Can we have law that holds ISPs liable for misstating broadband coverage?
Legislature: No
Ok... can we have a law that requires consumers to disclose broadband availability to each other, and holds real estate sellers liable for misstating broadband coverage?
Do they somehow not have video conferencing in South Korea? If having everyone watch prerecorded video that can tolerate some buffering brings their ISPs' networks down, it's gonna blow their minds when remote workers fire up a flurry of real time videos feeds at roughly the same time at the start of the work day...
One thing that continues to confuse me in cases like this: why would officers ever think that deleting a video is the right thing to do?
If making the video is not a crime, and the content of the video isn't illegal, it's nothing more than destroying someone else's data. Would a reasonable officer really think it's ok to confiscate a device and arbitrarily delete content on it?
Perhaps they tried to delete it because they thought (correctly or not) that some aspect of either making or possessing the recording was a crime. But, if so, wouldn't that be deliberate destruction of evidence? Reasonable officers know that destroying evidence isn't ok - that's a big part of what exigent circumstances are all about.
I too would like to hear this argued before the Supreme Court - clearly I'm missing something...
Unless these cities have a contract/agreement with these streaming companies, it sounds like they're just loudly and publicly declaring that these companies should give them money.
I guess I've never tried that myself to see if it works. Maybe later, preferably when my neighbor isn't using the garden hose
Shouldn't the officers' "training and Experience" told them that shoplifters often commit more that one crime? That would've lead them to check on thefts from other retailers to try to establish a pattern. Wouldn't they have known that the thieves frequently sell or trade stolen merchandise? That might have meant that they would have tried to track down the stolen goods to see where they came from.
This just seems like lazy investigative work, and it feels negligent too, since an innocent person payed a price
When he brings up software updates - is he asking phone makers to add a feature that uploads all of your data from your encrypted phone to a remote server? I think that's already a thing...
Maybe it's just too much work for him to learn about it and figure out how it works for law enforcement.
So, I just pulled up "Summertime" on YouTube and started beatboxing to it. I don't want to alarm anyone, but it just... worked. YouTube didn't crash, my phone didn't catch on fire, nothing.
I was assured that copyright could prevent this. Maybe I have powers.
Even Equifax wasn't on the hook for a billion dollars. I don't know which 10,017 works were shared, but apparently they're worth more than our social security numbers and credit card numbers
When Tom Rutledge throws a party, I'll bet guests aren't allowed to take a beer from the fridge because "it’s people consuming something they haven’t paid for"
Aside from the horrible danger they put people into, wouldn't blindly throwing a flash-bang grenade put the evidence they came to search for at risk too?
(Unless we're going to start arguing that evidence is "warrant proof" unless it's fire proof...)
It would be different if Ubisoft implied that the people creating music were going to get paid, but then didn't pay them (e.g. write some music for us for $x! Later: oops, we didn't need it, so we don't have to pay you. Ktnxbye!)
That doesn't seem to be what's happening here - Ubisoft seems to be pretty upfront about the fact that most of the people who participate aren't going to get money. They can use that to figure out whether they might get something they are looking for before creating and submitting music (which might be more that just money - experience, prestige, collaboration, and just loving what you do as a hobby are things too!)
If you really want to foster appreciation for good filmmaking, you could use a televised award ceremony to highlight exceptional examples and share why they are so special. Or, you could just pile a bunch of thank-you speeches from people who are really good at following the rules in between a bunch of commerical breaks. You're the cinematic visionary I guess.
But, doesn't the DOJ have better things to do than try and scare the academy out of their plans to become less relevant?
Targets of the law
Can we have law that holds ISPs liable for misstating broadband coverage?
Legislature: No
Ok... can we have a law that requires consumers to disclose broadband availability to each other, and holds real estate sellers liable for misstating broadband coverage?
Legislature: This is fine
Kinda shows who they're afraid of, huh?
Video conferencing
Do they somehow not have video conferencing in South Korea? If having everyone watch prerecorded video that can tolerate some buffering brings their ISPs' networks down, it's gonna blow their minds when remote workers fire up a flurry of real time videos feeds at roughly the same time at the start of the work day...
Is there a valid case for deleting videos?
One thing that continues to confuse me in cases like this: why would officers ever think that deleting a video is the right thing to do?
If making the video is not a crime, and the content of the video isn't illegal, it's nothing more than destroying someone else's data. Would a reasonable officer really think it's ok to confiscate a device and arbitrarily delete content on it?
Perhaps they tried to delete it because they thought (correctly or not) that some aspect of either making or possessing the recording was a crime. But, if so, wouldn't that be deliberate destruction of evidence? Reasonable officers know that destroying evidence isn't ok - that's a big part of what exigent circumstances are all about.
I too would like to hear this argued before the Supreme Court - clearly I'm missing something...
The question
"The question of compelled speech is also unconvincing"
Social media companies don't want to host this stuff, but the government is telling them they have to.
I guess the "question" is: how is that not compelled speech?
Dangerous Algorithms
Been spendin' most their lives,
Livin' in the tweeter's paradise
Declaration
Unless these cities have a contract/agreement with these streaming companies, it sounds like they're just loudly and publicly declaring that these companies should give them money.
I guess I've never tried that myself to see if it works. Maybe later, preferably when my neighbor isn't using the garden hose
Training and Experience
Shouldn't the officers' "training and Experience" told them that shoplifters often commit more that one crime? That would've lead them to check on thefts from other retailers to try to establish a pattern. Wouldn't they have known that the thieves frequently sell or trade stolen merchandise? That might have meant that they would have tried to track down the stolen goods to see where they came from.
This just seems like lazy investigative work, and it feels negligent too, since an innocent person payed a price
Encryption
He promptly unlocked his phone and removed the passcode upon upon being asked for it by law enforcement I trust?
Re: Martial Law
Instead, may I suggest that we start naming certain bodily functions after the people responsible for filling this?
Think it over while I take a quick Chu...
Monkeys and typewriters
Certain folks are going to be mad about how this affects the monkey and typewriter industries...
Uploads
When he brings up software updates - is he asking phone makers to add a feature that uploads all of your data from your encrypted phone to a remote server? I think that's already a thing...
Maybe it's just too much work for him to learn about it and figure out how it works for law enforcement.
Re:
So, I just pulled up "Summertime" on YouTube and started beatboxing to it. I don't want to alarm anyone, but it just... worked. YouTube didn't crash, my phone didn't catch on fire, nothing.
I was assured that copyright could prevent this. Maybe I have powers.
Damages
Even Equifax wasn't on the hook for a billion dollars. I don't know which 10,017 works were shared, but apparently they're worth more than our social security numbers and credit card numbers
30 Years
Thirty year war?
(Although in fairness, the last four years have definitely felt more like sixteen)
Beer
When Tom Rutledge throws a party, I'll bet guests aren't allowed to take a beer from the fridge because "it’s people consuming something they haven’t paid for"
Won't someone think of the children?
That's pretty close to a canned "won't someone think of the children?" response.
Given how little thought seems to have gone into his bill, I'm not all that surprised that he couldn't come up with a more thoughtful response.
Trolls
Some trolls still use printed media
(untitled comment)
Aside from the horrible danger they put people into, wouldn't blindly throwing a flash-bang grenade put the evidence they came to search for at risk too?
(Unless we're going to start arguing that evidence is "warrant proof" unless it's fire proof...)
(untitled comment)
It would be different if Ubisoft implied that the people creating music were going to get paid, but then didn't pay them (e.g. write some music for us for $x! Later: oops, we didn't need it, so we don't have to pay you. Ktnxbye!)
That doesn't seem to be what's happening here - Ubisoft seems to be pretty upfront about the fact that most of the people who participate aren't going to get money. They can use that to figure out whether they might get something they are looking for before creating and submitting music (which might be more that just money - experience, prestige, collaboration, and just loving what you do as a hobby are things too!)
(untitled comment)
If you really want to foster appreciation for good filmmaking, you could use a televised award ceremony to highlight exceptional examples and share why they are so special. Or, you could just pile a bunch of thank-you speeches from people who are really good at following the rules in between a bunch of commerical breaks. You're the cinematic visionary I guess.
But, doesn't the DOJ have better things to do than try and scare the academy out of their plans to become less relevant?
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