"But he apparently has no qualms about violating internal DOJ gentlemen's agreements, which should raise questions -- as Wheeler notes -- about what other policies or guidance Comey considers optional."
Is it really a surprise coming from an agency that views the Constitution and Bill of Rights as optional and an obstacle to be worked around? An internal gentlemen's agreement didn't stand a chance.
Response to: David Morgan on Oct 28th, 2016 @ 1:31pm
Another way to look at this is that Clinton is a lawyer ...who by definition should be able to understand the law. Then she was FLOTUS, and I'm guessing she was briefed on how to deal with any classified info she was exposed to during that time. Then she went on to become a Senator and helped write laws, and was given classified briefings during that time. And as Secretary of State, she was also briefed on how to properly handle classified information.
And yet with all this, her convenience was more important to her than following the rules to safeguard classified information.
Let's face it...Hollywood Accounting is the only way they can come up with their piracy cost the creators x number of dollars every year claims. Not to mention it also works in local governments so they can claim they will bring x number of dollars and y number of jobs to a local community in exchange for tax breaks.
Except the parties accused of abusing the system are the defendants in this case. That means they don't get to cut and run with a voluntary dismissal when things get ugly.
Discovery on this is going to be real interesting and a major cause of the upcoming popcorn shortage. They're going to have to explain how they identified the so called defamation defendants without any information from the website such as IP address or email address.
If Oracle has such a hard time understanding fair use, then maybe their customers should introduce them to the concept of no use and stop using Java completely.
Just goes to show why the copyright term length needs to be shortened significantly. Not much need for a creator to be rewarded for his works after he's dead...other than to continue the cash cow of easy money for descendants and studios.
Guess maybe they shouldn't be advocating for mythical encryption backdoors then. After all, if it was encrypted we probably wouldn't be having these discussions.
More likely scenario is if they don't get the rulings they want, the DOJ will dismiss the charges to avoid setting an adverse precedent while complaining loudly and frequently that the laws need to be changed to keep child molesters and terrorists from getting away with it.
Re: Let Them Merge, Makes It Easier to Break Them Up
AT&T has already been through one regulatory break up (remember Ma Bell?) and that hasn't slowed them down.
Also don't forget that AT&T recently got a court to agree with them that the FTC does not have the authority to regulate them in certain aspects like misleading consumers (https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161018/14062235832/ftc-warns-att-court-victory-throttling-could -screw-consumers-decades.shtml). If that stands, it would mean pretty much that only the FCC and the DOJ could intervene.
This is just another example of a bureaucrat with an agenda not letting the law or the Constitution stand in their way. It is also a prime example of something a time when the government official needs to bear the burden of their actions and not saddle the taxpayers with it.
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Is this really a surprise?
Is it really a surprise coming from an agency that views the Constitution and Bill of Rights as optional and an obstacle to be worked around? An internal gentlemen's agreement didn't stand a chance.
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Response to: David Morgan on Oct 28th, 2016 @ 1:31pm
...who by definition should be able to understand the law. Then she was FLOTUS, and I'm guessing she was briefed on how to deal with any classified info she was exposed to during that time. Then she went on to become a Senator and helped write laws, and was given classified briefings during that time. And as Secretary of State, she was also briefed on how to properly handle classified information.
And yet with all this, her convenience was more important to her than following the rules to safeguard classified information.
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Re: Jurisdiction?
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Hollywood Accounting
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On the post: Pissed Consumer Sues Reputation Management Firms Over Their Bogus Lawsuit/Fake Defendant/Takedown Scams
Discovery
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Fair use
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Re: Re: Re:
That being said, this certainly looks like Prenda 3.0
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Re: Re: No more head in the sand for the left?
/sarcasm
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Instead, they'll just have to "Deny harder".
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Re: Re: Re: Standard 2-step process
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Re: Standard 2-step process
4) FBI ignores order anyway
More business as usual
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Re: Let Them Merge, Makes It Easier to Break Them Up
Also don't forget that AT&T recently got a court to agree with them that the FTC does not have the authority to regulate them in certain aspects like misleading consumers (https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161018/14062235832/ftc-warns-att-court-victory-throttling-could -screw-consumers-decades.shtml). If that stands, it would mean pretty much that only the FCC and the DOJ could intervene.
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Fixed the title
AT&T's $85 Billion Time Warner Buy Will Be An Anti-Consumer Shit Show Of Monumental Proportions
FTFY
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Gloating
Of course he sucks so much that his gravesite will probably collapse on itself and become a sinkhole.
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Response to: Kronomex on Oct 21st, 2016 @ 3:00pm
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Just another example
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Re: A Profound Failure of American Jurisprudence
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