Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 30 Oct 2013 @ 1:10pm
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Just look at all the damage Snowden has done to US interests
Did you mean the US government's interests or the US people's interests? Theoretically, I know, those should be the same, but reality is so far removed that the distinction is important.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 26 Oct 2013 @ 3:23am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Big RED heiring
Because you used a photocopier, and not a printing press are you innocent of forgery ?
Actually, yes you are. Guilty of copyright infringement possibly, but not of forgery unless you try and pass off the copied note as a real one. There was a case a number of years ago where an artist was drawing money and selling it as art. The mint tried to prosecute her for forgery but couldn't make it stick because she wasn't claiming it was a real bank note. That case is where the mint started claiming copyright over currency.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 24 Oct 2013 @ 8:28am
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Because in exchange for getting her out of the judge's seat ASAP, they agreed to not investigate further or pursue disciplinary action.
See, right here is where you lose me. In any other profession it wouldn't be either/or, you'd be walked out the door after having being fired for gross breach of terms of employment straight into the hands of the police there to arrest you for whatever crime it was you were fired for.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 23 Oct 2013 @ 9:32am
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GIMP and LibreOffice DO NOT compete with MS Office or Photoshop,
Er... What??? So you think loads of people use LibreOffice and shell out a small fortune for the MS product? Would you care to explain how they don't compete rather than an unsupported sweeping statement?
nor are they anything like "fully featured"
This is true(ish at least), but then many many people in the market for these products don't use and don't/wouldn't miss many of these "features". MS has a long habit of adding pointless "features" to their products to justify the "brand new" version they can charge businesses again for and as for Gimp, well I know since moving to it I miss neither any "extra features" of Photoshop nor the ludicrous amount of resources it needs even to start.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 23 Oct 2013 @ 9:03am
Help?
It should seem obvious that it's a massive abuse of basic due process to try someone over a specific legal infraction, and then only after the fact, at the point where damages are assessed, to magically add in thousands of more alleged infringements, which were never actually reviewed during the trial.
Could someone help me out here? I'm assuming the MPAA lawyers didn't get away with this, but it's been a long day and I'm tired and can't work it out from the article...
Either way, never mind "abuse of basic due process", how does this kind of stunt not get them slapped with contempt of court or the verdict reversed or something? IANAL so I was under the impression that a trial is supposed to establish the "facts" as they pertain to guilt or innocence in the matter at hand. How would it ever be considered even worth trying to make extra facts up after the trial is finished and claim victory with them too?
For the MPAA lawyers to think this is even worth trying says to me that the law is way more broken than I'd already thought it was.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 21 Oct 2013 @ 12:59pm
Re: Yes, this is a Godwin Reference. Get over it
but that was their Department of Homeland Security
It's not like the parallel is or ever was subtle. I can remember not long after DHS was formed Robin Williams among others making jokes about how "Fatherland Security" might be a little too on the nose.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 21 Oct 2013 @ 12:53pm
On another planet maybe
Instead Of Nominating New DHS Boss, Obama Should Look At Disbanding DHS
Wouldn't it require the complicity of a multitude of politicians and bureaucrats, as well as their supporting corporations, who have grown fat in money and power from the DHS to make that happen?
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 18 Oct 2013 @ 10:41am
Stereotypes
There's a reason for stereotypes - often because there's an amount of truth in them. Some more that others. For example the stereotypical joke; "How do you tell if a politician is lying?" ... "Their lips move"
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 18 Oct 2013 @ 10:28am
Re: Suggested government response:.... vs ACTUAL government response
*k-ching* "Clearly increased oil production is vital to the national security interest, so fracking should continue while the impact is given further study (over the next... ooooh 60 or 70 years or so....)"
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 17 Oct 2013 @ 11:59am
On another planet
"Today’s settlement is a major step forward in realizing the enormous potential of the Internet as a platform for legitimate commerce and innovation,”
Wouldn't it be nice if he explained how this is a "major step"? 'Coz even when I try and start with "Isohunt are the Devil incarnate in pirate form" and try and go from there to "legitimate commerce and innovation on the internet" I have to admit... I'm drawing a blank. But then from everything I've ever read that Mr Dodd has said, logical steps are not his strong suit.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 17 Oct 2013 @ 10:34am
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When the penalty for overreacting and suspending kids over zero-tolerance policies is nothing, and the penalty for "missing the warning signs" of an actual attack are so huge, of course administrators will err on the side of overreaction.
THIS! Soooooo much!
How the hell do we turn back the perception that ANYTHING can be "perfectly safe" and stop demanding as a society that someone is fired, sued or jailed over anything less than the imaginary perfect???
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 17 Oct 2013 @ 2:43am
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The policeman said, yes, your car is technically advanced enough to go 200mph, but the speed limit here is 55mph that's the LAW.
"So," continued the policeman, "Now I can go pull over everyone else who drives the same car as you just in case they've ever broken the speed limit too, thanks!"
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Re: Ban encryption
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Theoretically, I know, those should be the same, but reality is so far removed that the distinction is important.
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Just an advance...
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A matter of colour
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Re: Re: Other lawyers protected her as much as could...
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Big RED heiring
There was a case a number of years ago where an artist was drawing money and selling it as art. The mint tried to prosecute her for forgery but couldn't make it stick because she wasn't claiming it was a real bank note. That case is where the mint started claiming copyright over currency.
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Help?
Either way, never mind "abuse of basic due process", how does this kind of stunt not get them slapped with contempt of court or the verdict reversed or something?
IANAL so I was under the impression that a trial is supposed to establish the "facts" as they pertain to guilt or innocence in the matter at hand. How would it ever be considered even worth trying to make extra facts up after the trial is finished and claim victory with them too?
For the MPAA lawyers to think this is even worth trying says to me that the law is way more broken than I'd already thought it was.
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Re: Yes, this is a Godwin Reference. Get over it
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On the post: Instead Of Nominating New DHS Boss, Obama Should Look At Disbanding DHS
On another planet maybe
Yeah... that's likely.
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Stereotypes
"How do you tell if a politician is lying?"
...
"Their lips move"
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Re: Suggested government response:.... vs ACTUAL government response
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Re: Re: On another planet
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On another planet
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Re: Re: Re: what about "ZERO TOLERENCE"
Why do does this kind of stupidity always make me think of,
"It was a very sharp mango, Sir..."?
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Re: Re:
How the hell do we turn back the perception that ANYTHING can be "perfectly safe" and stop demanding as a society that someone is fired, sued or jailed over anything less than the imaginary perfect???
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