I love it. Let's see by their math (looking at the Jammie Thomas fiasco), what is it now, like $60,000 per infringement?
the average person takes about 20,000 breaths per day, so that's $1,200,000,000 per day per executive. I say they can post a bond equal to one year's worth of breathing in lieu of a preliminary injunction: $438 billion.
If I read the post correctly, the NHL doesn't really provide ANY means for watching your home team (they're blacked out), so how else are they supposed to watch them?
This isn't a DMCA issue. She's not claiming copyright, she's claiming defamation and misappropriation of likeness.
Besides, the sites actively used the content in question so they would not be protected. The stock photo site would be protected by DMCA, but not Match.com.
According to the US census, the population of the US is 312,363,265. So if a mere 1% of the US population was guilty that would be 3.12 million people.
And also according to the census, in 2009, the last year in which crime statistics were available, the total number of reported crimes (Violent and non-violent/property) in the US was 3.466 million.
So you're telling me that a law which doubles the crime rate of a country is working?
Mike attempts to paint it like the people aren't at the table, but they are - they elected their "reps".
No he addressed that:
"The government seems to automatically take the position of the entertainment industry, leaving the ISPs as the sole party looking out for "the consumer"..."
The problem with expecting government to be representing "the people" is that they only represent "the people" most likely to line their coffers with lobbying money, and that ain't the general public.
Um, except in your analogy, if the com[any can prove that the contract was signed outside of the CEO's authority, it would invalidate the contract. Otherwise, anyone with 'signing authority' for a company could put them on the hook. That's why comapnies have limit's on employees' signing authority to begin with.
Back to the point, if the president signs this AND it is clearly outside his mandate (as it appears) then Congress could very well tell the rest of the world "Too bad" and choose to not abide by it. My guess is that this would have to go before someone like the ITF for enforecement.
Really? Justice served? Tell that to Debra Green. she was wrongfully convicted, had to spend time and money defending a baseless accusation.
*IF* Officer London is convicted, AND subsequently relieved of her duties AND jailed, AND Ms. Green is compensated for adequately, then justice has ALMOST been served.
Expect this littel incident to cost the citizens of Chicago a ton of $$$
In CDMA and GSM (including UMTS and LTE), encryption is part of the call setup process. When the phone is in standby mode, it sends a beacon with basic identifiying information (mobile number primarily) to help the system locate it when someone calls it. This beacon information is unencrypted, as is the beacon being sent from the tower to the phone and would be very easy to intercept and analyze.
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I wish I could laugh at this statement, but it seems to be more true every day...
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the average person takes about 20,000 breaths per day, so that's $1,200,000,000 per day per executive. I say they can post a bond equal to one year's worth of breathing in lieu of a preliminary injunction: $438 billion.
Can I get co-authorship on this copyright? ;)
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You build loyalty for a team by creating MORE access to it, not less.
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Appeal?
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Besides, the sites actively used the content in question so they would not be protected. The stock photo site would be protected by DMCA, but not Match.com.
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According to the US census, the population of the US is 312,363,265. So if a mere 1% of the US population was guilty that would be 3.12 million people.
And also according to the census, in 2009, the last year in which crime statistics were available, the total number of reported crimes (Violent and non-violent/property) in the US was 3.466 million.
So you're telling me that a law which doubles the crime rate of a country is working?
I'm sorry, I don't get it.
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No he addressed that:
"The government seems to automatically take the position of the entertainment industry, leaving the ISPs as the sole party looking out for "the consumer"..."
The problem with expecting government to be representing "the people" is that they only represent "the people" most likely to line their coffers with lobbying money, and that ain't the general public.
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CITATION NEEDED
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Back to the point, if the president signs this AND it is clearly outside his mandate (as it appears) then Congress could very well tell the rest of the world "Too bad" and choose to not abide by it. My guess is that this would have to go before someone like the ITF for enforecement.
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This reminds me of a quote
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*IF* Officer London is convicted, AND subsequently relieved of her duties AND jailed, AND Ms. Green is compensated for adequately, then justice has ALMOST been served.
Expect this littel incident to cost the citizens of Chicago a ton of $$$
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I need a chiropractor
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It seems to me also that if they can use Google, they have the same ability to see what the rest of the world is able to.
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