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 issues, often focusing on copyright and patent reform. The website was started in 1997 by Mike Masnick

Mike Masnick

Michael "Mike" Masnick is the CEO and founder of Techdirt, a weblog that focuses on technology news and tech-related issues...

 and it was originally based on the weblog Slash. Techdirt has been named among the favorite blogs of PC Magazine

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