Don't forget that Amazon reserves the "right" to delete any ebook from your Kindle at any time. Ironically, they debuted this when they stripped Kindles of copies of 1984 that had been legally purchased.
With the number of times that police have been caught framing suspects, planting evidence, losing evidence, withholding exculpatory evidence, etc, the judges lack of sanctions is inexcusable. The day that the courts loudly proclaimed that all cops could lie their asses off with impunity, is the day that the judiciary sacrificed their own credibility and honour on the altar of the LEOs.
Almost every time I see an article about piracy and the fight of the copyright maximalists to stamp it out, this is the quote that runs through my mind.
“Merciful Goddess, indifferent God, what an unholy goatfuck.” - Amy Lane
Three words. (They are bullshit, but hey, the MAFIAA paid dearly to get them.)
Contributory copyright infringement.
$150,000 per "infringed" work.
If it works well, they will owe more than the US GDP. /s
Hmmm. If we went after every single billionaire and Fortune 500 company properly, we could eliminate the entire national debt in only a few years, with a hell of a surplus left over.
Or for shits and giggles we could DMCA every F500 companies websites. Automated enforcement FTW.
So quick, you people who run the botnets on the IoT, get to work and start sending notices to everyone that there is fuckton of infringing going on. Take them all down and keep them down. LMAO.
Yes, we should all have at least 100/100 Mb connections. The telecoms gave all that money to their shareholders instead. If you actually look at the conditions that were placed on them there are so many weasel words it is positively insane.
Prime example of why NO company should ever be allowed to write legislation.
If you can imagine it, it does exist on the Internet. Usually used to refer to pornography. Ex. Simpsons porn, Bill Clinton and the bear, and, then it goes down hill.
And this is why when I was first using computers in the early '80s it stood for Digital Restrictions Management. It has never been about 'rights' and never will be.
The Western world is at the point now where data acquisition meets or exceeds that behind the Great Firewall of China. The only difference is that it is not the government doing the spying, it is business. Thanks to the third party doctrine and the All Writs act, the governments here in the US have access to all of it. And almost always without the need for something as onerous as a warrant or even probable cause.
Obama refused to crack down on these activities adequately and has handed Trump tools and weapons that no president should have. I'd say that it is up to Congress now to do their jobs, but since they work for the corporations, and not the people, that isn't going to happen.
While I think that Obama did a number of good things, I sure wish that he had had the balls to actually heed the warnings that he was given. Like LBJ, (in regards to Vietnam), Obama was too worried about being called a pussy to do that right things about T.W.A.T. Now we all, Americans and the entire world, are going to be forced to deal with the consequences of his inaction.
I sure hope like hell that in 2020 Americans remember this kind of crap and put someone in the White House who isn't too cowardly or psychotic to do the right thing for the country. It's time we voted in people who KNOW that they work for the best interests of the people, not the best interests of the government, or the corporations.
I predict that the Supremes will rule for the Slants.
I also predict that the day after someone will trademark "Trumps Sucks Dick". Legal shenanigans will ensue, suits will be filed. In retaliation someone else will get a trademark on the following and make a killing selling it.
"Trump sucks giant hairy green donkey dicks oozing purple puss".
If the US won't let them trademark it, I bet the EU will.
I guess that Verizon simply wants the title of the most hated company in America. Rather than work hard, fuck over everyone and everything around them, they are going to do it the easy way. Just buy there way to the top.
On a more serious note, a wave of mergers of the like not seen since '96 or so is not what anyone needs. Time has shown that these mega-mergers do nothing but make a lot of money for a few big shareholders and destroy value for all of the others investors.
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The day that the courts loudly proclaimed that all cops could lie their asses off with impunity, is the day that the judiciary sacrificed their own credibility and honour on the altar of the LEOs.
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Sophistry.
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“Merciful Goddess, indifferent God, what an unholy goatfuck.” - Amy Lane
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Contributory copyright infringement.
$150,000 per "infringed" work.
If it works well, they will owe more than the US GDP. /s
Hmmm. If we went after every single billionaire and Fortune 500 company properly, we could eliminate the entire national debt in only a few years, with a hell of a surplus left over.
Or for shits and giggles we could DMCA every F500 companies websites. Automated enforcement FTW.
So quick, you people who run the botnets on the IoT, get to work and start sending notices to everyone that there is fuckton of infringing going on. Take them all down and keep them down. LMAO.
K, going back to bed now.
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Prime example of why NO company should ever be allowed to write legislation.
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If it doesn't offend somebody, it couldn't possibly interest anybody.
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Did they intersect?
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Time
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Re: DRM isn't to protect the users...
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Dirtbags
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Unreal
Obama refused to crack down on these activities adequately and has handed Trump tools and weapons that no president should have. I'd say that it is up to Congress now to do their jobs, but since they work for the corporations, and not the people, that isn't going to happen.
While I think that Obama did a number of good things, I sure wish that he had had the balls to actually heed the warnings that he was given. Like LBJ, (in regards to Vietnam), Obama was too worried about being called a pussy to do that right things about T.W.A.T. Now we all, Americans and the entire world, are going to be forced to deal with the consequences of his inaction.
I sure hope like hell that in 2020 Americans remember this kind of crap and put someone in the White House who isn't too cowardly or psychotic to do the right thing for the country. It's time we voted in people who KNOW that they work for the best interests of the people, not the best interests of the government, or the corporations.
On the post: Supreme Court Delves Into Question Of Whether Or Not You Can Trademark 'Disparaging' Terms
Heh
I also predict that the day after someone will trademark "Trumps Sucks Dick". Legal shenanigans will ensue, suits will be filed. In retaliation someone else will get a trademark on the following and make a killing selling it.
"Trump sucks giant hairy green donkey dicks oozing purple puss".
If the US won't let them trademark it, I bet the EU will.
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Re: Sigh
*Don't see any way to edit. Poop.
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Sigh
On a more serious note, a wave of mergers of the like not seen since '96 or so is not what anyone needs. Time has shown that these mega-mergers do nothing but make a lot of money for a few big shareholders and destroy value for all of the others investors.
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