I guess the question is, "what is treason and what is whistle-blowing?"
If releasing information indiscriminately is "whistle-blowing" we should just dump everything currently classified, because holding any state secrets thwarts the credo of "information that all persons are entitled to receive."
Re: Re: Re: Re: perfectly legal for non-citizens to vote illegally in California
"Unless you think being a registrar is a Wild West job with zero oversight, what are you talking about?"
I'm talking about registrars who don't have unlimited funds to seek out and verify every single voter registration they have to process.
But if they "screw up" and don't verify a non-citizen's registration, the one who did the criminal act, the registrant, should be held accountable for their illegal act.
So my "silly non-argument" is relevant and appropriate.
Re: Re: perfectly legal for non-citizens to vote illegally in California
So your position is: if someone commits a crime and the government doesn't stop them beforehand, they shouldn't be prosecuted?
The previous section, 2268, addresses registration, by the way. 2268. If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered to vote pursuant to this chapter in the absence of a violation by that person of Section 18100, that person’s registration shall be presumed to have been effected with official authorization and not the fault of that person. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2016.)
Maybe people are making this claim because it's perfectly legal for non-citizens to vote illegally in California if you "believe" you voted legally.
Source: CA Election Code Section 2269. If a PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO VOTE becomes registered to vote pursuant to this chapter and votes or attempts to vote in an election held after the effective date of the person’s registration, that person shall be PRESUMED TO HAVE ACTED WITH OFFICIAL AUTHORIZATION and SHALL NOT BE GUILTY OF FRAUDULENTLY VOTING or attempting to vote pursuant to Section 18560, unless that person willfully votes or attempts to vote knowing that he or she is not entitled to vote. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2016.)
How many non-citizens voted in this last election that we can't prosecute because they "believe" they voted legally? And why do you think they pushed through the driver's license for non-citizens in California, while also supplying every newly-licensed driver with a voter registration form?
I remember buying Beagle Bros. software without DRM way back in the 80s. Sure, some people copied the disks without paying, but most people wanted to give money to a software company that didn't make you feel like they hated you or looked at you as a thief by default. It also helped that their software was great and their manuals were hilarious (if you understood computers).
Maybe it's all an intricate plot, with years of forethought, to have people assaulted, starting with just a few a year, and increasing every year, until no one wants to go to the theater anymore.
Then their ingenious plan comes to fruition: they can rightly say no one is going to movies (because they are stealing the movies online!!!) and they can get SOPA passed without opposition!
I can see Hollywood executives curling their mustaches as I write this!
Two simple fixes could cool down a lot of the current hatred of the copyright monopolists: reduce the exceedingly long copyright term to its original length, and mandate registration for copyright protection.
90% of the stuff I see online was made by people who don't want or need their creation to be "protected" by copyright, and Elvis (and today sadly, Prince) needs no incentive whatsoever to keep creating works under the current scheme!
As someone who compiles California law books, from public domain sources, I hope this fails miserably.
There already is a (false) copyright on the California Code of Regulations, with a single company able to print (and charge an arm and a leg for) those laws.
If this is passed, it won't be too long where the statutes are covered, and you'll need to pay some company for the right to read the laws that, if you don't follow them, could land you with fines or jail time.
I would hazard a guess that this guy fully supports the surveillance from the NSA, which in his mind doesn't have a "chilling effect" on U.S. citizens.
I'm almost to the point of filing my own lawsuit for $1.2 million against Survivor for "intentional infliction of emotional distress" every time I hear that damn song playing!
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I guess the question is...
If releasing information indiscriminately is "whistle-blowing" we should just dump everything currently classified, because holding any state secrets thwarts the credo of "information that all persons are entitled to receive."
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Do it everywhere
Or...maybe not...
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Re: Re: Re: Let's assume there's voter fraud
...we didn't like Bush Sr. raising taxes after saying "read my lips, no new taxes," so we threw him and his party out and elected Clinton...
No! You misunderstood!
Bush Sr. said, "Read my lips, know new taxes!"
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Re: Re: Re: Re: perfectly legal for non-citizens to vote illegally in California
"Unless you think being a registrar is a Wild West job with zero oversight, what are you talking about?"
I'm talking about registrars who don't have unlimited funds to seek out and verify every single voter registration they have to process.
But if they "screw up" and don't verify a non-citizen's registration, the one who did the criminal act, the registrant, should be held accountable for their illegal act.
So my "silly non-argument" is relevant and appropriate.
On the post: Somehow Everyone Comes Out Looking Terrible In The Effort For Election Recounts
Re: Re: perfectly legal for non-citizens to vote illegally in California
The previous section, 2268, addresses registration, by the way.
2268. If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered to vote pursuant to this chapter in the absence of a violation by that person of Section 18100, that person’s registration shall be presumed to have been effected with official authorization and not the fault of that person.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2016.)
On the post: Somehow Everyone Comes Out Looking Terrible In The Effort For Election Recounts
It's legal for noncitizens to vote in California
Source: CA Election Code Section 2269. If a PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO VOTE becomes registered to vote pursuant to this chapter and votes or attempts to vote in an election held after the effective date of the person’s registration, that person shall be PRESUMED TO HAVE ACTED WITH OFFICIAL AUTHORIZATION and SHALL NOT BE GUILTY OF FRAUDULENTLY VOTING or attempting to vote pursuant to Section 18560, unless that person willfully votes or attempts to vote knowing that he or she is not entitled to vote.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2016.)
How many non-citizens voted in this last election that we can't prosecute because they "believe" they voted legally? And why do you think they pushed through the driver's license for non-citizens in California, while also supplying every newly-licensed driver with a voter registration form?
On the post: Shadow Warrior 2 Developers: We'd Rather Spend Our Time Making A Great Game Than Worrying About Piracy
A very old debate
I remember buying Beagle Bros. software without DRM way back in the 80s. Sure, some people copied the disks without paying, but most people wanted to give money to a software company that didn't make you feel like they hated you or looked at you as a thief by default. It also helped that their software was great and their manuals were hilarious (if you understood computers).
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Really?
You didn't see my Facebook feed when Judge Scalia or Phyllis Schlafly died.
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An intricate plot?
Then their ingenious plan comes to fruition: they can rightly say no one is going to movies (because they are stealing the movies online!!!) and they can get SOPA passed without opposition!
I can see Hollywood executives curling their mustaches as I write this!
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On the post: This Song Belongs To You And Me: Lawsuit Filed To Declare Woodie Guthrie's Classic In The Public Domain
Copyfraud everywhere
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/534290412
(That image was made in 1865 by Gustave Doré, by the way)
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Re: Re:
Why isn't the FTC going after these guys for false advertising?
Maybe we can start a class action suit against the movie studios? We might get $9 each (maybe)!
On the post: Techdirt Reading List: Moral Panics And The Copyright Wars
Two simple fixes
90% of the stuff I see online was made by people who don't want or need their creation to be "protected" by copyright, and Elvis (and today sadly, Prince) needs no incentive whatsoever to keep creating works under the current scheme!
On the post: California Assembly Looks To Push Cities To Copyright & Trademark Everything They Can
BAD Idea
There already is a (false) copyright on the California Code of Regulations, with a single company able to print (and charge an arm and a leg for) those laws.
If this is passed, it won't be too long where the statutes are covered, and you'll need to pay some company for the right to read the laws that, if you don't follow them, could land you with fines or jail time.
On the post: RIAA: How Dare The Internet Use The DMCA That We Wrote To Build Useful Services!
4 Steps to Prosperity
2. Complain law doesn't do enough
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
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Police Misconduct
http://www.policemisconduct.net
and
http://www.killedbypolice.net
Just looking through these two sites will dishearten the lightest of moods.
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Same Warner?
If it is, color me shocked!
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Eye of the Tiger
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