page_title: Techdirt
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caption_attribution_description: IP3 Award recipient Mike Masnick, CEO and Founder of Techdirt.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Techdirt founder Mike Masnick in 2012
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