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There seems to be something rather specific when it comes to the current Italian government when it comes to strong-arming commerce over a protective stance on Italian cultural touchstones. This ...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/24/italian-government-says-carmaker-cant-make-its-milano-vehicle-outside-of-italy/

Welp, sometimes you gotta read Techdirt fast, or you just might miss something. And sometimes it’s because Universal Music is acting to silence creativity yet again. Yesterday, we posted about ...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/24/universal-musics-copyright-claim-99-problems-and-fair-use-aint-one/

This week, we’ve got another cross-post episode for you. Mike recently appeared on the Sidebar podcast from Courthouse News as part of an episode taking an in-depth look at why copyright is act...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/24/techdirt-podcast-episode-388-copyright-conundrum/

Get your dance moves on now, as TikTok may be going away. Okay, it’s not going away that quickly and quite possibly isn’t going away at all, but President Biden signed the bill this morning t...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/24/biden-signs-tiktok-ban-bill-expect-a-lawsuit-by-the-time-you-finish-reading-this-article/

Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, and Florida’s legislature have combined forces to craft and pass some of the most unconstitutional laws ever written in the United States. A series of bad la...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/24/desantis-signs-law-limiting-book-challenges-after-the-shitty-people-he-encouraged-to-be-shitty-proved-to-be-even-shittier-than-he-thought-theyd-be/

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This is a frustrating article to write. The FTC has come out with a very good and important policy ruling, but I’m not sure it has the authority to do so. The legal challenge (that was filed ba...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/24/ftc-bans-non-competes-sparks-instant-lawsuit-the-war-for-worker-freedom/

We’ve noted repeatedly how the mass hyperventilation about TikTok is a giant distraction from the country’s broader failures on consumer privacy; namely our corrupt inability to pass even a b...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/24/grindr-hit-by-uk-lawsuit-for-reckless-sale-of-sensitive-user-data/

While it doesn’t happen nearly as often as I’d like, it is quite satisfying when a trademark bully is forced to walk back their bullying ways as a result of a public backlash. If you don’t ...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/david-chang-issues-cds-over-chile-crunch-products-then-apologizes-and-promises-to-stop/

While there’s no doubt illegal fentanyl use is one of the leading causes of death in this nation, the DEA’s persistent hysteria hasn’t done anything to make anyone safer. Faced with the fac...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/because-its-done-such-a-great-job-policing-illegal-drugs-the-dea-decides-its-time-to-start-engaging-in-legal-drug-hysteria/