Your understanding of evolution is arguably even worse than your understanding of law.
Also, I guarantee you have Neanderthal DNA. Our species co-existed and even cross-bred for a very long time, and we have the genetic records to prove it. I'm not sure what makes you think Neanderthals somehow looked down on us. The actual evidence shows that we were total bros all the way up until they went extinct.
And for any other type of company, it might stand a chance of working. However, the law is quite clearly on the side of the social media companies here, and they've demonstrated quite thoroughly that they have no problem fighting the lawsuits as far up the chain as they need to. There hasn't been any remote possibility of a "settlement payday" in years.
The losses are effectively written into law at this point since multiple circuit appeals court have published opinions on them. Those losses are binding case law, and each one makes the next case exponentially harder. Even if they got a victory, it's virtually guaranteed to be overturned on appeal.
Precedent is already established against them, and they're everything to blame for that.
One has to wonder just how long this ambulance chaser law firm can start afloat with such an impressive losing streak. It doesn't sound like a sustainable business strategy.
Still waiting for the explanation of how this is all justified. My tweet was forcibly taken down and legal action taken all without any prior input from me, only to be unceremoniously restored. Eventually. How is this not broken?
I filed it immediately. The content was still down before I was even notified though. And I had to give out a lot of personal information that I'd rather not share openly. Good thing I have no problems with not being anonymous.
I just received a takedown notice last week. It was rubber-stamped by a marketing company and didn't relate to anything even remotely infringing. But I still had to deal with content being taken down, and give all of my personal information to that company anyway. It would still be another two weeks before that content got restored if Twitter hadn't intervened and reinstated it faster.
Actually, AOL was the very first successful defendant to be protected by CDA 230. Zehran v. AOL is the landmark case that decided Section 230 applies retroactively, and it does apply broadly.
If by "fixed" you mean "changed it to a completely different statement that has no relation to the original and a completely different meaning." Nobody's claiming that the media controls anything here.
Or another analogy, it'd be like holding Microsoft responsible for designing and selling their Excel app because the mob uses it to run their bookmaking operations.
Sounds like Microsoft is involved in very organized crime.
Under one Perfect 10 decision, a payment processor who knowingly processes payments for pirated material is not liable for contributory or vicarious infringement.
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Does that include the defamation lawsuit filed by Shitty Ayyamadumbass? Or does that not count because it failed miserably?
On the post: Twenty-one States Inadvertently Tell The DC Circuit That The Plaintiffs Challenging FOSTA Have A Case
Your understanding of evolution is arguably even worse than your understanding of law.
Also, I guarantee you have Neanderthal DNA. Our species co-existed and even cross-bred for a very long time, and we have the genetic records to prove it. I'm not sure what makes you think Neanderthals somehow looked down on us. The actual evidence shows that we were total bros all the way up until they went extinct.
On the post: Another Attempt To Tie Twitter To Terrorist Acts And Another Dismissal With Prejudice
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And for any other type of company, it might stand a chance of working. However, the law is quite clearly on the side of the social media companies here, and they've demonstrated quite thoroughly that they have no problem fighting the lawsuits as far up the chain as they need to. There hasn't been any remote possibility of a "settlement payday" in years.
On the post: Another Attempt To Tie Twitter To Terrorist Acts And Another Dismissal With Prejudice
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The losses are effectively written into law at this point since multiple circuit appeals court have published opinions on them. Those losses are binding case law, and each one makes the next case exponentially harder. Even if they got a victory, it's virtually guaranteed to be overturned on appeal.
Precedent is already established against them, and they're everything to blame for that.
On the post: Another Attempt To Tie Twitter To Terrorist Acts And Another Dismissal With Prejudice
:3
One has to wonder just how long this ambulance chaser law firm can start afloat with such an impressive losing streak. It doesn't sound like a sustainable business strategy.
On the post: Sixth Circuit Court Dumps Lawsuit Seeking To Hold Twitter Responsible For The Pulse Nightclub Shooting
Re: I-can't-believe-it's-a-LAW-FIRM
Ya know, I was actually curious enough to look it up. Turns out they totally did get sued over it after all: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/sep/10/theairlineindustry.usnews
On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA
Still waiting for the explanation of how this is all justified. My tweet was forcibly taken down and legal action taken all without any prior input from me, only to be unceremoniously restored. Eventually. How is this not broken?
On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA
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The irony here is palpable.
On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA
I filed it immediately. The content was still down before I was even notified though. And I had to give out a lot of personal information that I'd rather not share openly. Good thing I have no problems with not being anonymous.
On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA
I have nothing to hide, but DMCA still removed non-infringing content for me. That removal happened before I even had a chance to contest it.
On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA
I just received a takedown notice last week. It was rubber-stamped by a marketing company and didn't relate to anything even remotely infringing. But I still had to deal with content being taken down, and give all of my personal information to that company anyway. It would still be another two weeks before that content got restored if Twitter hadn't intervened and reinstated it faster.
So no, the system does not work fine.
On the post: Starz Really, Really Doesn't Want You To Know That TorrentFreak Wrote About Leaked Shows, Or That Anyone Tweeted About It
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I think he was too busy writing about how badly written takedown laws cause mass censorship like this.
Oh. How convenient...
On the post: Platform Liability Doesn't -- And Shouldn't -- Depend On Content Moderation Practices
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Actually, AOL was the very first successful defendant to be protected by CDA 230. Zehran v. AOL is the landmark case that decided Section 230 applies retroactively, and it does apply broadly.
On the post: EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is 'Terrorist Content'
Re: European Parliament are democratically elected, not bureucra
If they don't want to be called bureaucrats, they can stop acting like bureaucrats.
On the post: Australian Prosecutors Trying To Throw Reporters In Jail For Accurately Reporting On Cardinal George Pell's Conviction
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If by "fixed" you mean "changed it to a completely different statement that has no relation to the original and a completely different meaning." Nobody's claiming that the media controls anything here.
On the post: Australian Prosecutors Trying To Throw Reporters In Jail For Accurately Reporting On Cardinal George Pell's Conviction
Honestly, more than anything, I'm more concerned that said "other countries" have so much control over their media. That sounds quite alarming…
On the post: Salesforce Sued For Sex Trafficking... Because Backpage Used Salesforce's CRM
Sounds like Microsoft is involved in very organized crime.
On the post: Texas Senator Who's Experienced Some Press Criticism Introduces Bill To Gut State's Anti-SLAPP Law
Correct. An overwhelming majority of the Texas politicians are in fact politicians from Texas.
On the post: Clash Of EU's Poorly Thought Out Laws: German Data Protection Commissioner Warns That Article 13 Might Violate GDPR
No such case exists.
On the post: Clash Of EU's Poorly Thought Out Laws: German Data Protection Commissioner Warns That Article 13 Might Violate GDPR
You're a yodeling douche canoe.
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