Q. Should I vote for a presidential candidate who is a known liar and likes to project the image of having the biggest balls? A. Yes. Because the alternative of voting for Trump is unacceptable.
Q. Should I vote for a 2000 year old Jew, who many people give their money and worship? A. It is premature to ask, because Bernie Sanders is not yet the nominee.
Anyone can sue you claiming to own some rights, even if they actually do not.(1)(2)
Any former copyright owner could claim some rights, even if they do not have any actual rights. They could claim some kind of "moral rights", etc.(3)
Any insane copyright owner (4) could sue, because that's just what they do.
It might just be safer never to use Happy Birthday To You.
Notes: 1. see collection societies who claim licensing fees for songs they do not even own. 2. see copyright owners who claim to own someone's nature recording even though they actually do not. 3. see where Google properly secured the rights and licensed a song to use in an ad, paid handsomely to use it, and then was sued by the singer of the song, over some 'moral right' 4. I might be being redundant?
When brownies are served. It is inappropriate to make remarks about a person's skin. Instead, people should be (equally and without discrimination) insulted with comparisons to human waste. For instance, "poo poo head" would be an appropriate expression for a third grader. Also, the best way to ensure you are not discriminating in your insults is to follow the example of a presidential candidate and insult everyone, always, all the time, no exceptions.
I can understand why a media organization like Thomson Reuters may not be familiar with how digital information works in the 21st century, so I'll make allowance.
Once someone has a copy, "closing the leak" is like closing the barn door after the ostrich has run out.
Talking to contractors and third parties does not actually help much if at all.
However I can understand how that would allow Thomson Reuters to feel like they have corrected a problem and that everything is okay now.
Suggestion: next step, try asking the internet to take down all copies of that information. Please.
What do you have to do to get off one of these lists?
Does it work like McCarthy-ism? If you are linked to someone on these databases, you end up on them yourself? Repeat until everyone is on the list.
If Thomson Reuters is not the only ones doing it, does that make it okay? (ISIS is not the only group that tortures people -- the US do it too, so it's all okay!)
If an IP address is not a person, then maybe a corporation shouldn't be one either.
But I am frankly surprised, in today's insane world, that the court didn't do vice versa and say if a corp is a person, then an IP address is a person.
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Dear Senate
The State Department is pleased to announce that we have figured out a couple of ways to stop bad people from using Tor.
First, we can ask them. Hey bad people, please stop using Tor.
Second, we can TELL them in an authoritative voice. Attention bad people. The US State Department orders you to stop using Tor immediately.
After evaluating these two approaches, our evaluation has determined that Good People (tm) would be unaffected.
Sincerely,
The State Dept.
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Re: Expected
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Re:
Does crying count as resisting?
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Re: Re: Re: Because
A. Yes. Because the alternative of voting for Trump is unacceptable.
Q. Should I vote for a 2000 year old Jew, who many people give their money and worship?
A. It is premature to ask, because Bernie Sanders is not yet the nominee.
On the post: Documentary About Freeing Happy Birthday From Copyfraud Comes Out The Day After Happy Birthday Officially Declared Public Domain
Re:
FTFY . . .
One song downloaded. How many more to go?
On the post: Documentary About Freeing Happy Birthday From Copyfraud Comes Out The Day After Happy Birthday Officially Declared Public Domain
Re: Re: But do you really want to take the risk?
Don't take any chances.
On the post: Documentary About Freeing Happy Birthday From Copyfraud Comes Out The Day After Happy Birthday Officially Declared Public Domain
But do you really want to take the risk?
Anyone can sue you claiming to own some rights, even if they actually do not.(1)(2)
Any former copyright owner could claim some rights, even if they do not have any actual rights. They could claim some kind of "moral rights", etc.(3)
Any insane copyright owner (4) could sue, because that's just what they do.
It might just be safer never to use Happy Birthday To You.
Notes:
1. see collection societies who claim licensing fees for songs they do not even own.
2. see copyright owners who claim to own someone's nature recording even though they actually do not.
3. see where Google properly secured the rights and licensed a song to use in an ad, paid handsomely to use it, and then was sued by the singer of the song, over some 'moral right'
4. I might be being redundant?
On the post: To Find Out Why Schools Are Sending In Cops To Bust Third Graders, Ask The Local Prosecutor
The lesson for third graders
On the post: To Find Out Why Schools Are Sending In Cops To Bust Third Graders, Ask The Local Prosecutor
Re: Re: Zero tolerance
We need to have a Zero Tolerance policy towards Zero Tolerance policies.
On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Storage Cabinets On A Computer
Stupid idea
Good idea: lunch boxes on a computer
Especially if I can remotely access it to get to the contents. Invent that, and I think you'll be on to something.
On the post: Another Terrorist Watchlist Leaks, This One Compiled By Thomson Reuters
Re: Re:
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Re:
Is there anyone, even one single person, on this list who would actually commit a terrorist act?
On the post: Another Terrorist Watchlist Leaks, This One Compiled By Thomson Reuters
Closing the Leak
Once someone has a copy, "closing the leak" is like closing the barn door after the ostrich has run out.
Talking to contractors and third parties does not actually help much if at all.
However I can understand how that would allow Thomson Reuters to feel like they have corrected a problem and that everything is okay now.
Suggestion: next step, try asking the internet to take down all copies of that information. Please.
On the post: Another Terrorist Watchlist Leaks, This One Compiled By Thomson Reuters
Questions
Does it work like McCarthy-ism? If you are linked to someone on these databases, you end up on them yourself? Repeat until everyone is on the list.
If Thomson Reuters is not the only ones doing it, does that make it okay? (ISIS is not the only group that tortures people -- the US do it too, so it's all okay!)
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Re: Of course, they're going to charge...
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Stagger off to the graveyard?
On the post: Two Judges Punch Holes In Copyright Trolls' Claims That An IP Address Is The Same Thing As A Person
If an IP address is not a person
But I am frankly surprised, in today's insane world, that the court didn't do vice versa and say if a corp is a person, then an IP address is a person.
On the post: US Suddenly Discovers Why Supranational Tribunals Are A Problem, Just As It Starts Losing In Them
Trump can save us!
/s :-)
On the post: After Multi-Month Tone Deaf Shitshow, Microsoft Finally Lets Users Control Obnoxious Windows 10 Upgrade
The lesson for Microsoft
Microsoft needs to learn how to get past it's 'forced install' culture.
The analogy for what Microsoft is doing to computers is completely fair.
On the post: Another Dumb Idea Out Of The EU: Giving Robots & Computers Copyright
Another sign of Orwell's 1984
But I just wanted to point out.
In Orwell's 1984, didn't machines write music in order to prevent thoughtcrime?
If we develop machines that write 'creative' expression, are we doing the same?
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