Remember, just because they continue to happen doesn't mean many, many more weren't prevented from happening. I mean, if murder was made legal wouldn't murder be a good way to eliminate competition or someone you didn't like? Assuming of course you have no moral compass.
While laws don't stop every act of violence or criminal behavior, there most certainly would be much more happening if those laws were reversed.
How about this scenario/analogy? You just got a promotion(idea for a site) and you want to move into a new home(the internet). So you get your current home into order(create the site) and then put it on the market(publish site). Now imagine someone comes along(Google) and compiles(indexes) everything your house has to offer. Then they start to bring in the most interested buyers, based on the compiled info, to view your house. To top it all off, they do it completely for FREE.
To me this sounds much more like Google is doing a valuable service, not that they are some thieves/burglars stealing private info from your house to share with the world.
*with one hand on the back of his head & the other holding his right foot behind him & dancing, others cheer...* "...Go Pjerky!.. Go Pjerky!.. Go Pjerky!.. Go Pjerky!.."
Third, I would also ask, wouldn't all the food you need lead to some involvement with a toilet, atleast somewhere down the line? Which, I would imagine, would lead to an increase in the need for qualified toilet cleaners.
Lastly, wouldn't all the food you need, for free I might add, lead to widespread obesity? Which would lead to the need for stronger and more powerful toilets, possibly designed by said toilet cleaner with his extensive knowledge on the subject.
Maybe I'm just overthinking this hypothetical situation, but wouldn't this "replicator" cost a small fortune? Only the mega wealthy and the gov't would be able to afford them. Leaving most people to still require the old-school method of actually growing food.
But going along with it anyways, baring any huge, widespread pandemics/wars with massive casualties. Won't there come a time when their are more people on the Earth then all the farms in the world could sustain? Which would lead to the necessity for such a "Replicator." Furthermore, if said time did arrive and require a portion of the population to relocate to space, the "Replicator" would be the only cost effective way to feed them.
Ah, but then they might turn around and try to sue Google for it not working. And if they did die they might try to use it as yet another "newspaper guy blaming Google for newspaper demise".
I believe you just showed yourself to be the "Asswipe." I would argue that any of them, as you call "fucking retard"(s), are about 10 folds more interesting than you.
Look at me, I can use words like "dildo", "ass", and "fucking," I sure am interesting.
I believe this is what TD is arguing, that true patents like your companies are the minority or atleast swamped by "junk" patents. They are not saying that the "system is irrelevant," they are saying that it is severely broken. There needs to be a massive restructuring of USPTO, not by making it bigger but simply more efficient. As everyone knows, once you give the government power it is VERY hard, if not impossible, to get them to give it up. Making it bigger would not increase its speed just make it more bloated and susceptible to "junk" patents.
I don't think anyone would argue that we should not have patents, but the ones we have should only be given to promote innovation not stifle it. If they said tomorrow that they found a way to increase the output of patents and virtually eliminate all "junk" patents, I would think TD would be the first, or an immediate second, to prays them.
"What IT elitists do is believe the own hype. Call center you can help 30 people, 15 at least will tell you "Wow you are so smart!" then you'll start to believe it after a while. People assume just cause you "get" computers you are smarter some how and it goes to people's heads."
So THAT'S why I have such a big head.. and this whole time I just thought I had sinus congestion.
On a related note, does sudafed work on inflated egos too?
Even though no one else will probably be reading this post again, just wanted to say they either have a really fast turn around on the story submission or they were already working on this before I submitted the story. Either way, kudos to you TD!
Nobody should ever feel that they can say the type of crap this guy (or girl) said online and expect to not be liable.
Actually, its a free country, at least in the US, and you are free to feel however you want regardless of how wrong it is. Just don't expect people to take you seriously, but Cohen apparently took them very seriously and in there lies the problem. She should have realized that this blogger was just a ranting, raving troll and gone on with her life, like any other grown adult would have done. But instead, brought it to the attention of a much bigger audience forever linking her name to the word "Skank". As brought up many times on TD, this is a clear example of the Streisand Effect.
"Techdirt posts continually tout safe harbors and indicate - on more than one occasions - that persons suing should sue the INDIVIDUAL USING the services and NOT the service providers."
Hence why nobody has brought that argument up. They aren't faulting her in that regard. The whole argument is on the first amendment, value of anonymity, and Cohen's actions.
"Why are you complaining that the bloggers ID was revealed - NOT PUBLICLY - but to COHEN? She can't sue if she can't find out who posted the allegedly offending post. She followed the rules - even the rules that Techdirt advocates - yet now is the product of derision over that choice."
First, its a slipper-slope argument. Second, the problem is she shouldn't be suing in the first place. She has most definitely brought this to many more people's attention by doing so. If anything she should be suing herself, since she is the one spreading the rumor. I doubt more than a dozen people would have even read the blog, let alone took it to mean Cohen really was a skank. After her actions though, she will forever be tied to the word "Skank" regardless of whether she is one or not. Its a prime example of a SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY if you ask me. Third, I would like to know which "rules" you are referring to.
"Free speech isn't affected. Anonymous posting has been used as a SHIELD against SLANDER and LIBEL. One could argue that the postings WERE Slanderous and the lawsuit justified and the methods used PROPER."
Many people are missing the point, it is not about free speech, as a re:free speech from an AC pointed out, but the retaliation for that speech. In that case, the judge's ruling most certainly has an affect. Don't get me wrong, both Cohen and the blogger/"supposed ex-friend" are at fault, but that does not mean the courts need to get involved.
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Micro$oft is at it again!
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While laws don't stop every act of violence or criminal behavior, there most certainly would be much more happening if those laws were reversed.
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Breaking & Entering???
To me this sounds much more like Google is doing a valuable service, not that they are some thieves/burglars stealing private info from your house to share with the world.
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Re: What I find annoying about this case...
Well played my good sir
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Second, great question.
Third, I would also ask, wouldn't all the food you need lead to some involvement with a toilet, atleast somewhere down the line? Which, I would imagine, would lead to an increase in the need for qualified toilet cleaners.
Lastly, wouldn't all the food you need, for free I might add, lead to widespread obesity? Which would lead to the need for stronger and more powerful toilets, possibly designed by said toilet cleaner with his extensive knowledge on the subject.
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But going along with it anyways, baring any huge, widespread pandemics/wars with massive casualties. Won't there come a time when their are more people on the Earth then all the farms in the world could sustain? Which would lead to the necessity for such a "Replicator." Furthermore, if said time did arrive and require a portion of the population to relocate to space, the "Replicator" would be the only cost effective way to feed them.
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Re: Want something done right...
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Careful Google
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Re: Re: Re: Geez Louise - Dark Helmet's MADLIBS
won't somebody just steal this [hard][floppy] blog and Shut mIke the fuck up? He's a [banana] that never invented anything
The only PEople stealing is the [boring] hacker who [amazingly] stole using his laptop.
Why all you lemming techdirt [leaf]s go [run] your [iPod]s in the [umbrella] until they [spelunk], you [consultant]-[maroon]ing [calculator]s!
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Geez Louise... by Me
Look at me, I can use words like "dildo", "ass", and "fucking," I sure am interesting.
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Re: How to
This is your short comment in BIN. Imagine their entire source code...
... Or what about in reverse?
"...dam ydobyna evird ot hguone eb dluohs ...taht weiv ot meht wolla dna yranib ni yllaedi edoc eht ffo tnirp ylpmis koobecaf tuoba woh"Morse code anyone?
".... --- .-- .- -... --- ..- - ..-. .- -.-. . -... --- --- -.- ... .. -- .--. .-.. -.-- .--. .-. .. -. - --- ..-. ..-. - .... . -.-. --- -.. . .. -.. . .- .-.. .-.. -.-- .. -. -... .. -. .- .-. -.-- .- -. -.. .- .-.. .-.. --- .-- - .... . -- - --- ...- .. . .-- - .... .- - .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- ... .... --- ..- .-.. -.. -... . . -. --- ..- --. .... - --- -.. .-. .. ...- . .- -. -.-- -... --- -.. -.-- -- .- -.. .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- "On the post: Commerce Secretary, New USPTO Head Suggesting They Want More Patents, Approved Faster
Re: @Dave
I don't think anyone would argue that we should not have patents, but the ones we have should only be given to promote innovation not stifle it. If they said tomorrow that they found a way to increase the output of patents and virtually eliminate all "junk" patents, I would think TD would be the first, or an immediate second, to prays them.
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So THAT'S why I have such a big head.. and this whole time I just thought I had sinus congestion.
On a related note, does sudafed work on inflated egos too?
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"That's Infringing!"
Yay!
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Re: it's a DoD thang!
...nice...
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Talking to myself...
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Re: Re: Re: looks like they got it
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Re: ...the first amendment is a two way street
Actually, its a free country, at least in the US, and you are free to feel however you want regardless of how wrong it is. Just don't expect people to take you seriously, but Cohen apparently took them very seriously and in there lies the problem. She should have realized that this blogger was just a ranting, raving troll and gone on with her life, like any other grown adult would have done. But instead, brought it to the attention of a much bigger audience forever linking her name to the word "Skank". As brought up many times on TD, this is a clear example of the Streisand Effect.
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Re: Something inconsistent at Techdirt
Hence why nobody has brought that argument up. They aren't faulting her in that regard. The whole argument is on the first amendment, value of anonymity, and Cohen's actions.
"Why are you complaining that the bloggers ID was revealed - NOT PUBLICLY - but to COHEN? She can't sue if she can't find out who posted the allegedly offending post. She followed the rules - even the rules that Techdirt advocates - yet now is the product of derision over that choice."First, its a slipper-slope argument. Second, the problem is she shouldn't be suing in the first place. She has most definitely brought this to many more people's attention by doing so. If anything she should be suing herself, since she is the one spreading the rumor. I doubt more than a dozen people would have even read the blog, let alone took it to mean Cohen really was a skank. After her actions though, she will forever be tied to the word "Skank" regardless of whether she is one or not. Its a prime example of a SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY if you ask me. Third, I would like to know which "rules" you are referring to.
"Free speech isn't affected. Anonymous posting has been used as a SHIELD against SLANDER and LIBEL. One could argue that the postings WERE Slanderous and the lawsuit justified and the methods used PROPER."Many people are missing the point, it is not about free speech, as a re:free speech from an AC pointed out, but the retaliation for that speech. In that case, the judge's ruling most certainly has an affect. Don't get me wrong, both Cohen and the blogger/"supposed ex-friend" are at fault, but that does not mean the courts need to get involved.
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Re: Re: Connectivity Beats Content
I believe he was talking about people connecting with other people not so much just files sitting on a server somewhere.
In other words:
Connectivity = People connecting to other people.
Content = People connecting to files on a server.
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