"It will be used as a case study for all future administrations and freedom-of-speech advocates on what NOT to do."
It will be roundly ignored. If not ignored, dismissed as an anomaly, or because "now we know better, we'll get it right this time!" Because we're smarter than our ignorant ancestors, yo. There's all kinds of historic evidence that this is what happens, thus Techdirt being able to predict.
I remember in the early '90s using a lot of faxback services to get technical documents. (...Except from Western Digital. I'd call them up and ask them to leave it at the front desk for pickup. But I digress.)
If you don't know, faxback is a mechanism by which you could call an automated number, punch in the correct series of digits (including your fax number), and the company would automatically fax you the documents you requested. It was quite an innovation.
"That makes the law useless at anything other than forcing us to notice how much Hitler could have looked just like our own Uncle Larry..."
It was a popular style at the time. My wife's grandfather had one. (My wife is the daughter of two Survivors so, yeah, Jews were wearing them too.) "Great Uncle Larry" might have been wearing a toothbrush moustache himself.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse, but laws are secret from the public.
Anybody who sees a dichotomy in those two statements needs to have his head examined... it probably contains a substance called "brains", which is dangerous and needs to be removed immediately.
On the post: For The Second Time In A Week, German Hate Speech Laws Results In Deletion Of Innocent Speech
Re: Best learning tool ever
It will be roundly ignored. If not ignored, dismissed as an anomaly, or because "now we know better, we'll get it right this time!" Because we're smarter than our ignorant ancestors, yo. There's all kinds of historic evidence that this is what happens, thus Techdirt being able to predict.
On the post: Publisher Not At All Impressed By Trump's Defamation Threat Letter; Promises To Defend The First Amendment
Re: Ms McNamara has previous:
https://abovethelaw.com/2018/01/yes-the-trump-cease-desist-letter-over-the-bannon-book-is-stupid /
On the post: Former NSA Contractor Pleads Guilty To Taking His National Defense Work Home With Him
On the post: Daily Deal: Grammarly Premium 1 Year Subscription
On the post: Comcast & The Cable Industry Greets The New Year With A Flurry Of Price Increases
Re: Re: flip side
On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Motivational Health Messaging LLC Gets A Patent On Sending Uplifting Texts
Somehow this trope seems particularly relevant.
On the post: It Was Twenty(-odd) Years Ago Today When The Internet Looked Much Different Than It Does Now
If you don't know, faxback is a mechanism by which you could call an automated number, punch in the correct series of digits (including your fax number), and the company would automatically fax you the documents you requested. It was quite an innovation.
On the post: Everything That's Wrong With Social Media And Big Internet Companies: Part 1
Because this hasn't been hasn't been happening forever.
On the post: Rozcomnadzor's Corruption Scandal Doesn't Prevent The Russian Government From Empowering It To Ignore Due Process
...Ah, because then these people would have to find REAL jobs. Never mind.
On the post: The Price Wolfenstein 2 Had To Pay To Get Around Germany's Anti-Nazi Laws Was Removing A Mustache
It was a popular style at the time. My wife's grandfather had one. (My wife is the daughter of two Survivors so, yeah, Jews were wearing them too.) "Great Uncle Larry" might have been wearing a toothbrush moustache himself.
On the post: Man Gets $37,500 Payout After Field Drug Test Says Donut Crumbs Are Methamphetamines
Re: Re:
Nor is any amount of expertise to be found in the cab.
On the post: Reporter Arrested, Thrown To The Ground For Cursing
My scalp wounds bleed for him.
On the post: Long Trail Brewing Sues East Coast Apparel Company Over 'Take A Hike' T-Shirt
On the post: Incentivizing Better Speech, Rather Than Censoring 'Bad' Speech
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MarcCalvert/posts/fftw7Cwv9Rr
An interesting response to hateful speech.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
On the post: Utah Senator Wants To Revive The State's 'Porn Czar' Office To Combat The Threat Of Women's Magazines
On the post: Members Of Congress: Court Was Wrong To Say That Posting The Law Is Copyright Infringement
Ignorance of the law is no excuse, but
laws are secret from the public.
Anybody who sees a dichotomy in those two statements needs to have his head examined... it probably contains a substance called "brains", which is dangerous and needs to be removed immediately.
On the post: Former Revenge Porn Site Operator Readies For Senate Run By Issuing Bogus Takedown Requests To YouTube
On the post: Idea v. Expression: Game Studio Bluehole Gets Its Fur Up Over Epic Games Putting 100 Vs. 100 Player Battle Royale Into Game
http://superredundant.com/?comic=126-the-jinx
Not based on any copyrighted superhero that I'm aware of. :)
On the post: How The Supreme Court's Continued Misunderstanding Of Copyright Ruined Halloween
http://superredundant.com/?comic=189-interview-process
Literally! "Prior art..." See what I did there? Hah hah!
Next >>