And how quickly would one person who went around killing police officers last? I guarantee that, unless the police are that hated by the public, the public would assist the police in tracking down any mass murderer, even if that murderer was a cop killer.
What about a group of people? Or even a city? I think the answer is that if it went that far, the military would end up getting involved to quell the uprising.
There are better ways of saying "I don't agree with you because of this fact and/or statement" than insulting people.
And I agree: Cuties does not look like a cute coming of age story. SidAlpha even said that the main character isn't a good person: her actions could have killed a fellow student/young girl; she steals her cousin's phone and watches porn on it; when found out, she tries to do a striptease and, when rebuffed, retaliated by taking pictures of her nude crotch and sending it out on social media.
That said, badmouthing a writer on the site, and doing it in an insulting way, will turn people against you, not the author.
It's a power thing. Police have a lot of power over citizens. Currently, citizens have little power over police. People in power tend to abuse that power. Citizens have little power to abuse.
He's trying to say "I own the copyright of this legal letter." I don't know if it's been ruled, but you shouldn't be able to copyright legal documents.
Simple: easy target. The entertainment industry is heavily entrenched in California: trying to make them budge would be a herculean effort. Better to go after the symptom than the disease, I guess.
Or worse: If the person going to jail is infected, that means spreading the virus to the inmates. Or even infecting the prison with a new strain of the virus.
The more that corrupt people twist the law to their own purpose, the less the public has faith in the law. The less people that have faith that the law will protect them, the more likely it is the person will take justice into their own hands.
What effort? DMCA notices can be sent without pushback: it's lazy. Activision/Blizzard decided it would be easier to destroy WarCraft III instead of improve it. They're banking on microtransactions being legal and financially lucrative for as long as possible instead of the effort of building goodwill with new IPs/good and honest PR.
In short, they're lazy. They don't put in any effort except the bare minimum.
The purpose of anti-SLAPP laws isn't to prevent people from suing people for saying false, defamatory statements. It's to prevent people from squashing dissent and negative reviews by suing people. This is usually done by shifting fees from the defendant (who usually doesn't have the means to defend themselves) to the plaintiff. Thus the longer they spend in court spinning their wheels, the more expensive it becomes. Thus, they better prevail in court or dismiss it to prevent more monetary losses.
"When lawyers take advantage of how a law is written in a way that is obviously unfair, the rule of law is also weakened. Then it's up to us to fix it before people lose faith in the system and take things into their own hands." Source
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Powerless? No. Less powerful? Yes.
And how quickly would one person who went around killing police officers last? I guarantee that, unless the police are that hated by the public, the public would assist the police in tracking down any mass murderer, even if that murderer was a cop killer.
What about a group of people? Or even a city? I think the answer is that if it went that far, the military would end up getting involved to quell the uprising.
On the post: Portland's Facial Recognition Ban Won't Stop Private Citizens From Rolling Their Own Tech To ID Cops
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But it made some people feel like retribution was done.
Just a reminder to everyone: Vengeance isn't justice.
On the post: Netflix Gets Cute Using DMCA Notices To Take Down Tweets Critical Of 'Cuties'
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There are better ways of saying "I don't agree with you because of this fact and/or statement" than insulting people.
And I agree: Cuties does not look like a cute coming of age story. SidAlpha even said that the main character isn't a good person: her actions could have killed a fellow student/young girl; she steals her cousin's phone and watches porn on it; when found out, she tries to do a striptease and, when rebuffed, retaliated by taking pictures of her nude crotch and sending it out on social media.
That said, badmouthing a writer on the site, and doing it in an insulting way, will turn people against you, not the author.
On the post: Portland's Facial Recognition Ban Won't Stop Private Citizens From Rolling Their Own Tech To ID Cops
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It's a power thing. Police have a lot of power over citizens. Currently, citizens have little power over police. People in power tend to abuse that power. Citizens have little power to abuse.
On the post: DHS Agencies Are Taking Millions In Cash From Travelers Every Year, Can't Be Bothered To Stop Any Crimes
Re: Hording Cash
Forget the "Sad, but true" button: this needs an "actually scary" button.
Granted, if the US government gets upset, the value of the money will also drop.
On the post: Copyright Trolling Evolved: Okularity Accused Of DMCAing Social Media Accounts, Then Demanding MILLIONS To Reinstate
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He's trying to say "I own the copyright of this legal letter." I don't know if it's been ruled, but you shouldn't be able to copyright legal documents.
On the post: Appeals Court Says California's IMDb-Targeting 'Ageism' Law Is Unconstitutional
Why go after IMDb?
Simple: easy target. The entertainment industry is heavily entrenched in California: trying to make them budge would be a herculean effort. Better to go after the symptom than the disease, I guess.
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Someone messed up the formatting on Ten Years Ago: there's a stray comma in the href.
On the post: Minneapolis City Council Votes Unanimously To Disband Its Police Department
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Eh, they'll just pull out their tanks and start using the cannons. That is why they have them, right?
On the post: Trump Campaign Is So Pathetic It Claims CNN Poll Is Defamatory; Demands Retraction
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Disks (with a k) usually refers to magnetic media, like floppies and hard drives. Discs usually refers to optical media, like CDs and DVDs.
On the post: Sheriff Sued After Threatening To Arrest A High School Student Over Her Coronavirus-Related Instagram Posts
Re: hightened stakes
Or worse: If the person going to jail is infected, that means spreading the virus to the inmates. Or even infecting the prison with a new strain of the virus.
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Re: Right to repair
There is a submit a story button at the bottom of the page.
On the post: Corporations Not Happy Innovators Have 'Hacked' The Crappy U.S. Binding Arbitration System
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I think I remember Leonard French reading the text.
On the post: Judge Tears Into Cops For Beating A Man Who Dared To Question Their Words And Actions
Re: Re: Re: Commit a crime in Allentown
The more that corrupt people twist the law to their own purpose, the less the public has faith in the law. The less people that have faith that the law will protect them, the more likely it is the person will take justice into their own hands.
On the post: Judge Tears Into Cops For Beating A Man Who Dared To Question Their Words And Actions
Re: Commit a crime in Allentown
This specific comic is still relevant.
On the post: South Carolina's Top Court Decides Black Men Should Feel Free To Terminate 'Consensual' Stops By Law Enforcement Officers
*Sad But True* vote
Can we add a "sad, but true" button?
On the post: Well Then: Activision Issues DMCA Subpoena To Have Reddit Unmask Whoever Posted That CoD Image Leak
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What effort? DMCA notices can be sent without pushback: it's lazy. Activision/Blizzard decided it would be easier to destroy WarCraft III instead of improve it. They're banking on microtransactions being legal and financially lucrative for as long as possible instead of the effort of building goodwill with new IPs/good and honest PR.
In short, they're lazy. They don't put in any effort except the bare minimum.
On the post: Doctor Suing A Patient Over A Negative Review Has His Case Dismissed Under Tennessee's New Anti-SLAPP Law
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The purpose of anti-SLAPP laws isn't to prevent people from suing people for saying false, defamatory statements. It's to prevent people from squashing dissent and negative reviews by suing people. This is usually done by shifting fees from the defendant (who usually doesn't have the means to defend themselves) to the plaintiff. Thus the longer they spend in court spinning their wheels, the more expensive it becomes. Thus, they better prevail in court or dismiss it to prevent more monetary losses.
On the post: Devin Nunes' Lawyer Continues To Use Unrelated Case To Try To Unearth Satirical Internet Cow Account
Why they should be disbarred:
On the post: Rep. Lieu Tells Rep. Nunes He Looks Forward To Discovery, As More Evidence Of Nunes Connections With Parnas Emerge
Re: Is Parnas considered a foreign agent?
He was acting in Trump's interests. Not Ukraine's, not the USA's, just Trump's.
I think the fact of how candid Parnas is being could be because he didn't know that what he was doing was wrong.
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