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Techdirt is an American Internet blog that reports on technology's legal challenges and related business and economic policy issues, in context of the digital revolution. It focuses on intellectual property, patent, information privacy and copyright reform in particular.

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Owner
Floor64, Inc.
Commercial
Yes
Country of origin
United States
Created by
Mike Masnick
Current status
Active
Editor
Mike Masnick

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Shiva Ayyadurai lawsuit

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Techdirt

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples78
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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related to Description · 25
Techdirt → ActionWeb, Apache, As, California, European Parliament, Favorite Techdirt Posts, Floor, Glyn Moody, It, Marietje Schaake, Member, Mike Masnick, MySQL, Netherlands, Oregon, PHP, Redwood City, Ron Wyden, Sen, Slash
related to Shiva Ayyadurai lawsuit · 24
Techdirt → American, Appeals, Automattic, Ayyadurai, Ayyadurai's, California's, Charles Koch Foundation, Craig Newmark, During, First Amendment, First Circuit, Freedom, In, In June, Masnick, May, Press Foundation, September, Shiva Ayyadurai, SLAPP
has impact · 12
Techdirt → Best Tech Blogs, Bloomberg Businessweek, Business, Forbes Magazine, In, January, Mike Masnick, PC Magazine, Streisand, The, Web Blog, Webby Award
related to Other work · 5
Techdirt → CIA, Diegetic Games, FOIA, In, Kickstarter
Commercial · 1
Techdirt → Yes
Country of origin · 1
Techdirt → United States
Created by · 1
Techdirt → Mike Masnick
Current status · 1
Techdirt → Active
Editor · 1
Techdirt → Mike Masnick
Launched · 1
Techdirt → 1997; 29 years ago (1997)

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TechdirtCommercialYes1.00infobox
TechdirtCountry of originUnited States1.00infobox
TechdirtCreated byMike Masnick1.00infobox
TechdirtCurrent statusActive1.00infobox
TechdirtEditorMike Masnick1.00infobox
TechdirtLaunched1997; 29 years ago (1997)1.00infobox
TechdirtOwnerFloor64, Inc.1.00infobox
TechdirtRegistrationOptional1.00infobox
TechdirtURLtechdirt.com1.00infobox
Techdirtis aAmerican Internet blog that reports on technology's legal challenges and related business and economic policy issues0.90text
Googleinstance ofwhich has received funding from companies0.80text
Yelpinstance ofwhich has received funding from companies0.80text

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