This Week In Techdirt History: June 7th – 13th

This Week in 2016

• FBI Won’t Tell Me How Much It Paid To Break Into Syed Farook’s iPhone, Saying It Might Jeopardize Its Investigation
• RIAA Demands Takedown Of ThePirateBay.org, But EasyDNS Refuses Over Lack Of Due Process
• Web Sheriff Accuses Us Of Breaking Basically Every Possible Law For Pointing Out That It’s Abusing DMCA Takedowns
• Another Entity Thinks A Random Bundle Of URLs Is A Legitimate DMCA Takedown Request
• Judge Rejects Oracle’s Attempt To Get Court To Reject Jury Verdict Over Java API Copyright
• Gawker Files For Bankruptcy, Begins Process Of Auctioning Itself Off

This Week in 2011

• Would It Really Be So Bad If The Beatles Were In The Public Domain?
• Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Misuses DMCA To Take Down Video Of Reporter Asking Him Tough Questions
• Homeland Security Appears To Be Stalling On FOIA Requests Concerning Domain Seizures
• Youtube, Creative Commons And Why It’s OK For You To License Your Artwork Any Way You Want
• Feds Ridiculous Prosecution Of Whistleblower Thomas Drake Falling Apart
• Ideas Do Matter, But That Has Nothing To Do With ‘Intellectual Property’

This Week in 2006

• Some 25 Years Later, In-Flight Internet Nearing Reality
• More And More Musicians Seem To Get It
• FCC Chair Trots Out Tired Telecom Trade Show Talk
• Does DRM Impact Democracy?
• Musicians Need Business Models, Not Charity
• MPAA: The Grateful Dead’s Success Was An Abomination Against Nature