Just to play devils advocate, (I am not a fan of their tethering rules either, I see them as a way to milk more money from a customer), there is going to be a lot more of those 1k FaceTime packets sent back and forth between the tower and your phone compared to the number of them coming from you surfing even 5 non streamed websites for the same duration.
Only if your pimp was pimping employees who were legal as well as illegal (though he has no way of knowing if said employee was illegal without going to court first).
I'm actually looking forward to reading the scathing rebuke that I am almost sure the Appeals Court is going to hand down on such matters as Chain of Custody on the computer, previous precedent and the seeming bias of the judge.
Anyone know how long it usually takes an Appeals hearing to go through in the UK?
I don't think even all of the major music labels and movie studios combined have the funds to 'invest' in Google to any meaningful amount. To make matters even more fun Google, Facebook et al, are forming up their on PAC and I foresee a lot of political lobbying going on in the coming years.
" But by taking this common-sense step and treating copyright in a way that's consistent with the search firm's approach to other forms of activity on the Internet, Google has signaled a new willingness to value the rights of creators."
Google has already been taking a "common sense" and "consistent with other forms of activity on the Internet", if a search term is being used more often by users then Google tends to push it to the top. If you want your result to always be displayed at the top of the results you can take out an advertisement slot for a sponsored link.
Had the man in question been convicted this information would most assuredly been brought up by the prosecution during sentencing for just the reasons you state.
What really bothers me about the whole software patent war thicket going on is the double think taking place. Politicians keep harping about how IP is the US's best product right now, yet they have a nigh killing field in the patent office for any new idea. Soon as a device gets to market most often a "patent troll" comes along and says they are violating a patent from 200x and that they are only suing because they "have to protect their business and shareholder value".
What is it going to take for Washington to see that software patents in particular (and some design patents.. I'm looking at you Apple) are stifling new ideas for making a better product?
The only way we are going to get real and meaningful change is for something as big and visible as this to explode into all kinds of messes. Hopefully when all the horses and men put everything back together we get something better then what we started with.
Wow.. so both the Republican and Democratic parties are racists! I already knew there were both filled with assholes, this just adds a whole new level to it.
I would love to blackout certain websites. However for some reason the federal government thinks that warrants a SWAT team smashing in my front door, and since I rather like my front door as it is I won't be doing that.
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Anyone know how long it usually takes an Appeals hearing to go through in the UK?
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Google has already been taking a "common sense" and "consistent with other forms of activity on the Internet", if a search term is being used more often by users then Google tends to push it to the top. If you want your result to always be displayed at the top of the results you can take out an advertisement slot for a sponsored link.
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What is it going to take for Washington to see that software patents in particular (and some design patents.. I'm looking at you Apple) are stifling new ideas for making a better product?
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