So, I'm just curious what the Steiners actually wrote that provoked this.
To be clear, I'm not suggesting it's their fault or they deserved this, I would just love to see what must be the most brilliant pieces of biting sarcasm ever produced.
Ebay's behaviour in this, as an org, is fucking disgusting and their claims of "this isn't our corporate culture" ring pretty flat given the sanctioning of this on record.
So the trademark thing is patently ridiculous. The Menards brand communicates "We're like Milorganite", not "We are Milorganite".
I'm sorta surprised they didn't take a more anti-competitive slant to their claim. Menards is obviously leveraging its position as a distributor of fertilizers to encourage users to buy their product. I'm not close enough to anti-competition nuances to know if it's over the line, but it certainly seems closer to it here than the trademark claim of "their lawn fertilizer shows a lawn, just like ours".
WHEREAS, the general assembly finds that the first amendment of the United States constitution asserts that the government "shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press";
The first amendment is great.
and WHEREAS, freedom of the press in the United States is not absolute and is subject to certain restrictions, such as defamation law;
Haha, just kidding.
I disagree with this. Having private opinions vs. expressing them are two different things. Free speech is speech free from government censure, not free from consequences.
Employers making decisions based on expressed opinion is completely reasonable.
Famous author G.C. Paddleling, known for publishing the wildly successful "Fuzzy Paner" series, publishes a tweet along the lines of:
Everyone with brown eyes should have their left arm gnawed off by rabid dogs because [REASONS]
Are we supposed to just nod and say "Interesting?". It's an outrageous statement and the societal consequences of making such a statement are how individuals and private entities choose to respond to those statements. Those responses are themselves open to debate, but this argument is pretty weak.
I do think some of the debates can get a little... intense, but a lot of the stuff triggering this seems pretty objectionable to me, and worthy of some intensity in the response. Threats and violence aren't ok in these debates, so that certainly needs to be a line, but that's not what this letter is complaining about.
As much as I'd love to pile on the judge, I'll relay my suspicion, which is based on a mundane and banal incompetence, rather than any severe impairment.
I suspect the judge saw Lie's association with the Pirate Party, confused it with Pirate Bay, assumed it was glib ip infringement, and decided to shut the whole thing down.
I'm really curious what Lie's options are here though.
So you posit that the legal agreement between Stormy and Trump (putting aside the debate on said agreement's validity) merits prior restraint on CBS, who was not party to the agreement?
What did the Steiners write?
So, I'm just curious what the Steiners actually wrote that provoked this.
To be clear, I'm not suggesting it's their fault or they deserved this, I would just love to see what must be the most brilliant pieces of biting sarcasm ever produced.
Ebay's behaviour in this, as an org, is fucking disgusting and their claims of "this isn't our corporate culture" ring pretty flat given the sanctioning of this on record.
Typo 7th paragraph
COVID spelt "COIVD" in this case. Appreciate the article as always :).
Anti competitive?
So the trademark thing is patently ridiculous. The Menards brand communicates "We're like Milorganite", not "We are Milorganite".
I'm sorta surprised they didn't take a more anti-competitive slant to their claim. Menards is obviously leveraging its position as a distributor of fertilizers to encourage users to buy their product. I'm not close enough to anti-competition nuances to know if it's over the line, but it certainly seems closer to it here than the trademark claim of "their lawn fertilizer shows a lawn, just like ours".
Moooooo
I bet they make Devin Nunes' Cow pay for this.
Re: Walk it Back
So apparently, you need two line breaks after a blockquote....
Walk it Back
Re: Oh, look: ANOTHER RARE commentor among the few!
Your tears are like a delicious angsty candy.
Thank you for coming here and taking the time to inform everyone how dead this site is.
Hmm
Green crap marketing's stie has the following phone number: Phone: 800-136-446
This is not, to my knowledge, a valid phone number.
Re: Re: Re:
Goddamit, Cartman, stop trying to make "Maz" happen.
Re:
Agreed.
Re: Re: Blech
I disagree with this. Having private opinions vs. expressing them are two different things. Free speech is speech free from government censure, not free from consequences.
Employers making decisions based on expressed opinion is completely reasonable.
Blech
Let's posit a scenario:
Famous author G.C. Paddleling, known for publishing the wildly successful "Fuzzy Paner" series, publishes a tweet along the lines of:
Are we supposed to just nod and say "Interesting?". It's an outrageous statement and the societal consequences of making such a statement are how individuals and private entities choose to respond to those statements. Those responses are themselves open to debate, but this argument is pretty weak.
I do think some of the debates can get a little... intense, but a lot of the stuff triggering this seems pretty objectionable to me, and worthy of some intensity in the response. Threats and violence aren't ok in these debates, so that certainly needs to be a line, but that's not what this letter is complaining about.
Mistake in article
FTFY
Re:
U mad, bro?
How not to troll SA
(untitled comment)
Just like the cops!
I'll see myself out.
Re: Good old fractally wrong...
I suspect the judge saw Lie's association with the Pirate Party, confused it with Pirate Bay, assumed it was glib ip infringement, and decided to shut the whole thing down.
I'm really curious what Lie's options are here though.
Re:
Re:
Re: Actually, it's a BIT complicated by the apparent agreement.
Wow.
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