I wondered the same thing and then it hit me...they thought of just removing parts, decided it was obvious and therefore not likely to survive a patent challenge so they concocted a convoluted process to accomplish the same thing by copy and pasting.
Unfortunately for them, thanks to a recent SCOTUS ruling, we know that what they actually created was a duck.
The correct thing would be for the account to be forever banned as well as any ad-sense accounts even remotely connected to this account like they do to the unwashed masses.
No review no one to contact.
Tiering is great for storage, not so much for justice.
"Though, really, I don't want to even bother thinking about the irony of the SLAPP-happy Roca filing an anti-SLAPP against the guy who got the best anti-SLAPP in the country into law"
and you having a hole filled by Roca digging a hole,
If this stands then the next case could well be someone who locks their kid in a cell in the house (remember, the state does this all the time) to keep a troublesome youth from creating liabilities for them.
"I'm sorry your Honor but little Amy is just impossible to control unless we keep her in a cell."
Making parents responsible is an stupid idea, the only way children will learn is if they are held responsible, and feel the consequences of their actions.
Shifting that to the parents accomplishes nothing.
This case is about parents and their parasite attorney trying to extort money, instead of teaching their daughter how to overcome this on her own.
For better or worse, it is looking more and more like the future of journalism is Jon Stewart and TMZ.
There is also the outside chance that Techdirt suddenly starts getting a billion his a day, but I think that is when the mafiaa would use the silence Techdirt option.
...and file sharing is regularly referred to as theft.
Words do matter. This battle may very well be lost but I agree that calling quad-copters drones is a bad idea.
I suspect most people when they hear drone think of the scene in Bourne Identity where a large plane fires missiles to kill people. (see also Anwar al-Awlaki)
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That makes 2 sources....even more true.
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Unfortunately for them, thanks to a recent SCOTUS ruling, we know that what they actually created was a duck.
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That would be a faulty assumption.
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No review no one to contact.
Tiering is great for storage, not so much for justice.
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Figures.....
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Re: Waste of an opportunity
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$1 mil a day or $100,000,001 a year.
I don't think you could buy the staff to write what you want, they all seem to be afflicted with those pesky ethics things.
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"Though, really, I don't want to even bother thinking about the irony of the SLAPP-happy Roca filing an anti-SLAPP against the guy who got the best anti-SLAPP in the country into law"
and you having a hole filled by Roca digging a hole,
my head is about to explode.
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"I'm sorry your Honor but little Amy is just impossible to control unless we keep her in a cell."
Making parents responsible is an stupid idea, the only way children will learn is if they are held responsible, and feel the consequences of their actions.
Shifting that to the parents accomplishes nothing.
This case is about parents and their parasite attorney trying to extort money, instead of teaching their daughter how to overcome this on her own.
Sadly they are likely to win.
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Re: Some simple reasoning is required here
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There is also the outside chance that Techdirt suddenly starts getting a billion his a day, but I think that is when the mafiaa would use the silence Techdirt option.
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Words do matter.
This battle may very well be lost but I agree that calling quad-copters drones is a bad idea.
I suspect most people when they hear drone think of the scene in Bourne Identity where a large plane fires missiles to kill people. (see also Anwar al-Awlaki)
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The cable companies know this.
That is why they are desperately trying to turn the internet into a locked down version of CableTV™©® where they make all the rules before they make the switch.
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