The Department of Justice appears to believe that it is the sole enforcer of its regulations. That leaves the court to wonder who watches the watchmen.
That ranks right up there with the observation that water is wet.
Depends on how many double IPAs they've already had, I suppose, but it's "moron in a hurry" not "moron who is drunk."
I think I see your confusion...
Moron in a hurry refers to the general public. Moron who is drunk refers to IP lawyers. Unfortunately, since they're morons they don't know which group they are a part of.
I'm wondering if I duct tape three bananas to the wall in parody of the North Face logo and then have a monkey take the picture, who would get to claim infringement?
Been using Signal since the beginning and as long as they continue to do stuff like this I will continue to use them. If law enforcement wants to see my messages, serve me with a search warrant and stop trying to use subpeonas and the Third Party doctrine to violate my rights.
the state asserts that there is no reason to believe that the police in Connecticut would engage in such a trawling exercise, even though they could do so lawfully.
Other than the fact the cops did just that in this case?
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The DOJ has repeatedly demonstrated that it views the Constitution as guidelines too.
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That ranks right up there with the observation that water is wet.
On the post: Hey The North Face! When You Said Sending Us A Bogus Trademark Threat Was A Mistake, We Believed You; So Why Did You Do It Again?
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That must be why they think they own the trademarks on it.
On the post: Another Example Of How The Playing Field Is Tilted In Favor Of Copyright Owners
Don't tell me Ares Rights has returned.
On the post: Germany's New Government Promises To Support End-To-End Encryption And Reject Backdoors
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Tis a sad state of affairs when Germany has more respect for rights than other governments.
On the post: Hershey Goes On A Threat Blitz Against A Bunch Of Independent Breweries
I think I see your confusion...
Moron in a hurry refers to the general public. Moron who is drunk refers to IP lawyers. Unfortunately, since they're morons they don't know which group they are a part of.
On the post: Tenth Circuit Appeals Court Says Fourth And Sixth Amendment Rights Are Meaningless When National Security Is On The Line
Re: Too often, constitutional rights are defined by their except
Evidently our Bill of Rights is actually a Bill of Recommendations...and inconvient ones at that as far as the government is concerned.
On the post: Turkey's Dictator Erdogan, Who Has Sued Thousands Of Critics, Jailed More, Now Claims That 'Social Media' Is A 'Threat To Democracy'
Re: Erdogan
What did you expect would happen when you put Gollum in charge of the Turkish economy?
On the post: Devin Nunes Retires From Congress To Spend More Time Banning Satirical Cows From Trump's New Social Network
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My popcorn futures would be grateful if he tried.
On the post: Documents Shows Just How Much The FBI Can Obtain From Encrypted Communication Services
Re: Known problem with a known solution.
Unfortunately, Apple has decreed that no message app may replace the default message app.
On the post: Documents Shows Just How Much The FBI Can Obtain From Encrypted Communication Services
When your head is up your ass, everything looks dark.
On the post: MLB Removes References To Current Players On MLB.com Due To Lockout
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On MLB network radio, they mentioned that the MLBPA licenses the rights to the images back to MLB, and the license expired when the CBA expired.
Also of note, they stated the the MLBPA uses the money from thst licensing to fund their "strike warchest".
On the post: Ridley Scott Blames His Latest Movie Bombing At The Box Office On Facebook And Millennials, Rather Than Pandemic And Poor Marketing
Another old guy raging at the internet? Must be a day ending in a 'y'.
On the post: Donald Trump Says He's Going To Sue The Pulitzer Committee If They Don't Take Away The NY Times And WaPo Pulitzers
Re: Re: Re: Re: Not a 1st Amendment issue, not censorship
Let's not forget that he is suing over speech that occured during his time as moron in chief, making this a compelled speech argument as well.
On the post: Facebook Whistleblower Testifies Before 'Grand Committee On Disinformation'; Which Includes Countries That Lock People Up For Criticizing The Gov't
The more grandiose the name of the committee, the less effective it is.
On the post: Hey North Face! Our Story About You Flipping Out Over 'Hey Fuck Face' Is Not Trademark Infringement
Hey Mike,
I'm wondering if I duct tape three bananas to the wall in parody of the North Face logo and then have a monkey take the picture, who would get to claim infringement?
On the post: California Prosecutors Are Still Trying To Get Signal To Hand Over User Info It Simply Doesn't Possess
Been using Signal since the beginning and as long as they continue to do stuff like this I will continue to use them. If law enforcement wants to see my messages, serve me with a search warrant and stop trying to use subpeonas and the Third Party doctrine to violate my rights.
On the post: Bizarre Magistrate Judge Ruling Says That If Facebook Deletes An Account, It No Longer Needs To Keep Details Private
Re: SCA?
Because Facebook is US company and still has to follow US law?
On the post: Locast Shuts Down, As Yet Again A Bad Interpretation Of Copyright Law Makes The World Worse
It's not copyright anymore...the more accurate term is copymine.
On the post: Connecticut Supreme Court Says Cops Need Warrants To Run Drug Dogs Around Motel Room Doors
Other than the fact the cops did just that in this case?
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