As to due process.... I'm surprised at this one. The current law as implemented seems (very strongly) to explicitly exclude due process. IOW, a claim is made, and an adverse action is taken, end of story. At no time was any investigation as to the veracity of the claim made, not by any person, company, government agency, nor the courts.
Yes.
That's how DMCA takedowns work.
That's why we don't like them.
I personally think that this lack is a large part of why the internet is in such turmoil, because we US citizens were raised to believe that one is innocent until proven guilty..... and we're not seeing that on the internet, are we?
Almost as if the investment business isn't actually based on rational decisions and is just the socially-respectable equivalent of a trip to the casino.
Rosenworcel's got her share of issues, but she voted for Wheeler's net neutrality rules and against Pai's repeal, so I think we can count on her for at least that much.
Something something new guy nearly as bad as the last guy.
I mean this is pretty bad, but are you seriously suggesting that delaying the nomination of an FCC commissioner is "nearly as bad as" attempting to overthrow the fucking government?
It's difficult to tell if the politicians who don't understand that repealing/"reforming" §230 are willfully ignorant or know what would happen but are lying through their teeth.
That may be because "politicians" is a plural. That means there is more than one of them.
Often, different people in a group have different knowledge, beliefs, and motivations. That can make it difficult to broadly ascribe a single reductive explanation to why every single person in a group is trying to do a particular thing.
Would you say, then, that giving everyone advice that only pertains to some people misdirects them from the steps that will actually help them secure their digital lives?
Re: "experts" opining on things in which they have no expertise
There are experts on whether people (9 billion or so of us) "need" or "don't need" a VPN? No. There are not.
In your rush to fixate on a single word in the headline, you seem to have missed that it had other words in it too. Such as "most" and "probably".
I am happy to consult to those who want the protections that VPNs provide.
And why should someone listen to you? Do you have some sort of, I don't know, high level of skill or knowledge in the field in question? There's a word for somebody like that but I can't quite remember what it is.
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Re: Re: Re: How it'll all go down....
Yes.
That's how DMCA takedowns work.
That's why we don't like them.
What in God's name are you jabbering about?
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Re: go after telecos not tech
Which means you don't live without the other two.
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Almost as if the investment business isn't actually based on rational decisions and is just the socially-respectable equivalent of a trip to the casino.
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Re: IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME!!!!!
Rosenworcel's got her share of issues, but she voted for Wheeler's net neutrality rules and against Pai's repeal, so I think we can count on her for at least that much.
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Re: How it'll all go down....
...are you really arguing that DMCA takedowns are a better way of going after copyright infringers than due process?
I don't think you'll find a lot of people here who are sympathetic to that line of reasoning. And you may not like the ones who are.
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Re: How they got Trump
Yeah, except...have you noticed how multiple Trump businesses have gone bankrupt and it hasn't affected Trump himself at all?
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It's like Nixon's "if the president does it, it's not illegal" defense.
If he'd used it for stuff he did nine months after resigning.
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Man, this is "Lichtenstein estate sues people for copying the panels Lichtenstein copied from comic books" levels of chutzpah.
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Re: Translation
Pravda was government propaganda.
Trump is not part of the government anymore. He just likes to pretend he is.
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Re: Re: 'Truth'... as defined by the Dear Leader
Nah, "ketchup is a vegetable" was the other guy.
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Re: Im surprised
That's why they blocked it. Can't trust police not to use that word in public.
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Re:
I mean this is pretty bad, but are you seriously suggesting that delaying the nomination of an FCC commissioner is "nearly as bad as" attempting to overthrow the fucking government?
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Re:
Quiet, you'll wake up Lawrence.
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Re: The problems of a tech-illiterate judicial system.
He doesn't have to at this stage in litigation. We haven't reached the part of the proceedings where he has to present evidence.
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I like Popehat's response:
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Re: Let's assign the blame where it really is due
I've heard that porn sites are also a frequent source of chargebacks. I don't know how accurate that is but I wouldn't be at all surprised.
While MC's doubtless responding to pressure from moral crusaders here, I suspect there's some financial incentive there, too.
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Re: Stupid or lying?
That may be because "politicians" is a plural. That means there is more than one of them.
Often, different people in a group have different knowledge, beliefs, and motivations. That can make it difficult to broadly ascribe a single reductive explanation to why every single person in a group is trying to do a particular thing.
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Re: Secure VPN
Would you say, then, that giving everyone advice that only pertains to some people misdirects them from the steps that will actually help them secure their digital lives?
On the post: Most People Probably Don't Need A VPN, Experts Now Advise
Re: Re: "experts" opining on things in which they have no expert
(Course, the word at the top of the page that's really got him all wound up is "Karl".)
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Re: "experts" opining on things in which they have no expertise
In your rush to fixate on a single word in the headline, you seem to have missed that it had other words in it too. Such as "most" and "probably".
And why should someone listen to you? Do you have some sort of, I don't know, high level of skill or knowledge in the field in question? There's a word for somebody like that but I can't quite remember what it is.
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