could you please ban OOTB, Mike? Not only is he continuing to post his own shit, he's now reposting the 'censored' shit of others (regardless of the fact that would be impossible if it was truly censored).
"(D) The provisions of subsection (A) and (B) do not apply to: ... (4) any official law enforcement activities;" Seems you can still record police officers. Am I missing something? Cops beating up on citizens isn't an official law enforcement activity, so you'd get done for recording police violence.
But the cop arresting Martin felt the sign "interfered with enforcement duties". If anything, the sign aided law enforcement duties by getting drivers to stay within the speed limit. Or are the police saying that's not what speed traps are designed to do?
Going to interview Justine Sacco. Hope I don't get stupiditis. And here are the Vengaboys: "Hey now, hey now. Hear what I say now TSA is just around the corner Hey now, hey now. Hear what I say now They'll be groping you The Apple iCar's coming And everybody's jumping Because the NSA boys Don't need no more new spy toys..."
If Patent Office Can Do A Quick Review Of Our Crappy Patents, You'll All Die In A Car Crash If it means less children die of undernutrition as they try to survive on foodbank handouts after their parents lost their jobs because their companies went bankrupt after fighting 'patents' that aren't worth the paper they're printed on, then I will happily die in a car crash. At least it will be a quicker death than if I die in hospital after the crash.
Those who oppose reasonable restrictions on the monopoly that copyright is (maximalists) are the Sangivorus Satanicus of the creative world. Disclaimer: I am a copyright owner.
Remember when he and Universal sued a mother for a de minimis use of 'Let's Go Crazy' on a 29 second of her newly mobile son dancing? I did when I wrote a song about Prince's litigiousness. Stephanie Lenz herself likes the song so much I may have created an earworm for her.
"T-Mobile Writes The Best Press Release You'll Ever See From A Phone Company"
Just a shame they now have the worst signal of any UK mobile network company. I tell you right now, if 3 had a similar offer to that of T-Mobile before they cut the 'fair'-usage policy in half (�20 nets you six months of unlimited data, fair-usage policy of 1GB, hit the gig and get slowed down so downloading and streaming are mondo hard), then I would switch to them in a heartbeat.
My point is that, when we get the intellectual property right and people understand that restricting knowledge is wrong, and because the industry has no alternative downloading models, if we exhaust fines and other means of stopping persons withholding illegally, we must consider some sort of custodial sentence for persistent offenders and heads of companies which operate on a national and/or international scale. FTFY, Mike Weatherly. It's simple supply and demand, after all. We demand, and the entertainment industry fails to supply. Again and again and again.
Re: Re: If Edward Snowden is a narcissistic traitor...
Sssh, keep that to yourself. I do have a reputation to keep up, you know. With lots and lots of CHEESE! Now away with you, quickly, or I pull out James Clapper's intestines! And I skip rope with them.
Look what a disaster that's been for the computer industry... Yeah, a complete disaster. I'm sure everyone remembers how last June Micro$##t filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because Linux pushed them from the marketplace by killing ₩inblows H8. How can governments continue to claim that competition is healthy after such occurences? ;)
The problem with that is Google allows you to actually opt out of targeted advertising while signed in, but you have to sign out if you want to stop them tracking you and collecting that data, which includes my potentially personally identifying IP address. This fucks with my ability to receive emails on my phone. A couple of other things, turning off JavaScript is quite literally not an option with mobile browsers, it's either default on or default off with no way for the user to change the default behaviour. I have Opera Mini, which doesn't allow JavaScript. And as for cookies, I need certain ones and you can't selectively delete or turn them on or off. Now don't say "use a better computer than a smartphone". Don't you think I would if I had any choice?
I reckon the plaintiffs in this case can go on to sue Google under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) if it's settled (one way or another) without prejudice. In the DPA, there's at least one section that Google is clearly in violation of, and the judge was correct to say this case could be heard in the UK since it's UK users of Chrome that were affected by the company's deliberate ignorance of those users' desires not to have potentially sensitive data about them being sold to third parties. Now I'm just waiting for the day I can sync my Gmail account to my phone without my searches being tracked.
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I know you don't like it, but...
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(4) any official law enforcement activities;"
Seems you can still record police officers. Am I missing something?
Cops beating up on citizens isn't an official law enforcement activity, so you'd get done for recording police violence.
On the post: Law Enforcement Is Not About Generating Revenue: Speed Trap And Booking Fee Edition
What interference?
If anything, the sign aided law enforcement duties by getting drivers to stay within the speed limit. Or are the police saying that's not what speed traps are designed to do?
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Fighting pirates? Really?
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Off topic
And here are the Vengaboys: "Hey now, hey now. Hear what I say now
TSA is just around the corner
Hey now, hey now. Hear what I say now
They'll be groping you
The Apple iCar's coming
And everybody's jumping
Because the NSA boys
Don't need no more new spy toys..."
On the post: Fair Use Is About Much More Than Remixing: It's About Allowing All Kinds Of Innovation
Re: Re: IMHO...
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On the post: Microsoft And IBM: If Patent Office Can Do A Quick Review Of Our Crappy Patents, You'll All Die In A Car Crash
Okay, fine
If it means less children die of undernutrition as they try to survive on foodbank handouts after their parents lost their jobs because their companies went bankrupt after fighting 'patents' that aren't worth the paper they're printed on, then I will happily die in a car crash. At least it will be a quicker death than if I die in hospital after the crash.
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Re: Re: question for England
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Re: question for England
On the post: Fair Use Is About Much More Than Remixing: It's About Allowing All Kinds Of Innovation
IMHO...
Disclaimer: I am a copyright owner.
On the post: Prince Sues 22 Fans For $1 Million Each For Linking To Bootlegs In Laughably Confused Complaint
Typical Prince behaviour, though...
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"T-Mobile Writes The Best Press Release You'll Ever See From A Phone Company"
On the post: UK Continues Its War On Innovation And The Public, At The Urging Of The Major Labels
Don't you mean...?
FTFY, Mike Weatherly. It's simple supply and demand, after all. We demand, and the entertainment industry fails to supply. Again and again and again.
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If I were a troll...
I'd post Trollface on all fora, if long enough I could stay awake
Uh oh, I gotta mad Beyonc� on my ass!
On the post: Prince Sues 22 Fans For $1 Million Each For Linking To Bootlegs In Laughably Confused Complaint
New name?
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Re: Re: If Edward Snowden is a narcissistic traitor...
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Yeah, a complete disaster. I'm sure everyone remembers how last June Micro$##t filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because Linux pushed them from the marketplace by killing ₩inblows H8. How can governments continue to claim that competition is healthy after such occurences? ;)
On the post: British Judge Rules Google Can Be Sued In UK Over Privacy Case
Re: Should Google be a charity?
On the post: British Judge Rules Google Can Be Sued In UK Over Privacy Case
Data Protection Act
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