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That was most definitely NOT something I wanted to read when I have open heart surgery scheduled next month.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c5 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:46:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c5
Tim says it like it's a noble stance but the anti ip attitude of the techdirt "crew" is always against profit, at least of the created by forced IP rights kind.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c801 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:45:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c801 Why must there be a limit to free speech?

I'll bite on this one. As much as people would like to suggest that free speech is an absolute, it is like all other rights relative for a few reasons. First and foremost, your speech can have an effect on others, it can be hateful, it can be libelous, or it can be downright dangerous (the old "fire!" example). Free speech is like pretty much every other right, your rights end where mine start. There is a jagged edge, a bit of grey, but free speech itself is not unlimited.

Obscenity is one of those where, as a society, that certain types of free speech are not permissible, as they cause harm to individuals or to society as a whole. It may seem remarkable, but it's one of the area of the law based a little more on morals, and a little less on black or white facts, which is why I think maybe some people here find it harder to understand. As the morality of society moves so does what is considered obscene. Nude movies or images 50 years ago might have been shocking, today they are nearly the fodder of billboard ads and music videos.

Anyway, no matter what, your free speech rights are not unlimited. That's a fact.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1097 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:41:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1097
That's the point of the attacks on the AP and Fox News.

Incidentally what do you think that huge complex in Utah is for?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c424 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:30:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c424 "Claiming the system is stacked is crap, because plenty of guilty people go free every year, because of technicalities and exceptional circumstances. If the deck was stacked, those would have been "fixed" a long time ago."Using your logic if the deck wasn't stacked no innocent people would ever be convicted, and that happens too.

The truth is there is absolutely zero reason not to video tape interviews. If the police have nothing to hide they wouldn't mind me taping them yet they get really upset when they are taped.

It is very odd that those in power abhor being taped themselves while at the same time telling us that we shouldn't mind being taped and otherwise surveilled if we have nothing to hide.

The truth of the matter is that we should not be taped by them and ALL of their actions should be recorded, they have the power to restrict my freedom.

Those with little power need littler surveillance or oversight, those with a lot of power need a great deal of oversight and surveillance.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1085 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:25:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1085 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1072 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:22:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1072 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1057 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:19:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1057 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1033 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:18:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1033
How did this reporter create news?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1030 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:16:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1030
You were trying to tell a joke weren't you?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1013 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:14:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1013 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c178 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c178
HAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA

WOOOO

HAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA

"once again making things up". That's good one.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1003 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:11:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1003 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c160 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:09:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c160
Copyright needs to be dialed back and must and i stress this, must be changed to help the public and the content creators move forward and not backward. With the internet the gatekeepers have become obsolete, the gatekeepers are trying their hardest to remain relevent and that is just holding up any other agreements.

Maybe the people involved in this agreement must put forward a proposal that is 100% against what the gatekeepers are demanding, cut copyright to 10 years make fair use more relevent, make sure that the monopoly they have is weakened and put forward a ruling that content creators cannot sell there copyright to others but only license businesses to use their content and have the content creator be able to cancel that at any time without recriminations against them.

Maybe if these trade agreements are started to be used to weaken copyright in the interest of growth maybe then the monopolists will stop trying to strengthen their hold on content creators once and for all through these agreements , with the end result that they fail and all the time and money spent on them is wasted yet again.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c995 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:08:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c995 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c93 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:07:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c93
I'd probably be hurting pretty bad without it though lol.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c69 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:06:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c69 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c48 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:03:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c48
Another reason the NHS is far superior toy our crog of shite!

We not only have home care provided by the local councils but we also have sets of nurses whose sole job it is too look after people in the community.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c31 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/07475922914/why-even-good-hospitals-doctors-are-obstacle-to-better-cheaper-healthcare.shtml#c31
Isn't Medicare an insurance program?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c142 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:59:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/15490323152/intellectual-property-mess-holding-up-tpp.shtml#c142