1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 26 May 2015 @ 11:29am
No trademark issues
There is no trademark issue here. Anyone is free to sell Sherlock Holmes merchandise. Everyone is also free now to write independent stories, tv series, movies, heck, even to take the original books (sans the last 10), and sell them and make money.
The name and the character are now in the public domain. Something is afoot, Watson.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 20 May 2015 @ 9:46pm
Grounds for dismissal
Violating company policy should be grounds for dismissal, not criminal prosecution. If you venture into criminal behavior *during* your misuse of computer systems, you should be prosecuted, but not for the misuse itself.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 11 Jan 2015 @ 7:40pm
Fruit of the Poison Tree
This is a stinky case of fruit of the poison tree. Regardless of whether specific officers felt they were acting in good faith, the warrant execution was illegal, and the Stingray findings are fruit of the poison tree.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 5 Jan 2015 @ 6:25pm
ISPs blocking traffic?
ISPs can't even block syn flood attacks from sources outside of their own ip address ranges. What makes the MPAA think they'll do any better blocking these?
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 16 Sep 2014 @ 4:48pm
Mandatory Retention
I wonder if California has any regulatory limits on how long documents created with public funding must be retained. Certainly the School Board can't make the retention period less than any state requirement?
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 9 Sep 2014 @ 8:22pm
100Mbps down, 25Mbps up
The minimum speed for broadband should be 100Mbps down, and 25Mbps up. If you don't want to provide those speeds, then open your pipes at no charge to competitors until you DO provide those speeds.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 26 Aug 2014 @ 12:42pm
Maybe July?
Respectfully request police correspondence with representatives of the creative industry for the month of July 2014. [This month. Next month it will be August 2014.]
On the post: Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Never Ending Copyright Dispute
No trademark issues
The name and the character are now in the public domain. Something is afoot, Watson.
On the post: Appeals Court Rightly Overturns NAACP's Successful Attempt To Censor Speech Via Trademark Law
D.E.M.O.C.R.A.T.S
On the post: EFF Asks Court To Reconsider Ruling That Would Make Violating Work Computer Policies A Criminal Act
Grounds for dismissal
On the post: Baltimore PD Hides Its Stingray Usage Under A Pen Register Order; Argues There's Really No Difference Between The Two
Fruit of the Poison Tree
On the post: MPAA Wants Regulators To Force ISPs To Block Sites 'At The Border'
ISPs blocking traffic?
On the post: All Of These Works Should Be In The Public Domain, But Aren't
Orphaned and Out of print works
So, I have a compromise: Orphaned and out of print works shall fall immediately into the public domain.
There, now publishers must publish all of their works for the entirety of the copyright to prevent it falling into the public domain.
On the post: All Of These Works Should Be In The Public Domain, But Aren't
Statute of Anne
It has very little resemblance to copyright today.
On the post: Awesome Stuff: Portable Standing Desks
Varidesk
On the post: Canadian News Outlet Warns Canadians That US Law Enforcement Officers Will Pull Them Over And Seize Their Cash
Sweet!
On the post: After 2-Year-Old Emails Detailing Impropriety Surface, Los Angeles School Board Votes To Limit Retention To One Year
Mandatory Retention
Anyone know?
On the post: Big Broadband Begs FCC Not To Expose Their Lies By Defining Broadband Accurately
100Mbps down, 25Mbps up
On the post: Disney Officially Seeks To Block Deadmau5's Trademark Claim
The Spoils
On the post: DOJ Pretends No Fly Guidelines Haven't Been Leaked, Claims 'State Secrets' To Avoid Revealing Them To The Judge
Relax guys
On the post: As Expected, Aereo Pleads Its Case For Survival
DMCA Bites
On the post: Awesomeness: Millions Of Public Domain Images Being Put Online
Way Cool!
On the post: City Of London Police Turn Down Torrentfreak's FOIA Request Because It Would Take Too Long To Fulfill
Maybe July?
On the post: The James Foley Beheading Video And How Americans Conceptualize Their Enemies
How to categorize this crime
On the post: 4th Grader Suspended For Properly Completing Assignment With A Nerf Gun
Hurry! Somebody call....
On the post: FBI Refuses To Let Public Know How Its Drone Usage Affects Their Privacy
Subject: Redacted - c1;
Redacted - c1;
On the post: New York Continues Its Trademark Bullying Ways: Threatens Coffee Shop With Bogus Threats
I ♥ NYC
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