Perhaps a bit cynically, but of course it will leak. It's begging for it by its own nature. And like Prince's Black Album, everyone who cares will get it and it will probably be pretty good.
Brilliant from a marketing standpoint though. I'll buy the *bootleg* [in air quotes] when it's available...
Judge Wright started a judicial trend with his Prenda smackdown. Perhaps his ballsy willingness to pull the trigger like this here will spur other fed judges on, like before.
"One belief that I do firmly hold is that, when a PhD holds up their degree as a proof of higher intelligence, then the individual is not a member of the higher intelligence PhD group."
Gotta agree with you on this one. I have known and worked with many PhDs. The ones who cringe when you call them "Doctor" are more likely the best and brightest; the ones who volunteer their PhD or mention it out of context generally lack some essentials ... like breadth of common knowledge, self-awareness, stuff like that. (Like someone telling you how honest they are = red flag.)
... the one I was going to bring for unlawful discrimination on behalf of stoners and recovering alcoholics -- they're "protected classes" subject to equal protection, right?
...everything becomes scarier when executed by "drone"s.
Ain't that the truth. In my mind drones mean that scores of Stormtroopers, or the Borg, or Daleks, or god-forbid, the Wraith are on their way to destroy (or assimilate, or exterminate, etc.).
This had to be at least partially cost/benefit motivated
I have dealt with Getty on numerous occasions for clients. Their "representatives" spoke in unrealized absolutes ("We will sue"), and were hardwired to try to collect $350-750+ per image regardless of the circumstances, how long the image was online, whether it was the web developer's fault, etc. Granted, these are not really *legal* considerations in a lawsuit, but they do color the situation.
So we'd just run Getty through the paces. Negotiate back and forth, stall on responding, try to talk them down, push them to the edge of their bluff -- basically make it so whatever they might have eventually gotten to settle was less than it cost them to get there. That in addition to the probably largely-uncollectable lawsuits...
Perhaps enough folks did things like that to warrant rethinking their hardline stance.
Regardless how they got there, they can have the "forward thinking" benny-'o-doubt. Good for them.
I guess these lawyer-type folks haven't heard of 47 USC §230(c) ... that 15+ year-old federal statute that immunizes interactive websites from defamation liability for statements by its users. You know, the one that essentially allows social media sites, forums, and comment threads like this one to exist in the first place? That one?
Anyway, have fun defending that Motion to Dismiss.
Snowden noted matter-of-factly that Standard Form 312, the ÂÂclassified-information nondisclosure agreement, is a civil contract. He signed it, but he pledged his fealty elsewhere.
... and a big stand-out point from Contracts 101 is: "It's your God-given right to breach a contract."
I do believe this is the best judicial paragraph outlining the *issue* it is analyzing that I have read in a very long time:
When do present-day circumstances--the evolutions in the Government's surveillance capabilities, citizens' phone habits, and the relationship between the NSA and telecom companies--become so thoroughly unlike those considered by the Supreme Court thirty-four years ago that a precedent like Smith simply does not apply? The answer, unfortunately for the Government, is now.
* Stef Coburn's story is apocryphal at best * Coburn states he is not a Doctor Who fan, and calls it a "children's programme" in the same sentence? Way to engender support for your cause. * Coburn's a prick * Strictly speaking, it's "TARDIS" or even "T.A.R.D.I.S." - being an acronym. (But Guardian spelled it "Tardis" too, so point not belabored.)
That sucks. I specifically used the Ubuntu font in my office logo and letterhead because it was open source and Ubunto is (was?) cool and righteous and all.
Oh well. Perhaps C&Ding an EFF guy, and Streisand will result in lesson learned. I'm not changing my branding...
Wow that was interesting. I have noticed that the older and more knowledgeable I get, the less inclined I am to offer opinions based on that knowledge (because it might not be entirely right). But I didn't know that was a good thing.
...it should remind you how worthless street petitions tend to be.
In a state like California, with the Proposition (referendum) system, it should remind us out dangerous petitions can be. Enough signatures gets bad law on the ballot.
And any real petition for a new law means someone with money is behind it, who has an agenda, that is not likely in the interests of the public.
(Also, that looks to be Oceanside, which we San Diegans do not consider to be San Diego. Whewww... [kinda]).
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'Twill leak
Brilliant from a marketing standpoint though. I'll buy the *bootleg* [in air quotes] when it's available...
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Hopefully another trend
One can only hope.
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Re: brilliance
Gotta agree with you on this one. I have known and worked with many PhDs. The ones who cringe when you call them "Doctor" are more likely the best and brightest; the ones who volunteer their PhD or mention it out of context generally lack some essentials ... like breadth of common knowledge, self-awareness, stuff like that. (Like someone telling you how honest they are = red flag.)
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There goes my class-action lawsuit
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Re: Drones
Ain't that the truth. In my mind drones mean that scores of Stormtroopers, or the Borg, or Daleks, or god-forbid, the Wraith are on their way to destroy (or assimilate, or exterminate, etc.).
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This had to be at least partially cost/benefit motivated
So we'd just run Getty through the paces. Negotiate back and forth, stall on responding, try to talk them down, push them to the edge of their bluff -- basically make it so whatever they might have eventually gotten to settle was less than it cost them to get there. That in addition to the probably largely-uncollectable lawsuits...
Perhaps enough folks did things like that to warrant rethinking their hardline stance.
Regardless how they got there, they can have the "forward thinking" benny-'o-doubt. Good for them.
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Poor David Bowie too...
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Section 230 anyone?
Anyway, have fun defending that Motion to Dismiss.
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Re: Plagiarize!
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... and a big stand-out point from Contracts 101 is: "It's your God-given right to breach a contract."
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When do present-day circumstances--the evolutions in the Government's surveillance capabilities, citizens' phone habits, and the relationship between the NSA and telecom companies--become so thoroughly unlike those considered by the Supreme Court thirty-four years ago that a precedent like Smith simply does not apply? The answer, unfortunately for the Government, is now.
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Some points:
* Coburn states he is not a Doctor Who fan, and calls it a "children's programme" in the same sentence? Way to engender support for your cause.
* Coburn's a prick
* Strictly speaking, it's "TARDIS" or even "T.A.R.D.I.S." - being an acronym. (But Guardian spelled it "Tardis" too, so point not belabored.)
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Re:
Great point. The classic SOD defense (it wasn't me, it was "some other dude") might here mean "some other Dread."
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Re:
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Oh well. Perhaps C&Ding an EFF guy, and Streisand will result in lesson learned. I'm not changing my branding...
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Re: hee hee hee
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No petitions ...
In a state like California, with the Proposition (referendum) system, it should remind us out dangerous petitions can be. Enough signatures gets bad law on the ballot.
And any real petition for a new law means someone with money is behind it, who has an agenda, that is not likely in the interests of the public.
(Also, that looks to be Oceanside, which we San Diegans do not consider to be San Diego. Whewww... [kinda]).
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