I bet they decide it's unjustifiable once and for all right after someone runs a no-knock raid on a corrupt police station, and NONE of the officers survive going for their guns.
This. Every email has a unique identifier code. Did those emails implicating Mr Craig originate from him... or did they originate from Liebowitz's computer? The headers and the message ID will show that.
Another point to consider when deciding whether to moderate:
What if the official declarations by government or health officials that you are weighing the article against are wrong?
Remember, the US Surgeon General made statements to the media that n95+ masks are useless for regular people for protecting the wearer from catching the virus, and that they should conserve them for health care workers... who need the masks to protect them from catching the virus.
Both statements cannot be true unless healthcare workers are a different species from the rest of us.
But by making those statements, it meant that any site moderating commentary and articles on the official government declaration criteria would censor comments and articles that said that anyone can be protected from the virus with a proper mask - which is factually true.
Every time I think Liebowitz has hit rock bottom, he breaks out the tunneling gear. I'm done thinking he has finally hit the limit.
Quoting the above article: "However, I didn't consider that he'd started going around filing lawsuits without even telling those clients in the first place."
How can he go lower than that? I predict his next stunt will be randomly selecting some person out of a phone book to pretend is his client, forging documents as needed to prove standing to sue.
Not only will his next case involve a plaintiff who doesn't know Liebowitz is suing on his behalf, it will be a plaintiff who has no idea who Liebowitz is!
And even real things that don't infringe on any IP rights can also be seized by CBP and ICE - witness what happened to a shipment of masks printed with messages from police accountability activists.
They should hope the mask makes the hat stop working - according to an MIT study, tin foil hats have no noticeable effect on most radio frequencies, but act as an amplifying antenna for the frequencies that a certain conspiracy theory about government mind control broadcasts claims are the frequencies used to control people.
It's an easy association to make, since the largest group of people refusing to wear masks in the USA is a political party that also routinely opposes equal rights for gays.
If you hear hoof beats, you think horses not unicorns.
Just imagine how LASD would react if they sent someone a subpoena and that person responded to the subpoena the way LASD reacts to an open records law or even a subpoena from its own oversight agency.
You're assuming the neo-Luddites at the police station can read the file image, and that they didn't delete it immediately after the first read.
I read a story on a weird news site about a guy who threw away his install disks after installing software on his computer, because as he put it 'the disks were empty' after he installed the software.
I could totally see someone like that reading the file image and then throwing away the SD card it was on.
Quite true. Someone might be able to prove that the 15th text file saved on my iPad exists. But if they don't know the contents, how can they say it contains my lasagna recipe instead of my hardware store shopping list, without inadmissible speculation?
Re: compelled encryption: a responsible government would requir
The NSA seems to have the same definition of "United States" that the US military did during the Cold War - the country consists solely of the government and the citizens are not part of the country.
They could lose 100% of the civilian population to nuclear strikes but if they preserved the elected officials and bureaucrats they would consider the USA intact.
In the same way, the modern NSA can consider the US data infrastructure 100% secure if they only guard the government while throwing the citizens to the wolves.
On the post: South Carolina Supreme Court Says Cops Aren't Getting Any No-Knock Warrants Anytime Soon
Re:
I bet they decide it's unjustifiable once and for all right after someone runs a no-knock raid on a corrupt police station, and NONE of the officers survive going for their guns.
On the post: Richard Liebowitz Goes Against Client's Interests: Presents Evidence That His Client Did Know About Lawsuits; But Not About Settlements
Re: would want to look at the email headers
This. Every email has a unique identifier code. Did those emails implicating Mr Craig originate from him... or did they originate from Liebowitz's computer? The headers and the message ID will show that.
On the post: Copyright Trolling Evolved: Okularity Accused Of DMCAing Social Media Accounts, Then Demanding MILLIONS To Reinstate
Why is this a lawsuit?
Don't we supposedly have national law enforcement that are supposed to be investigating and prosecuting extortion rackets in various countries?
Why does it take a lawsuit?
On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: Dealing With Misinformation During A Pandemic (2020)
Another point to consider when deciding whether to moderate:
What if the official declarations by government or health officials that you are weighing the article against are wrong?
Remember, the US Surgeon General made statements to the media that n95+ masks are useless for regular people for protecting the wearer from catching the virus, and that they should conserve them for health care workers... who need the masks to protect them from catching the virus.
Both statements cannot be true unless healthcare workers are a different species from the rest of us.
But by making those statements, it meant that any site moderating commentary and articles on the official government declaration criteria would censor comments and articles that said that anyone can be protected from the virus with a proper mask - which is factually true.
On the post: Richard Liebowitz's 'Client' Sends Judge A Letter Saying He Was Totally Unaware Of Multiple Lawsuits Filed In His Name
My prediction
Every time I think Liebowitz has hit rock bottom, he breaks out the tunneling gear. I'm done thinking he has finally hit the limit.
Quoting the above article: "However, I didn't consider that he'd started going around filing lawsuits without even telling those clients in the first place."
How can he go lower than that? I predict his next stunt will be randomly selecting some person out of a phone book to pretend is his client, forging documents as needed to prove standing to sue.
Not only will his next case involve a plaintiff who doesn't know Liebowitz is suing on his behalf, it will be a plaintiff who has no idea who Liebowitz is!
On the post: CBP Updates Privacy Impact Assessment On License Plate Readers; Says Opting Out Involves Not Driving
Re: What is NOT above the law.
And even real things that don't infringe on any IP rights can also be seized by CBP and ICE - witness what happened to a shipment of masks printed with messages from police accountability activists.
https://www.businessinsider.com/george-floyd-protesters-face-masks-seized-movement-for-bl ack-lives-2020-6
On the post: Woman Who Refused To Wear Mask At Starbucks Wants Half The $100k In Tip Money Barista Got From GoFundMe Campaign
Re: Re:
They should hope the mask makes the hat stop working - according to an MIT study, tin foil hats have no noticeable effect on most radio frequencies, but act as an amplifying antenna for the frequencies that a certain conspiracy theory about government mind control broadcasts claims are the frequencies used to control people.
On the post: Woman Who Refused To Wear Mask At Starbucks Wants Half The $100k In Tip Money Barista Got From GoFundMe Campaign
Re: Re: What chutzpah!
It's an easy association to make, since the largest group of people refusing to wear masks in the USA is a political party that also routinely opposes equal rights for gays.
If you hear hoof beats, you think horses not unicorns.
On the post: What A Shock: Scammers Are Abusing YouTube's Notice And Takedown System With DMCA Claims
Re:
Reminder for those who want to excuse bad takedowns "because a computer did it":
Someone had to program the computer to do that, and usually those who have programmed computers to do that were told to do that by their boss.
On the post: Companies Are Selling Cops Access To Personal Data Harvested From Malicious Hacking And Data Breaches
Re: The effrontery
Simple. It's only illegal for peasants to receive stolen property.
Cops are nobles.
On the post: L.A. Newspaper Sues Sheriff's Department Over Its Repeated Refusal To Comply With The Law
Re: Ya right
Just imagine how LASD would react if they sent someone a subpoena and that person responded to the subpoena the way LASD reacts to an open records law or even a subpoena from its own oversight agency.
On the post: EFF, Orin Kerr Ask The Supreme Court To Prevent Turning The CFAA Into A Convenient Way To Punish Site Users, Security Researchers
Re: The law doesn't belong in citizen's hands, except for...
No less august personages than the Founders of the United States of America allowed citizens to write federal laws. They called it Congress.
On the post: In The Middle Of A Pandemic, ICE Says Foreign Students Must Attend Physical Classes If They Don't Want To Be Kicked Out Of The Country
Re:
The problem with that, AC, is that violating a quarantine order is a criminal offense, one that can result in the cancellation of a student visa.
ICE is quite literally entrapping students, by forcing them to violate their visa one way or another.
On the post: More Disputes Over Trademarked Area Codes. Why Is This Allowed Again?
I wonder if you could trademark "USPTO"?
Then force them to license the mark from you if they want to use that acronym? So far, it looks like you probably could.
On the post: GOOGLE THREATENS TO DEFUND TECHDIRT? Where Are All The Politicians Complaining?
Re:
You're not the only one!
On the post: Facial Recognition Software Finally Gets Around To Getting An Innocent Person Arrested
Re:
Consults Magic 8-Ball
Signs point to "no."
On the post: Indiana Supreme Court Says Compelled Decryption Of Smartphones Violates The Fifth Amendment
Re:
You're assuming the neo-Luddites at the police station can read the file image, and that they didn't delete it immediately after the first read.
I read a story on a weird news site about a guy who threw away his install disks after installing software on his computer, because as he put it 'the disks were empty' after he installed the software.
I could totally see someone like that reading the file image and then throwing away the SD card it was on.
On the post: Indiana Supreme Court Says Compelled Decryption Of Smartphones Violates The Fifth Amendment
Re: Re: Foregone conclusion
Quite true. Someone might be able to prove that the 15th text file saved on my iPad exists. But if they don't know the contents, how can they say it contains my lasagna recipe instead of my hardware store shopping list, without inadmissible speculation?
On the post: Indiana Supreme Court Says Compelled Decryption Of Smartphones Violates The Fifth Amendment
Re: Re: Hard cases ...
This. A trial is how you find out if someone is guilty or not. Trials are not privileges that bad people don't deserve.
On the post: Indiana Supreme Court Says Compelled Decryption Of Smartphones Violates The Fifth Amendment
Re: compelled encryption: a responsible government would requir
The NSA seems to have the same definition of "United States" that the US military did during the Cold War - the country consists solely of the government and the citizens are not part of the country.
They could lose 100% of the civilian population to nuclear strikes but if they preserved the elected officials and bureaucrats they would consider the USA intact.
In the same way, the modern NSA can consider the US data infrastructure 100% secure if they only guard the government while throwing the citizens to the wolves.
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