I was raised in the 50's, and constantly exposed to anti-Soviet indoctrination. We were all told how terrible the communist countries were, everyone spying and informing on everyone else, no freedom of travel, people locked up for no reason.
Minus a little hyperbole, this is now the country we live in. What the entire Soviet Union couldn't do to us, a few guys hiding in caves achieved.
...that anything having to do with government and politics is named the exact opposite of what it really is? Plenty of examples, but "Patriot Act" springs immediately to mind. They name them what the public wants to hear.
I'm not sure of the job of the guy giving the deposition, but I've met office staff who would not know, specifically, what "photocopy machine" meant. Too technical. They know it as a copier, or a Xerox. In one case, "Ethel" which turned out to be what they'd named their copier, not the person who operated it. "Just take it to Ethel, out in the hall.
“There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.”
How is the public outcry going to get it shut down? You have no way to do that without a referendum, and you can only have a referendum if the incumbent politicians allow it.
I'd never heard of her before, so the entirety of her reputation (to me) consists of "the dizzy blonde who tried to extort $6,000,000 out of a drugstore." Congratulations, whatever PR firm she employs.
"I was, am now and ALWAYS will be a SATISFIED Comcast customer."
I could swallow, under the right circumstances, everything else you wrote. But if you thing that anyone or anything could not possibly alienate you, sorry, but you're delusional.
It's close. I wouldn't confuse them; my first impression is of an attempt to circumvent Disney's trademark. That is, to give the impression of "well-known cartoon mouse" without ACTUALLY being Mickey®.
Question is, will that be enough? Sorta like having the color blue on a beer label to suggest "cold." Oh, wait...
I'm not a sports fan, but I'd probably watch the re-enactment. Almost certainly as humorous as the "artists impression" drawings of courtroom events they're not allowed to photograph.
"2) As lawyers, they know all the little tricks and loopholes available to drag things out and avoid any real punishment as long as possible, and unless a judge is willing to risk them getting a case against them thrown out on appeal due to a technicality, they unfortunately have to play along and make sure everything's done exactly right."
Ever try to sue a lawyer? I once had one flat-out refuse to pay for IT services done. It seemed pretty clear, I had the order for the work to be done, approving the price, and the guys signature, saying I had successfully finished it. When it came time to pay, he didn't want to, with all sorts of trivial complaints down to "disrupted office workflow by moving items on the secretary's desk."
Seemed open and shut, but three years later, MY legal expenses had exceeded the receivable from continuances, changes in venue, a judge recusing himself, etc. Worked the system and called in favors until I couldn't continue.
It seems as though they're going out of their way to do EVERY POSSIBLE THING wrong. is this a piece of performance art of some kind? Is it even possible to be this stupid AND evil?
... in a sick, distorted way. If I read this correctly, he sent the defendants (or at least #3) his original disks and artwork, with the expectation they would be selling THOSE PARTICULAR DISKS, not digital copies thereof.
This is so far outside the way anyone actually does business, I can easily visualize some low-level employee ignoring whatever bizarre documentation was sent along and simply handling them in the usual way, including signing forms and posting the music in their online stores.
"I didn't send my photo to the newspaper to be printed in every copy; I figured they'd just paste it to the front of ONE copy and that would be that!"
The agency involved gets a bigger budget. They clearly haven't had the resources to 'stop all attacks.' it's not like anyone would ever find out what really happened...
"Just a quick note, your name calling of the president makes you look stupid and sound like a child, show some self respect and stop name calling the most powerful man in the world and maybe people will spend the time reading your comment instead of reporting it into oblivion."
'...some business deals will never come to fruition if a private actor's downside risk far and away exceeds its upside benefit."
And, of course, every single business deal MUST come to fruition? The whole point is not shackling the hands of citizens and governments to protect corporations. Let 'em evaluate risk, and accept or reject it, the old fashioned way.
There's no advantage for them in having this device exist, and the slight theoretical possibility that it could be tweaked for "piracy." Why WOULDN'T they try to destroy it? It's not like they have any interest in what's convenient for, or benefits consumers.
Sort of like when a thief smashed my car window to take 35˘ in change - why should HE care what it cost me, he's got the 35˘.
You'll play your movie from a disk, like your father did, and like it.
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Seems familiar
Minus a little hyperbole, this is now the country we live in. What the entire Soviet Union couldn't do to us, a few guys hiding in caves achieved.
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Since when is it a surprise
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I am unsurprised.
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That's why they're complaining. They were counting on the settlement revenue.
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No one has trotted out the Heinlein quote?
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Re: I really don't understand
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Katherine Heigl ?
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Re: A load of crap...
I could swallow, under the right circumstances, everything else you wrote. But if you thing that anyone or anything could not possibly alienate you, sorry, but you're delusional.
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Re: non starter
It's not Comcast's fault that Netflix is a bandwidth hog, nor is it their fault that Netflix doesn't peer well with others."
Offered? OFFERED? Like I offered my wallet to a mugger some years ago?
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Yeah, me too.
Question is, will that be enough? Sorta like having the color blue on a beer label to suggest "cold." Oh, wait...
On the post: Newscasters Reenact Final Four Moments Rather Than Wait For Game Highlight Rights To Clear
I'm not a sports fan
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Ever try to sue a lawyer? I once had one flat-out refuse to pay for IT services done. It seemed pretty clear, I had the order for the work to be done, approving the price, and the guys signature, saying I had successfully finished it. When it came time to pay, he didn't want to, with all sorts of trivial complaints down to "disrupted office workflow by moving items on the secretary's desk."
Seemed open and shut, but three years later, MY legal expenses had exceeded the receivable from continuances, changes in venue, a judge recusing himself, etc. Worked the system and called in favors until I couldn't continue.
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A literal parody of a bad company?
On the post: Musician Claims $5.2 BILLION In Damages In Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple, Amazon And CDBaby
This may be interesting
This is so far outside the way anyone actually does business, I can easily visualize some low-level employee ignoring whatever bizarre documentation was sent along and simply handling them in the usual way, including signing forms and posting the music in their online stores.
"I didn't send my photo to the newspaper to be printed in every copy; I figured they'd just paste it to the front of ONE copy and that would be that!"
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Re: Re: Setting up Terrorists
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You win. You're MUCH funnier than I am.
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And I don't care how obama-lama-dingdong thinks his name is spelled.
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And, of course, every single business deal MUST come to fruition? The whole point is not shackling the hands of citizens and governments to protect corporations. Let 'em evaluate risk, and accept or reject it, the old fashioned way.
On the post: Hollywood's Piracy Fears Turn Potentially Useful Product Into A $4,000 Brick
You have to see the studios perspective
Sort of like when a thief smashed my car window to take 35˘ in change - why should HE care what it cost me, he's got the 35˘.
You'll play your movie from a disk, like your father did, and like it.
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Bye bye
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