Given all of this, why is it that politicians still take the same RIAA/MPAA ideas seriously when they propose their latest braindead scheme to try to pretend they live in a different, non-digital era?
Judge Illston may think that Google just asked in the wrong way, and might be more willing to kill the NSLs if Google presented more specifics about the NSLs in question
ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 28 May 2013 @ 10:16am
Turnabout is fair play
They seem to be forgetting that it's not just "pirates" who infringe. Hadopi alone is a repeat offender. They're opening themselves up to legal sabotage.
ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 23 May 2013 @ 10:21am
Lowered expectations
...it's difficult to take Emmanuel seriously when he claims his administration is "the most open, accountable, and transparent government Chicago has ever seen."
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Well, shit
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Even better
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Re: OOTB
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Re: Re: Duh
On the post: Australia Sets New Overblocking Record: Aims For One Site, Takes Down 250,000
Duh
Just, y'know, block the site's specific domain.
Seriously, are Joeys in charge of this? Because that would at least be cute.
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Re: Slight adjustment
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Re: Re: Typo
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Literal LOL
I can always count on this fiasco for some much needed laughs.
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Simple
They're paid to.
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Techdirtheads?
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New mark
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What?
Um, isn't that the problem with NSLs?
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Timely
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Turnabout is fair play
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When do we get ours?
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
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Make it expensive to handle these disputes this way and they might do it differently.
And seriously, how many Sun Valley businesses' logos don't incorporate a sun somehow?
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Re:
Just a thought.
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Lowered expectations
Not exactly a high bar, though.
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And yet
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