Copyright is exclusive for limited times. That's it.
It's not about balance. Or money. Or profits. Or creativity. Or commerce.
Those are merely temporary side effects of the temporary exclusivity.
Once the exclusivity is over, it is supposed to be over. The exclusive period is supposed to be limited. Not stretched out forever and ever until the heat death of the universe.
Fair use is an exception carved out in law so that certain uses important to society as a whole are still allowed despite the temporary exclusivity of copyright. For instance, news reporting. Criticism. Parody. Among others.
This may be fair use weak. But just a reminder: March is national procrastination week.
1. Asking if you're being detained automatically makes you suspicious and thus can require you to identify yourself.
2. You can be arrested for failure to identify in order to obtain your identification, because you aren't required to identify until you are arrested. Once arrested, the cop has your identity.
3. Asking what you are being arrested for can constitute resisting arrest.
I'm not sure which one is my favorite. I was leaning toward (3), but decided I liked (2) because it is so circular -- or as managers would say, it has no loose ends.
State laws like this could provide ammunition to permanently amend the DMCA such that it cannot be used to prevent repairs.
That could get us a step closer to fixing the DMCA such that it cannot be used as a way to prevent third party compatible products. (like ink cartridges, or garage door opener controls, etc.)
Thanks Apple for fighting to prevent me from repairing my NON-APPLE products! That's just what I always wanted. I want all my non-Apple products to be non-openable sealed bricks just like Apple products are. Oh, and overpriced too, assuming Apple hasn't patented that.
if I as an ordinary citizen can come up with this short list, you'd think such a successful businessman [Citation Needed] who knows more [Citation Needed] than the generals do could figure it out.
Imagine if a president were so unpopular to have the unpresidented (sic) bad luck that his top officials put out these leaks rather than saving them years and years for their memoirs. Now imagine that anyone investigating these leaks would not feel it necessary to do a through and complete job for the same reasons as the leakers leak.
Some bad world leaders of the past were hated by pretty much everyone within and outside of their administration.
> Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N.Korea etc?
Oh, now that's hilarious.
Protip: when you deliberately (or stupidly?) decide to make your dealings with N. Korea a public spectacle for the entertainment and amusement of your private club members, who paid $200,000 membership for the unstated but understood opportunity for photo ops, you may discover that you have unexpected leaks.
If minimum wage is good for the FCC Commissioner, it's also good for congress, cabinet positions and the president.
I am partly (62%) serious here. Ever serve on a jury? Did you get something like $10 a day for your service?
How many people who make way more than $25 an hour would never take off work for $10 a day. But poor people might take $10 a day when they could be making $10 an hour instead. It is a real sacrifice to some of them.
If congress critters, presidents and cabinet positions were paid minimum wage, would this potentially weed out the worst elements who aspire to power for its own sake, or to influence the business prospects of their wealthy friends? And it would weed out those who seek office merely for wealth instead of power, because they would get no wealth out of it. Like jury duty, it would be a service you perform for the public good.
Or maybe nothing would work to get good honest people into government.
First they came for the torrents. I did not use torrents, so I remained silent.
Then they came for the SSH. I did not use SSH, so I remained silent.
Then they came for the HTTPS. I figured I could live without SSH like in the 90's, so I remained silent.
Then they came for the Linux, the open source, the creative commons. By this point Windows 10 and government approved culture was everywhere, and there was nobody left to speak up.
As I understand it, you get unlimited data "for the phone" but limited data for tethering.
Now just what is "for the phone" vs "tethering".
We all know what they *WANT* it to mean.
But tethering is nothing more than an app that creates a hotspot and routes packets.
What if I had my own app that would talk over bluetooth or USB to my laptop? Is *that* tethering? I didn't use the built in tethering feature of my phone. And it is just a custom app using data on the unlimited data plan for the phone.
What if I didn't use either bluetooth or USB. Suppose I drop the phone into a gadget with an Arduino board. (This is hypothetical) The arduino has a sensor that watches the bottom right corner of the screen for blinking to represent bits received, and it has an LED emitter right in front of the camera port to represent bits sent. Then this arduino has an ordinary USB cable or WiFi hotspot for my laptop to work with. So all that is on the phone is an app that blinks pixels and reads light signals from the camera port. Oh, and the custom app uses the internet.
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For Limited Times
It's not about balance. Or money. Or profits. Or creativity. Or commerce.
Those are merely temporary side effects of the temporary exclusivity.
Once the exclusivity is over, it is supposed to be over. The exclusive period is supposed to be limited. Not stretched out forever and ever until the heat death of the universe.
Fair use is an exception carved out in law so that certain uses important to society as a whole are still allowed despite the temporary exclusivity of copyright. For instance, news reporting. Criticism. Parody. Among others.
This may be fair use weak. But just a reminder: March is national procrastination week.
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What is a crime
2. You can be arrested for failure to identify in order to obtain your identification, because you aren't required to identify until you are arrested. Once arrested, the cop has your identity.
3. Asking what you are being arrested for can constitute resisting arrest.
I'm not sure which one is my favorite. I was leaning toward (3), but decided I liked (2) because it is so circular -- or as managers would say, it has no loose ends.
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Re:
That could get us a step closer to fixing the DMCA such that it cannot be used as a way to prevent third party compatible products. (like ink cartridges, or garage door opener controls, etc.)
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Re: FaceTwit Disorder
Twitter Disorder?
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Re: Re: Stupid People
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Re: Stupid People
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Re:
Mr. Trump is a successful business man, who believes in capitalism, and has become president.
https://postimg.org/image/w0b24zott/
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Credit where credit is due
Mr. Trump, If you chose to do this and signed it, then a sincere thank you! Thanks!
If you signed this without reading it, because you are unable to read what you sign, then also my thanks to whoever got a signature on this!
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Thank you Apple !!
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Re:
I nominate the Russians.
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Re: But Surely If He Has Nothing To Hide ...
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Re:
Some assumptions that need documentation:
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What if?
Imagine if a president were so unpopular to have the unpresidented (sic) bad luck that his top officials put out these leaks rather than saving them years and years for their memoirs. Now imagine that anyone investigating these leaks would not feel it necessary to do a through and complete job for the same reasons as the leakers leak.
Some bad world leaders of the past were hated by pretty much everyone within and outside of their administration.
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Leaks dealing with North Korea?
Oh, now that's hilarious.
Protip: when you deliberately (or stupidly?) decide to make your dealings with N. Korea a public spectacle for the entertainment and amusement of your private club members, who paid $200,000 membership for the unstated but understood opportunity for photo ops, you may discover that you have unexpected leaks.
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Re: "What we have now is good enough, there's absolutely no need to plan for the future."
There was a time when personal computers were a novelty.
Even any kind of a computer was a novelty. And there was maybe a world wide market for only five computers.
At some point radio was a novelty.
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Re:
I am partly (62%) serious here. Ever serve on a jury? Did you get something like $10 a day for your service?
How many people who make way more than $25 an hour would never take off work for $10 a day. But poor people might take $10 a day when they could be making $10 an hour instead. It is a real sacrifice to some of them.
If congress critters, presidents and cabinet positions were paid minimum wage, would this potentially weed out the worst elements who aspire to power for its own sake, or to influence the business prospects of their wealthy friends? And it would weed out those who seek office merely for wealth instead of power, because they would get no wealth out of it. Like jury duty, it would be a service you perform for the public good.
Or maybe nothing would work to get good honest people into government.
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Fast broadband *IS* a novelty
These new fangled auto mobile thingies are also a novelty. Nobody really needs those. And they frighten the horses!
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Re: Foot in the door
First they came for the torrents.
I did not use torrents, so I remained silent.
Then they came for the SSH.
I did not use SSH, so I remained silent.
Then they came for the HTTPS.
I figured I could live without SSH like in the 90's, so I remained silent.
Then they came for the Linux, the open source, the creative commons.
By this point Windows 10 and government approved culture was everywhere, and there was nobody left to speak up.
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Free up access to court documents?
Isn't that the wrong business model?
I'm assuming you mean Free as in troll booth, not free as in 'free to go away empty handed without court documents'.
If the courts say its okay to charge for access to laws, the least they could do to make up for it is also charge for court documents.
Times are tough. Budgets constrained. This revenue could at least help fund more asset forfeiture operations.
(I think I'll be sick now)
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Tethering vs Phone
Now just what is "for the phone" vs "tethering".
We all know what they *WANT* it to mean.
But tethering is nothing more than an app that creates a hotspot and routes packets.
What if I had my own app that would talk over bluetooth or USB to my laptop? Is *that* tethering? I didn't use the built in tethering feature of my phone. And it is just a custom app using data on the unlimited data plan for the phone.
What if I didn't use either bluetooth or USB. Suppose I drop the phone into a gadget with an Arduino board. (This is hypothetical) The arduino has a sensor that watches the bottom right corner of the screen for blinking to represent bits received, and it has an LED emitter right in front of the camera port to represent bits sent. Then this arduino has an ordinary USB cable or WiFi hotspot for my laptop to work with. So all that is on the phone is an app that blinks pixels and reads light signals from the camera port. Oh, and the custom app uses the internet.
Can you tell me now if I'm tethering or not?
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