http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1382 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:56:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1382 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=water+balloon+injury]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1362 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1362
Are you f'ing insane? They weren't frozen, for dog's sake. My 18 month old granddaughter was hit by a water balloon this weekend. No tears, only giggles and "again!". So either she's tougher than Wolverine, or you have the pain threshold of an amoeba.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c406 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:53:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c406 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c226 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:53:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c226
your second point: why would someone imply that someone else is liable to be sued if not to threaten to sue? even if said threat is empty?

Also, I don't think the article implies charges are imminent. It's implied that if the companies decide to sue it will be laughed out of court, so it's unlikely that they actually will.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c408 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:52:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c408
The NYT Legal Dept. is focused on 1) Protecting the NYT brand and content, without any thought whatsoever to the big picture; and 2) justifying the legal department's own existence, which includes sending at-times meritless threat letters.

They also have shown a penchant for black/white thinking; refusal to negotiate or consider circumstances; and for making absolute threats of suit, but rarely actually pulling the trigger and suing.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/15164823159/bad-day-prenda-continues-judge-rejects-stay-adds-1k-per-day-each-day-they-dont-pay-up.shtml#c608 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:51:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/15164823159/bad-day-prenda-continues-judge-rejects-stay-adds-1k-per-day-each-day-they-dont-pay-up.shtml#c608 > from the bench and make an example, by being
> investigator, judge, and jury all in one.

And yet nothing Wright cited here is false.

Prenda did file an 11th-hour appeal with the wrong court.

They did create the crisis for which they're now seeking relief.

The judge was perfectly correct to deny their motion and sanction them for non-compliance.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c224 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c224 and wins. If the DoJ refuses to go after them, it shows a definite double standard (weev is a troll/AT&T is more important that TerraCom). That and the court battle would be epic, and due to the more sympathetic defendants has a better shot at appeal then weev's case.

Also, as evidenced by the DoJ subpoenas of AP and FoxNews' phone records, the one surefire way to make sure "how abusive these laws are" gets into the goldfish-sized attention span of the professional news media is to use those laws against the professional news media.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1339 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1339
Heres a question, why dont you have a record now? you used a biological weapon and potentially put anothers life in jeopardy. You should be at the police station asking to be locked up.... Or is this another cause of you dont deserve it but everybody else does... which is it sunshine...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c210 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c210
OOTB you are the personification of troll=stupidity]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c469 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c469 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1202 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1202
Prenda lawyers send out letters in an attempt to make cash.
Judge at one of the cases smells something fishy and, after many shenanigans, asks the Prenda team for their side of the tale, to try and defend themselves.
They say no.
They say they won't talk.

This is the end of due process for them, at least where they're concerned. They had ample opportunity to set the record straight, but willingly and knowingly said they won't talk. Therefore, the only evidence before Judge Wright and other judges, the only evidence before them that they could look at and rule on, was evidence that pointed to Prenda's guilt. By pleading the fifth, by not talking, Team Prenda didn't enter anything to contest that.

I'm not a lawyer and I'm able to understand that much. What about you?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c197 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c197
"While the reporters claim to have discovered the data with a simple Google search, the firms' lawyer claims they used "automated" means..."

Referencing the company Google and then the telco firm without the name can be confusing. High school level reading skills are required to properly understand that without having to read it two or three times.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c189 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c189 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130508/10233423003/bug-allows-same-sex-marriage-nintendo-game-nintendo-releases-patch-to-fix-it.shtml#c3843 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130508/10233423003/bug-allows-same-sex-marriage-nintendo-game-nintendo-releases-patch-to-fix-it.shtml#c3843
Normal sexual experimentation (with peers) begins as early as eight years old. By twelve, girls are swooning over boy celebrities. By fourteen, and within your local schools, plenty of girls are having relationships with college boys (and, interestingly, not so much with their peers). Some of these young men will get arrested, prosecuted, branded permanently as pedophiles, and jailed.

Our current laws don't cover the range of normal sexual activity of young people, but that's not going to stop them from being active, any more than anti-gay laws are going to stop gays, or outlawing abortions is going to abortions (or as has been statistically shown, reduce them at all).

But at least we aren't burning our women for dishonoring their families by getting raped, yes? Progress!

Because the US is freaked out about sex, we don't have a very good grasp of what should be acceptable. And our society still features a preponderance of misogyny.

On the other hand, more teens are waiting before becoming sexually active, but mostly in those regions that have more relaxed attitudes about teen sexual activity, and bother to educate their kids comprehensively about sexual health and birth control.

I don't know all the correlations, but so it is. As for Ms. Hunt, it's circumstances such as hers and her partner's (who is also guilty of having sex with a minor, and could be charged as such) for which Romeo and Juliet laws have been implemented. Florida's is just a weaker variant, but Florida notoriously freaks out about sex in general, so it wouldn't surprise me if some hanging judge makes an example of this couple.

In the meantime, what does sex with a minor have to do with the Nintendo thing above?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c174 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c174
Going after the reports is basically the following happening.
-Person A compiles a list of over 100,000 customers and their personal data
-Person B gets hired by Person A to manage the data, and leaves the data lying out in the open where anyone can grab it.
-Person C finds the data lying around and grabs it and dumps it in a public area where anyone can still read it, but it's in a place with much more traffic.
-Person D finds the dumped personal data, reports it to Person A, and gets charged with hacking.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c158 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:44:56 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c158 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1323 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:44:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1323 Stupidest adolescent navel-gazing comment thread here in a long long time. I don't think anyone commenting has actually been hit with a water balloon. Hint: they hurt. A LOT. Yes that's assault.

Still traumatized by high school, eh Nancyboy? You must have been a regular crime victim in school. Assaults (wedgies); kidnappings (stuffed in gym locker) robbery (lunch money). You may wish to consider that your opinion of what constitutes assault can all be traced back to the fact that you are a douchenozzle.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c147 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c147 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c140 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c140
2nd point: "firms' lawyer claims" is all I see of the "threat", and yet Mike implies charges are imminent. So far this is just another of his panics.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/18364622931/ma-teen-arrested-held-without-bail-posting-supposed-terrorist-threat-facebook.shtml#c1224 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130502/18364622931/ma-teen-arrested-held-without-bail-posting-supposed-terrorist-threat-facebook.shtml#c1224