Beer | Techdirt

Yes, LMFAO, the band, sent a cease and desist to the brewery over LMFAO, the beer, claiming that consumers might somehow think that the band was now in the brewing business. You see, in today’s permission culture, that the brewery actually took the step of searching to see if anyone had a trademark on LMFAO for alcoholic drinks doesn’t really matter. Because LMFAO, the band, saw an opportunity for relevancy and jumped on it.

Source: LMFAO, The Band, Sends Cease And Desist Over LMFAO, The Beer | Techdirt