Re: I am just tired (of Blumenthal’s “Think of the Childrenâ
Richard Blumenthal is the direct ideological descendant of Joseph Lieberman. He represents the same state and the same party (until Joe LIeberman lost a primary to current governor of Connecticut Ned Lamont). They're both sanctimonious blowhards who like to monger fear on the latest moral panic (for Lieberman, Violent Video Games; for Blumenthal, the Internet) when their proposed solutions make everything worse instead of better.
Re: There's indifference, there's evil, and then there's THIS...
t takes a truly spectacular type of scumbag to look at a suicide prevention hotline job and ask yourself 'How can we not only monetize this but do so in a way that has a very real chance of decreasing the willingness of people to contact us, potentially with lethal results?', so it looks like barely a month into the year and we've already got a two-for-one contender for 'Biggest Asshole of 2022'.
I wouldn't just say whoever did such a thing is merely an "asshole", but what they really are is a monster.
If you think Karl Bode hasn't covered the abysmal customer service (basically the abysmal service, period) of the telecoms, you haven't been reading him.
If Starlink isn't an outlier, that should be cause for concern because Musk entered the telecom industry claiming he's do better than the other guys when he clearly hasn't.
The constituency the GOP represents is a minority of the population. They know this, otherwise they wouldn't be trying to repress the vote.
Also, a republic is a form of a democracy. Saying "iTs NoT a DeMoCrAcY iTs A rEpUbLiC" is like saying "it's not a bird, it's a parrot" or "it's not a car, it's a Camry".
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 'What do you mean speech has consequence
To each one's own. The show isn't for everybody. I basically see riffing as "recycling" a cheesy movie: turning something worthless into something valuable.
So, when your internet provider shuts you down because they don't like what you say will you be throwing a "hissy" fit?
Because a Satellite TV provider refusing to carry your station anymore is exactly like an ISP cutting your internet access. You suck at analogies.
The completely correct analogy that these services are just like you ordering a phone line for your house--the phone company has no business monitoring what you say on your line.
OAN is still available on Verizon FIOS. You're confusing speech with reach. I repeat, you suck at analogies.
De-platforming for any reason ever is un-American.
Dude, I'm so old I remember when the rapper Ludacris had a Pepsi commercial cancelled and was replaced with the Osbournes due to a campaign by BIll O'Reilly. I'm so old, I remember when various web sites and forums around the internet banned people from their web sites and forums. I'm so old I remember spammers getting the boot from Discord servers.
Dude, please. You don't just suck at analogies, you just suck, period.
They coming for you one day.
If Shiva Ayyadurai is any indication, they tried that and failed.
It bears repeating: restless94110, you fucking suck.
this highlights the importance of Section 230 is that 230 is useful in getting these cases kicked out of court quickly, as they should be. Because without Section 230, this case is still a complete loser.
Yet like Disney using the public domain to make itself rich but delaying Mickey Mouse's entrance into the public domain by decades, Facebook benefits immensely from §230, a law that helps everyone, and yet is adamant on its repeal.
Re: Re: 'What do you mean speech has consequences?! Not for me!'
If you're working the grift, Lindell's constant claims that he has evidence or Trump's regular promises of something happening in 2 weeks might be effective in the medium term. But, at some point someone's going to ask you where the evidence is, or why nothing happened after 2 weeks...
How low do you think my opinion of the MAGA kool-aid drinkers are? Whatever you think it is, it's even lower than that...
Is Mike Lindell going to use the "I'm just an entertainer so no one could believe what's coming out of my mouth" defense? Because while it worked for Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson, Sidney Powell tried it but she laid flat on her face because she's not an entertainer but a lawyer which meant that judges believed her and she got sanctioned for that.
It's interesting to see how Mike Lindell is going to have to defend himself from his inexcusable behavior.
That's why I specifically said "in a SLAPP suit" (which I now realize is redundant). SLAPPs are-by definition-meritless. I was arguing on principle, not specifying any specific lawsuit against OAN.
For the record, I think Dominion's lawsuit against OAN has held up in court.
Considering I won last week, and that Winnie-the-Pooh entered the public domain (as well as shitloads of recorded music and other great stuff from 1926), 2022 is starting out awesomely for me!
Thanks for everything you do, Techdirt! I love the community here!
Nintendo wanting online checks is just so on brand so as to be only mildly annoying. If you buy Nintendo, you know what you're getting.
Hold on a sec, I have a Nintendo Switch, and I have never, ever needed an online check to play any offline Nintendo Switch game. It would also hobble the console when people play it on the Subway (at least the inferior ones in the US that don't have Wi-Fi on board), on car trips, or on cruises or wherever. What do you mean by "online checks" o Timothy Geitner? I'm legitimately confused.
Nintendo does indeed deserve a lot of criticism for their draconian enforcement of their IP but I've never seen them have an always-online system for the Nintendo Switch (which, as I had explained, would defeat the functionality of the system).
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Re: Not in Apple Podcasts
Okay, now it's showing up. Thanks!
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Not in Apple Podcasts
I'm not seeing the podcast in Apple Podcasts as of this typing. Just thought you should be aware of that.
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Hope is not a strategy, unfortunately. As SOPA/PIPA has shown, we must rise up!
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Re: I am just tired (of Blumenthal’s “Think of the Childrenâ
Richard Blumenthal is the direct ideological descendant of Joseph Lieberman. He represents the same state and the same party (until Joe LIeberman lost a primary to current governor of Connecticut Ned Lamont). They're both sanctimonious blowhards who like to monger fear on the latest moral panic (for Lieberman, Violent Video Games; for Blumenthal, the Internet) when their proposed solutions make everything worse instead of better.
On the post: Suicide Hotline Collected, Monetized The Data Of Desperate People, Because Of Course It Did
Re: There's indifference, there's evil, and then there's THIS...
I wouldn't just say whoever did such a thing is merely an "asshole", but what they really are is a monster.
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Re: Re: Starlink
If you think Karl Bode hasn't covered the abysmal customer service (basically the abysmal service, period) of the telecoms, you haven't been reading him.
If Starlink isn't an outlier, that should be cause for concern because Musk entered the telecom industry claiming he's do better than the other guys when he clearly hasn't.
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If you think the internet is lost, they have already won.
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Google has stood up for it's users against false DMCA claims before. Here's proof.
It's unclear as to whether this anecdote is a diamond in the rough or a drop in the ocean, though.
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Hard to believe fascist rethuglicans are called "populists" when there are sophist apologists like you defending Ă©litism and calling it republicanism.
The constituency the GOP represents is a minority of the population. They know this, otherwise they wouldn't be trying to repress the vote.
Also, a republic is a form of a democracy. Saying "iTs NoT a DeMoCrAcY iTs A rEpUbLiC" is like saying "it's not a bird, it's a parrot" or "it's not a car, it's a Camry".
You're an anti-intellectual Ă©litist pretending to be an intellectual populist.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 'What do you mean speech has consequence
To each one's own. The show isn't for everybody. I basically see riffing as "recycling" a cheesy movie: turning something worthless into something valuable.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: 'What do you mean speech has consequences?! Not
Did someone say "pod people"?
https://youtu.be/sCl2ZNkfnS8
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Re: A What?
Because a Satellite TV provider refusing to carry your station anymore is exactly like an ISP cutting your internet access. You suck at analogies.
OAN is still available on Verizon FIOS. You're confusing speech with reach. I repeat, you suck at analogies.
Dude, I'm so old I remember when the rapper Ludacris had a Pepsi commercial cancelled and was replaced with the Osbournes due to a campaign by BIll O'Reilly. I'm so old, I remember when various web sites and forums around the internet banned people from their web sites and forums. I'm so old I remember spammers getting the boot from Discord servers.
Dude, please. You don't just suck at analogies, you just suck, period.
If Shiva Ayyadurai is any indication, they tried that and failed.
It bears repeating: restless94110, you fucking suck.
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Unfortunately for the rest of us…
Yet like Disney using the public domain to make itself rich but delaying Mickey Mouse's entrance into the public domain by decades, Facebook benefits immensely from §230, a law that helps everyone, and yet is adamant on its repeal.
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Re: Re: 'What do you mean speech has consequences?! Not for me!'
How low do you think my opinion of the MAGA kool-aid drinkers are? Whatever you think it is, it's even lower than that...
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My question is this…
Is Mike Lindell going to use the "I'm just an entertainer so no one could believe what's coming out of my mouth" defense? Because while it worked for Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson, Sidney Powell tried it but she laid flat on her face because she's not an entertainer but a lawyer which meant that judges believed her and she got sanctioned for that.
It's interesting to see how Mike Lindell is going to have to defend himself from his inexcusable behavior.
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Re:
I looked up what "Störerhaftung" meant, and it literally translates to "troublemaker's liability".
I'm happy to know my degree in linguistics is good for something!
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That's why I specifically said "in a SLAPP suit" (which I now realize is redundant). SLAPPs are-by definition-meritless. I was arguing on principle, not specifying any specific lawsuit against OAN.
For the record, I think Dominion's lawsuit against OAN has held up in court.
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Glad to see I'm in this week's winners.
Considering I won last week, and that Winnie-the-Pooh entered the public domain (as well as shitloads of recorded music and other great stuff from 1926), 2022 is starting out awesomely for me!
Thanks for everything you do, Techdirt! I love the community here!
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Re: Nintendo
Hold on a sec, I have a Nintendo Switch, and I have never, ever needed an online check to play any offline Nintendo Switch game. It would also hobble the console when people play it on the Subway (at least the inferior ones in the US that don't have Wi-Fi on board), on car trips, or on cruises or wherever. What do you mean by "online checks" o Timothy Geitner? I'm legitimately confused.
Nintendo does indeed deserve a lot of criticism for their draconian enforcement of their IP but I've never seen them have an always-online system for the Nintendo Switch (which, as I had explained, would defeat the functionality of the system).
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That's tantamount to saying if I sue you for defamation in a SLAPP suit it's not an attempt at censorship.
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