It's the difference between attended and unattended. Yes people created Alexa, but Alexa decides based on the algorithms when to record and when not to record. No human intervenes. And the Supreme Court has already ruled that copyrights can only be owned by humans.
So which human should we say initiated this recording and would own this copyright?
Wait, I'm confused. Are we talking about Orange County, California; Orange County, Florida; Orange County, Indiana; Orange County, New York; Orange County, North Carolina; Orange County, Texas; Orange County, Vermont; or Orange County, Virginia?
It is more than that, it is a Fourth Amendment concern if the household contains more members than the victim.
For example, say Bob was murdered. The government gets a subpoena for Alexa's recordings looking for evidence in Bob's case.
Housemate Joe didn't wasn't involved in the murder, but he was doing child pornography and the recording contains evidence of that. Joe is arrested and charged.
Can Joe challenge the evidence as a violation of his Fourth Amendment Rights? You know the government is going to assert that he cannot, because the evidence against him was discovered "incidental" to the investigation into Bob's murder.
And that case might be a little gray, but what about as the subpoena ratchet works its way down toward getting recordings for crimes like, say, Bob's out of household drunk driving?
...all excess funds would go toward law enforcement operations like deputy equipment.
So, then, after the prisoners have been fed "enough" (read: starvation ration) then the rest goes into the shiny DOD 1033 program gear...which will then be sold off for cool, non-public, cash.
Why not use the excess to feed the homeless? We know they wouldn't prioritize that over the prisoners.
I don't agree. The "Paris Call" is a vision statement. Human aspirations and human successes often begin with vision statements: visions define horizons, horizons become strategies, strategies become plans, and plans become reality.
Yes, there is not much reality yet, but it is an aspiration for a better future...and as usual, here is USA, trying to drive a stake through its heart.
Let's see, you say the right new trademark would have solved everything...
"Boy and Girl Scouts of America"
"People Scouts of America"
"Inclusive Scouts of America"
"Universal Scouts of America"
No, I'm sorry, that won't work. The problem is that the Boy Scouts new market encompasses the Girl Scouts market. Any name that combines inclusion with "Scouts of America" is going to have that problem.
But I suspect the GSA had better just get used to being relegated to the junk heap, crushed by BSA. Trolls do that.
Wrong. You forgot that they should all be buying one each for the two game consoles, the six cell phones, the four desktops, and the three pads. That makes $8.1 trillion they potentially stole.
...if any entry that starts with "Unisyn" will sign you on. For example, you set the password to "Unisyn14" but you can sign on with "Unisyn1" or "Unisyn42" or "UnisynMT".
I heard of a (non-voting) system one time that did that, it really cuts down on service calls arising from "forgotten" passwords.
However, the Supreme Court ruled in J. W. Hampton, Jr. & Co. v. United States (1928)[1] that congressional delegation of legislative authority is an implied power of Congress that is constitutional so long as Congress provides an "intelligible principle" to guide the executive branch: "'In determining what Congress may do in seeking assistance from another branch, the extent and character of that assistance must be fixed according to common sense and the inherent necessities of the government co-ordination.' So long as Congress 'shall lay down by legislative act an intelligible principle to which the person or body authorized to [exercise the delegated authority] is directed to conform, such legislative action is not a forbidden delegation of legislative power.'"
Unless and until SCOTUS overrules this, you're wrong: they can delegate their legislative power.
One of the basic principles of modern corporate law is that people who invest in a corporation have limited liability. For example, as a general rule shareholders can only lose the money they invested in their shares.
Shell companies are used for stop-loss. In this case Shipping & Transit LLC (STL) was probably owned by a company we will call X, and the $1 million was probably paid to X as a dividend. Now STL is bankrupt and X is not liable for STL's debts. The $1 million is safe.
The only thing X can lose is it's share value in STL, and since that usually amounts to something nominal like a single $100 share,...meh.
Re: Techdirt again leaves out facts: alien with heroin
Again, police "hunch" is proved entirely accurate. Again, no argument over evidence. Again, known criminal alien hoping to escape by relying on lawyering to obtain the benefits of American principles while actively trying to destroy border control and health of persons within.
Suppose the subject was named Logan and the hunch(es) all proved wrong: Would that be okay with you? My guess is that you'd be fine with that, because if we can't trash innocent people's Rights based on weak hunches then we wouldn't be able to trash guilty people's Rights based on weak hunches.
I mean, it just isn't reliable to go by the "he looks sort of guilty-ish" approach. If only there were some common principles that allowed us to distinguish the probably-innocent from the probably-guilty. Something like...probable cause, maybe. Hmmm...
Say, would you mind if the cops dropped by your place tomorrow to search it based on a few weak hunches? You wouldn't want them to be unable to do the same to a Lopez, right? You wouldn't mind helping uphold the principle?
Let's see, that would mean the entire portfolio of patents could be bought by a successor patent troll...for just $1. Anyone want to take bets on whether one is already being incorporated?
Where did more than $1 million dollars it received go?
Well, duh, into the parent shell corporation. (Which is busy incorporating the successor troll.) The bankruptcy is obviously tactical, to avoid paying judgments.
Shipping & Transit LLC is obviously tapped out reputation-wise, so ash-can it and start over with a clean slate and a new troll...and maybe even recycling the same crappy patent portfolio.
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So which human should we say initiated this recording and would own this copyright?
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Geographically challenged
Orange County, New York; Orange County, North Carolina; Orange County, Texas; Orange County, Vermont; or Orange County, Virginia?
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Re: Re: Why challenge it?
For example, say Bob was murdered. The government gets a subpoena for Alexa's recordings looking for evidence in Bob's case.
Housemate Joe didn't wasn't involved in the murder, but he was doing child pornography and the recording contains evidence of that. Joe is arrested and charged.
Can Joe challenge the evidence as a violation of his Fourth Amendment Rights? You know the government is going to assert that he cannot, because the evidence against him was discovered "incidental" to the investigation into Bob's murder.
And that case might be a little gray, but what about as the subpoena ratchet works its way down toward getting recordings for crimes like, say, Bob's out of household drunk driving?
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Re: Well, only one thing to do really...
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It might not do much for the prisoners though:
So, then, after the prisoners have been fed "enough" (read: starvation ration) then the rest goes into the shiny DOD 1033 program gear...which will then be sold off for cool, non-public, cash.
Why not use the excess to feed the homeless? We know they wouldn't prioritize that over the prisoners.
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Save me, save me!
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Vision killer
Yes, there is not much reality yet, but it is an aspiration for a better future...and as usual, here is USA, trying to drive a stake through its heart.
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It's a real problem
Let's see, you say the right new trademark would have solved everything...
No, I'm sorry, that won't work. The problem is that the Boy Scouts new market encompasses the Girl Scouts market. Any name that combines inclusion with "Scouts of America" is going to have that problem.
But I suspect the GSA had better just get used to being relegated to the junk heap, crushed by BSA. Trolls do that.
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Quests
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Bright side
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Hmmmm I wonder...
I heard of a (non-voting) system one time that did that, it really cuts down on service calls arising from "forgotten" passwords.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: law was reseolved ?
Go read the United States section of this page, especially:
Unless and until SCOTUS overrules this, you're wrong: they can delegate their legislative power.
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Re:
Who said anything about hidden?
One of the main features of corporate law is limited liability of shareholders:
Shell companies are used for stop-loss. In this case Shipping & Transit LLC (STL) was probably owned by a company we will call X, and the $1 million was probably paid to X as a dividend. Now STL is bankrupt and X is not liable for STL's debts. The $1 million is safe.
The only thing X can lose is it's share value in STL, and since that usually amounts to something nominal like a single $100 share,...meh.
This kind of thing is done all the time.
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Re: Justa Thought
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Remedy?!
Haw...haw...haw...hoo...hee...hee...haw...haw...! Stop, you're killing me with these jokes!
IF you think anything is changing, other than the MPD surveillance going dark, you haven't been paying attention.
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Re: Techdirt again leaves out facts: alien with heroin
Suppose the subject was named Logan and the hunch(es) all proved wrong: Would that be okay with you? My guess is that you'd be fine with that, because if we can't trash innocent people's Rights based on weak hunches then we wouldn't be able to trash guilty people's Rights based on weak hunches.
I mean, it just isn't reliable to go by the "he looks sort of guilty-ish" approach. If only there were some common principles that allowed us to distinguish the probably-innocent from the probably-guilty. Something like...probable cause, maybe. Hmmm...
Say, would you mind if the cops dropped by your place tomorrow to search it based on a few weak hunches? You wouldn't want them to be unable to do the same to a Lopez, right? You wouldn't mind helping uphold the principle?
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View from the cynical seats
Let's see, that would mean the entire portfolio of patents could be bought by a successor patent troll...for just $1. Anyone want to take bets on whether one is already being incorporated?
Well, duh, into the parent shell corporation. (Which is busy incorporating the successor troll.) The bankruptcy is obviously tactical, to avoid paying judgments.
Shipping & Transit LLC is obviously tapped out reputation-wise, so ash-can it and start over with a clean slate and a new troll...and maybe even recycling the same crappy patent portfolio.
Whack-a-mole.
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