Tag: USA

Journalists Arrested In Ferguson Promise Not To Promote The Settlement | Techdirt

on Wednesdsay, it was announced that a settlement has been reached in which law enforcement officers will receive more training. While the official details of the settlement were “confidential,” the Huffington Post got a copy of the settlement using a FOIA request and found some interesting details, including an agreement that none of the four journalists in question will “publicize” the agreement in any way

Source: Journalists Arrested In Ferguson Promise Not To Promote The Settlement | Techdirt

Pentagon Official Once Told Morley Safer That Reporters Who Believe the Government Are “Stupid”

Arthur Sylvester, the Pentagon’s PR chief, told Safer the facts of life in 1966 in Vietnam.

Source: Pentagon Official Once Told Morley Safer That Reporters Who Believe the Government Are “Stupid”

Fox ‘Stole’ a Game Clip, Used it in Family Guy & DMCA’d the Original – TorrentFreak

This week’s episode of Family Guy included a clip from 1980s Nintendo video game Double Dribble showing a glitch to get a free 3-point goal. Fox obtained the clip from YouTube where it had been sitting since it was first uploaded in 2009. Shortly after, Fox told YouTube the game footage infringed its copyrights. YouTube took it down.

Source: Fox ‘Stole’ a Game Clip, Used it in Family Guy & DMCA’d the Original – TorrentFreak

Trade Commission Report Reveals Few Benefits From the TPP and Ignores its Costs | Electronic Frontier Foundation

The White House has been curiously quiet on the Trans-Pacific Partnership front, following its earlier fanfare about the agreement when it was signed in February. Yesterday with the release of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)’s almost 800-page report on the TPP’s Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors [PDF], we can expect the rhetoric to be ramped up again, in attempt to sell the agreement to an increasingly skeptical Congress and public.

Source: Trade Commission Report Reveals Few Benefits From the TPP and Ignores its Costs | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Prenda’s Hansmeier asks court to deny motion for summary judgment because… opposing counsel buys Mercedes | Fight © Trolls

As you may have noticed, I don’t write about Prenda anymore: my spare time is limited, and I prefer to spend it covering enemies of the society that are still strong and dangerous — unlike fo…

Source: Prenda’s Hansmeier asks court to deny motion for summary judgment because… opposing counsel buys Mercedes | Fight © Trolls

Police and Prison Guard Groups Fight Marijuana Legalization in California

Police and prison guard groups are terrified that they might lose some of the drug war money to which they have become so deeply addicted.

Source: Police and Prison Guard Groups Fight Marijuana Legalization in California

Filmmakers Ask “Pirate” to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees – TorrentFreak

The makers of the Oscar-winning movie Dallas Buyers Club are displaying some dubious tactics in their ongoing crackdown on BitTorrent pirates. In California, the filmmakers recently asked an accused pirate to submit to a polygraph test, but changed their opinion after he agreed.

Source: Filmmakers Ask “Pirate” to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees – TorrentFreak