"How To Speak Australian"... did they suggest substituting "dribble" for "drivel"? Or maybe it was onomatopoeia - the sound of his firm's reputation dribbling into the loo, complete with its down-under drainwater swirling, of course, in a counter-clockwise direction.
Good news! Paragraph E requires that such subject matter be "evidence based"... and the only evidence that supports the eveything-must-be-owned camp is MPAA/RIAA pablum. Fiction isn't evidence.
"... benefit from the value of some copyright-protected cultural goods and services without ever paying for using them..."
"Copyright-protected" - that would be, ummm, the entire website, right? I've benefited from visiting websites "without ever paying for using them", so I guess I'm guilty as charged. Stick my fiber connection into the guillotine, Madame!
The American Automobile Association publishes a brochure about vehicle maintenance issues in sandy, dry, dusty climates. Traitors! If not for that pamphlet, all IS vehicles would be dead and disabled in great heaps across the desert, and the terrorists would be defeated!
And they had cannons, not just muskets. No relevance here.
This speaks to intent. And since, practically speaking, their ciphers couldn't be decoded by unintended recipients of their day, the encryption was equally effective as ours... a relative measure of strength.
"The framers" believed in shielding communications from prying eyes when necessary, just like most of us.
The filing says she's upset because her namesake is clearly marked as a "choking hazard". Apparently, she feels that in real life no one is likely to choke on her.
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On the post: Penis Pump Company Threatens To Report Techdirt To Interpol Because We Wrote About Its Bogus DMCA Demands
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Hey, it could work...
On the post: Penis Pump Company Threatens To Report Techdirt To Interpol Because We Wrote About Its Bogus DMCA Demands
"Why aren't you taking us seriously?"
Yours truly,
Biggus Dickus
On the post: Our Further Response To Australian Lawyer Stuart Gibson, Who Continues To Threaten Us
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On the post: Navajo Nation's Trademark Suit Against Urban Outfitters Proceeds; But Should It?
I've often pictured that noble tribe hard at work as they built my cousin's SUV... his Mazda Navajo.
On the post: The Incredible Corporate Sovereignty Saga Involving Ecuador And Chevron Continues
Re: the ecuator and the surrounding hearing loss
(H/T to Google Translate!)
On the post: How Lobbyists Turned Big US Education Reform Bill Into The 'No Copyright Propaganda Left Behind' Act
Loophole
On the post: French Politicians Pushing To Ban Linking To Any Website Without Permission
"Copyright-protected" - that would be, ummm, the entire website, right? I've benefited from visiting websites "without ever paying for using them", so I guess I'm guilty as charged. Stick my fiber connection into the guillotine, Madame!
On the post: State Prosecutor Says Forfeiture Reform Is 'Legislators Funding Drug Dealers'
Like the famous saying...
How hard is that?
On the post: Cartoonish Law Enforcement Supervillain Sheriff Joe Arpaio Allegedly Involved In Copyright Infringement As Well
Love Them Capitals
Wanna make flowery legal language just a little more special? Capitalize random words throughout. Instant prestige!
On the post: FBI Director Says 'Smart People' At Office Supply Companies Can Help Limit Terrorists' Access To Pen And Paper
Back to basics
Just like I circumvent surveillance by whispering in someone's ear.
On the post: The Anonymous Assault On ISIS Is Hurting More Than It's Helping
Good news, bad news
Bad news... it's just Anonymous again.
On the post: Did You Hear About How ISIS Has A Sophisticated Training Manual For Encryption? Yeah, It Was Actually A Pamphlet For Journalists And Activists
"Best practices" aid our enemies!
On the post: As Predicted: Encryption Haters Are Already Blaming Snowden (?!?) For The Paris Attacks
Re: When 'scum' just doesn't quite cut it...
On the post: Germany Wants To Define A Snippet As Seven Words Or Less; Doing So Is Likely To Breach Berne Convention
Snippet Levy... I once knew a moyel by that name...
(fah-dump-bump)
On the post: FBI Unveils Anti-Terrorist Edutainment Program For Schools
"...scissors cut a puppet’s string, until the puppet is free."
Strings would mean marionette, not puppet. But "Don't Be a Marionette" somehow loses that insightful propaganda cachet.
On the post: Our Founding Fathers Used Encryption... And So Should You
Re: No comparison
This speaks to intent. And since, practically speaking, their ciphers couldn't be decoded by unintended recipients of their day, the encryption was equally effective as ours... a relative measure of strength.
"The framers" believed in shielding communications from prying eyes when necessary, just like most of us.
On the post: Fox News Anchor's Suit Over Toy Hamster Likeness Results In Hilarious Point-By-Point Hasbro Rebuttal
All choked up
On the post: Kim Davis's Approach To Email More Outdated Than Her Views On Marriage
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On the post: NJ Legislator Wants State's Cops To Be The New Beneficiaries Of Hate Crime/Bias Laws
Great idea... and that takes the death penalty off the table. Proven time and again to be no deterrent whatsoever.
And let us know when you've got that other deterrent figured out, okay?
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