Just from the first 2 words of THE SUMMARY (which has gone uncorrected for 7 days), you know this Rachel King (and by extension, all of ZDNet) is blowing smoke out their ass!
OPERATOR: 9-1-1. What's your emergency?
CALLER: Help! My wife is having a heart attack!
OPERATOR: Do you have receipts for all music and movies in your, and your wife's, possession?
CALLER: What does that have to do with it?! She's dying! HURRY!
OPERATOR: I understand, sir. But recent regulations require us to verify you are not stealing IP before providing assistance or our funding will be cut off.
CALLER: Now, she's not breathing!!!
OPERATOR: Sir, please don't yell. You have to understand the entertainment industry is on the brink of extinction due to people stealing their IP. Everyone has to do their part to prevent that.
CALLER: Never mind, now! She's dead! Are you happy?!
OPERATOR: No sir, I'm just doing my job to ensure new civilization-enhancing entertainment can be made like 'Fast and Furious 19'. In the future, I suggest you do your part and keep those records handy. Have a nice day, you movie thief!
Every student in the Chicago Public School system needs to be shown this article. Then the next time a teacher tells them to "show their work" after writing just an answer for a test, the student can point to the article and say "You first!"
I would venture to guess it's just the judge saying 'submit your motion to be released as counsel of record' .... but he's still on the hook for all the sanctions, as are everyone else.
The Court hereby imposes a penalty of $1,000 per day, per person or entity...
So, that means for the four (4) persons (e.g., Steele, Hansmeier, Duffy, & Gibbs), and three (3) entities (e.g., AF Holdings, Ingenuity 13, and Prenda), that are specifically called out at the beginning of the same paragraph, that's $7,000 per day they are on the hook for! WOW!
A file on how to print a gun is pretty useless without the right 3D printer to actually print the physical gun. Within the US, ITAR shouldn't apply, so file and printer are (or should be) OK.
Shouldn't ITAR be applied against the 3d Printing technology? The printer, after all, is (a) much tougher to get, and (b) much more expensive, than merely downloading a useless file.
It's actually more noise inducing that the summary here, because it requires a warning sign on any business property that may contain said chemicals. That's right, you'd be hard pressed to find any food establishment (fast food, restaurant, even Starbucks) that does *NOT* have a Prop 65 warning sign because of the cleaning solutions used.
1. Anyone who uses morning-show DJs as their primary source of news (especially life threatening news) should be classified as 'non-sentient'.
2. I would love to see the DJs forced apology to read "We're sorry for our April Fools Day broadcast. We had no possible way to believe people would be stupid enough to believe a 7th-grade joke."
3. Further, I believe the DJs should quit, because their listeners *ARE* stupid enough to believe a 7th-grade joke!
But I thought it was Brett Gibbs' First Amendment right to call out wacky legal theories and pull the I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I rabbit out of the hat?
Damn! I was hoping for the ability to unleash an actual, controllable Godzilla! How awesome would that be?! Now mayors would have to balance running a city with Civil Defense!
*RAR!* *STOMP!* *RAR!* *STOMP!* *RAR!* *STOMP!* "Bring up the tanks! Call for support from another city!" *RAR!* *STOMP!* *RAR!* *STOMP!* *RAR!* *STOMP!*
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*facepalm*
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20 Minutes into the future ....
CALLER: Help! My wife is having a heart attack!
OPERATOR: Do you have receipts for all music and movies in your, and your wife's, possession?
CALLER: What does that have to do with it?! She's dying! HURRY!
OPERATOR: I understand, sir. But recent regulations require us to verify you are not stealing IP before providing assistance or our funding will be cut off.
CALLER: Now, she's not breathing!!!
OPERATOR: Sir, please don't yell. You have to understand the entertainment industry is on the brink of extinction due to people stealing their IP. Everyone has to do their part to prevent that.
CALLER: Never mind, now! She's dead! Are you happy?!
OPERATOR: No sir, I'm just doing my job to ensure new civilization-enhancing entertainment can be made like 'Fast and Furious 19'. In the future, I suggest you do your part and keep those records handy. Have a nice day, you movie thief!
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Civics Lesson
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Re: Re: >>$1k/day
On the post: Bad Day For Prenda Continues: Judge Rejects Stay, Adds $1k Per Day For Each Day They Don't Pay Up
>>$1k/day
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Wrong target?
Shouldn't ITAR be applied against the 3d Printing technology? The printer, after all, is (a) much tougher to get, and (b) much more expensive, than merely downloading a useless file.
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Separated at birth?
On the post: If Everything Is A Threat, Then Nothing Is
Prop 65
#facepalm
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Florida Entertainment
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On the post: DJs' 'Dihydrogen Monoxide' April Fool's Prank Results In Suspension And Possible Felony Charges
A few observations:
2. I would love to see the DJs forced apology to read "We're sorry for our April Fools Day broadcast. We had no possible way to believe people would be stupid enough to believe a 7th-grade joke."
3. Further, I believe the DJs should quit, because their listeners *ARE* stupid enough to believe a 7th-grade joke!
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Or maybe I'm confusing lawyers. *scratches head*
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*RAR!* *STOMP!* *RAR!* *STOMP!* *RAR!* *STOMP!* "Bring up the tanks! Call for support from another city!" *RAR!* *STOMP!* *RAR!* *STOMP!* *RAR!* *STOMP!*
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Re: Re: TechDirt's Thursday Sing-a-long!
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TechDirt's Thursday Sing-a-long!
Hello, Modder!
EA's fodder.
Change the game code,
without bother.
Servers busy?
Let me fix that!
Now you can play,
Whenever you want!
There are drawbacks,
To this method.
Things that make you,
Put palm to forehead.
EA's logic,
Is to enslave.
You need to go back online just to game save!
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Re: Re: You're welcome, fanboys!
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Re:
On the post: As Prenda Hearing Nears, We Discover Allan Mooney Has No Clue That He's Listed As Representing Prenda Shell Companies
The Replacements
Folgers immediately denies any involvement.
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