You only have one counterargument, and because it is quite flawed "it is not a human being" you have to put it in bold letters and act as if this answers everything.
When you say "The monkey has no fucking clue about the copyright" you have to give some proof for that assumption on your side, instead of trying to ridicule those who think differently.
The simple solution would be, to clear for all laws who is covered by it. Humans, fetuses, dead humans, animals, digital copies of humans, AIs, etc.
It is not a shameful ruling for Germany. It is a shameful law for Germany. The judge has to judge based on the laws that exist, and this law is totally outdated. Germany takes pride and having a very good balance of powers and it is good that no one is above the law.
But yeah, German law has so many paragraphs, some dating back 120 years afaik. So the legislation needs to speed up in updating from 19th -> 21st century.
"Twitter was told to hand over the user info)! Yeah, France is not a big supporter of free speech"
What does that have to do with free speech? If you commit a crime, it's not free speech, it's a crime. And if you try to do it anonymously, doesn't mean you have the right to stay anonymous because of "free speech".
The weird thing is, that he requested the names of everyone who did it, not french citizens who did it.
First of all, that is not a noun that is in use in German language at all, except when referring to the Hofbräuhaus. I'm not sure what sources your dictionary has, but it definitely sucks :D
This conclusion you draw: "the word means German restaurant or tavern" is just wrong, and you shouldn't make strong claims like that for a journalistic article.
Second: the Hofbräuhaus is not just a brewery, even though the mother company is - it is actually a restaurant where you go to eat. So this is exactly the kind of services those other places mentioned offer, and thus applying the trademark is correct.
Third: I guess all of the Hofbrau named places will have a similar letter in the mail sooner or later, but not everyone talks about it so freely.
Fourth: Yes, trademarks are an ugly fucked up system that contorts the original idea. But public shaming doesn't help anyone, so better make suggestions how to fix this system.
I disagree, google was never a toy. It set out to replace stupid bots and manual aggregation with a combination of smarter bots and intelligent algorithms. They succeeded right from the beginning, altavista and babbel and yahoo didn't stand a chance to compete with them, because google was truly innovating and not just scratching an itch.
Well, there is only one answer to that: Write all youtube reviews with as much irony as you can. It will look good in writing, even though everyone knows, the opposite is the case. That's what human ressources departments do on work summaries in germany, where they are legally required to only write positive stuff. Like "he made an effort towards punctuality". Fight the system inside out.
I don't think he'll have a hard time. If you're good, people will take you in. And if background checks are tight in the united states, he can always go abroad, where nobody cares about strange sentences in the US.
I mean, 1 year of prison for electronic fraud, what the hell...
Having this list is not the problem, but using it for sending people to intimidate people on the list is. Instead they should those people free passes to libraries, cultural places, sport events, support groups, or something like that.
Crime prevention doesn't work through threats and punishment.
Well, the decision in itself is not surprising, as it only make sense. What's surprising is, that a texan grand jury judges in a way that makes sense, even though a dead cop is involved.
It's all a big tragedy, but maybe someone should learn from it, that only because a deputy requests a no-knock warrant, the risks of this should be waged against the crime that the suspect is searched for, and if it's not worth having someone dying from a search warrant, deny no-knock and keep all the citizens safer. Because one thing is sure: Noone would've died because of marijuana consumption or dealing.
BTW: A friend of mine keeps hating on porn, telling how bad the industry is and all. A week ago I found out that she's never seen a single porn movie ever. Talk about blind people and colors.
Well, maybe we can take this the other way. If I have to go to prison for a crime, maybe you could send my avatar to a virtual prison instead? Because, in a sense I'm serving my time, whether you like it or not.
I think the question is a philosophic one, since someone invented an encryption tool that has several passwords, and will "unlock" different data depending on the password you choose for decrypting. A certain password can even destroy the data that is hidden.
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When you say "The monkey has no fucking clue about the copyright" you have to give some proof for that assumption on your side, instead of trying to ridicule those who think differently.
The simple solution would be, to clear for all laws who is covered by it. Humans, fetuses, dead humans, animals, digital copies of humans, AIs, etc.
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But yeah, German law has so many paragraphs, some dating back 120 years afaik. So the legislation needs to speed up in updating from 19th -> 21st century.
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What does that have to do with free speech? If you commit a crime, it's not free speech, it's a crime. And if you try to do it anonymously, doesn't mean you have the right to stay anonymous because of "free speech".
The weird thing is, that he requested the names of everyone who did it, not french citizens who did it.
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This conclusion you draw: "the word means German restaurant or tavern" is just wrong, and you shouldn't make strong claims like that for a journalistic article.
Second: the Hofbräuhaus is not just a brewery, even though the mother company is - it is actually a restaurant where you go to eat. So this is exactly the kind of services those other places mentioned offer, and thus applying the trademark is correct.
Third: I guess all of the Hofbrau named places will have a similar letter in the mail sooner or later, but not everyone talks about it so freely.
Fourth: Yes, trademarks are an ugly fucked up system that contorts the original idea. But public shaming doesn't help anyone, so better make suggestions how to fix this system.
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Not sure if they've just outsourced hating by utilizing Streisand effect...
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I mean, 1 year of prison for electronic fraud, what the hell...
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Crime prevention doesn't work through threats and punishment.
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It's all a big tragedy, but maybe someone should learn from it, that only because a deputy requests a no-knock warrant, the risks of this should be waged against the crime that the suspect is searched for, and if it's not worth having someone dying from a search warrant, deny no-knock and keep all the citizens safer. Because one thing is sure: Noone would've died because of marijuana consumption or dealing.
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(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_radio )
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