Is the bias you're referring to the fact that I don't like Trump, and don't think very highly of his supporters? Yeah, I'm not trying to hide that. I hereby declare said bias, and invite readers to interpret my views accordingly.
They are high school students, so proclaiming they were displaying exclusionary beliefs seems like it is you who is projecting your views on to others.
A MAGA hat is a MAGA hat, buddy. Unless his mom is still picking out his outfits, he put it on knowing exactly what it means and what it announces to other people.
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The term "punchable face" is an incitement to violence, aka "incitement to imminent lawless action"
I strongly suggest you read up on how courts evaluate that definition, because you are very wrong if you think that comes anywhere close to qualifying.
No I'm someone who works for a publication with a long history of covering legal issues including and especially defamation, and who was himself recently involved in a libel lawsuit.
News reporters seem to forget the reporter part of their job and add personal commenting.
If that's an issue then it's between reporters and their employers, and has nothing to do with the courts. The fact that you can apparently so easily distinguish between reporting and opinion/interpretation in this matter is precisely why it's not defamation.
neat scenario but first let's figure out what happens when person A expresses a critical opinion of someone, and persons B-Z also express critical opinions of them
Then they have learned an important lesson about going to public protests while proudly displaying prominent symbols of their exclusionary political beliefs.
Re: First to air rap version may file bogus lawsuits against oth
After the insanity of Blurred Lines, and pending the decision for Taylor Swift, it's honestly anyone's guess. If it's in the 9th Circuit at this point you could probably sue someone for using the same snare drum let alone the same Gerswhin sample.
True. But assuming we're talking about any piece of material that is itself definitely in the public domain, then there are no restrictions or requirements regarding how you can use it.
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Nah.
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70 words in your comment. 70.
70xStupid = 70Stupid.
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Is the bias you're referring to the fact that I don't like Trump, and don't think very highly of his supporters? Yeah, I'm not trying to hide that. I hereby declare said bias, and invite readers to interpret my views accordingly.
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They are high school students, so proclaiming they were displaying exclusionary beliefs seems like it is you who is projecting your views on to others.
A MAGA hat is a MAGA hat, buddy. Unless his mom is still picking out his outfits, he put it on knowing exactly what it means and what it announces to other people.
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I dunno... I would say it is at best an oversimplification to say "our society treats words as violence"
(and unlike defamation lawsuits there are not, as far as I know, very many arrests or prosecutions for incitement)
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and even if it were, tweeting that "someone should punch that person" is still nowhere near incitement to imminent lawless action
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Re: Caitlin Flanagan summed up the Covington story well
The term "punchable face" is an incitement to violence, aka "incitement to imminent lawless action"
I strongly suggest you read up on how courts evaluate that definition, because you are very wrong if you think that comes anywhere close to qualifying.
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No I'm someone who works for a publication with a long history of covering legal issues including and especially defamation, and who was himself recently involved in a libel lawsuit.
Nice to meet you. What are you?
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We no longer live in a world where people say "I don't agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it"
This entire post is about how you can't sue people just because you disagree with them, because they have a right to say what they want.
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News reporters seem to forget the reporter part of their job and add personal commenting.
If that's an issue then it's between reporters and their employers, and has nothing to do with the courts. The fact that you can apparently so easily distinguish between reporting and opinion/interpretation in this matter is precisely why it's not defamation.
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If you believe Andy Ngo you aren't qualified as an arbiter of what anyone should take seriously
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neat scenario but first let's figure out what happens when person A expresses a critical opinion of someone, and persons B-Z also express critical opinions of them
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sorry, what violence occurred?
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fixed, thanks!
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They really didn't ask for any of this.
Then they have learned an important lesson about going to public protests while proudly displaying prominent symbols of their exclusionary political beliefs.
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I dunno, they didn't take the absolutely basic step of requiring users to change the default password. That doesn't seem likely to cause problems.
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Yeah - recordings made later are still covered by copyright (just not composition copyright)
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Re: First to air rap version may file bogus lawsuits against oth
After the insanity of Blurred Lines, and pending the decision for Taylor Swift, it's honestly anyone's guess. If it's in the 9th Circuit at this point you could probably sue someone for using the same snare drum let alone the same Gerswhin sample.
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one had best check the translation copyrights
True. But assuming we're talking about any piece of material that is itself definitely in the public domain, then there are no restrictions or requirements regarding how you can use it.
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I've got some bad news for Marc Gerswhin...
https://www.whosampled.com/George-Gershwin/sampled/
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