Or worse, the cop would have opened fire when he closed the car door, accidentally shot the girl to death due to being a bad shot, then charged the driver with her murder for ‘forcing’ him to shoot her under felony murder laws - even though by the letter and spirit of those laws, it’s the cop who would be guilty of murder as the first to commit a felony (aggravated assault).
Imagine NYPD's reaction if someone refused to comply with one of their subpoenas or warrants because what was being sought included images of the faces of minors?
Police are not exempted from armed robbery statutes, and many of those only require possession of a firearm while committing a theft to upgrade the offense from theft to robbery.
I've been saying for many years that only stupid serial killers just start killing people. The smart ones graduate from a police academy before they start their killing sprees.
Apparently the same is true of pickpockets and muggers.
It has already happened. And it will keep happening, because much as police would love for people to forget it, police don’t acquire self defense rights with their badges, they have them because all citizens do - and all citizens have the same self defense rights. If a cop can lawfully use force in any given situation, then anyone can in that situation!
I don’t get why companies want to be wholly sovereign
After all, non-sovereign entities can’t have wars declared upon them.
If two companies are both wholly sovereign, the nations hosting them would have no say in the matter if one sent in a drone strike loaded with a few hellfire missiles on the other. Some companies might be able to afford having their own militaries, but for most it would be a ruinous expense.
They don’t need a court order. Court orders are for people who want to go on your property without permission, but if you sign that contract you have given them that permission.
It’s not trespassing for someone to go on your property WITH your permission.
Unfortunately for the case, truth is an absolute defense to a defamation claim. Unfortunately for Techdirt, I fully expect Yellow Brand’s ‘lawyers’ to be so poorly educated they don’t know that.
President Kennedy once said that when peaceful revolution becomes impossible, violent revolution becomes inevitable. It’s equally true of official justice through the courts and vigilante justice in the streets.
If I’m licensed to run one copy of the game, but the developer makes it impossible to run that copy and refuses me a refund, then they have no grounds to complain if my one copy is the pirated version that works every time. I am paying them for the license, after all.
Re: Pirates, as always, were completely unaffected
From a legal standpoint, if you’ve bought a license to operate one copy of something, and the company has made the official copy unusable without withdrawing the license, you’d have a pretty good case for using a cracked/pirated version since you DO have that license and need working software.
You might even have a case against the software licensor for breach of contract if they cut you off from the service for using the cracked version.
I predict the ‘surprise’ plot twist that it will be discovered at some point that Bayside registered someone else’s photographs without actually owning the copyrights.
This sort of thing is why I’ve been saying for years that people - especially the victim - should be making arrests when public officials violate rights.
They don’t care if they lose a case on a ‘technicality’, they just blame the victim for ‘cheating’ the system. They don’t care if they get sued because win or lose they don’t lose a penny from being sued - if they’re sued for on-duty actions, they’re even PAID by the hour to appear in court. They don’t care if people protest, they just get sympathy from their fellow corrupt officials about how ungrateful and criminal the general public is.
But if you arrest them, it accomplishes several things they can’t just ignore:
First, one of the few bright, hard lines that all courts have drawn is that NO ONE is allowed to decide their own case, including resisting arrest because they just don’t feel like being arrested.
Second, it creates a permanent record of what they were arrested for, that ca be expunged from public records but NOT from the police and courts can see, on both employment background checks and lawsuit discovery.
Third, it uses what is sometimes called the prison-industrial complex against them, because prison operators don’t care who is sitting in an otherwise-vacant cell.
Any two public officials conspiring to use their official authority to violate any civil, statutory or constitutional right have committed a federal felony (18 USC 241) even if they only planned to do it but never actually did it.
According to the US Supreme Court, a citizen’s arrest for a federal felony is lawful anywhere any time and for any reason a citizen’s arrest for a state-law felony would be - and only North Carolina forbids a citizen’s arrest for felonies. This means that on all federal lands and in the other 49 states, a federal citizen’s arrest is lawful.
Nothing prevents someone who is already under arrest from making lawfully-binding arrests. In most cases, a citizen's arrest is just as binding as one by police, including all possible official and unofficial consequences for resisting it. And you can make a 100% legally binding arrest with words alone, without so much as laying a finger on the person you are arresting - the police would have you believe an arrest only happens when you are body slammed, cuffed & stuffed, but the courts disagree.
On the post: No Immunity For Cops Who Used A Field Drug Test To Turn Stress Ball Sand Into Cocaine
Re: Re: More and more...
Or worse, the cop would have opened fire when he closed the car door, accidentally shot the girl to death due to being a bad shot, then charged the driver with her murder for ‘forcing’ him to shoot her under felony murder laws - even though by the letter and spirit of those laws, it’s the cop who would be guilty of murder as the first to commit a felony (aggravated assault).
On the post: NYPD Continues To Screw Over Its Oversight By Denying Access To Bodycam Footage
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Imagine NYPD's reaction if someone refused to comply with one of their subpoenas or warrants because what was being sought included images of the faces of minors?
It would be war!
On the post: Baltimore Police Department Sued For Seizing Phones, Cash, And Jewelry From Crime Victims Recovering From Shootings
Re: Are you sure this is robbery?
Police are not exempted from armed robbery statutes, and many of those only require possession of a firearm while committing a theft to upgrade the offense from theft to robbery.
On the post: Baltimore Police Department Sued For Seizing Phones, Cash, And Jewelry From Crime Victims Recovering From Shootings
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I've been saying for many years that only stupid serial killers just start killing people. The smart ones graduate from a police academy before they start their killing sprees.
Apparently the same is true of pickpockets and muggers.
On the post: Miramax's Bizarrely Ridiculous Lawsuit Against Quentin Tarantino Over His Pulp Fiction NFTs
Re:
So, if you’re explaining what an NFT is, why did you leave out what the letters N, F & T stand for?
On the post: Minneapolis Man Acquitted Of Charges After Mistakenly Shooting At Cops Sues Officers For Violating His Rights
Too bad he missed
Equally, too bad someone wasn’t on overwatch on the bar roof with a longarm.
On the post: Minneapolis Man Acquitted Of Charges After Mistakenly Shooting At Cops Sues Officers For Violating His Rights
Too bad he missed
On the post: Minneapolis Man Acquitted Of Charges After Mistakenly Shooting At Cops Sues Officers For Violating His Rights
Re:
It has already happened. And it will keep happening, because much as police would love for people to forget it, police don’t acquire self defense rights with their badges, they have them because all citizens do - and all citizens have the same self defense rights. If a cop can lawfully use force in any given situation, then anyone can in that situation!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plummer_v._State
On the post: Ninth Circuit Tells NSO Group It Isn't A Government, Has No Immunity From WhatApp's Lawsuit
I don’t get why companies want to be wholly sovereign
After all, non-sovereign entities can’t have wars declared upon them.
If two companies are both wholly sovereign, the nations hosting them would have no say in the matter if one sent in a drone strike loaded with a few hellfire missiles on the other. Some companies might be able to afford having their own militaries, but for most it would be a ruinous expense.
On the post: Does Copyright Give Companies The Right To Search Your Home And Computer?
Re:
They don’t need a court order. Court orders are for people who want to go on your property without permission, but if you sign that contract you have given them that permission.
It’s not trespassing for someone to go on your property WITH your permission.
On the post: Hey North Face! Our Story About You Flipping Out Over 'Hey Fuck Face' Is Not Trademark Infringement
Re: Mike is not a lawyer...
No reason why you can’t use it as a non-lawyer.
On the post: Hey North Face! Our Story About You Flipping Out Over 'Hey Fuck Face' Is Not Trademark Infringement
Re: and the next story is...
Unfortunately for the case, truth is an absolute defense to a defamation claim. Unfortunately for Techdirt, I fully expect Yellow Brand’s ‘lawyers’ to be so poorly educated they don’t know that.
On the post: Hey North Face! Our Story About You Flipping Out Over 'Hey Fuck Face' Is Not Trademark Infringement
Re: Re: and the next story is...
Or, given the quality of their work, Doritos Interference with a Business Relationship…
On the post: Hey North Face! Our Story About You Flipping Out Over 'Hey Fuck Face' Is Not Trademark Infringement
Re: Reputation
This. NF diluted their own brand, because while SB is forgettable, the reaction by NF really sticks in memory.
On the post: Hey North Face! Our Story About You Flipping Out Over 'Hey Fuck Face' Is Not Trademark Infringement
Re: You were too nice
Or perhaps:
Subject Ha Ha
Body: HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!
On the post: Fifth Circuit Awards Immunity To Cop Who Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Jump On A Moving Car And Kill The Driver
Re:
President Kennedy once said that when peaceful revolution becomes impossible, violent revolution becomes inevitable. It’s equally true of official justice through the courts and vigilante justice in the streets.
On the post: DRM Breaking Games Again, This Time Due To New Intel Chip Architecture
If I’m licensed to run one copy of the game, but the developer makes it impossible to run that copy and refuses me a refund, then they have no grounds to complain if my one copy is the pirated version that works every time. I am paying them for the license, after all.
On the post: Denuvo Games Once Again Broken For Paying Customers Thanks To DRM Mishap
Re: Pirates, as always, were completely unaffected
From a legal standpoint, if you’ve bought a license to operate one copy of something, and the company has made the official copy unusable without withdrawing the license, you’d have a pretty good case for using a cracked/pirated version since you DO have that license and need working software.
You might even have a case against the software licensor for breach of contract if they cut you off from the service for using the cracked version.
On the post: The Curious Case Of Billionaire Brian Sheth, An Anonymous Tweeter, Copyright Law, Twitter, And Some Company That Barely Seems To Exist
Re: Re:
I predict the ‘surprise’ plot twist that it will be discovered at some point that Bayside registered someone else’s photographs without actually owning the copyrights.
On the post: Students Have Rights: Court Dumps Evidence After Cops Rely On A Month-Old Anonymous Tip To Search A Minor
This sort of thing is why I’ve been saying for years that people - especially the victim - should be making arrests when public officials violate rights.
They don’t care if they lose a case on a ‘technicality’, they just blame the victim for ‘cheating’ the system. They don’t care if they get sued because win or lose they don’t lose a penny from being sued - if they’re sued for on-duty actions, they’re even PAID by the hour to appear in court. They don’t care if people protest, they just get sympathy from their fellow corrupt officials about how ungrateful and criminal the general public is.
But if you arrest them, it accomplishes several things they can’t just ignore:
First, one of the few bright, hard lines that all courts have drawn is that NO ONE is allowed to decide their own case, including resisting arrest because they just don’t feel like being arrested.
Second, it creates a permanent record of what they were arrested for, that ca be expunged from public records but NOT from the police and courts can see, on both employment background checks and lawsuit discovery.
Third, it uses what is sometimes called the prison-industrial complex against them, because prison operators don’t care who is sitting in an otherwise-vacant cell.
Any two public officials conspiring to use their official authority to violate any civil, statutory or constitutional right have committed a federal felony (18 USC 241) even if they only planned to do it but never actually did it.
According to the US Supreme Court, a citizen’s arrest for a federal felony is lawful anywhere any time and for any reason a citizen’s arrest for a state-law felony would be - and only North Carolina forbids a citizen’s arrest for felonies. This means that on all federal lands and in the other 49 states, a federal citizen’s arrest is lawful.
Nothing prevents someone who is already under arrest from making lawfully-binding arrests. In most cases, a citizen's arrest is just as binding as one by police, including all possible official and unofficial consequences for resisting it. And you can make a 100% legally binding arrest with words alone, without so much as laying a finger on the person you are arresting - the police would have you believe an arrest only happens when you are body slammed, cuffed & stuffed, but the courts disagree.
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