I've disagreed with most everything David Lowery has ever argued, but I will give him the respect he deserves for standing with Techdirt in their fight for journalism and the First Amendment.
Lol. That's old habits leftover from when I used to get paid to code in LISP (or to be more precise, AutoCAD's AutoLisp). Nothing worse than spending a day searching for an unmatched parenthesis.
And yes, I am a strong proponent of open source software. I have used GNU/Linux for the last decade and as a hobbyist programmer, I have released a couple of projects under the GPLv3 license so that I may "pay it forward" to the open source community.
Is there even ONE legitimate proponent of FREE Open Source that will condemn what is being done in the lawsuit at issue? This is a business enforcing an "open source" copyright to demand money.
I think you misunderstand the purpose of copyleft licenses.
If copyright didn't exist, there would be no need for copyleft licenses. Copyleft licenses are a workaround to defeat the default position that everything created is automatically copyrighted at the time of fixation, which makes sharing among coding communities very difficult. There is no legal way, currently codified in US law, to release something as Public Domain. (There have been instances of authors releasing works to the Public Domain, only to have their heirs sue for infringement after their deaths.) Copyleft licenses were developed to keep anyone from locking up the code and preventing anyone else from using it.
So, yes, copyleft licenses have to use copyright to be able to prevent copyright from locking up innovation. Since copyright is mostly civil law, monetary relief is the usual remedy.
"Any court having jurisdiction of a civil action arising under this title may . . . grant temporary . . . injunctions on such terms as it may deem reasonable to prevent . . . infringement of a copyright."
You left out this part: "subject to the provisions of section 1498 of title 28". If you go to that section you see this:
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any claim arising in a foreign country.
Times Content Limited (TCL) is a business registered in New Delhi and the actual "fixation" of the copyright is not in the US. Just some more food for thought.
Re: Techdirt defends site it admits infringes copyright. At what point are you going to quit sticking up for criminals?
B) IN NO CASE does a business or even persons have right to supersede the "exclusive" right to control copies stated in the Constitution.
Wrong. Absolutely wrong.
There is no "right to control copies stated in the Constitution." The Copyright Clause grants Congress the right to create copyright laws and specifies the means to do it. It does not, in and of itself, grant any rights to anyone other than Congress. Nor does it imply that Congress had to create any copyright laws at all. They could have decided to not create any copyright laws whatsoever, if they wanted and could still create laws that reverse all of our existing copyright laws if they felt so inclined.
As such, The Constitution itself most definitely does supersede any copyright laws created by Congress.
So, you are absolutely and completely incorrect on this point, Blue.
That is equivalent to "explain the contradiction in YOUR OWN VERSION OF EVENTS in ripoffreport"?
Fair enough. Perhaps that isn't exactly equivalent.
But it is close... you know, some random anonymous internet asshole demanding you prove some random thing as if they are actually entitled to an explanation.
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(Mind, now I do kinda want an 'Unofficial Agent of Techdirt' shirt...)
Me too.
No idea what you mean when you claim Gwiz has an 'editorial position', unless you somehow think that being asked to do a 'Favorite Posts of the Week' once somehow makes him an employee or representative of TD(it doesn't).
I have no clue why this person claims this either. I'm not even an "Insider".
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...as well as editorial power.
Nope. Nadda. None whatsoever. I can't even edit my own comments here.
I'm just someone who has commented here for almost 10 years and was once asked to write a guest post for the "Favorites of the Week" when that was something that Techdirt was doing at the time. It involved a total of 4 or 5 emails back and forth and that was it. I didn't even disclose my full name.
You basically ARE TechDirt, right?
Your lack of basic logic would be a bit funny if it wasn't so sad.
By your (flawed) reasoning, anyone with a Facebook account would be "agents" of Facebook or anyone with a Gmail account would be "agents" of Google. Anyone with a couple of functioning brain cells can see that that is just plain silly.
I don't really expect an answer now, but I am sure this will be a question of public interest in the future, when the case goes to trial.
Just curious here, but if the Ayyadurai lawsuit goes to discovery and trial, what makes you think that the court will allow it to encompass all these other, non-related things that have absolutely nothing to do with the statements Techdirt made concerning Ayyadurai?
American Citizens HATE this kind of foul mouthed, low character disgusting attacks on ANYONE, let alone the King of Thailand.
Laughing my ass off here. Do you live in Mayberry or something? Because that's not the representation of American citizens I am familiar with. Just do a search for "angry people" on Youtube and you'll see what I mean.
Also, I don't believe many people here in the US really give a rat's ass about the king of Thailand or their silly laws, because we have something that's much more important to us and it's called Free Speech.
Re: Insulting and defaming is NOT "reporting", but it's just about the ONLY "kind of work [you've] done for almost twenty years".
If you're so sure of your position, college boy,
quit wasting time and money, just go to trial!
Attempting to get a frivolous lawsuit dismissed in the early stages is now "wasting time and money"?
I see you still haven't improved on your logic or cognitive thinking skills yet. Keep trying Blue, someday you might actually pull two brain cells together and be able to articulate a reasonable thought.
What possible reason is there to intentionally import millions of other countries' poor?
Actually, those who have the cojones to actually relocate to another country tend to be the "go getters" of their respective societies. They are productive and often start up businesses that create jobs in their new countries. They pay more in taxes than they receive in welfare. They spend their income on local goods and services. Overall, higher rates of foreign-born population historically have corresponded to lower unemployment rates.
The Constitution does not apply to or protect foreign nationals in foreign countries.
I disagree.
The wording in most of the Articles and Amendments refer to "people" instead of "citizens" and have no restrictions in regards to physical location. The Constitution is simply a list of what the US government may or may not do and isn't restricted any sub-set of humanity, except for the Articles and Amendments that are specifically worded to apply only to "citizens".
It's my belief that the Constitution applies to anyone and everyone who has dealings with the US government, with the exception of the Articles and Amendments that apply only to "citizens" (for example, the right to vote).
Obviously, our courts do not subscribe to my view of this.
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Props where due
I've disagreed with most everything David Lowery has ever argued, but I will give him the respect he deserves for standing with Techdirt in their fight for journalism and the First Amendment.
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Paradox-absorbing crumple zones are standard equipment for politicians.
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Lol. That's old habits leftover from when I used to get paid to code in LISP (or to be more precise, AutoCAD's AutoLisp). Nothing worse than spending a day searching for an unmatched parenthesis.
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And yes, I am a strong proponent of open source software. I have used GNU/Linux for the last decade and as a hobbyist programmer, I have released a couple of projects under the GPLv3 license so that I may "pay it forward" to the open source community.
https://github.com/Gwiz65
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I think you misunderstand the purpose of copyleft licenses.
If copyright didn't exist, there would be no need for copyleft licenses. Copyleft licenses are a workaround to defeat the default position that everything created is automatically copyrighted at the time of fixation, which makes sharing among coding communities very difficult. There is no legal way, currently codified in US law, to release something as Public Domain. (There have been instances of authors releasing works to the Public Domain, only to have their heirs sue for infringement after their deaths.) Copyleft licenses were developed to keep anyone from locking up the code and preventing anyone else from using it.
So, yes, copyleft licenses have to use copyright to be able to prevent copyright from locking up innovation. Since copyright is mostly civil law, monetary relief is the usual remedy.
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Re:
You left out this part: "subject to the provisions of section 1498 of title 28". If you go to that section you see this:
Times Content Limited (TCL) is a business registered in New Delhi and the actual "fixation" of the copyright is not in the US. Just some more food for thought.
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Re: Techdirt defends site it admits infringes copyright. At what point are you going to quit sticking up for criminals?
Wrong. Absolutely wrong.
There is no "right to control copies stated in the Constitution." The Copyright Clause grants Congress the right to create copyright laws and specifies the means to do it. It does not, in and of itself, grant any rights to anyone other than Congress. Nor does it imply that Congress had to create any copyright laws at all. They could have decided to not create any copyright laws whatsoever, if they wanted and could still create laws that reverse all of our existing copyright laws if they felt so inclined.
As such, The Constitution itself most definitely does supersede any copyright laws created by Congress.
So, you are absolutely and completely incorrect on this point, Blue.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Astonishing
Fair enough. Perhaps that isn't exactly equivalent.
But it is close... you know, some random anonymous internet asshole demanding you prove some random thing as if they are actually entitled to an explanation.
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Nope. There is no Insider badge below my icon, is there?
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Re: Astonishing
Wait a minute. In a comment, on Techdirt, where you bitch about internet defamation, you use the internet to defame (IMHO) Techdirt?
What a fucking hypocrite.
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Hmmm... I want to play too.
Anonymous Coward, I would like YOU to provide evidence that you have stopped beating your wife.....
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Re: Re: Re: Anyone who demands respect doesn't deserve it
Me too.
I have no clue why this person claims this either. I'm not even an "Insider".
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Re: Re: Re: Anyone who demands respect doesn't deserve it
Nope. Nadda. None whatsoever. I can't even edit my own comments here.
I'm just someone who has commented here for almost 10 years and was once asked to write a guest post for the "Favorites of the Week" when that was something that Techdirt was doing at the time. It involved a total of 4 or 5 emails back and forth and that was it. I didn't even disclose my full name.
Your lack of basic logic would be a bit funny if it wasn't so sad.
By your (flawed) reasoning, anyone with a Facebook account would be "agents" of Facebook or anyone with a Gmail account would be "agents" of Google. Anyone with a couple of functioning brain cells can see that that is just plain silly.
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Re:
Just curious here, but if the Ayyadurai lawsuit goes to discovery and trial, what makes you think that the court will allow it to encompass all these other, non-related things that have absolutely nothing to do with the statements Techdirt made concerning Ayyadurai?
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Re:
Laughing my ass off here. Do you live in Mayberry or something? Because that's not the representation of American citizens I am familiar with. Just do a search for "angry people" on Youtube and you'll see what I mean.
Also, I don't believe many people here in the US really give a rat's ass about the king of Thailand or their silly laws, because we have something that's much more important to us and it's called Free Speech.
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Lol. Then they would risk getting sued by Pantone. The Pantone Matching System itself is trademarked and the color names/numbers are under copyright..
http://www.pantone.com/downloads/articles/pdfs/ColorIDControls_Brochure.pdf
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Re: Insulting and defaming is NOT "reporting", but it's just about the ONLY "kind of work [you've] done for almost twenty years".
Attempting to get a frivolous lawsuit dismissed in the early stages is now "wasting time and money"?
I see you still haven't improved on your logic or cognitive thinking skills yet. Keep trying Blue, someday you might actually pull two brain cells together and be able to articulate a reasonable thought.
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Actually, those who have the cojones to actually relocate to another country tend to be the "go getters" of their respective societies. They are productive and often start up businesses that create jobs in their new countries. They pay more in taxes than they receive in welfare. They spend their income on local goods and services. Overall, higher rates of foreign-born population historically have corresponded to lower unemployment rates.
https://www.aclu.org/other/immigrants-and-economy
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Re: Re: Re: No Hidden Agenda here!
I disagree.
The wording in most of the Articles and Amendments refer to "people" instead of "citizens" and have no restrictions in regards to physical location. The Constitution is simply a list of what the US government may or may not do and isn't restricted any sub-set of humanity, except for the Articles and Amendments that are specifically worded to apply only to "citizens".
It's my belief that the Constitution applies to anyone and everyone who has dealings with the US government, with the exception of the Articles and Amendments that apply only to "citizens" (for example, the right to vote).
Obviously, our courts do not subscribe to my view of this.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Obvious?
Really? Says who?
I have no clue what the laws are in Germany concerning this, but here in the US you can legally purchase all the "espionage devices" you wish:
https://www.thespystore.com/
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