Techdirt
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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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Vinony's link graph records 200 inbound references to Techdirt, and connects out to blog, Forbes and PCMag.
It sits within the topics American technology news websites, Digital rights organizations and Intellectual property activism.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Website
- Country of origin
- United States
- Official website
- techdirt.com
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- techdirt
- web feed URL
- www.techdirt.com/feed
- Alexa rank
- 23839
- inception
- 1997-01-01
- social media followers
- 48701
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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.
== Description == thumb|upright|Techdirt founder Mike Masnick in 2012 The website was founded in 1997 by Mike Masnick. It was originally based on the weblog software Slash. Techdirt's content is based on reader submissions as well as the editorial staff's picks. The website makes use of MySQL, Apache, and PHP, and is hosted at ActionWeb. Techdirt is managed by Floor 64, a company located in Redwood City, California, US. As of 2009, Techdirt had eight full-time employees.
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