Protection

from the racket dept

Thu, Mar 31st 2011 6:40am — Nina Paley

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The eejit (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 5:56am

Take an "unmitigated irony attack" point, Nina.
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Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 6:50am

golf clap. You and Dark Helmet should work together.
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- Dark Helmet (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 7:14am
  
  Re:
  "golf clap. You and Dark Helmet should work together."
  
  I wasn't aware you thought that much of my work, but thank you....
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  - Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 9:42am
    
    Re: Re:
    I think you got it backwards. A bonus golf clap for you for hitting the bunker.
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    - Dark Helmet (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 10:01am
      
      Re: Re: Re:
      Nope. Too late, you gave me a compliment.
      
      And I love you for it. Wanna hug?
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RadialSkid (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 6:55am

In before anyone attacks Nina's character and starts ranting about "FUD."
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- Kaden (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 7:03am
  
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  This is clearly an astroturfed strawman, not FUD.
  
  Koolaid drinking freetard...
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Danny, 31 Mar 2011 @ 7:18am

Amazing
These two puff balls seem to not appear very often but when they do they manage to take exactly three panels to give a better explanation of things that the people who actually make the laws. Perhaps these two could be convinced to run for political offices?
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- Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 11:17am
  
  Re: Amazing
  I think three panels is as far as most of the koolaid drinkers seem to think these days.
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  - Dark Helmet (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 12:33pm
    
    Re: Re: Amazing
    Where's my hug, sparky?
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  - Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 6:04pm
    
    Re: Re: Amazing
    As opposed to the one-note tune you're always whistling?
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Capitalist Lion Tamer (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 7:35am

I think this is the "spend money to make money" principle reformulated.
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- Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 9:29am
  
  Re:
  Nope, its the protection racket.
  
  Pay the "good" lawyers to protect you from the "bad" lawyers.
  
  (Yes, I know there are some genuine good lawyers out there, but at some points you have to wonder if even they are being caught up in the system.)
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  - Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 1:07pm
    
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    Yes, the good lawyers are caught up...don't blame lawyers in general, blame those who write bad laws. If we only had properly balanced IP laws, trust me, the bad lawyers would move on to more lucrative ventures.
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    - Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 6:48pm
      
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      "blame those who write bad laws."
      
      Lawyers?
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Hiiragi Kagami (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 8:24am

Um... I can't agree with this comic.
I don't think the protection is from other lawyers, but from people who'll use them because they're upset to see their Creative Commons license not being used as they want it to be.

/jab
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- Markus Hopkins (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 9:35am
  
  Re: Um... I can't agree with this comic.
  No, it's definitely the lawyers. The rights holders may come in shouting "I'm angry, I want retribution!" but the lawyers make the "let's sue their house off!" answer possible, along with recommending it.
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  - Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 1:10pm
    
    Re: Re: Um... I can't agree with this comic.
    No, the LAWS make it possible. The lawyer has a DUTY to inform his client of those options. A duty imposed on the lawyer by the LAW. The client has to be the one to choose that path (though some lawyers will push more than they are required to push, and that might make them a bad lawyer)
    
    I am not defending these lawsuits, but we need to spread the blame around
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Vic, 31 Mar 2011 @ 8:31am

Love it!!!
Thanks Nina! This one is (like most others of your cartoons) really funny! I needed a good laugh at the beginning of this Thursday!
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Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 8:42am

lol.
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Qritiqal (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 9:36am

Lawyers? Or laws?
Lawyers are not the problem, they're the symptom.
Our society has so many laws and regulations the only way to comply with them or defend yourself from them is to get a lawyer. Tell me why our lives can't be just a little bit simpler.

Vote libertarian.
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- wnyght (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 10:10am
  
  Re: Lawyers? Or laws?
  because if everything were simple, then i would be too hard to control us. Wrap up everything as complicated as possible and they can change it to suit their needs. Believe me, the K.I.S.S. method was abandoned a long time ago.
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- Anonymous Coward, 31 Mar 2011 @ 1:13pm
  
  Re: Lawyers? Or laws?
  YES! Finally someone points this out! It is like regulatory capture. Too much regulation. Restrained by chains of our own making.
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sumquy, 31 Mar 2011 @ 6:53pm

irony troll is ironic
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G Thompson (profile), 31 Mar 2011 @ 8:51pm

Lawyers do not make Laws, lawyers work with the laws at hand for the benefit of their clients.

The laws are created and enacted by Government representing the YOU.

Most lawyers I know (including myself though I do not practice) are annoyed with laws that have been enacted in the last 15yrs or so mainly because they are ambiguous, inequitable, and extremely vague.

As an AC said above, a lawyer has a professional and ethical DUTY to inform a client of the current laws, though the lawyer also must inform a client of any ramifications that could occur too, as well as the lawyers DUTY to the court for such things as frivolous or vexatious suits.

That being said.. I did actually Laugh and do agree to an extent with Nina's cartoon.
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