{"id":19103,"date":"2022-11-26T23:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T23:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/26\/this-week-in-techdirt-history-november-20th-26th\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T23:24:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T23:24:23","slug":"this-week-in-techdirt-history-november-20th-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/26\/this-week-in-techdirt-history-november-20th-26th\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Techdirt History: November 20th \u2013 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Five Years Ago<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2017, it became clear the FCC was gearing up for an attempt to hide its attack on net neutrality<\/a> just before the Thanksgiving weekend. While Comcast once again falsely claimed there was nothing to worry about<\/a>, the agency did exactly that<\/a> and released its order on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the DOJ sued to kill the AT&T\/Time Warner merger<\/a>, tech experts were calling on the DHS & ICE to stop their social media surveillance and extreme vetting<\/a>, and a Q&A about the NSA\u2019s Section 702 program glossed over the problems with incidental collection and domestic surveillance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ten Years Ago<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2012, Rep. Zoe Lofgren was turning to Reddit for help putting together an anti-SOPA bill<\/a>, Rep. Darrell Issa was trying to correct the Copyright Office\u2019s omission and codify the right to rip DVDs<\/a>, and Senator Patrick Leahy was ready to cave to law enforcement and carve out warrantless spying loopholes from his privacy reform bill<\/a>. The DOJ was using the fact that Megaupload helped out in the NinjaVideo prosecution against the company<\/a>, the founder of SurfTheChannel got extra jail time in the UK for revealing documents that raised questions about his conviction<\/a>, and Malibu Media was getting some serious pushback against its porn trolling operation<\/a>. Also, for a special Thanksgiving post, we looked at some of the silliest turkey-related patents over the years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fifteen Years Ago<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2007, the marketing push was on for Amazon\u2019s brand new Kindle device, and we looked at some of its biggest problems<\/a> as well as the reasons it might be a turning point for non-phone wireless devices<\/a>. The writer\u2019s strike was shining a spotlight on Hollywood\u2019s many new competitors<\/a>, the MPAA was defending its push to force colleges to fight against file sharing<\/a>, the FSF set up a fund to pay experts who could push back against the RIAA\u2019s evidence in lawsuits<\/a>, and music retailers were begging the recording industry to drop DRM<\/a>. We also looked at the skewed perspectives and motivations behind the latest report claiming the internet would soon collapse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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