Plus, the cheapest Canon printer plus the cheapest Canon flatbed scanner is cheaper than buying Canon’s cheapest all-in-one, and that cheapest scanner offers four times the scan resolution of the cheapest all-in-one’s scanner.
Having no contract would mean that if the firmware updates are enabled by default and customers are not informed of that fact, pushing such an update would violate the Computer Fraud & Abuse act - which is one count of a federal felony for each device affected.
Without a contract or some other form of consent to HP, it would be legally no different from hacking random people’s computers and installing malware.
And if he WAS the President, then every time he blocked someone from commenting on his tweets he committed a federal crime, punishable by a year in federal prison. Since the crime was a violation of his oath of office, it would be something he vould be impeached for.
Given that railroading someone via an unfair trial would also be a crime under US laws, allowing such a thing to occur would ALSO be being soft on crime!
Almost every ‘riot’ in Seattle in the past 30+ years started when police lost their tempers and attacked a crowd of peaceful protesters.
If ANY act of violence by any person present during a protest makes everyone present a rioter, I must point out that police are also present, and police are not exempt from anti-riot laws.
“Administrators rely on qualified immunity to avoid consequences when they engage in intentional, considered and collaborative efforts to violate civil liberties,”
This is why I have been saying for years, don’t (just) sue them, ARREST them. A federal citizens arrest for a felony that citizen directly witnessed is lawful in 49 out of 50 states and on all federal lands (United States v. Di Re (1948)). Conspiracy by public officials to violate civil, statutory or constitutional rights is a federal felony (18 USC 241). You cannot have collaboration on a crime without it being a conspiracy crime.
Any citizen can make a citizen’s arrest, and resisting or fleeing from one is just as illegal, subject to all the same formal and informal consequences, as doing those things when arrested by police. In some states - Texas for example - you don’t even need to be a US citizen to make lawful arrests. Kids, as the US supreme court has ruled numerous times, don’t stop being citizens just because they went to school, and the victim of a felony is almost always on the scene before police are.
An arrest doesn’t require physical force at all, they can be made using words alone and be 100% legally binding.
So take them to the arbitration they love so much. Even a biased arbitrator will side with a customer when the company is taking that customer's money but refusing to provide any service of any kind. That's too blatant a breach of contract to be covered up by arbitration.
Re: Re: Re: IMPEDING ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES PROHIBITED
They only do if the recipient is a government official. The rights enumerated in the amendments also include the right to choose not to exercise the right, and to be free from being compelled to exercise the right.
If there is truly a right to trespass on private property to convey a political message in Texas, then I would be tempted to go camp out in the Governor’s living room with a megaphone.
Religious missionary work isn’t considered spam in Texas, right? So bombard those legislators who vote yea on this monstrosity with solicitations to join non-Christian religious organizations - with read receipts.
If they don’t read it, then by definition they are filtering it.
Ironically, if the conservatives were right about the social media platforms being politically biased, it would give the platforms MORE first amendment protection, not less!
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Plus, the cheapest Canon printer plus the cheapest Canon flatbed scanner is cheaper than buying Canon’s cheapest all-in-one, and that cheapest scanner offers four times the scan resolution of the cheapest all-in-one’s scanner.
On the post: HP Brings Back Obnoxious DRM That Cripples Competing Printer Cartridges
Re: Re: Re: Funny
Having no contract would mean that if the firmware updates are enabled by default and customers are not informed of that fact, pushing such an update would violate the Computer Fraud & Abuse act - which is one count of a federal felony for each device affected.
Without a contract or some other form of consent to HP, it would be legally no different from hacking random people’s computers and installing malware.
On the post: Hacked Data Exposes Law Enforcement Officers Who Joined Far-Right Oath Keepers Group
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You might want to reconsider what side you’re on, when you view a group that reaffirms their oath to the Constitution as a natural enemy.
It’s not seditious to support and defend the Constitution. If anything, it’s seditious to do the opposite.
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Re: Hey, it can be fixed.
And if he WAS the President, then every time he blocked someone from commenting on his tweets he committed a federal crime, punishable by a year in federal prison. Since the crime was a violation of his oath of office, it would be something he vould be impeached for.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law
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Re: Re: FOIA FOIAs
Yeah, that might get you arrested for sedition.
On the post: ISPs Already Fighting FCC Plan To End Anti-Competitive Landlord Broadband Deals
My landlord had a deal like that when I moved in, but it was with the best local ISP - which still is the best.
Anti-competitive? Sure. But anti-competitive doesn’t always screw the consumer.
All options in the area would cost about the same per megabit of speed without that deal in place, and second best is less than half as good.
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Given that railroading someone via an unfair trial would also be a crime under US laws, allowing such a thing to occur would ALSO be being soft on crime!
On the post: Federal Court Blocks Enforcement Of Florida's New Anti-Riot Law
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Almost every ‘riot’ in Seattle in the past 30+ years started when police lost their tempers and attacked a crowd of peaceful protesters.
If ANY act of violence by any person present during a protest makes everyone present a rioter, I must point out that police are also present, and police are not exempt from anti-riot laws.
On the post: Mystery Over Fake Section 1201 Takedown Claims Sent By 'Video Industry Association of America' Deepens
Re: Re: 'Honest, our hands are tied.'
The problem with that is you could permanently take down anything with a 1201 notice, regardless of whether 1201 applied to it.
You could even kick those uncaring courts off the internet by targeting their ISP’s server that handles the court’s email.
On the post: Why Are We Letting School Administrators Use Qualified Immunity To Escape Accountablity For Violating Free Speech Rights?
Collaborative? More like conspirators!
“Administrators rely on qualified immunity to avoid consequences when they engage in intentional, considered and collaborative efforts to violate civil liberties,”
This is why I have been saying for years, don’t (just) sue them, ARREST them. A federal citizens arrest for a felony that citizen directly witnessed is lawful in 49 out of 50 states and on all federal lands (United States v. Di Re (1948)). Conspiracy by public officials to violate civil, statutory or constitutional rights is a federal felony (18 USC 241). You cannot have collaboration on a crime without it being a conspiracy crime.
Any citizen can make a citizen’s arrest, and resisting or fleeing from one is just as illegal, subject to all the same formal and informal consequences, as doing those things when arrested by police. In some states - Texas for example - you don’t even need to be a US citizen to make lawful arrests. Kids, as the US supreme court has ruled numerous times, don’t stop being citizens just because they went to school, and the victim of a felony is almost always on the scene before police are.
An arrest doesn’t require physical force at all, they can be made using words alone and be 100% legally binding.
On the post: North Dakota Supreme Court: An Officer's Camera Is More Trustworthy Than His BS Testimony
Re: So Perjury?
Nope. Perjury charges are only for peasants who lie.
Equal protection clause? What equal protection clause?
On the post: 4 Dems Pushing Game Companies To Drop Loot Boxes Pointing At UK Law That Doesn't Mention Loot Boxes
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Well, not EVERYBODY would be better off without pay to win - the people who can't win without it would be a lot worse off.
On the post: Netflix's Ramped Up War On VPNs Comes With Collateral Damage
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So take them to the arbitration they love so much. Even a biased arbitrator will side with a customer when the company is taking that customer's money but refusing to provide any service of any kind. That's too blatant a breach of contract to be covered up by arbitration.
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Re: IMPEDING ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES PROHIBITED
Depending on how you define filter, just deleting an email unread might qualify as illegally blocking an email under this proposed law.
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Re: Re: Re: IMPEDING ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES PROHIBITED
They only do if the recipient is a government official. The rights enumerated in the amendments also include the right to choose not to exercise the right, and to be free from being compelled to exercise the right.
If there is truly a right to trespass on private property to convey a political message in Texas, then I would be tempted to go camp out in the Governor’s living room with a megaphone.
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You hope. But are you SURE legislators are computer savvy enough to realize that?
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Re: Re: Oh this'll be good
Religious missionary work isn’t considered spam in Texas, right? So bombard those legislators who vote yea on this monstrosity with solicitations to join non-Christian religious organizations - with read receipts.
If they don’t read it, then by definition they are filtering it.
On the post: Louisiana & Alabama Attorneys General Set Up Silly Hotline To Report 'Social Media Censorship' They Can't Do Anything About
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Actually, it doesn’t need to be .gov if it’s a nominally private site used for official government business.
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Re: Underpants gnomes
Oh lord, I gotta try that! 🤣🤣🤣
On the post: As Expected: Judge Grants Injunction Blocking Florida's Unconstitutional Social Media Law
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Ironically, if the conservatives were right about the social media platforms being politically biased, it would give the platforms MORE first amendment protection, not less!
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