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• On the post: Trump Calls On Social Media Companies To Become Pre-Crime Agents

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2019 @ 06:14am

  Re: Re: "We blame guns..."

  Access to a machine designed to kill 30 people in 30 seconds has direct effect on the efficacy of those who decide to rampage kill. Don't tell me that guns have no effect, there is a reason our current epidemic is with assault-style rifles and not speeding trucks in pedestrian thoroughfares.

• On the post: Trump Calls On Social Media Companies To Become Pre-Crime Agents

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2019 @ 05:47am

  Re:

  Yeah, we're assuming the next step after identifying a possible mass shooter would be to take his guns away. That's a poor assumption with the gun cartel in power. We'd probably just end up watching as the timebomb blows.

• On the post: The FTC's Settlement With Equifax Is Such A Joke, The FTC Is Now Begging You Not To Ask For A Cash Settlement

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2019 @ 10:04am

  The entire structure of setting up a $31 million pool, such that if the people impacted actually claim their money they get less of it, is just mindbogglingly pointless.

  Which has pretty much been my opinion of class action suits for a while now. They exist to penalize a wrongful party, but not to offer remuneration to those who were wronged.

• On the post: Big Four Broadcasters Sue Streaming Video Provider Locast, Claim It's 'Aereo 2.0'

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2019 @ 10:00am

  Reminds me a lot of search engines driving readers to news sources.

  "How DARE you send users to our content where we, ostensibly, make money from advertising!"

  Uh, sorry guys. I figured you'd enjoy the eyeballs on screen soaking up your freely distributed ads.

  "Well, that's not so bad. But we'd also like them (or you) to pay for the privilege."

• On the post: EU Intellectual Property Office Produces Dumbest Propaganda Film Ever, Pretending Without IP There Is No Creativity

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2019 @ 07:02am

  Re: "Imagine a world without Bach. Oh, wait."

  And Jonas Salk would never have created the Polio vaccine...

• On the post: EU Intellectual Property Office Produces Dumbest Propaganda Film Ever, Pretending Without IP There Is No Creativity

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2019 @ 06:47am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: What's the incentive to create if everyone can t

  Reminds me of a comment I wrote (omg) seven years ago about how all copy restrictions were in response to new technology reducing the power of entrenched interests. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120824/12382120149/authors-guild-continues-to-battle-present-attacks-another-legal-service-as-infringing.shtml#c760

• On the post: EU Intellectual Property Office Produces Dumbest Propaganda Film Ever, Pretending Without IP There Is No Creativity

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2019 @ 06:16am

  Re: What's the incentive to create if everyone can take your wor

  You created this... "argument". What was your incentive? The right to keep other people from using that combination of words ever again?

• On the post: EU Intellectual Property Office Produces Dumbest Propaganda Film Ever, Pretending Without IP There Is No Creativity

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2019 @ 04:15am

  Re: A world WITH copyright?

  Oh, and in true form, "The Song" was actually just a ripoff of "The Ultimate Song" but they used IP to scour the actual source material from the face of the Earth.

• On the post: EU Intellectual Property Office Produces Dumbest Propaganda Film Ever, Pretending Without IP There Is No Creativity

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2019 @ 04:07am

  Re: Extreme IP

  We get it. ;-)

• On the post: EU Intellectual Property Office Produces Dumbest Propaganda Film Ever, Pretending Without IP There Is No Creativity

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2019 @ 04:06am

  A world WITH copyright?

  Oh, see I was confused. I thought there was only one song because someone wrote a song, copyrighted it, and now making any other songs would be copyright infringement. That seems more plausible than no one writing songs because there's no way to get paid without preventing someone else from looking/touching/using your stuff.

• On the post: Court: Planning To Get A Warrant Is As Good As Actually Having A Warrant When Searching A House

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2019 @ 11:43am

  Siri, define 'condone'...

  Condone: to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless

  Sure as shit sounds like they're condoning this illegal behavior by law enforcement.

• On the post: If 'Big Tech' Is a Huge Antitrust Problem, Why Are We Ignoring Telecom?

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2019 @ 09:57am

  Re:

  If you want to talk about telephone companies, I'm right there with you. They're common carrier services prohibited by Title II from interfering with the content of their customers' communication. Makes sense, right? But Telecom also refers to telecommunication companies, ie ISPs who have somehow wriggled out of any oversight whatsoever, who can and absolutely have prioritized and replaced customers' content.

• On the post: Supreme Court Says iPhone Users Can Pursue Antitrust Claims Against Apple Over App Store

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 14 May, 2019 @ 06:53am

  Re: habeas corpus

  This suit is essentially from people so deep in vendor lock-in that they can't see a world without it. That's why I ran as fast as I could when I realized what Apple was doing.

• On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Some Republican Politicians Are Indistinguishable From Neo Nazis

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 04:24am

  Re: Re:

  You're confusing censorship with people not liking you again.
  https://xkcd.com/1357/

• On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Some Republican Politicians Are Indistinguishable From Neo Nazis

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2019 @ 11:48am

  Re: Re: Re:

  "Condemned totally" yeah, except for their method and message, and the "fine people" who were there to promote both. People don't just walk around supporting confederate icons with that many tiki torches by accident.

• On the post: AB/InBev, Jealous Protectors Of Trademark, Pretty Blatantly Committing Trademark Infringement

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 06:30am

  Re: Trademarks are by product type

  Sure, they probably didn't know Patagonia would enter their market. They probably just registered ALL THE TRADEMARKS and then sat on them, not making use, so if some competitor decided they wanted to enter the market InBev had a weapon to deploy. That's NOT the purpose of trademark.

• On the post: Horse Race Announcer Sues Over Bill Murray Film That Included His Trademarked Tagline

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2019 @ 07:57am

  You Don't Own The Words

  Seems like a Trademark that's only effective in preventing someone else from trademarking the words. As a descriptive phrase, surely you can't expect to prevent people from saying it in cases where they aren't referring to your goods and services.

  Reminds me of the GTA Lohan suit where they claimed the likeness was too similar but also defamed for being different.

• On the post: It's Apparently Easy To Pretend To Be A Cop, Grab Location Data From Cellular Carriers

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2019 @ 11:37am

  Maybe they had a golden key?

  Please, tell me more about how we should demand companies break their encryption systems so that "only police" will be given access to our private communications, documents, bank accounts, and other private sundries.

• On the post: Steven Spielberg Demands Netflix Get Off His Damn Lawn

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2019 @ 12:25pm

  Moar Screenz

  Maybe theater owners should work with Netflix to screen high profile movies at their establishments at the same time they're available in homes. Unless they're worried that a big screen in a dark room with lots of seats doesn't add anything to the experience. You'd think that'd give them just the opportunity they want to prove that the silver screen is superior.

• On the post: Australia Threatening Over 100 Journalists For Accurately Reporting On Cardinal Pell's Sex Abuse Trial

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2019 @ 05:20am

  Secret secrets are no fun

  How is having a secret court any different than having a public court that no one is allowed to tell any one about?

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