Nah, that is the exact reason copyright needs to extend past death, to prevent hit jobs.
The unfair competition is always someone else is making money so it must be unfair.
I will confess I have the faintest hope they take this to court and Tarentino gets a win, with the copyright claim failing in such a way as to make it clear that linking to a non-infringing item is not infringement.
1: They get to say that right to repair is redundant and a government overreach.
2: They can conveniently price it so that no one uses it:
3: They can the further claim right to repair is pointless because they offer a service an no one uses it.
4:?????
5: Profit
While I understand the emotion behind this response, this is the kind of reasoning used by the CIA on multiple continents for the last several decades.
I don't think it has worked out well for them(us).
They can enforce a law that no one has heard of in decades and should be removed from the books, but when they are told that they can't stand on someone until they stop breathing they cannot imagine that would be against the law.
The only thing stupider, is the judges that let them do it.
On the post: The Internet Wins: Adblocking (And Other Extensions) Don't Violate Copyright Law In Germany
Axel Springer may want to look into relocating to Missouri.
The governor there has the same view of how browsers work.
On the post: DC Metro PD's Powerful Review Panel Keeps Giving Bad Cops Their Jobs Back
I believe the military term for this situation is SNAFU
On the post: Hershey Goes On A Threat Blitz Against A Bunch Of Independent Breweries
Someone needs to tell George Clinton about this brewery.
Because trademarks
On the post: Birds Aren't Real, And Kids Are Not So Susceptible To Conspiracy Theories (Their Parents On The Other Hand...)
Re: The Kids Are Alright
Leave it to a musician to quote 2 rock legends in a post.
On the post: Hikvision's Director Of Cybersecurity And Privacy Says IoT Devices With Backdoors 'Can't Be Used To Spy On Companies, Individuals Or Nations'
Re: It's ok, I locked it...
...and we got this open.
LPL
On the post: Miramax's Bizarrely Ridiculous Lawsuit Against Quentin Tarantino Over His Pulp Fiction NFTs
Re:
Nah, that is the exact reason copyright needs to extend past death, to prevent hit jobs.
The unfair competition is always someone else is making money so it must be unfair.
I will confess I have the faintest hope they take this to court and Tarentino gets a win, with the copyright claim failing in such a way as to make it clear that linking to a non-infringing item is not infringement.
On the post: In Big Shift For Apple, Company Makes It Easier For Users To Repair Phones
Beware of Tech companies bearing gifts...
How is Apple going to profit from this?
1: They get to say that right to repair is redundant and a government overreach.
2: They can conveniently price it so that no one uses it:
3: They can the further claim right to repair is pointless because they offer a service an no one uses it.
4:?????
5: Profit
On the post: ATF Goes On Tour To Teach Journalists That Cops Are Usually Right When They Kill Someone
Alright then,
The officer has knowledge and experience that the general public does not,” Massock said.
If this is true, then why do these same officers need qualified immunity?
On the post: Support Public Code, While Helping Support Techdirt
Thanks
Thank you for pointing this out an explaining it.
On the post: Cop Who Led Strike Team Into Wrong House During Drug Raid Granted Immunity By Eleventh Circuit
Re: Re:
You have been here long enough to know that Mike is not going to implement a "Sad but True" button.
On the post: Florida Prisons Are Buying Up Location Data From Data Brokers
Re:
"And yes, cell phones in prisons ARE a problem."
I would think getting the guards to stop smuggling in the phones is the real problem.
On the post: Arizona's $24-Million Prison Management Software Is Keeping People Locked Up Past The End Of Their Sentences
Re: Re: Re:
Unlikely. Probably one of his nephews in middle school.
On the post: SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Case Between Jack Daniels And VIP Products Over Doggy Chew Toy
"Look what you did, Jack Daniels! Look what you did! Bad corporate bully. Bad! "
Am I the only one that heard John Oliver's voice when I read this line?
On the post: Elsevier Wants To Stop Indian Medics, Students And Academics Accessing Knowledge The Only Way Most Of Them Can Afford: Via Sci-Hub And Libgen
Re: Punch in the face?
Do you feel lucky?
Well do ya punk?
On the post: Twitch Continues To Trip Over Itself In Response To DMCA Apocalypse
Re:
The surprising bit in that story was that Adobe didn't pile on for using pirated software.
On the post: Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Threaten Defamation Suit Over Lincoln Project's Non-Defamatory Billboards
Re: Re:
While I understand the emotion behind this response, this is the kind of reasoning used by the CIA on multiple continents for the last several decades.
I don't think it has worked out well for them(us).
On the post: Trademark Genericide And One Big Way The DOJ Admits That Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Is Utter Garbage
Wrong Headline
The headline should read:
DOJ lawsuit against Google reveals that Yahoo has a search engine.
On the post: San Diego Cops Who Abused Old 'Seditious Language' Law To Ticket Residents Also Engaged In Other Misconduct
They can enforce a law that no one has heard of in decades and should be removed from the books, but when they are told that they can't stand on someone until they stop breathing they cannot imagine that would be against the law.
The only thing stupider, is the judges that let them do it.
On the post: Blatant Hypocrite Ajit Pai Decides To Move Forward With Bogus, Unconstitutional Rulemaking On Section 230
Sorry Mike, Santa is not real.
Mike,
Your statement:
" I'd previously believed that he was misguided, but stuck true to his principles. "
Is because even though you spend most of your time in a cesspool, you (as demonstrated by your end of year posts) try to see the good in people.
It is what makes the site readable and often infuriating but keeps it from becoming overwhelmingly depressing.
Many of the rest of us have long felt that Pai would sell his dying mother's hospital bed out from under her.
That said,
Thank you for being a lighthouse in the storm that is 2020.
On the post: Federal Judge Ridiculously Says That Holding A Sign Telling People Cops Are Ahead Is Not Free Speech
I have a feeling that once this gets thrown out the judge might find Mr. Friend standing outside his courthouse with a different sign.
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