"Techdirt readers don't yet have the capability to make clueless government officials get transferred to jobs washing toilets, officials say. But, if the community there develops or acquires it, dumb politicians being out of work would become far more likely, according to political pundits."
Google has on many occasions removed harmful/infringing apps.
Specific examples: Tricorder App - due to takedown request from the Roddenberry estate.
Better Keyboard (though there's an imitator of the same name up now) due to 'too many notices' as they uploaded user made keyboard skins on their account, and one too many of the skins was deemed 'infringing' by some over zealous legal beagle(s).
Plus they've used their 'kill switch' on a couple of very bad virus/trojan/hijack apps.
Another, I forget the name, which showed where; according to area code & prefix; your caller was calling from--because some jackass claimed to have a patent on looking up area codes.
Your vaunted 'app approval process' is nothing more than a control mechanism which limits innovation. Google likes innovation, so they instead have an 'app takedown process' for whatever legal dorks out there feel offended by an app.
These jerks should've come up with their own original scams rather than pirating the same old scams which have been done over and over again in lots of places...
We punish one criminal at a time... that statement alone tells me about everything I need to know about you.
The "justice" system purportedly exists to rehabilitate criminals, not punish them. Supposedly they lend a kind understanding hand-up to the under-privileged who've been driven to crime thru poverty and desperation.
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Re: Re: G.E.A.R.
On the post: How The Guy Who Didn't Invent Email Got Memorialized In The Press & The Smithsonian As The Inventor Of Email
G.E.A.R.
I think I'll code something whose name works out to 'GEAR' or 'WHEEL' or 'FOOD' and with any luck, I'll be in the Smithsonian as the inventor of food!
Pretty crafty, that guy. On par with that Thomas Edison fellow...
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Query
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Wish I may, wish I might...
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Lost!
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Re: Re: Takedowns
Also, Google has far deeper pockets than some app developer on a shoestring budget.
On the post: Entertainment Industry Embraces New Business Model: Suing Google For Third-Party Android Apps That 'Promote Piracy'
Re: Takedowns
Specific examples: Tricorder App - due to takedown request from the Roddenberry estate.
Better Keyboard (though there's an imitator of the same name up now) due to 'too many notices' as they uploaded user made keyboard skins on their account, and one too many of the skins was deemed 'infringing' by some over zealous legal beagle(s).
Plus they've used their 'kill switch' on a couple of very bad virus/trojan/hijack apps.
Another, I forget the name, which showed where; according to area code & prefix; your caller was calling from--because some jackass claimed to have a patent on looking up area codes.
Your vaunted 'app approval process' is nothing more than a control mechanism which limits innovation. Google likes innovation, so they instead have an 'app takedown process' for whatever legal dorks out there feel offended by an app.
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Re: Big D
Liberty is a well-armed sheep.
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Watered down...
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Love me some bad puns
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Re: Re: Idiots
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Re: !
These jerks should've come up with their own original scams rather than pirating the same old scams which have been done over and over again in lots of places...
Psh! Posers.
On the post: Belgian Anti-Piracy Group Facing Copyright Fraud, Embezzlement & Money Laundering Charges
...erm...
Who trusted them??
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Re: Re: tick tick tick
Perhaps it's $27.50 per student per day...
On the post: Canadian Universities Agree To Ridiculous Copyright Agreement That Says Emailing Hyperlinks Is Equal To Photocopying
Profit Bomb
(They may have to settle for a silver plated toiler, rather than a gold plated toilet...)
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Re: Who Watches The Watchmen?
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Re: Oh, but it will work.
We punish one criminal at a time... that statement alone tells me about everything I need to know about you.
The "justice" system purportedly exists to rehabilitate criminals, not punish them. Supposedly they lend a kind understanding hand-up to the under-privileged who've been driven to crime thru poverty and desperation.
Oh, but you believe it should be "punishment".
Harrumph.
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Re: Cha-ching!!
The chumps line up and pay thou$and$ to hit the moles--as hard as they can--and the moles cost me a couple buck$ each.
(???) <--Traditional, ya know
Profit!
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Parody Rules
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