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• On the post: RIAA Spent $90 Million In Lobbying The US In The Past Decade

  

  Joe ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2011 @ 05:41am

  Re: Someone please help me understand this!!!!

  How is Lobbying different from Bribery?
  Because lobbying involves lawyers and lawyers are the ones who make the distinction.

• On the post: Two Years After The RIAA Suggested ISPs Were Ready To Implement 3 Strikes, Most ISPs Have No Such Plans

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 02:36pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I don't get...

  Or that people just don't like a lot of the stuff coming out these days.

• On the post: Did Homeland Security Make Up A Non-Existent Criminal Contributory Infringement Rule In Seizing Domain Names?

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 02:24pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Ever read the Supreme Court ruling on Dred Scott?

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 02:13pm

  Re: Scary

  I agree it should go before the Supreme Court because as it stands now, different states have different rulings on this topic. My state has no case law, but the CJA recommends obtaining a warrant before searching a cell phone. California's courts apparently see things differently.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 02:11pm

  Re: Scary

  No, the laws relating to stop-and-frisk searches (a Terry Stop - see Terry v. Ohio) are for weapons only.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 02:08pm

  Re: Re: Re: My Views

  Cell phone data could be and that's the point. They can search to see if it does contain evidence of a crime.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 02:05pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  What constitutes "obstruction" or "refusing a lawful order" is defined by the legislature have jurisdiction drafting the law.

• On the post: IHOP Drops Trademark Lawsuit Against IHOP

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 05:14am

  And some people wonder why people dislike lawyers.

• On the post: Two Years After The RIAA Suggested ISPs Were Ready To Implement 3 Strikes, Most ISPs Have No Such Plans

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 05:13am

  Re:

  The two are not the same thing but just to play along, I'd say that the grocery stores that rely on their "obsolete business practices" would be out of business before long...because they didn't adapt to the ever-changing world we live in.

• On the post: Two Years After The RIAA Suggested ISPs Were Ready To Implement 3 Strikes, Most ISPs Have No Such Plans

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 05:08am

  Re: Re: I don't get...

  There will be ways around the DRM embedded in processors. Throughout history, every new means to lock or control something has been defeated. Those who realize that and made the necessary adjustments will survive; the businesses who rely on the DRM will not.

• On the post: Two Years After The RIAA Suggested ISPs Were Ready To Implement 3 Strikes, Most ISPs Have No Such Plans

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 05:04am

  Re: Re:

  And you certainly wouldn't sue the customers that you could detect. Otherwise, there would be another reason you couldn't detect customers: there wouldn't be any there. ;)

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 04:54am

  Re: I have a question

  No.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 04:50am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Yes, it would apply to everyone. I didn't mean to imply that it wouldn't. Anyone arrested for a crime (which is also a good indicator of a bad guy as well). People don't typically get arrested for speeding.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2011 @ 09:15pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: My Views

  Believe it or not, but the courts typically frown upon warrantless searches. There are fairly clearly defined guidelines but each judge is different where they draw the line on what is acceptable.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2011 @ 09:13pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: My Views

  Because getting a warrant eliminates a potential loophole. Cops will also often ask for consent to search a car when they already have probably cause to search it. So, even though they do not need the consent, they ask for it anyway, just to have one more leg propping up the search (there are other reasons they might ask for consent, but I won't go into that).

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2011 @ 09:02pm

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  That would depend on the crime you're being charged with. If you're being arrested for pedophilia, then there is a pretty good chance that there might be something on that card. If you were arrested for open container, then they probably wouldn't bother with it.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2011 @ 08:57pm

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  In fact, if it were me, I wouldn't unlock it and would exactly as you said: lawyer up.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2011 @ 08:53pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Probably not. Not anywhere around here, anyway. They'd simply get a warrant (if they had probable cause to think there was evidence on your phone). It wouldn't be that big of a deal, unless some circumstance warranted immediate action but that probably is very rare.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2011 @ 08:42pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Encryption

  Are you a criminal justice major? You sure sound like one.

• On the post: Another Court Says It's Okay For Police To Search Your Mobile Phone Without A Warrant

  

  Joe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2011 @ 08:41pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  usually pulled over for speeding because you're not a true Bad Guy. Most of the people the cops arrest and who this ruling would apply to are the genuine bad guys.
  
  Many of you on here forget that there really are a LOT of really bad people out there. It's a common oversight, because you're not one of them and don't associate with people like that. But they're there.

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