This Week In Techdirt History: August 16th – 22nd
**This Week in 2016**
* [Snowden Docs Show NSA, New Zealand Spied On Pro-Democracy Activists][1]
* [Which Crazy Copyright Holder Took Down Katie Ledecky/Carlos Santana ‘Smooth’ Mashup First?][2]
* [Billionaire Backer Of Palantir & Facebook Insists He’s Bankrupting Journalists To Protect Your Privacy][3]
* [Donald Trump Says He’ll Turn Off The Internet For Terrorists][4]
* [Twitter Suspends Hundreds Of Thousands Of Terrorist Accounts, Gives Everyone Its ‘Quality Filter’][5]
* [Recording Industry Whines That It’s Too Costly To Keep Copyright Terms At Life Plus 50, Instead Of Life Plus 70][6]
**This Week in 2011**
* [Could The Internet & Television Be Making Everyone Smarter?][7]
* [Dear Musicians: The RIAA Is About To Totally Screw You Over (Again!)][8]
* [Waffle House Says Rap Song Called Waffle House Violates Its Trademark][9]
* [Dear MPAA: Stomp Your Feet And Repeat It As Many Times As You Want, But Infringement Is Not Theft][10]
* [MPAA Calls MPAA Intellectually Dishonest For Claiming That Infringement Is Inevitable][11]
* [As Expected, Backpage Is Not Liable For Prostitution Ads][12]
**This Week in 2006**
* [Oh Look, The More Hollywood Attacks, The Further Underground File Sharing Goes][13]
* [Cabbies Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Navigation Systems][14]
* [Captain Copyright Gets A Rewrite?][15]
* [Ignoring Obsolete Analog Technology Is Now Considered Circumventing Copy Protection?][16]
* [There Ought To Be A Law… Any Law… To Protect The Children][17]
* [Where’s The Checkbox For ‘New FBI Computer System Is So Bad I Plan To Go On A Crime Spree’?][18]
[1]: https://www.techdirt.com/2016/08/15/snowden-docs-show-nsa-new-zealand-spied-pro-democracy-activists/
[2]: https://www.techdirt.com/2016/08/15/which-crazy-copyright-holder-took-down-katie-ledecky-carlos-santana-smooth-mashup-first/
[3]: https://www.techdirt.com/2016/08/16/billionaire-backer-palantir-facebook-insists-hes-bankrupting-journalists-to-protect-your-privacy/
[4]: https://www.techdirt.com/2016/08/17/donald-trump-says-hell-turn-off-internet-terrorists/
[5]: https://www.techdirt.com/2016/08/18/twitter-suspends-hundreds-thousands-terrorist-accounts-gives-everyone-quality-filter/
[6]: https://www.techdirt.com/2016/08/19/recording-industry-whines-that-too-costly-to-keep-copyright-terms-life-plus-50-instead-life-plus-70/
[7]: https://www.techdirt.com/2011/08/15/could-internet-television-be-making-everyone-smarter/
[8]: https://www.techdirt.com/2011/08/16/dear-musicians-riaa-is-about-to-totally-screw-you-over-again/
[9]: https://www.techdirt.com/2011/08/17/waffle-house-says-rap-song-called-waffle-house-violates-its-trademark/
[10]: https://www.techdirt.com/2011/08/17/dear-mpaa-stomp-your-feet-repeat-it-as-many-times-as-you-want-infringement-is-not-theft/
[11]: https://www.techdirt.com/2011/08/18/mpaa-calls-mpaa-intellectually-dishonest-claiming-that-infringement-is-inevitable/
[12]: https://www.techdirt.com/2011/08/19/as-expected-backpage-is-not-liable-prostitution-ads/
[13]: https://www.techdirt.com/2006/08/14/oh-look-the-more-hollywood-attacks-the-further-underground-file-sharing-goes/
[14]: https://www.techdirt.com/2006/08/14/cabbies-dont-need-no-stinkin-navigation-systems/
[15]: https://www.techdirt.com/2006/08/15/captain-copyright-gets-a-rewrite/
[16]: https://www.techdirt.com/2006/08/16/ignoring-obsolete-analog-technology-is-now-considered-circumventing-copy-protection/
[17]: https://www.techdirt.com/2006/08/17/there-ought-to-be-a-law-any-law-to-protect-the-children/
[18]: https://www.techdirt.com/2006/08/18/wheres-the-checkbox-for-new-fbi-computer-system-is-so-bad-i-plan-to-go-on-a-crime-spree/
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