They could contract a highschool portrait company who then claims the copyright on the photos. They could even make a deal to transfer the copyrights to a sheriff, or the individual being photographed.
The ironic thing is that marginalizing groups and spreading distrust of authority are probably key factors in laying the breeding ground for extremism and eventually terrorism.
"Also of note, if it suddenly becomes legal to plant malware/spyware on the computers of anyone suspected of having pirated files, companies around the US are going to go absolutely nuts hacking their competitors, as all they'd need to do to justify it would be to claim that they thought the other company had pirated files on their servers."
Better yet, it would basically legalize the activities of "organizations" like anonymous. Everyone infringes copyright at some point, especially the copyright maximalists. I can only imagine the hilarity of anonymous LEGALLY pulling apart all the IAAs byte by byte.
Every company out there that is compelled to make backdoors but don't want to should make the leakiest ones out to make the point that it will only reduce security.
Interesting. If it's ISPs magically waving away infringement, it's really easy to figure out infringement from non-infringement. If they have to do it, it's too hard.
"It's been said that on a long enough time table, everybody's chances for survival goes to zero. I'd make the same argument for oppressive regimes."
This statement makes the dangerous assumption that democracy and freedom are natural endpoints of social evolution. Democracy came about in the West through very specific circumstances, and it could dissolve in the future.
If it's something worth having it must be protected and defended from those that try everyday to turn our country into China (falsely believing that censorship and the erosion of civil liberties is the best way to defend the country). We cannot assume or take for granted achieving and preserving freedom takes hard work.
Right but if you are on private property and you break rules that you have been informed of, you are trespassing. The speech itself is not the crime, it's the trespassing. That's the difference.
It doesn't actually give police the ability to arrest you for filming, only for trespassing (by breaking the rules by filming).
Maybe you could make some corporate spying or wiretapping laws work?
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Thanks America. Fuck you, too.
-All Canadians and the rest of the world
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Re: Turnabout is fair play
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Re: Worse, the pot busts are largely SYNTHETIC!
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But don't hold your breath.
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Better yet, it would basically legalize the activities of "organizations" like anonymous. Everyone infringes copyright at some point, especially the copyright maximalists. I can only imagine the hilarity of anonymous LEGALLY pulling apart all the IAAs byte by byte.
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Re: No interviews
Legal scholars continued to be baffled by the sheer number of people who willingly implicate themselves.
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And you can go on the no fly list too, no extra charge!
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This statement makes the dangerous assumption that democracy and freedom are natural endpoints of social evolution. Democracy came about in the West through very specific circumstances, and it could dissolve in the future.
If it's something worth having it must be protected and defended from those that try everyday to turn our country into China (falsely believing that censorship and the erosion of civil liberties is the best way to defend the country). We cannot assume or take for granted achieving and preserving freedom takes hard work.
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It doesn't actually give police the ability to arrest you for filming, only for trespassing (by breaking the rules by filming).
Maybe you could make some corporate spying or wiretapping laws work?
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I mean, anyone who has had their speech chilled for fear of being prosecuted has been harmed, no?
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