Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath
Ohio State University has had a history of being fairly ridiculous when it comes to trademarks. Whether its trademarking the word “the” (yes, seriously) or stretching the concept of public…
CBS has decided it likes being in an abusive relationship. A few months ago, it laid the groundwork for perpetual extortion by settling a lawsuit with Donald Trump over allegedly…
Support us on Patreon » In what feels like something of a throwback to much earlier days of Techdirt, the Supreme Court is getting into the weeds of the DMCA.…
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals did something remarkable last week—they followed binding Supreme Court precedent. In 2025. Involving Trump. Which, predictably, got them immediately overruled by the Supreme Court…
The “fresh hell” administration keeps on rolling. There’s no need to actually ask what fresh hell awaits. You need do nothing more than exist and a new fresh hell will…
Splunk is a powerful data platform used to gather information from multiple sources and index it for efficient access. You can then use collected data to create visualizations, analytics, and…
You know that Family Guy meme where they have the skin color chart to determine how suspicious someone should be? Yeah, you know the one. Well, the Supreme Court just…
For fifty years or so, U.S. media academics warned anybody who would listen about the perils of letting your media companies consolidate in the hands of a bunch of rich…
It’s budget season. Once again, security is being questioned, scrutinized, or deprioritized. If you’re a CISO or security leader, you’ve likely found yourself explaining why your program matters, why a…
Multiple npm packages have been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack after a maintainer’s account was compromised in a phishing attack. The attack targeted Josh Junon (aka…