I suggest 28 years, renewable (for a significant fee-- $1000?) for another 28 of reduced protection. The "significant" fee would encourage holders to abandon dead copyrights of purely speculative value. "Reduced" protection would be for copying only (not against derivative works), and damages would have to be proven, not the wildly inflated "statutory" damages allowed today.
The lifespan of the author should make no difference (any more than for other property). Authors can be encouraged to save some of their royalties from the first 28 (or 56) years for their old age.
Rigorous enforcement good way to mobilize repeal of bad law
Platforms should set their bots to nuke everything even slightly questionable, replacing it with black space enclosing white text (in German), something like "blocked to avoid potential liability under NetzDG".
I was planning to say the following, but Bruce C. said it first:
>The other trouble with this (or any) certification is that even if handlers are able to pass the test by letting their dog do the searching, that doesn't prevent them from triggering the dog to give the desired results during real stops. There may be some hope that rigorous certification will help prevent carelessness in the decent K9 cops that subconsciously give clues to their dogs, but certification is no remedy for bad cops who want to use their dogs as "probable cause on four legs" and are clever enough to game the system.
"Mens rea" was there, though "actus reus" was weak
Momentarily setting aside my opposition to the unwinnable War on (Some) Drugs, I can see some logic in the appeals court's reasoning.
Libertarians, particularly on the right, often denounce prosecutions for acts that an average defendant would not know were illegal-- the defendant lacked "mens rea" (a "guilty mind"). But this case is the opposite-- the defendant *intended* to transport 26 kg of cocaine knowing it was illegal. It was not his "fault" (so to speak) that there was only 1 gram. Apart from my general opposition to draconian Drug War penalties, I don't feel very sorry for him.
Maybe I could go along with a texting ban (though not the "excessive fine"), but would talking on the phone also be banned? That would be nonsensical, unless they also want to ban two or more pedestrians from talking to each other.
Require the camera to be activated during the cop's entire shift, but give him a button to encipher the recording when he considers himself on break. Enciphered recordings could be deciphered and viewed only with a court order.
> The beauty of a two part paper ballot is the voter gets to retain the first part of the ballot as a receipt for their vote while the local election commission retains the second part of the ballot.
Allowing the voter to take a copy of his ballot outside would make vote-buying (and vote-coercing) enforceable.
OCR cards can be machine-read and reported immediately, and then held in case a hand-recount is required. Standard protocols should set secure storage requirements (eg for how long?), and method for hand-recounting.
Even if no race is close enough for a recount, a small number of randomly generated precincts should be asked to conduct hand recounts, for auditing purposes.
Somebody took down the Wikipedia article on "Craig Brittain", but the article on "Is Anybody Down" is still there, despite ongoing attempts to water it down.
Am I correct in assuming that, after the voter views and approves his receipt, he immediately gives it back to the voting official? Otherwise, one would make vote-buying easy and enforceable.
The problem with voting by mail is that your boss, your church, your landlord, or your nursing home can demand to see your ballot. There have not been many complaints in Oregon, a State with a high degree of public trust, but States with sharp-elbowed machine cultures would have no end of opportunities for mischief.
I share your enthusiasm for hand-recountable OCR cards; we also use them in Massachusetts.
Congress should require them nationwide, setting standards, eg--
uniform protocols for securing and storing the ballots after the polls close, until it is determined no recount is needed.
Recounts at randomly selected precincts for audit purposes even when no general recount is requested.
Uniform protocols for recounting, to maximize transparency. Example: no recounting officials should use ink the same color as that used by voters. If a machine rejects a vote that a recounted awards to a candidate, the ballot should be kept in a hand-counted pile rather than altered to go through the machine.
In the 1960s, it was calculated that humble pests like roaches had far better survival chances from nuclear war than humans. Similarly, if holy warriors destroy Section 230 to go after sex trade , the sex trade will endure (in criminal hands), even while the Internet is crippled.
The recorder should be on for the officer's entire shift, but he should have a button to encipher it while he considers himself on break. Enciphered footage could be deciphered and viewed only with a court order.
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28 years plus reduced protection for second 28
The lifespan of the author should make no difference (any more than for other property). Authors can be encouraged to save some of their royalties from the first 28 (or 56) years for their old age.
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Rigorous enforcement good way to mobilize repeal of bad law
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Whose decision? All Democrats or just committee Democrats?
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>The other trouble with this (or any) certification is that even if handlers are able to pass the test by letting their dog do the searching, that doesn't prevent them from triggering the dog to give the desired results during real stops. There may be some hope that rigorous certification will help prevent carelessness in the decent K9 cops that subconsciously give clues to their dogs, but certification is no remedy for bad cops who want to use their dogs as "probable cause on four legs" and are clever enough to game the system.
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"Mens rea" was there, though "actus reus" was weak
Libertarians, particularly on the right, often denounce prosecutions for acts that an average defendant would not know were illegal-- the defendant lacked "mens rea" (a "guilty mind"). But this case is the opposite-- the defendant *intended* to transport 26 kg of cocaine knowing it was illegal. It was not his "fault" (so to speak) that there was only 1 gram. Apart from my general opposition to draconian Drug War penalties, I don't feel very sorry for him.
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Would they ban talking on the phone?
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Re: Re: Re: Video activation
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Fake news is not the Truth. -- You echoed the Trump-Russia lies for months.
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Re: Re: Re: Paper Ballots
Allowing the voter to take a copy of his ballot outside would make vote-buying (and vote-coercing) enforceable.
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Hand-recountable OCR cards are best approach
Even if no race is close enough for a recount, a small number of randomly generated precincts should be asked to conduct hand recounts, for auditing purposes.
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Database will be absolutely secure.
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Wikipedia-- one article down
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Re: Re: voting by mail
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Re: What's Wrong With Scan Ballots?
Congress should require them nationwide, setting standards, eg--
uniform protocols for securing and storing the ballots after the polls close, until it is determined no recount is needed.
Recounts at randomly selected precincts for audit purposes even when no general recount is requested.
Uniform protocols for recounting, to maximize transparency. Example: no recounting officials should use ink the same color as that used by voters. If a machine rejects a vote that a recounted awards to a candidate, the ballot should be kept in a hand-counted pile rather than altered to go through the machine.
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Re: Corrupt and tone deaf Judge should be imprisoned for dereliction of his duty.
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"Freedom is slavery."
( I thought Orwell was just having fun, but I have actually been hearing this argument in the last year or so.
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SESTA-- a hydrogen bomb for roach removal
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