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Re: Re:

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:13:54 PDT

It's quite a bit different to acknowledge standing on the shoulders of giants, versus redistributing copyrighted material that's actively being monetized. And then play victim for the attention when they come knocking.

Re: Re: No Nutella for me

Sheogorath — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:10:22 PDT

What about August 1st, Saint Lammas' Day and the day after Harry Potter's birthday?

Re: Re: No Nutella for me

Sheogorath — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:35 PDT

What about August 1st, Saint Lammas' Day and the day after Harry Potter's birthday?

free speech

steve smitty — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:03 PDT

Sounds to me like those cops are afraid of their own shadows....what a wussy move...and of course the cops get all dramatic about it like they just solved the crime of the century....feel important now do you officers? I'll bet those same cops say bad things about the government every time they do their taxes.

Re: Re: Re: Re:

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:08:55 PDT

But it's possible to interpret its use in that way, as it had been presented. Yes, they likely can't actually do anything about his phrasing, but it's very clear why the NYT objects.

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:07:52 PDT

Funny how Schimtt wants to delete his past when he has no desire but to track what people click on.

Re: Re: Re: Copyright

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:06:40 PDT

Tell that to all the idiots on YouTube who shout "NO INFRINGEMENT INTENDED". Intent is irrelevant. Unauthorized copying and distribution of the content is infringing, and a violation of copyright even as first written about in the Constitution.

Re: Re: Re: Copyright

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:03:32 PDT

Incorrect. I found it in this piece while searching more about the issue.

http://www.insidethestory.org/preview/free-preview-escaping-the-box-the-future-of-visual-storytelling-on-the-web/

Claudia Putnam — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:02:18 PDT

This is the kind of thing that would get any company in trouble. When developing marketing materials, you always have to get signoff from the people you are using as a case study. Usually they are your existing clients. Even when they are, and you've done the work yourself, if you use them in your own promotional materials without their knowledge and consent you can face legal difficulties, not to mention customer-relationship issues.

So, it's just another thing with being part of the grown up world in business. Get your permissions. It's just what professionals do.

Piracy

SystemFix — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:56:53 PDT

Hey guys thanks for the great post cheers.

NY Times are hypocrites

Sheogorath — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:54:17 PDT

They're copyright thieves themselves. See sections 3.3, 3.4, and 3.6 of the newspaper's ToS if you don't believe me.

NY Times are hypocrites

Sheogorath — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:53:17 PDT

See sections 3.3, 3.4, and 3.6 of the newspaper's ToS if you don't believe me.

Re: Re: Re: As I've said, police aren't even thugs now, just attack dogs.

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:32 PDT

No one is dismissing the eye witness testimonies against the cops.

Well, you know that these may not be the most credible witnesses that you could be wishing for.

Jesse — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:49:33 PDT

Every company out there that is compelled to make backdoors but don't want to should make the leakiest ones out to make the point that it will only reduce security.

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:48:40 PDT

Under US law if one is guilty of murder they all are equally guilty so it makes no difference which blow did the deed.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Solution

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:20 PDT

What a surprise!

Re: Exactly when did school administrators become THIS incompetent

That Crazy Freetard — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:38 PDT

Funny thing about education adminstration, is that people tend to fail upwards.

Delete button is censorship

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:02 PDT

A delete button for the internet is censorship, because such a mechanism to be effective would have to dictate which information I can disseminate from my own server.

Professor Volokh has written an excellent paper about the free speech implication of a similar legal theory -- namely the right nnot to be talked about.

But an even more problematic aspect of the argument for a delete button is its notion that anyone has any right to control republication of truthful information.

If John Doe had a criminal conviction in 1950,1980 or 2000 and it was mentioned in any public record or in any other way leaked to the public, tbanning republication is a clear free speech violation.

Sheogorath — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:48 PDT

"Hopefully, if the telcos do decide to actually file a lawsuit, it gets laughed out of court."
I agree, especially with one of the telcos' crappy attempt to fix their lousy security by replacing the entire web form with their phone number. So much for online commerce!
Source: https://www.terracomwireless.com/m/renewals.html

Re: Re: Re: Re:

Anonymous Coward — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:42:40 PDT

Sounds like you have some real sick puppies there