I just got curious enough to go look on Reddit, and it turns out that DiggDejected didn't even make the original comment; they just posted a link/summary to that comment. The original comment was made by a deleted user, in an apparently deleted thread, but apparently when there's a direct link like this, it's still visible.
Oh, and not surprisingly, when I Googled the company's URL, the Reddit comments didn't show up until page 5 of the results, not in the first 2 pages, after their own spam comment on the blog of a California church on page 4. Does it surprise anyone that the plaintiffs are apparently also spammers?
Tim barely scratched the surface of the crazy here (and yes, it's pro se). Sample quote: "Wikipedia, long held to be the definite, accepted, science-based, 'Correct' answer for almost everything known..." This being a lead-in to a section trying to assert that changing ads daily amounts to daily republication, thus skirting the statute of limitations.
I swear, if you were trying to write a parody of pro se Internet lawsuits, you couldn't top this.
Look at the previous article linked -- it was mostly a procedural question. The suit was brought in Massachusetts (no or weak SLAPP) and Techdirt thought California SLAPP should apply because that's the state they are located in. As the previous article pointed out, this is why a strong Federal anti-SLAPP law is needed.
Just came back to this and discovered that Hopkins backed down. If you click on the USPTO link in the article you'll see that the author has surrendered the trademark on Cocky; a quick search turns up, among others, this article confirming an amicable settlement. (Or, somewhat more comprehensive, but much more annoyingly formatted, this article.)
Hopkins has an official statement video which kind of shows that she doesn't really get why she came under attack.
The schedule going forward is ... leisurely, would be a good word:
Time to Answer 6/23/2018 ... Plaintiff's Pretrial Disclosures Due 3/5/2019 ... Request for Oral Hearing (optional) Due 11/25/2019
And then, presumably, the hearing itself would come some time in 2020. This could be more protracted than the monkey selfie case, unless someone comes to their senses in the meantime.
It's actually much, much better than 99.9%. It depends in part on how rare the various markers are, but the average accuracy is better than 1 in a billion (this document is over 10 years old, so it's probably better now) and, according to the FBI, up to 1 in 108 trillion (and in one case, purportedly 1 in 930 sextillion).
Except that's not how it worked. After they had a suspect from a familial match and other factors, they collected DNA from the suspect (surreptitiously, using a discarded item -- perfectly legal whether they had a warrant or not, since once your trash is on the curb it's fair game) to get a full DNA profile/match. Only after they had that did they make an arrest.
To see how ridiculous the artist's argument is, envision the Charging Bull as a building. By his argument, if I were to build another building nearby, I'd be infringing on his copyright. But in architecture, it's almost expected that a well-designed building will "comment" on nearby buildings. Sometimes this means echoing elements, sometimes it even means a playful parody of some aspects of the existing building.
Consider something like this for your unsatisfactory stand. Weighs about 2.5 lbs, and fits nicely in my backpack (though I mostly use it for sitting or standing on -- especially when I need to get over a crowd for photos).
As long as we're nit-picking typos, I'll note the most egregious one on his campaign web site: He spells the name of one of his sons inconsistently on the "Meet Tim" page: It's Anthony in one place, and Anthany in another. So maybe "Kenneth Mundy" was just a typo for "Tim Filbeck".
So the most charitable possible reading of the Roca page they took down: AR was at this event, a Roca rep spoke with him briefly and said the things Roca claims the rep said, and AR posed for a couple photos.
Also, if you read the Roca page closely, they never said he used their product, only that he lost weight.
Not that I think Roca is good in any way, of course.
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Link
I didn't see a link to the WaPo OpEd in the article, so here it is.
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Re: Actual comment
Which, I would note, is 100% accurate: Someone did say that.
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Oh my FSM, it gets better...
I just got curious enough to go look on Reddit, and it turns out that DiggDejected didn't even make the original comment; they just posted a link/summary to that comment. The original comment was made by a deleted user, in an apparently deleted thread, but apparently when there's a direct link like this, it's still visible.
Oh, and not surprisingly, when I Googled the company's URL, the Reddit comments didn't show up until page 5 of the results, not in the first 2 pages, after their own spam comment on the blog of a California church on page 4. Does it surprise anyone that the plaintiffs are apparently also spammers?
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Pure gold
Tim barely scratched the surface of the crazy here (and yes, it's pro se). Sample quote: "Wikipedia, long held to be the definite, accepted, science-based, 'Correct' answer for almost everything known..." This being a lead-in to a section trying to assert that changing ads daily amounts to daily republication, thus skirting the statute of limitations.
I swear, if you were trying to write a parody of pro se Internet lawsuits, you couldn't top this.
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Re: Why no anti-SLAPP award?
Look at the previous article linked -- it was mostly a procedural question. The suit was brought in Massachusetts (no or weak SLAPP) and Techdirt thought California SLAPP should apply because that's the state they are located in. As the previous article pointed out, this is why a strong Federal anti-SLAPP law is needed.
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Settled!
Just came back to this and discovered that Hopkins backed down. If you click on the USPTO link in the article you'll see that the author has surrendered the trademark on Cocky; a quick search turns up, among others, this article confirming an amicable settlement. (Or, somewhat more comprehensive, but much more annoyingly formatted, this article.)
Hopkins has an official statement video which kind of shows that she doesn't really get why she came under attack.
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This show will last a long time...
Time to Answer 6/23/2018
...
Plaintiff's Pretrial Disclosures Due 3/5/2019
...
Request for Oral Hearing (optional) Due 11/25/2019
And then, presumably, the hearing itself would come some time in 2020. This could be more protracted than the monkey selfie case, unless someone comes to their senses in the meantime.
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Re: Re: Re:
It's actually much, much better than 99.9%. It depends in part on how rare the various markers are, but the average accuracy is better than 1 in a billion (this document is over 10 years old, so it's probably better now) and, according to the FBI, up to 1 in 108 trillion (and in one case, purportedly 1 in 930 sextillion).
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Re: Re: Re:
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Compare to architecture
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Stand
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Re:
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The good news...
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Re: Structuring
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Erstwhile?
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Step and Repeat
So the most charitable possible reading of the Roca page they took down: AR was at this event, a Roca rep spoke with him briefly and said the things Roca claims the rep said, and AR posed for a couple photos.
Also, if you read the Roca page closely, they never said he used their product, only that he lost weight.
Not that I think Roca is good in any way, of course.
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Re: Re: Talk about shooting your argument in the foot...
And in the world of 5-year-old kids. "I didn't do it. You didn't see me do it. It wasn't my fault. It's not that big a deal."
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