"I survive on my creativity and when I see it being appropriated, the question becomes who's hurting whose small business?" says Gillich. "I am protecting my livelihood."
Register trademark for something you didn't create: check
Bully any other use of the thing you trademarked but didn't create: check
Whine like a two year old about how other companies don't respect your creativity and trademark: double check
Seriously, if anyone should have a trademark on area codes it would probably be AT&T from the Ma Bell days. If the USPTO had stopped the rubber stamp for half a second, they would have realized if Ma Bell hadn't trademarked, patented, or copyrighted it then it isn't eligible for those protections.
I'm still wondering how Dept of Defense property ended up on eBay without going through the Defense Logistics Agency. And if it did go through there, how the hell did they skip the procedures for data protection?
This Law shall apply to offences under this Law committed against the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from outside the Region by a person who is not a permanent resident of the Region.
We now have Darth Cheeto, Gollum and Winnie the Pooh in charge of national governments with each trying to be king of the manure pile.
To the Chinese government and the HKSAR:
来找我哥
Lái zhǎo wǒ gē
Given the current FCC's unwillingness to do their job, I don't see how a new Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth will be able to accomplish much either.
Other than giving ISP's another "regulatory fee" to tack onto consumer bills.
Of course, as we explained in our article, we periodically get similar notices. In fact, we've talked about them since as early as 2014. We got another in 2015. Oh, and in 2016. Oh right, and in 2018 and 2019.
I've already copyrighted, trademarked, and patented that...give me all your money now or I'll sue Techdirt for a bazillion dollars because you violated my IP rights.
Well, to be honest, when your head is as far up your ass as those proclaiming there is a "going dark" problem have it, I'm sure everything appears to be dark.
After being told that state police were coming to investigate, officers can be heard saying that the incident would be a “cluster” and that they were going to “have to gather some f**king story."
If a normal subjects, I mean citizens, got together to "gather some f**king story" about an incident, you can damn well bet they would be charged with conspiracy and witness tampering.
Wait...a federal judge actually sided with the Constitution? Quick, somebody quarantine him before he infects other judges! Judges aren't supposed to do their duty, they're supposed to do what they're told by IP maximalists.
On the post: More Disputes Over Trademarked Area Codes. Why Is This Allowed Again?
Register trademark for something you didn't create: check
Bully any other use of the thing you trademarked but didn't create: check
Whine like a two year old about how other companies don't respect your creativity and trademark: double check
Seriously, if anyone should have a trademark on area codes it would probably be AT&T from the Ma Bell days. If the USPTO had stopped the rubber stamp for half a second, they would have realized if Ma Bell hadn't trademarked, patented, or copyrighted it then it isn't eligible for those protections.
On the post: Researcher Buys Axon Cameras On eBay, Finds They're Still Filled With Recordings
I'm still wondering how Dept of Defense property ended up on eBay without going through the Defense Logistics Agency. And if it did go through there, how the hell did they skip the procedures for data protection?
On the post: New 'National Security' Law Threatens Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protesters With Life In Prison
We now have Darth Cheeto, Gollum and Winnie the Pooh in charge of national governments with each trying to be king of the manure pile.
To the Chinese government and the HKSAR:
来找我哥
Lái zhǎo wǒ gē
On the post: How An NYPD Officer Can Hit A Teen With His Car In Front Of Several Witnesses And Get Away With It
The officer was just living up to what NYPD really stands for, Nocking Your Punkass Down (with apologies to Men In Black).
On the post: Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz Benchslapped And Sanctioned AGAIN In A Massive Filing Detailing Pages Upon Pages Of Him Lying Under Oath
Liebowitz has dug himself a hole so deep one is forced to wonder if he can smell feet.
On the post: New Bill Would Kill State Laws Blocking Broadband Competition
Given the current FCC's unwillingness to do their job, I don't see how a new Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth will be able to accomplish much either.
Other than giving ISP's another "regulatory fee" to tack onto consumer bills.
On the post: Indiana Supreme Court Says Compelled Decryption Of Smartphones Violates The Fifth Amendment
Nothing like keeping the All Writs Act alive and well. :S
On the post: GOOGLE THREATENS TO DEFUND TECHDIRT? Where Are All The Politicians Complaining?
See you slacked off in 2017.
On the post: Judge Sides With Twitter Over Devin Nunes In Case Over Satirical Internet Cow: Section 230 Removes Twitter From Frivolous Case
Re: Re: Re: "Twitter is not a content provider"
But then I won't be able to sue the content provider Techdirt.
Just as well I guess. Following in Nunes footsteps has lead to stepping on a lot of cow pies.
On the post: Judge Sides With Twitter Over Devin Nunes In Case Over Satirical Internet Cow: Section 230 Removes Twitter From Frivolous Case
Re: Re: If the guilty cow is not identified
That one is worthy of a "rimshot" button.
On the post: Judge Sides With Twitter Over Devin Nunes In Case Over Satirical Internet Cow: Section 230 Removes Twitter From Frivolous Case
Re: "Twitter is not a content provider"
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191124/23181543450/this-week-free-speech-hypocrites-free-speech- supporter-sheila-gunn-reid-gleefully-sues-someone-calling-her-neo-nazi.shtml#c182
I've already copyrighted, trademarked, and patented that...give me all your money now or I'll sue Techdirt for a bazillion dollars because you violated my IP rights.
/jk
On the post: One Of The World's Largest Web Tracking Companies Leaks Tons Of Personal Info From An Unsecured Server
Re:
Considering our government's current war on encryption, I highly doubt we will see anything that responsibile from them anytime soon.
On the post: One Of The World's Largest Web Tracking Companies Leaks Tons Of Personal Info From An Unsecured Server
The two companies responsible: Oracle and the company they contracted with.
On the post: So Much For Going Dark: FBI Using Social Media, E-Commerce Sites To Track Down Suspects (Including Non-Lawbreakers)
Well, to be honest, when your head is as far up your ass as those proclaiming there is a "going dark" problem have it, I'm sure everything appears to be dark.
On the post: Report Says CIA's Hacking Unit -- Home To The Vault 7 Exploits -- Deployed Almost No Internal Security Measures
Damn...to bad they didn't have something like strong encryption to protect the data instead of relying on the CFAA to make it illegal to hack them.
/sarcasm
On the post: Congressional Reps Demand Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Stop Surveilling Protesters
Re: Re:
Which is why the FBI really prefers the unsuspecting "terrorists" it creates and controls from inception all the way thru arrest.
On the post: Devin Nunes' Lawyer Tells Judge To Ignore Section 230, Because Twitter Is Anti-Devin Nunes
I'm beginning to believe that Biss's name in an acronym for "Boy Is Seriously Stupid"
On the post: Court Cites George Floyd Killing While Denying Immunity To Officers Who Shot A Black Man 22 Times As He Lay On The Ground
If a normal subjects, I mean citizens, got together to "gather some f**king story" about an incident, you can damn well bet they would be charged with conspiracy and witness tampering.
On the post: Federal Court Affirms Activision's First Amendment Rights In Using Humvees in 'Call Of Duty' Game
Wait...a federal judge actually sided with the Constitution? Quick, somebody quarantine him before he infects other judges! Judges aren't supposed to do their duty, they're supposed to do what they're told by IP maximalists.
On the post: Federal Legislators Pitching Massive Police Reform Bill That Would End Qualified Immunity
About damn time! Although I have doubts it will pass.
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