Something which I'm sure is endlessly entertaining to the trolls in question, knowing that not only are there people wanting them to show up but that even when they haven't those people are already talking about them.
'Oh you're being honest this time? Suuure you are.'
See, this is the sort of thing you can bring to the table when you prioritize actually building a case over scoring cheap political points.
This is what politicians and AGs should have been working on all this time rather than the blatant political stunts that have been the default so far, because as damning as this looks(and even just a quick readthrough of this article looks pretty bad for Google) you can be sure that they're going to be pointing to all the past PR stunts to try to discredit this as just another attempt along those lines.
It's staggering how badly some people misread and/or misrepresent such an short and simple bit of text.
The first amendment means the government can't punish you for what you say(outside of very narrow categories of speech), it doesn't mean others are similarly restricted.
The first amendment means the government isn't allowed to try to silence you(again, outside of narrow restrictions), it doesn't mean it's obligated to provide you a platform to speak from and it certainly doesn't obligate anyone else to provide that platform.
Such a simple bit of text so it's rather damning how certain groups/individuals keep getting it so laughably wrong.
AT&T funds and creates propaganda channel, botches merger so badly that they need to scrounge some cash and spins off the company that was hosting it, and as soon as the new execs show up they decide that nah, they'd rather not be known for hosting that sewage.
The people at AT&T who were involved in OAN's creation have got to be seriously put out, they paid good money for that propaganda and lies, how dare the new execs not just love it all to pieces and share it far and wide?!
'Of course I'm anti-crime, that's why I'm going after the cops!'
That's certainly a good part of it with few people wanting to draw the attention of their local badge-wearing gang of thugs, and the problem only gets worse when you factor in the far too successful tactic of the unions and any politicians looking to score cheap points of painting any politician who might try to crack down on corrupt cops as not being 'tough on crime' and/or being 'pro-criminal' despite the fact that that's what those efforts are trying to tackle.
Now that you put it that way it's no wonder they tried to defend playing it on the clock, they were just engaging in some unconventional training for their job!
If a company telling people what the prices are of your product and offering them a way to buy it without having to go through you are a serious threat to your business the other company is probably not the source of the problem.
Waste time playing Pokemon on the clock? Do not pass GO, do not collect your paycheck while an investigation is underway to clear you, go straight to 'You're fired'.
Rob, assault and/or murder someone on the clock? Promotion or paid leave until the heat dies down.
Nice to see that there actually is something that's considered so bad that police departments will fire a cop for it, it's just rather horrendous what that is versus what it should be.
'I'm not getting those calls but I am getting donations, so...'
Or in tl;dr format, robocalls continue to be a bane of phone owners because they're too profitable for politicians for them to care to do anything about them.
If it's an unrelated industry and you're going nuts because the name is similar that's likely to get you called a troll.
If your first response to a potential infringement is to threaten to destroy the other company unless they immediately cease and desist, that's also likely to get you called a troll.
If it's the same industry and you send a polite 'Hey, your trademark is a little too similar to ours for comfort, we'd appreciate if you could change that' that's probably not going to earn the troll label.
No idea, not something I pay attention to but even then I wouldn't put that up to Shkreli's level as there's a difference between 'If you work this job your boss is such a penny-pinching miser/sociopath that safety is several levels below speed on the list of priorities' and 'If you want this medicine you're only going to get it from this one company, no matter the price, because they've gone out of their way to make sure that there are no alternatives.'
From the article Bobvious posted:
'He also designed supply agreements to block competitors from offering a generic version of the unpatented medicine, which is used to treat the parasitic disease in pregnant women and patients with Aids.'
'Screw health and safety, all that matters is you doing the job you're given as fast as possible' is certainly up there on the evil scale but it's hard to match the modern-day version of 'Your money or your life'.
Even to the extent that the public might be against 230 that doesn't do Koby much good as I've little doubt that the overwhelming majority of those that fall into that category do so because certain individuals and groups keep lying about 230, both what it says and what it does, as evidenced by the fact that I've yet to see an honest argument against the law.
If the primary reason people are against something is that it's constantly being lied about the only thing that low opinion serves as is an indicator of people being fooled and the presence of the liars that fooled them.
Your client is serving what at their restaurant now?
Parody site: Two raw eggs, cereal orders named after and served by strippers that can include drugs and/or human breast milk, pancakes bounced off the abs of a topless magician, a taco where the filling includes a women with a mustache and economic collapse...
Lawyers: The menu on the parody site is substantially similar to the actual CABLP menu.
The mists are clearing, I can see it now, overnight suddenly every cop in the eight circuit will be constantly smelling and commenting on the smell of marijuana whenever they're out of the station, because hey, with an 'the ends justify the means' ruling on the books why wouldn't they?
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Re: Re: Where's blueballs?
Something which I'm sure is endlessly entertaining to the trolls in question, knowing that not only are there people wanting them to show up but that even when they haven't those people are already talking about them.
On the post: States' 3rd Amended Antitrust Complaint Against Google Looks A Lot More Damning
'Oh you're being honest this time? Suuure you are.'
See, this is the sort of thing you can bring to the table when you prioritize actually building a case over scoring cheap political points.
This is what politicians and AGs should have been working on all this time rather than the blatant political stunts that have been the default so far, because as damning as this looks(and even just a quick readthrough of this article looks pretty bad for Google) you can be sure that they're going to be pointing to all the past PR stunts to try to discredit this as just another attempt along those lines.
On the post: DirecTV Finally Dumps OAN, Limiting The Conspiracy And Propaganda Channel's Reach
Re: Re: Stunning
It's staggering how badly some people misread and/or misrepresent such an short and simple bit of text.
The first amendment means the government can't punish you for what you say(outside of very narrow categories of speech), it doesn't mean others are similarly restricted.
The first amendment means the government isn't allowed to try to silence you(again, outside of narrow restrictions), it doesn't mean it's obligated to provide you a platform to speak from and it certainly doesn't obligate anyone else to provide that platform.
Such a simple bit of text so it's rather damning how certain groups/individuals keep getting it so laughably wrong.
On the post: DirecTV Finally Dumps OAN, Limiting The Conspiracy And Propaganda Channel's Reach
Ah sweet schadenfreude...
AT&T funds and creates propaganda channel, botches merger so badly that they need to scrounge some cash and spins off the company that was hosting it, and as soon as the new execs show up they decide that nah, they'd rather not be known for hosting that sewage.
The people at AT&T who were involved in OAN's creation have got to be seriously put out, they paid good money for that propaganda and lies, how dare the new execs not just love it all to pieces and share it far and wide?!
On the post: Pennsylvania Says Legal Medical Marijuana Means Cops Can't Just Sniff Their Way Into Warrantless Searches
'Of course I'm anti-crime, that's why I'm going after the cops!'
That's certainly a good part of it with few people wanting to draw the attention of their local badge-wearing gang of thugs, and the problem only gets worse when you factor in the far too successful tactic of the unions and any politicians looking to score cheap points of painting any politician who might try to crack down on corrupt cops as not being 'tough on crime' and/or being 'pro-criminal' despite the fact that that's what those efforts are trying to tackle.
On the post: Court To Cops Who Caught Pokemon Rather Than Robbery Suspects: That's A (Justified) Firin'
Re: Re: Re: I'm more surprised
Now that you put it that way it's no wonder they tried to defend playing it on the clock, they were just engaging in some unconventional training for their job!
On the post: Court Says That Travel Company Can't Tell Others How Much Southwest Flights Cost
'Their prices are HOW much?!'
If a company telling people what the prices are of your product and offering them a way to buy it without having to go through you are a serious threat to your business the other company is probably not the source of the problem.
On the post: Court To Cops Who Caught Pokemon Rather Than Robbery Suspects: That's A (Justified) Firin'
Re: I'm more surprised
Give it time, the day that it's possible to assault and/or kill a digital entity is the day one or more cops will do so.
On the post: Court To Cops Who Caught Pokemon Rather Than Robbery Suspects: That's A (Justified) Firin'
Re: Don't worry!
Have your Sad But True/Insightful for that...
On the post: Court To Cops Who Caught Pokemon Rather Than Robbery Suspects: That's A (Justified) Firin'
Lovely priorities
Waste time playing Pokemon on the clock? Do not pass GO, do not collect your paycheck while an investigation is underway to clear you, go straight to 'You're fired'.
Rob, assault and/or murder someone on the clock? Promotion or paid leave until the heat dies down.
Nice to see that there actually is something that's considered so bad that police departments will fire a cop for it, it's just rather horrendous what that is versus what it should be.
On the post: Why U.S. Robocall Hell Seemingly Never Ends
'I'm not getting those calls but I am getting donations, so...'
Or in tl;dr format, robocalls continue to be a bane of phone owners because they're too profitable for politicians for them to care to do anything about them.
On the post: US Court To Gruyere Cheese People: No, You Can't Ban People From Calling Their Cheese Gruyere If They Aren't Your Neighbors
Re: Re: A bit late
You enforce it, you're a troll.
Uh, no, context and tone matters.
If it's an unrelated industry and you're going nuts because the name is similar that's likely to get you called a troll.
If your first response to a potential infringement is to threaten to destroy the other company unless they immediately cease and desist, that's also likely to get you called a troll.
If it's the same industry and you send a polite 'Hey, your trademark is a little too similar to ours for comfort, we'd appreciate if you could change that' that's probably not going to earn the troll label.
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Re:
No idea, not something I pay attention to but even then I wouldn't put that up to Shkreli's level as there's a difference between 'If you work this job your boss is such a penny-pinching miser/sociopath that safety is several levels below speed on the list of priorities' and 'If you want this medicine you're only going to get it from this one company, no matter the price, because they've gone out of their way to make sure that there are no alternatives.'
From the article Bobvious posted:
'He also designed supply agreements to block competitors from offering a generic version of the unpatented medicine, which is used to treat the parasitic disease in pregnant women and patients with Aids.'
'Screw health and safety, all that matters is you doing the job you're given as fast as possible' is certainly up there on the evil scale but it's hard to match the modern-day version of 'Your money or your life'.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Re:
I'm certainly not a fan of Bezos but Shkreli's evil almost certainly had a literal body-count given what it involved, has Bezos hit that point yet?
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Re: Also in interesting court cases
In jail and on the hook for tens of millions, couldn't have happened to a more deserving scumbag.
On the post: New 'TLDR' Bill Requires Companies Provide Synopsis Of Overlong, Predatory Terms Of Service
Re: Re: RepublicWireless would be a good model
Oh that was glorious, thanks for sharing.
On the post: [UPDATE] Elizabeth Warren Is NOT Cosponsoring A Bill To Repeal 230
Re: Re:
Usually when targets of Techdirt articles point out factual errors in Techdirt articles
[Citation Needed] as the saying goes.
of globalist corporatist
Dangit, the neighbors' dogs just started barking like mad, what could possibly have gotten into them...
On the post: [UPDATE] Elizabeth Warren Is NOT Cosponsoring A Bill To Repeal 230
Re: Re: Aligned Interests
Even to the extent that the public might be against 230 that doesn't do Koby much good as I've little doubt that the overwhelming majority of those that fall into that category do so because certain individuals and groups keep lying about 230, both what it says and what it does, as evidenced by the fact that I've yet to see an honest argument against the law.
If the primary reason people are against something is that it's constantly being lied about the only thing that low opinion serves as is an indicator of people being fooled and the presence of the liars that fooled them.
On the post: Criss Angel Sends Ridiculous Legal Threat After Comedian Creates Parody Menu Of His Restaurant
Your client is serving what at their restaurant now?
Parody site: Two raw eggs, cereal orders named after and served by strippers that can include drugs and/or human breast milk, pancakes bounced off the abs of a topless magician, a taco where the filling includes a women with a mustache and economic collapse...
Lawyers: The menu on the parody site is substantially similar to the actual CABLP menu.
Me: Uhhh...
On the post: Appeals Court Says It's Entirely Possible For Cops To Pinpoint Marijuana Odors In Moving Cars
Unconstitutional searches for all!
The mists are clearing, I can see it now, overnight suddenly every cop in the eight circuit will be constantly smelling and commenting on the smell of marijuana whenever they're out of the station, because hey, with an 'the ends justify the means' ruling on the books why wouldn't they?
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