1st Dread Pirate Roberts’s Comments

• May 26th, 2015 @ 11:29am

  No trademark issues

  on Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Never Ending Copyright Dispute
  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.
• May 20th, 2015 @ 9:55pm

  D.E.M.O.C.R.A.T.S

  on Appeals Court Rightly Overturns NAACP's Successful Attempt To Censor Speech Via Trademark Law
  Demagogues Engaging Moronic Oblivious Citizens Regarding A Totalitarian Society (DEMOCRATS)
• May 20th, 2015 @ 9:46pm

  Grounds for dismissal

  on EFF Asks Court To Reconsider Ruling That Would Make Violating Work Computer Policies A Criminal Act
  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.
• Jan 11th, 2015 @ 7:40pm

  Fruit of the Poison Tree

  on Baltimore PD Hides Its Stingray Usage Under A Pen Register Order; Argues There's Really No Difference Between The Two
  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.
• Jan 5th, 2015 @ 6:25pm

  ISPs blocking traffic?

  on MPAA Wants Regulators To Force ISPs To Block Sites 'At The Border'
  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?
• Jan 5th, 2015 @ 6:22pm

  Orphaned and Out of print works

  on All Of These Works Should Be In The Public Domain, But Aren't
  Copyrights last longer than the lifespan of the majority of the population.
  
  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.
• Jan 5th, 2015 @ 6:20pm

  Statute of Anne

  on All Of These Works Should Be In The Public Domain, But Aren't
  We have ventured very far from the Statute of Anne. This was the first law which used the power of government to force works into the public domain.
  
  It has very little resemblance to copyright today.
• Oct 18th, 2014 @ 3:33pm

  Varidesk

  on Awesome Stuff: Portable Standing Desks
  I like the varidesk. I'd like to get one at work, but I'd have to pay for it out of pocket.
• Sep 16th, 2014 @ 4:52pm

  Sweet!

  on Canadian News Outlet Warns Canadians That US Law Enforcement Officers Will Pull Them Over And Seize Their Cash
  Sweet!
• Sep 16th, 2014 @ 4:48pm

  Mandatory Retention

  on After 2-Year-Old Emails Detailing Impropriety Surface, Los Angeles School Board Votes To Limit Retention To One Year
  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?
  
  Anyone know?
• Sep 9th, 2014 @ 8:22pm

  100Mbps down, 25Mbps up

  on Big Broadband Begs FCC Not To Expose Their Lies By Defining Broadband Accurately
  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.
• Sep 3rd, 2014 @ 8:13pm

  The Spoils

  on Disney Officially Seeks To Block Deadmau5's Trademark Claim
  To the brib- (err, contributors) go the spoils.
• Aug 30th, 2014 @ 12:48pm

  Relax guys

  on DOJ Pretends No Fly Guidelines Haven't Been Leaked, Claims 'State Secrets' To Avoid Revealing Them To The Judge
  Relax. This is going to be the most transparent administration ever. Too bad it's only their words and actions we can see through.
• Aug 30th, 2014 @ 12:44pm

  DMCA Bites

  on As Expected, Aereo Pleads Its Case For Survival
  Well, lookee here. The DMCA bites the hand that feeds it. Precious!
• Aug 30th, 2014 @ 12:27pm

  Way Cool!

  on Awesomeness: Millions Of Public Domain Images Being Put Online
  This is way cool! This guy needs to patent this technique.
• Aug 26th, 2014 @ 12:42pm

  Maybe July?

  on City Of London Police Turn Down Torrentfreak's FOIA Request Because It Would Take Too Long To Fulfill
  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.]
• Aug 21st, 2014 @ 7:01am

  How to categorize this crime

  on The James Foley Beheading Video And How Americans Conceptualize Their Enemies
  حِرابة‎
• Aug 8th, 2014 @ 5:17pm

  Hurry! Somebody call....

  on 4th Grader Suspended For Properly Completing Assignment With A Nerf Gun
  Somebody call Eddie Eagle, and turn this into a teaching moment.
• Aug 4th, 2014 @ 9:11pm

  Subject: Redacted - c1;

  on FBI Refuses To Let Public Know How Its Drone Usage Affects Their Privacy
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• Jul 31st, 2014 @ 9:46pm

  I ♥ NYC

  on New York Continues Its Trademark Bullying Ways: Threatens Coffee Shop With Bogus Threats
  I ♥ NYC

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