You weren't comparing the police to their past behavior. You were comparing them to Arpaio.
But if a police dept. changes from abusing human rights to not abusing human rights, I'm not going to complain and call it a double standard. I'm going to praise them for getting better, whatever the reason.
"Arpaio has been accused of various types of misconduct, including abuse of power, misuse of funds, failure to investigate sex crimes, improper clearance of cases, unlawful enforcement of immigration laws, and election law violations."
What the San Francisco police are doing here is clearly not the same thing, and it's not a double standard.
I don't know about you but if I couldn't return to the country for 90 days I'd pretty much be bankrupt and out of work. Even if my job supported me by keeping my job available, I doubt they would pay me for those three months away.
And I wouldn't mind except I have yet to see a good reason why we need this ban. What's the justification? What's the benefit? It's not like terrorists are using their green cards to get into the U.S. to blow things up.
Thank you for going in there and figuring out the background on all the protesters and unveiling all this as a sham. After all, what can art and history and journalism majors contribute to the world.
I wonder what area of studies you approve of at protests?
It's a fluke and an accident, so it's not a pretty good criticism of registration, esp. when there are now thousands (millions?) of orphaned works for which the copyright holder can't be found.
One movie slipped through the cracks of the old system, but thousands are slipping through the cracks of the new system.
You realize when you register something, you're supposed to give the Library of Congress a copy so they can verify if it's been infringed. If you want to give them a copy of all your emails, go right ahead.
People are only going to bother with copyrighting stuff they feel needs a copyright - i.e. something they hope to make a profit on or at least consider worthy creative works.
I'd rather have some rules regarding abuse of the system than a mandatory fee, esp. since fees have a tendency to keep increasing over time.
And there's no reason the whole system can't be mostly automated.
Copyright will never be the sole motivation for creation, just like I don't buy a car so I can have car insurance. Copyright is supposed to be protection for something the creator feels is worth protecting. Most creations are not worth protecting.
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As long as the RIAA and MPAA have a say in copyright reform, it will never be reformed in any way that doesn't benefit them. I hope I'm proved wrong, but it just isn't going to happen.
That decision will be left to the consumer, who will not only have to pay for the content, but pay to have it sent to them, and pay for the privileged of looking at it, on top of paying to have access to the internet. See how good this is for business and jobs.
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Arizona passes a law that is ruled unconstitutional.
Washington state argues that an executive order is unconstitutional.
It seems like the constitution is backing up both of these positions?
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But if a police dept. changes from abusing human rights to not abusing human rights, I'm not going to complain and call it a double standard. I'm going to praise them for getting better, whatever the reason.
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What the San Francisco police are doing here is clearly not the same thing, and it's not a double standard.
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And I wouldn't mind except I have yet to see a good reason why we need this ban. What's the justification? What's the benefit? It's not like terrorists are using their green cards to get into the U.S. to blow things up.
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I wonder what area of studies you approve of at protests?
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One movie slipped through the cracks of the old system, but thousands are slipping through the cracks of the new system.
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People are only going to bother with copyrighting stuff they feel needs a copyright - i.e. something they hope to make a profit on or at least consider worthy creative works.
I'd rather have some rules regarding abuse of the system than a mandatory fee, esp. since fees have a tendency to keep increasing over time.
And there's no reason the whole system can't be mostly automated.
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