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• On the post: The Coming Copyright Fight Over Viral News Videos, Such As Police Shootings

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2016 @ 08:25am

  Just waiting for the day...

  If I ever have the opportunity to film a police beating of a copyright maximalist, I will not place any copyright restrictions on it. It's the kind of thing that should be freely enjoyed by all.

• On the post: Security Researchers Sued For Exposing Internet Filtering Company's Sale Of Censorship Software To Blacklisted Country

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2016 @ 07:18am

  Re:

  Get ready for "Feel the Berenerd!", at .38 g's. But I think there are no islands on Mars, maybe the top of Olympus Mons would be better.
  
  Either way, you'd be a much better candidate than that "Make Uranus Great Again!" guy. Definitely not voting for him...

• On the post: Anti-Vax Film Distributors Threaten Critic And Autistic Rights Advocate With Defamation

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2016 @ 07:33am

  Re: Re: Re: In 2016? Really?!

  Combine with someone they consider an authority figure (think Jenny McCarthy)

  
  You just said these are not stupid people, and then you say this. Which is it?

• On the post: Anti-Vax Film Distributors Threaten Critic And Autistic Rights Advocate With Defamation

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2016 @ 07:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In 2016? Really?!

  Personally I prescribe to the idea that anti-vaxxers are as dumb as molluscs.

  
  
  You are entitled to that opinion, but it may come back and haunt you sometime in the future.

  
  
  Yeah, the molluscs may sue him for defamation.

• On the post: Anti-Vax Film Distributors Threaten Critic And Autistic Rights Advocate With Defamation

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2016 @ 03:00pm

  Proves that there's no vaccine to prevent stupidity

  Not that they would have taken it anyway...

• On the post: Those Viral Trump Supporting Singing, Dancing 'Freedom Kids' Now Plan To Sue Trump Campaign

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2016 @ 12:47pm

  Maybe he thought they were immigrants?

  Trump! Making screwing over little girls and other supporters GREAT again!

• On the post: Yes, The Democratic National Committee Flat Out Lied In Claiming No Donor Financial Info Leaked

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2016 @ 06:04pm

  Re: Re: Re: Politicians not lying would be real news...

  I was commenting about the scale of the corruption, not the existence of the corruption. I thought that was implied by the title.
  
  Hope this clears up any confusion.

• On the post: Yes, The Democratic National Committee Flat Out Lied In Claiming No Donor Financial Info Leaked

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2016 @ 07:15am

  Politicians not lying would be real news...

  One of my fears about the current political situation is that the DNC will realize that they can get away with just about anything, as long as they're still not as bad as the Republicans, using the unassailable logic of "what are you going to do, vote for Trump?"

• On the post: Defeat Of Philip Morris In Its Corporate Sovereignty Case Against Uruguay Likely To Open Floodgates For Tobacco Packaging Legislation

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2016 @ 11:49am

  Re:

  Do we put boots on the ground in order to protect the profits of a corporation?
  
  Sadly, it's been done before...

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2016 @ 10:47am

  Re: Trump + RNC + Open-Carry Guns = ... I Wonder What’s Going To Happen ...

  ...no “Sound Amplification Equipment”, no “containers of bodily fluids”,...

  
  
  So all politicians are banned from attending?

• On the post: Half Of TSA's 30,000 Employees Accused Of Misconduct; Nearly A Third Multiple Times

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2016 @ 08:09am

  Re:

  I took that to mean that only one irate traveler per month made it to wherever the complaint box is (locked room in the basement?) before being tackled by security and charged with something like disorderly conduct or resisting arrest.

• On the post: As Erdogan Faces Turkish Coup, The Guy Who Once Banned Social Media Sites, Forced To Address Nation Via Facetime & Twitter

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2016 @ 08:30am

  Turkish TV broadcasts a message from Erdogan claiming he's in control and will punish the coup leaders
  
  So he'll try suing them in German courts?

• On the post: Pam Geller Sues The US Gov't Because Facebook Blocked Her Page; Says CDA 230 Violates First Amendment

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2016 @ 10:01am

  Poetic justice possible?

  Well known anti-Muslim troll Pamela Geller has teamed up with a group called the American Freedom Law Center to file one of the dumbest lawsuits we've ever seen.

  
  Ironic and fitting if this lawsuit is dismissed with prejudice.

• On the post: Sony Pictures Legal Affairs VP Files Bogus DMCA Notice Because His Salary Is Listed On Wikileaks

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2016 @ 10:38am

  Re: Re: As always, 'Why not?'

  It also cause this article, and possible many more, to be written.

  
  
  Great, so Yankelevitz will be claiming ownership and and submitting DMCA notices on these articles too?

• On the post: Guy Who Passed Around Image Of Turkish President As Gollum Given Suspended Sentence, Loses Custody Of His Kids

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2016 @ 08:29pm

  I hope someone edits a version of LOTR so that Smeagol/Gollum is replaced by Erdogan.
  
  Judging by a quick image search there's plenty of source material.

• On the post: As CBS/Paramount Continue Lawsuit Over Fan Film, It Releases Ridiculous & Impossible 'Fan Film Guidelines'

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2016 @ 11:30am

  Didn't Paramount watch their own film?

  To paraphrase:
  
  The fair use rights of the many fans outweigh the needs of the few qur petaQ at Paramount.

• On the post: Myriad Genetics Refuses To Accept That People Have A Right To Access Their Own DNA Sequences

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2016 @ 11:42am

  Re:

  "So don't you think that Myriad has the right to CHARGE people for the results of the work it has done?"

  
  
  Surely Myriad charged the doctor/insurance company when this work was requested.
  
  IANAL but I don't think that charging twice for the same work is legal.

• On the post: Oklahoma Cops Debut Tool That Allows Them To Drain Pre-Paid Cards During Traffic Stops

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2016 @ 03:09pm

  Would like to see them try this on someone with good pick-pocketing skills. If they can get the cops wallet, they can trick the cop into draining their own cards!
  
  The best part is the cop would never be able to recover the funds, as they are engaged in criminal activity- armed robbery.

• On the post: Axl Rose DMCAs Unflattering Photo For Which He Doesn't Hold The Copyright

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2016 @ 01:11pm

  Mashup?

  That picture makes me hope someone produces a mashup of Axl songs and Don McLean's song American Pie.
  
  Sorry Axl, no gravy on this one.

• On the post: FBI Won't Tell Me How Much It Paid To Break Into Syed Farook's iPhone, Saying It Might Jeopardize Its Investigation

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2016 @ 11:37am

  Maybe it went something like this:
  ---
  FBI Agents to FBI Middleman: Find us a hack for this iPhone.
  
  Hacker to FBI Middleman: Hey, I've got a hack for that iPhone, it's yours for $100k.
  FBI Middleman to Hacker: It's a deal!
  
  FBI Middleman (and secret kickback specialist) to FBI Brass: I've got a hack for that iPhone, it's yours for $1.2M.
  FBI Brass to FBI Middleman: It's a deal!
  
  FBI Agents: Yay, kickbacks!
  ---
  Of course they can't release the exact amount paid, it would certainly get back to someone who would cause trouble.

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