Back in 2008, I worked at a PC repair shop. A person brought a system in for malware removal. We took it in an began our scans. Shortly into the scan, his screen saver activated and it was a slide show of child porn. I turned off the monitor and told the other techs to not touch the system since it was now a crime scene. I told my boss. He called the police. They arrived and asked me every single thing I did to the system from the moment I plugged it in, to spotting the child porn. A few days later we were being sued by the owner of the PC for snooping around his system. The forensic analysts saved us from that be showing proof that his screen saver was set up to display that at a date before he brought in the system. This event inspired me to pursue a degree in digital forensics which I just completed spring 2018.
If I was a judge in such a case where copyright law is being used in this way, I would tell the plaintiff, "I will allow this case to go forward if you also file suit against everyone else who plays this game. Since they are all committing the same crime base on your claim."
I am surprised that Pai or any other directly involved with the obstruction of justice are not in prison. Identity theft is a crime no matter how harmful or harmless the misuse of the ID is. Law enforcement is seeking to investigate the identity theft. Pai and his cronies are preventing them from investigating this criminal act.
Under statute 18 U.S.C. 1519: Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
One way to mitigate the issue is to apply an IP filter to your firewall that blocks all non-US IP addresses. This is not 100%, but it will make an impact without high costs.
If states pass a law to outright ban civil asset forfeiture, I hope they include a retroactive clause to return what was stolen. Cash and property.
Local Sheriff: But that will bankrupt our PD and maybe even our city. Governor signing bill: Well you should have thought about that before committing these immoral, unethical acts of legalized theft.
Making fake or impersonating profiles violates their terms of service. So where does Facebook stand when it comes to undercover police or a licensed PI.
I noticed that PUBG uses the Unreal Engine 4. Epic Games owns that 3D engine. Suppose Epic could threaten PUBG to drop the case or we'll revoke the license to use our 3D engine?
If the costs of extra moderation and fines get to high, then pull out of Germany and block all German IP addresses. And when the German citizens start complaining, redirect them to their government's website to complain about the law.
" In fact, the FCC went so far as to block a law enforcement investigation into who was behind the fraud."
Because of the use of stolen ID for fraudulent use, that makes it a criminal investigation. To obstruct the investigation is obstruction of justice. A federal offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison. http://www.federalcriminallawyer.us/2011/01/12/federal-law-on-obstructing-justice-a-summary/ S o why aren't those involved in prison or at least ever arrested and charged?
Cocky has been around longer than that guy has been alive. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/cocky The employees in the USPTO who allowed this to become trademarked need to be fired and suffer some of the legal and financial fallout that will occur because of their idiocy.
The entire screwed up copyright system needs to be scrapped and rebuilt based on the copyright and patent clause of the Constitution. "Article I Section 8. Clause 8 – Patent and Copyright Clause of the Constitution. [The Congress shall have power] “To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”
Keywords being "author" and "inventor". Not holder or owner.
In the case of Microsoft, this rebuild would have no effect because Microsoft, as a company, is the author and inventor of the Windows operating systems.
This would effect authors of books and music. No passing of the copyright to one's children's, children's, children's, children. Or selling to a major studio. Elvis, Micheal Jackson, Prince, etc. would all be under public domain if we followed the rules based on the Constitution. The patent troll would have never existed if we built our copyright system the right way
Before a case is assigned to a judge, the subject of the case must be compared to the knowledge of the field the judge has. Would you hire a top certified electrician to manage your Oracle database? Would you hire a defense attorney who specializes in family law to defend you in a copyright infringement case? The same should apply to judges. Judges are assigned cases which they have a proven competence of in the matter of the case. That way they cannot claim incompetence to defend a willful disregard of the laws.
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This started my career
A few days later we were being sued by the owner of the PC for snooping around his system. The forensic analysts saved us from that be showing proof that his screen saver was set up to display that at a date before he brought in the system. This event inspired me to pursue a degree in digital forensics which I just completed spring 2018.
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Re: Re: if I was a judge
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if I was a judge
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Pai and his cronies should be in prison
Under statute 18 U.S.C. 1519:
Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
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Re: not supporting him
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not supporting him
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Re: Re: Re: Maybe a stupid question
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retroactive ban
Local Sheriff: But that will bankrupt our PD and maybe even our city.
Governor signing bill: Well you should have thought about that before committing these immoral, unethical acts of legalized theft.
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Re: Re: Facebook ToS
https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=okjolt
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Facebook ToS
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Foreign compliance
Is the EU going to demand that the Execs of non-complying companies in foreign countries be extradited to the EU to face prosecution?
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Unreal Engine 4
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Pull out of Germany
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Obstruction
Because of the use of stolen ID for fraudulent use, that makes it a criminal investigation. To obstruct the investigation is obstruction of justice. A federal offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
http://www.federalcriminallawyer.us/2011/01/12/federal-law-on-obstructing-justice-a-summary/
S o why aren't those involved in prison or at least ever arrested and charged?
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Fire the USPTO who approved
The employees in the USPTO who allowed this to become trademarked need to be fired and suffer some of the legal and financial fallout that will occur because of their idiocy.
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Copyright rebuilt
"Article I Section 8. Clause 8 – Patent and Copyright Clause of the Constitution. [The Congress shall have power] “To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”
Keywords being "author" and "inventor". Not holder or owner.
In the case of Microsoft, this rebuild would have no effect because Microsoft, as a company, is the author and inventor of the Windows operating systems.
This would effect authors of books and music. No passing of the copyright to one's children's, children's, children's, children. Or selling to a major studio. Elvis, Micheal Jackson, Prince, etc. would all be under public domain if we followed the rules based on the Constitution. The patent troll would have never existed if we built our copyright system the right way
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Prove competence
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