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This bias on the part of the judges is brazenly obvious.

This bias is unfair to the plaintiff/lawyers (who are one and the same party although separated by a tangled web of paper shell companies). This bias prevents the plaintiff from pursuing the much needed mailing list of identities for sending out threatening extortion letters.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/17042522839/how-gema-is-still-worst-collective-rights-organization-world.shtml#c876 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:01:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/17042522839/how-gema-is-still-worst-collective-rights-organization-world.shtml#c876
Oh, and most people don't care what GEMA members want. If the market is trending towards flat fee subscription services, then that's where it's heading. I know the labels would dearly love to charge multiple Euros for each song, or even their wet dream of pay per listen, but if the consumers don't want that you can't force them to pay in the way you prefer.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/00493523143/ridiculous-timing-obama-administration-responds-to-spying-ap-pushing-journalist-shield-law-that-wouldnt-matter.shtml#c329 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/00493523143/ridiculous-timing-obama-administration-responds-to-spying-ap-pushing-journalist-shield-law-that-wouldnt-matter.shtml#c329 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c441 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:58:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c441 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c205 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:57:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c205
The 'spray it with water' idea isn't so much frying the circuits, as it is 'knocking it out of the air with the water pressure by throwing it off balance'.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/15581423160/prenda-gets-some-tiny-bit-good-news-as-it-may-get-out-two-critical-cases.shtml#c175 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:55:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/15581423160/prenda-gets-some-tiny-bit-good-news-as-it-may-get-out-two-critical-cases.shtml#c175
So, why do Judges let lawyers off the hook so easily? If this had been some ordinary (non-lawyer) schmoe, said schmoe would be in jail right now.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/10401723156/if-you-think-you-should-actually-own-products-you-bought-now-would-be-good-time-to-call-congress.shtml#c1792 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:53:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/10401723156/if-you-think-you-should-actually-own-products-you-bought-now-would-be-good-time-to-call-congress.shtml#c1792 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/14172323158/judge-not-impressed-prenda-alan-cooper-lawsuit.shtml#c671 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:51:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/14172323158/judge-not-impressed-prenda-alan-cooper-lawsuit.shtml#c671
Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c202 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:50:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c202 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c201 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c201
Also, people not all machinery will short circuit if you spray it with water. Some of them are build to be water proof, by preventing water from getting on the inside where it does the actual damage.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c198 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c198 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c174 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c174 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c1000 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:32 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c1000 http://prsync.com/monsarrat/jon-monsarrat-brings-general-electric-and-citigroup-power-to-expose-cyberbullies-542401/) which revises the press release referred to in this article:

"Second, due to a separate miscommunication, the press release stated that the new venture launched with partnerships. That was in error. The new venture does not launch with any partnerships."]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c988 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:38:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c988
Rumor has it that JonMon is or at least was heavily involved in these activities as well. And it is said that he's been kicked out of some of them for obnoxious behavior.

BTW, I like how you lump "sci-fi fairs" with various sexual proclivities!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c161 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:37:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c161
Definition of intrustion can't be limited to only when above your property, let alone when the drone operator is in sight, or known. Also, shooting one down even if over your property will only lead to tangles that you don't want. -- Just ask Iran about the grief they've gotten for shooting down spying US drones. -- And the notion that you're going to mount your own constant air defense is silly.

But there IS an easy definition of spying even in a public space, and that's when stopped or practically so to focus on one location; applies to people, Google Glass, or drones.

Passing by might be okay (unless spying is the only purpose, as Google Streetview), but when stopped to ogle, it crosses over the creepy line. (And for the nit-pickers, that can be stretched when a public event, such as police arresting someone, but Google Glass in constant operation at a cocktail party, or a drone hovering in residential area has to be considered firmly out of bounds.)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c152 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:37:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c152 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/17042522839/how-gema-is-still-worst-collective-rights-organization-world.shtml#c875 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:36:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/17042522839/how-gema-is-still-worst-collective-rights-organization-world.shtml#c875
- top artists get more money because their music is actually used and licensed more and in more places and for higher fees. There's nothing conspiratorial about this, it's the success that puts them and their licenses in this position

- all these flat fee licenses being paid are a terrible thing and we in GEMA resent it wholeheartedly. We want clear per use accountability. It's the licensee that prefer to not pay per use but rather have a flat fee.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c972 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:31:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c972
My memory is that the police had been called out by somebody because the party was becoming a nuisance. And in any case, there were plenty of people under the legal drinking age drinking there, so the police did have a right to stop it.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c296 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:28:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c296 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c72 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:24:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c72