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• On the post: Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Never Ending Copyright Dispute

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 26 May, 2015 @ 11:29am

  No trademark issues

  There is no trademark issue here. Anyone is free to sell Sherlock Holmes merchandise. Everyone is also free now to write independent stories, tv series, movies, heck, even to take the original books (sans the last 10), and sell them and make money.
  
  The name and the character are now in the public domain. Something is afoot, Watson.

• On the post: Appeals Court Rightly Overturns NAACP's Successful Attempt To Censor Speech Via Trademark Law

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 20 May, 2015 @ 09:55pm

  D.E.M.O.C.R.A.T.S

  Demagogues Engaging Moronic Oblivious Citizens Regarding A Totalitarian Society (DEMOCRATS)

• On the post: EFF Asks Court To Reconsider Ruling That Would Make Violating Work Computer Policies A Criminal Act

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 20 May, 2015 @ 09:46pm

  Grounds for dismissal

  Violating company policy should be grounds for dismissal, not criminal prosecution. If you venture into criminal behavior *during* your misuse of computer systems, you should be prosecuted, but not for the misuse itself.

• On the post: Baltimore PD Hides Its Stingray Usage Under A Pen Register Order; Argues There's Really No Difference Between The Two

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2015 @ 07:40pm

  Fruit of the Poison Tree

  This is a stinky case of fruit of the poison tree. Regardless of whether specific officers felt they were acting in good faith, the warrant execution was illegal, and the Stingray findings are fruit of the poison tree.

• On the post: MPAA Wants Regulators To Force ISPs To Block Sites 'At The Border'

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2015 @ 06:25pm

  ISPs blocking traffic?

  ISPs can't even block syn flood attacks from sources outside of their own ip address ranges. What makes the MPAA think they'll do any better blocking these?

• On the post: All Of These Works Should Be In The Public Domain, But Aren't

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2015 @ 06:22pm

  Orphaned and Out of print works

  Copyrights last longer than the lifespan of the majority of the population.
  
  So, I have a compromise: Orphaned and out of print works shall fall immediately into the public domain.
  
  There, now publishers must publish all of their works for the entirety of the copyright to prevent it falling into the public domain.

• On the post: All Of These Works Should Be In The Public Domain, But Aren't

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2015 @ 06:20pm

  Statute of Anne

  We have ventured very far from the Statute of Anne. This was the first law which used the power of government to force works into the public domain.
  
  It has very little resemblance to copyright today.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Portable Standing Desks

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2014 @ 03:33pm

  Varidesk

  I like the varidesk. I'd like to get one at work, but I'd have to pay for it out of pocket.

• On the post: Canadian News Outlet Warns Canadians That US Law Enforcement Officers Will Pull Them Over And Seize Their Cash

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2014 @ 04:52pm

  Sweet!

  Sweet!

• On the post: After 2-Year-Old Emails Detailing Impropriety Surface, Los Angeles School Board Votes To Limit Retention To One Year

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2014 @ 04:48pm

  Mandatory Retention

  I wonder if California has any regulatory limits on how long documents created with public funding must be retained. Certainly the School Board can't make the retention period less than any state requirement?
  
  Anyone know?

• On the post: Big Broadband Begs FCC Not To Expose Their Lies By Defining Broadband Accurately

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2014 @ 08:22pm

  100Mbps down, 25Mbps up

  The minimum speed for broadband should be 100Mbps down, and 25Mbps up. If you don't want to provide those speeds, then open your pipes at no charge to competitors until you DO provide those speeds.

• On the post: Disney Officially Seeks To Block Deadmau5's Trademark Claim

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2014 @ 08:13pm

  The Spoils

  To the brib- (err, contributors) go the spoils.

• On the post: DOJ Pretends No Fly Guidelines Haven't Been Leaked, Claims 'State Secrets' To Avoid Revealing Them To The Judge

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2014 @ 12:48pm

  Relax guys

  Relax. This is going to be the most transparent administration ever. Too bad it's only their words and actions we can see through.

• On the post: As Expected, Aereo Pleads Its Case For Survival

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2014 @ 12:44pm

  DMCA Bites

  Well, lookee here. The DMCA bites the hand that feeds it. Precious!

• On the post: Awesomeness: Millions Of Public Domain Images Being Put Online

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2014 @ 12:27pm

  Way Cool!

  This is way cool! This guy needs to patent this technique.

• On the post: City Of London Police Turn Down Torrentfreak's FOIA Request Because It Would Take Too Long To Fulfill

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2014 @ 12:42pm

  Maybe July?

  Respectfully request police correspondence with representatives of the creative industry for the month of July 2014. [This month. Next month it will be August 2014.]

• On the post: The James Foley Beheading Video And How Americans Conceptualize Their Enemies

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2014 @ 07:01am

  How to categorize this crime

  حِرابة‎

• On the post: 4th Grader Suspended For Properly Completing Assignment With A Nerf Gun

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2014 @ 05:17pm

  Hurry! Somebody call....

  Somebody call Eddie Eagle, and turn this into a teaching moment.

• On the post: FBI Refuses To Let Public Know How Its Drone Usage Affects Their Privacy

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2014 @ 09:11pm

  Subject: Redacted - c1;

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• On the post: New York Continues Its Trademark Bullying Ways: Threatens Coffee Shop With Bogus Threats

  

  1st Dread Pirate Roberts ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2014 @ 09:46pm

  I ♥ NYC

  I ♥ NYC

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