Are you fucking serious, out_of_the_blue? You're resorting to using names of people that already have accounts?
I'm actually a bit flattered that Blue would choose my moniker in his feeble attempt to make his comments appear more reasoned and intelligent then they really are.
Since most everyone can spot Blue's writing style and obvious biases regardless of what moniker he uses, it's no skin off of my back.
If I was Lowery, I'd be careful about pushing too hard on the secondary liability front. Who knows where that slippery slope could end. I'd venture a guess that Lowery wouldn't want to be liable for crimes committed by people who listen to his music.
The only question is whether leaking a *copyrighted* legal contract in the publc interest would ever be considered "fair use"? Probably not.
That's not even a valid question since the leaking itself wouldn't need to be considered at all to determine if The Verge's use is Fair Use. It's whether the *publishing* of a leaked document would be considered Fair Use and in this particular case the answer is pretty strong "yes".
It's so easy to berate those with talent, when you weren't born with any, isn't it Mike?
Writing with enough thought and skill to keep an average of 20,000 people coming back to your website day after day is considered talent in my book. Just sayin'
From what I've read, plea bargaining started happening in the decades following the Civil War. SCOTUS ruled on plea bargaining in three cases from 1968 to 1971 and found plea bargaining to be constitutional.
I know that some states and localities have passed laws making plea bargaining illegal, but on a whole, in the US, plea bargaining has always been legal, so I am interested as to where you got the idea that "Pleabargaining in the '80s was illegal".
Re: Do you guys EVER for a second consider the legal liabilities?
Just in legal liability, John Deere cannot possibly to any degree authorize others to use modified software.
As noted in the article:
It's easy enough to note that tinkering with the tractor you bought voids any warranties and takes John Deere out of the liability zone if something goes wrong.
So to answer your question about wether anyone here considers the legal liabilities: Yes, we do.
The same thing has been set into case law for years concerning automobiles. Ford Motor Co. isn't liable if you replace the stock carburetor with hi-performance one that causes an engine fire. Why should John Deere be liable if you hack the software and it causes an accident with your tractor?
Too bad that "study" is unscientific and a total joke.
I disagree. The methodology of that study is laid out for all to see and critique. I put more weight on the figures from that study over twenty MPAA/RIAA sponsored studies where they hide the methodology, come to some predetermined result and say "Trust us!"
Repeating something for the third time does not make it any more correct than before. For those playing along at home, take note how Blue was unable to respond to the rebuttals of this comment, but still feels the need to re-post it once again.
Also take note of how Blue attempts to minimize the intelligence of Techdirt readers by calling them "pirates" and "kids" when the actual facts show that the majority of Techdirt readers are highly educated professionals.
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NYT + Jews + you = moronic, bigoted comment
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I'm actually a bit flattered that Blue would choose my moniker in his feeble attempt to make his comments appear more reasoned and intelligent then they really are.
Since most everyone can spot Blue's writing style and obvious biases regardless of what moniker he uses, it's no skin off of my back.
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Maybe you should put that in big blue letters across the top of the article or something.
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Your understanding of this case is on par with your understanding of how to use the "reply to this" link. Just sayin'
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Techdirt received a silly threat letter from Sony concerning the hacked emails:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150420/22284530731/our-response-to-sony-sending-us-threat -letter-reporting-companys-leaked-emails.shtml
And..um....that link is in the article above...
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http://thetrichordist.com/2015/05/21/google-proxies-double-down-on-piracy-and-child-prostituti on/
If I was Lowery, I'd be careful about pushing too hard on the secondary liability front. Who knows where that slippery slope could end. I'd venture a guess that Lowery wouldn't want to be liable for crimes committed by people who listen to his music.
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On the post: Sony Uses Copyright To Force Verge To Takedown Its Copy Of Sony's Spotify Contract
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http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=62574580331346831591
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That's not even a valid question since the leaking itself wouldn't need to be considered at all to determine if The Verge's use is Fair Use. It's whether the *publishing* of a leaked document would be considered Fair Use and in this particular case the answer is pretty strong "yes".
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Being "too calm" would probably be considered suspicious too.
From my understanding, a lot of police consider civilians to be one of two categories: perps and perps who haven't been caught yet.
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Re: FUNNY on site mostly blockquotes and links to what are actually co-authors.
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Writing with enough thought and skill to keep an average of 20,000 people coming back to your website day after day is considered talent in my book. Just sayin'
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Re: Pleabargaining in the '80s was illegal
Is was? Do you have a citation for that?
From what I've read, plea bargaining started happening in the decades following the Civil War. SCOTUS ruled on plea bargaining in three cases from 1968 to 1971 and found plea bargaining to be constitutional.
I know that some states and localities have passed laws making plea bargaining illegal, but on a whole, in the US, plea bargaining has always been legal, so I am interested as to where you got the idea that "Pleabargaining in the '80s was illegal".
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Re: Do you guys EVER for a second consider the legal liabilities?
As noted in the article:
So to answer your question about wether anyone here considers the legal liabilities: Yes, we do.
The same thing has been set into case law for years concerning automobiles. Ford Motor Co. isn't liable if you replace the stock carburetor with hi-performance one that causes an engine fire. Why should John Deere be liable if you hack the software and it causes an accident with your tractor?
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I disagree. The methodology of that study is laid out for all to see and critique. I put more weight on the figures from that study over twenty MPAA/RIAA sponsored studies where they hide the methodology, come to some predetermined result and say "Trust us!"
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I assume you laugh at those clowns who write about tech companies over on The Trichordist too.
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^^ this x100 ^^
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Re: Techdirt doesn't censor, just hides.
Also take note of how Blue attempts to minimize the intelligence of Techdirt readers by calling them "pirates" and "kids" when the actual facts show that the majority of Techdirt readers are highly educated professionals.
https://www.quantcast.com/techdirt.com?country=US#!demo
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