{"id":40894,"date":"2023-02-11T22:43:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T22:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/this-week-in-techdirt-history-february-5th-11th\/"},"modified":"2023-02-11T22:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T22:45:02","slug":"this-week-in-techdirt-history-february-5th-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/this-week-in-techdirt-history-february-5th-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Techdirt History: February 5th \u2013 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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from the in-memoriam<\/i> dept<\/h3>\n

5 Years In the past<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2018, the FCC was patting itself on the again for a historically stupid year<\/a>, whereas it issued a report falsely claiming that killing net neutrality helped broadband competition<\/a>, simply as New Jersey grew to become the most recent state to protect net neutrality by executive order<\/a>. In the meantime, Hollywood was pushing some wild ideas for copyright in NAFTA negotiations<\/a>, a brand new examine urged that shutting down file sharing websites would hurt the music industry and new artists<\/a>, and on the Techdirt Podcast we featured an interview with Rep. Zoe Lofgren<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was additionally the week wherein we marked the death of the legendary John Perry Barlow<\/a>, and featured a piece on his legacy from Mike Godwin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ten Years In the past<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2013, we noticed some copyright madness within the type of a college coverage that required students to hand over copyright on all work<\/a>, resulting in a marketing campaign calling on the school to knock it off<\/a>. We noticed yet one more instance of somebody abusing the DMCA for the purposes of censorship<\/a>, and yet one more instance of DMCA idiocy as HBO\u2019s anti-piracy contractor sent takedown notices over the official HBO website<\/a>, simply as an effort was kicking off to start cataloguing bogus takedowns<\/a>. In the meantime, the implosion of Prenda Law<\/a> was continuing apace<\/a>, although the spectacle had a little bit of competitors from the previous year\u2019s legal punching bag, Righthaven<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fifteen Years In the past<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2008, the FBI was wanting into building a huge biometric database<\/a>, whereas the White Home was making an attempt to avoid scrutiny of its surveillance policy<\/a>. Report labels have been taking another shot at their crusade against Baidu<\/a>, the Home permitted a silly invoice requiring universities to offer students music services<\/a>, and the RIAA floated the terrifying and horrible thought of including copyright filters in antivirus software<\/a> (whereas it was additionally going through more accusations of illegal investigative techniques<\/a>). In the meantime, a Danish court docket demanded that an ISP start blocking The Pirate Bay<\/a>, although the ISP was contemplating preventing again since it couldn\u2019t see why it should comply<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nFiled Below: history<\/a>, look back<\/a>
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