Your reply makes sense; thanks. I had not considered the likelihood of spam filters (automatic pre-screening), but of course I would have seen a lot more than two spam messages in months without them.
I would rather face censorship by the US government than by a foreign government. The USA's First Amendment jurisprudence gives me at least a chance to resist,
A US platform might censor a US poster, not because his posting is offensive to intelligent US readers, but rather to please a censorious foreign government where they have business interests.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Second Amendment gives life to the Fourth
Whether or not it turns out to be violent this time, it can still be long-term traumatic, much more so than finding your place has been burgled in your absence.
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 18 Jun 2019 @ 11:31am
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No, the Oberlin verdict (which may be reduced or overturned on appeal) does not say that a mere expression of opinion ("racist") is libelous.
Instead, it focussed on a provable (or in this case disprovable) statement of fact-- that the shop's enforcement against shoplifting was "racial profiling." A police tabulation of shoplifting prosecutions by this store showed that only 6 out of 42 were against minorities. Also, the principal in this case and his two accomplices pleaded guilty.
Oberlin college was held liable because some of their officials disseminated the libelous charges.
Today's principal value of individual gun ownership is in maintaining the Fourth Amendment "right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures." If, like most Americans, you go to bed each night untroubled by fears of house breakers, you have anonymous gun-owners in your neighborhood to thank for it. American burglars go to considerable trouble to avoid occupied houses, for fear of encountering armed residents.
Elsewhere in the World, a once proud boast that "An Englishman's home is his castle" has become laughably quaint, like "A woman's place is in the home."
Re: Re: Require *governments* to maintain *free* safe-harbor fil
I would leave independent copyright holders their current means of enforcing copyright, even if they decided participating in the government filter cost more than they wished to pay. But would participation be expensive if spread out among the millions of works eligible for inclusion? (If so, then advocates of EU CD Article 13/17 would have an incentive to abandon a bad idea.)
Re: Re: Require *governments* to maintain *free* safe-harbor fil
EU courts have a robust human-rights jurisprudence, which they are more likely to deploy against a government than against a supposedly voluntary private commercial transaction.
Require *governments* to maintain *free* safe-harbor filters.
The damage of EU CD Article 13/17 could be mitigated if EU governments were required to maintain free safe-harbor copyright filters. The costs of such filters could be collected from copyright holders who wished to include their works on them. The government involvement would guarantee speedy and effective legal redress against erroneous screening, eg of "fair use."
Restrict Erdogan to vicinity of UNO headquarters (NYC area)
By treaty with the UN, we have to allow Erdogan entry to NYC, to transact business at the UN. But, following a Cold War precedent, we could bar him from going more than 25 miles from UN headquarters, unless he first apologizes for the thuggish behavior of his guards.
Some English-speaking Turks have been embarrassed by the bird name for decades. Some have tried to popularize the Turkish-language name for their country, "Türkiye"-- but diacritical marks (eg the two dots over the u) are a hard sell in English. Better would be to call their country "Turkia," similar to Algeria, Libya, etc. In the Arabic script (also used in Turkey before 1928), the endings are the same. It is already written that way in Italian-- "Turchia" (Italian "ch" is pronounced like English "k".)
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 30 May 2019 @ 11:23am
House Republicans used to be good guys
In 2014, the Republican House sent a good patent-reform bill to the Democratic Senate. Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy expressed some interest, but further action was vetoed by Majority Leader Harry Reid. There were brief hopes for reform when Harry Reid lost the Senate in 2014, but Republican Senators quickly showed themselves just as worthless as Democratic Senators.
The three public-interest leaders in the Republican House, Darrell Issa, Bob Goodlatte, and Lamar Smith, announced retirement in 2018 (along with 40 other Republicans), unable or unwilling to adapt to the intellect-free environment of Trump Republicanism.
Closer examination of the so-called blank placard found a terroristic message sprayed in white ink on white paper. This hooligan should not get a free pass just because he was incompetent.
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Your reply makes sense; thanks. I had not considered the likelihood of spam filters (automatic pre-screening), but of course I would have seen a lot more than two spam messages in months without them.
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Re: Re: Distinction is crystal clear
I would rather face censorship by the US government than by a foreign government. The USA's First Amendment jurisprudence gives me at least a chance to resist,
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Distinction is not always clear.
A US platform might censor a US poster, not because his posting is offensive to intelligent US readers, but rather to please a censorious foreign government where they have business interests.
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Re: KROGER CUSTOMER FEEDBACK SURVEY
This is the second purely commercial spam I have seen posted to Techdirt today. Should there be a different flag for it to expedite removal?
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Maybe UI wish to brand themselves as a party school?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Second Amendment gives life to the Fourth
Whether or not it turns out to be violent this time, it can still be long-term traumatic, much more so than finding your place has been burgled in your absence.
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Re:
No, the Oberlin verdict (which may be reduced or overturned on appeal) does not say that a mere expression of opinion ("racist") is libelous.
Instead, it focussed on a provable (or in this case disprovable) statement of fact-- that the shop's enforcement against shoplifting was "racial profiling." A police tabulation of shoplifting prosecutions by this store showed that only 6 out of 42 were against minorities. Also, the principal in this case and his two accomplices pleaded guilty.
Oberlin college was held liable because some of their officials disseminated the libelous charges.
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Re: Re: Require *governments* to maintain *free* safe-harbor fil
My proposal is that the copyright-holders (not the taxpayers) pay to maintain the filter.
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Second Amendment gives life to the Fourth
Today's principal value of individual gun ownership is in maintaining the Fourth Amendment "right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures." If, like most Americans, you go to bed each night untroubled by fears of house breakers, you have anonymous gun-owners in your neighborhood to thank for it. American burglars go to considerable trouble to avoid occupied houses, for fear of encountering armed residents.
Elsewhere in the World, a once proud boast that "An Englishman's home is his castle" has become laughably quaint, like "A woman's place is in the home."
On the post: Polish Government's Legal Challenge To EU Copyright Directive's Article 13/17 Remains Shrouded In Mystery, But Details May Not Matter
Re: Re: Require *governments* to maintain *free* safe-harbor fil
I would leave independent copyright holders their current means of enforcing copyright, even if they decided participating in the government filter cost more than they wished to pay. But would participation be expensive if spread out among the millions of works eligible for inclusion? (If so, then advocates of EU CD Article 13/17 would have an incentive to abandon a bad idea.)
On the post: Polish Government's Legal Challenge To EU Copyright Directive's Article 13/17 Remains Shrouded In Mystery, But Details May Not Matter
Re: Re: Require *governments* to maintain *free* safe-harbor fil
EU courts have a robust human-rights jurisprudence, which they are more likely to deploy against a government than against a supposedly voluntary private commercial transaction.
On the post: Polish Government's Legal Challenge To EU Copyright Directive's Article 13/17 Remains Shrouded In Mystery, But Details May Not Matter
Require *governments* to maintain *free* safe-harbor filters.
The damage of EU CD Article 13/17 could be mitigated if EU governments were required to maintain free safe-harbor copyright filters. The costs of such filters could be collected from copyright holders who wished to include their works on them. The government involvement would guarantee speedy and effective legal redress against erroneous screening, eg of "fair use."
On the post: Turkish Gov't: Erdogan's Bodyguards Needed To Attack DC Protesters Because They Were Too Close When They Said Mean Things
Restrict Erdogan to vicinity of UNO headquarters (NYC area)
By treaty with the UN, we have to allow Erdogan entry to NYC, to transact business at the UN. But, following a Cold War precedent, we could bar him from going more than 25 miles from UN headquarters, unless he first apologizes for the thuggish behavior of his guards.
On the post: Turkish Gov't: Erdogan's Bodyguards Needed To Attack DC Protesters Because They Were Too Close When They Said Mean Things
Re: Turkey
Some English-speaking Turks have been embarrassed by the bird name for decades. Some have tried to popularize the Turkish-language name for their country, "Türkiye"-- but diacritical marks (eg the two dots over the u) are a hard sell in English. Better would be to call their country "Turkia," similar to Algeria, Libya, etc. In the Arabic script (also used in Turkey before 1928), the endings are the same. It is already written that way in Italian-- "Turchia" (Italian "ch" is pronounced like English "k".)
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Veterinarians will have to change their job descriptions
"specializing in dogs and domestic felines"
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House Republicans used to be good guys
In 2014, the Republican House sent a good patent-reform bill to the Democratic Senate. Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy expressed some interest, but further action was vetoed by Majority Leader Harry Reid. There were brief hopes for reform when Harry Reid lost the Senate in 2014, but Republican Senators quickly showed themselves just as worthless as Democratic Senators.
The three public-interest leaders in the Republican House, Darrell Issa, Bob Goodlatte, and Lamar Smith, announced retirement in 2018 (along with 40 other Republicans), unable or unwilling to adapt to the intellect-free environment of Trump Republicanism.
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Re: Re: The rest of the story
Personal interview with Special Agent B. Sagdiyev
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Make Facebook liable for every photo posted by a tourist
After all, Facebook is a money-making business.
We still have that pesky CDA Section 230, but its days are numbered...
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Location matters, though...
British satirist Saki (H.H. Munro) had fun with European artistic IP law over a century ago:
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Bac.shtml
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The rest of the story
Closer examination of the so-called blank placard found a terroristic message sprayed in white ink on white paper. This hooligan should not get a free pass just because he was incompetent.
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