I love all the comments that give Obama a pass on being a horrible President with respect to whistleblowers. People who love him politically cannot wrap their head around the fact that he would deliberately do something "bad" so they come up with all these crappy excuses that are pretty much exactly like a five year old pointing and yelling "but Georgie did it first!!"
Re: Ferguson is not a civil rights case, NY is a civil rights case
As a libertarian, I strongly believe that selling property that you have previously legally purchased should never be a crime. Those laws are just protection for established businesses.
Killing someone over that kind of law is an abject horror.
Re: If you like your movie provider, you can keep it
This is what I don't get. Republicans should be rushing to support Obama on this. This is their chance to get some bipartisanship credit AND stick it to Hollywood (mark my words, there are Hollywood folks making Obamas phone ring off the hook to try to back him down on this).
But the stupid Republicans fawn over Hollywood hoping to get some scraps from them.
This time you can do the same thing Obama is advocating AND support the actual "folks" who don't want their Netflix to start moving at the speed of molasses. Thats the whole rub here an the angle.
Minus common carrier the screws will be turned on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu, until those services either become too expensive or too slow to be of use to people. This it the argument, this is the reason.
Republicans, get on the right side of this dammit!
While thinking about this I came up with a idea about how to relate to this.
API's are like recipes for how to get things done by calling API functions on computers. Recipes are printed in a cookbook and people who want to use the recipe can cook the dish that is described. Companies that publish cookbooks NEVER EVER sue people for cooking the dishes that are listed in the cookbook. I mean what would the point be? The cookbook would be useless. Just like APIs would be useless if using them was a punishable copyright offense.
Therefore, I think what the supreme court should do is declare that yes, API's are copyrightable, BUT using API's is an exercise in FAIR USE and cannot be punished.
Yep. He claims to not control the FCC. But the next step for him is to call head of the FCC and advocate for Common Carrier.
I do not for the life of me understand how the hell Republicans are getting this wrong. One of the biggest opponents to net neutrality is Hollywood. Hollywood fucking hates Republicans. Here's there chance to poke Hollywood in the eye with a sharp stick and also point out that Obama said it was a good idea too.
On the post: After Leading The Attack On Investigative Journalism, President Obama Whines About A Lack Of Investigative Journalism
If wishes were horses...
On the post: General Wesley Clark: Some WWII-Style Internment Camps Are Just The Thing We Need To Fight Domestic Radicalization
Damned GOP
Oh, wait, what is that Wesley Clarks a Democrat? That can't be right, progressives would never advocate for these things.
On the post: DOJ Inspector General Tells Congress That FBI Isn't Letting His Office Do Its Job... Again
It makes more sense
On the post: Keurig Competitor Offers Free Hack Workaround For Keurig's Absurd Java Bean DRM
Takes me back
On the post: France Announces Plans To Hold The Internet Responsible For Terrorism
Wow
Free Speech means you have the right to insult. Period.
Politically, I likely disagree very strongly with most stances the Charlie Hebdo magazine takes. But they have the RIGHT TO SAY THEM!
When we are unable to speak we are controlled, when we are controlled we are not free.
France is doing just what the Charlie Hebdo ATTACKERS want them to do.
On the post: Die Another Eh: What Does It Mean Now That James Bond Is In The Public Domain In Canada?
Yeah, but
On the post: Irony Alert: DOJ Leaked To Press Decision Not To Force Reporter James Risen To Reveal Who Leaked Info To Him
Careful
On the post: The Homicide No One Committed: Eric Garner's Death At The Hands Of An NYPD Officer No-Billed By Grand Jury
Re: Ferguson is not a civil rights case, NY is a civil rights case
Killing someone over that kind of law is an abject horror.
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Re: Not partisan
Obama wants this but the man HE SELECTED to decide this doesn't.
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Re: Re: Re:
I work on the internet, I get my entertainment over the internet, I utilize the internet daily for untold things.
If there is ONE issue that I could possibly be compelled to be a single issue voter on, it is internet freedom.
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Re: Re:
"even a broken clock is right twice a day"
This is one of those two times Obama is right.
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Re:
And
The people on that panel are seriously wrong.
Have I restored any of your hope?
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Re: Just think
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Re: If you like your movie provider, you can keep it
But the stupid Republicans fawn over Hollywood hoping to get some scraps from them.
This time you can do the same thing Obama is advocating AND support the actual "folks" who don't want their Netflix to start moving at the speed of molasses. Thats the whole rub here an the angle.
Minus common carrier the screws will be turned on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu, until those services either become too expensive or too slow to be of use to people. This it the argument, this is the reason.
Republicans, get on the right side of this dammit!
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Re: Re: Obamacare for the Internet?
On the post: Computer Scientists, Legal Experts Explain To Supreme Court Why APIs Are Not Copyrightable
Actually
API's are like recipes for how to get things done by calling API functions on computers. Recipes are printed in a cookbook and people who want to use the recipe can cook the dish that is described. Companies that publish cookbooks NEVER EVER sue people for cooking the dishes that are listed in the cookbook. I mean what would the point be? The cookbook would be useless. Just like APIs would be useless if using them was a punishable copyright offense.
Therefore, I think what the supreme court should do is declare that yes, API's are copyrightable, BUT using API's is an exercise in FAIR USE and cannot be punished.
On the post: Surprise: President Obama Calls For Real Net Neutrality
Re: Re: Re:
I do not for the life of me understand how the hell Republicans are getting this wrong. One of the biggest opponents to net neutrality is Hollywood. Hollywood fucking hates Republicans. Here's there chance to poke Hollywood in the eye with a sharp stick and also point out that Obama said it was a good idea too.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
So true
Everyone that is except for silerscarcat.
On the post: Mobile Providers: No One Has Complained* About Our Service, So Net Neutrality Shouldn't Apply To Us
Hmmmmmm
On the post: If GOP Takes Senate Next Week, Expect The CIA Torture Report To Disappear
Re: Disappearing report...
Finally we would have bipartasianship!
Next >>