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• On the post: When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 08:32pm

  compliance is legitimate??

  You say "It is perfectly legitimate in principle for other countries to set other standards and to compel compliance with those standards." Ok then what if it was China? Would you still think they had a right to compel compliance with their internet rules? Saying every country has the right to regulate the entire world wide internet is ridiculous.

• On the post: When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 09:43am

  taking vs giving

  I think it could be argued that the sites didnt publish anything in Britain, but instead British subjects reached across the pond and read stuff that was posted in America. Blame your own people.

• On the post: When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 09:40am

  how it gets decided

  Hopefully this gets decided based on constitutional law and not merely on the technicality that they were incorrectly served notice.

• On the post: Federal Grand Jury Refuses To Indict DC Sandwich Thrower

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2025 @ 10:41am

  Federal prosecutors failed three times to persuade a grand jury to indict a woman

  This should not be allowed. You fail to indict one time and that should be it.

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

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2025 @ 07:35am

  ok

  Now I want a shirt with the constitution on it.

• On the post: When Copyright Enters the AI Conversation

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2025 @ 08:53pm

  lose lose

  Seems like AI is a loser on both sides. First they are liable for copyright infringement for the training, and then anything they create cannot be copyrighted so it can be taken without compensation.

• On the post: Trump Admin Warns States They’ll Lose Billions In Broadband Grants If They Try To Make Broadband Affordable

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2025 @ 09:46am

  whats the point then?

  I dont see the point of broadband grants if they arent allowed to make broadband affordable. What else could it legitimately be used for?

• On the post: Trump Administration Says It’s Going To Start Locking Up Homeless People

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2025 @ 03:09pm

  life sentence?

  If homelessness is a crime how do they ever get out of incarceration? They are still homeless, unless you consider jail a home. And if and when they get out will they be immediately arrested because obviously they have no where to go?

• On the post: Trump’s $10 Billion WSJ Lawsuit Over Epstein Article Reveals His Lawyers Can’t Read Good

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2025 @ 08:14pm

  not really the same

  CBS folded because the merger was worth far more than the payout. WSJ isnt in that same boat afaik.

• On the post: Dem Senators Use Epstein Scandal To ‘Pressure’ Trump FCC To Drop Bogus Inquiry Into CBS

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2025 @ 02:14pm

  wth good will that do?

  This isnt helping anyone but CBS and they dont care. The $16M they paid is not coming back, and they are getting their merger. Giving in on Epstein is only helping Trump and the GOP.

• On the post: Oregon Appeals Court Says Bullet Cartridge Matching Is Just More Junk Science

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2025 @ 11:57am

  the point

  An inconclusive means the bullet markings dont match the gun it was fired from. If it doesnt match the gun it was fired from then it is possible that it could match some other gun that it was not fired from. Too many inconclusives proves that markings arent conclusive in general.

• On the post: The Washington Post Makes It Easier For Powerful People And Companies To Undermine Its Reporting

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2025 @ 07:10am

  I dont think this is new

  Its always been common courtesy for newspapers that are reporting on someone to ask that person if they have any comment on it. Im not seeing how this would be new.

• On the post: The Supreme Court Just Discovered Nationwide Injunctions Are Bad—Right As Trump Needs Them Gone

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2025 @ 01:03pm

  the remedy for no nationwide injunctions is

  class action lawsuits instead of individual lawsuits.

• On the post: The Supreme Court Just Discovered Nationwide Injunctions Are Bad—Right As Trump Needs Them Gone

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2025 @ 03:19pm

  retroactive?

  Does this quash all previous nationwide injunctions?

• On the post: Two Judges, Same District, Opposite Conclusions: The Messy Reality Of AI Training Copyright Cases

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2025 @ 04:56pm

  AI does not destroy the market

  I think the authors failed to argue that their book sales were hurt by AI because they werent. Even if an AI could theoretically output large portions of a book, still no one uses it to opt out of buying the book. Judge Chhabria is mistaken to believe they could successfully argue that point because an argument isnt enough in any court. You need evidence too.

• On the post: GOP Moves Forward With Plan To Pull Billions In Broadband Grants From States That Attempt ANY AI Oversight

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2025 @ 07:05am

  10th amendment violation

  IMO this is a violation of the 10th amendment. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. If the feds wont regulate it then states should be free to.

• On the post: Senior English Judge Warns That Lawyers Who Use AI Must Check Their Legal Citations Thoroughly – Or Face ‘Severe Sanction’

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2025 @ 05:05am

  How is this not obvious?

  Id would have thought that even before AI you would be required to check your citations before submitting them. If you had an intern do the research you still had to check their cites, didnt you? You cant just trust an assistant whether human or machine.

• On the post: Judge: No, Donald Trump Can’t Just Order The National Guard To Invade Los Angeles

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2025 @ 03:07pm

  why did the state national guard follow Trump's orders?

  They know they take their orders from the Governor so why did they take orders from Trump? IIUC they are not part of the army so there is no chain of command going to the president.

• On the post: California Sues Trump Over Unprecedented Federal Seizure Of State National Guard

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2025 @ 04:51pm

  theoretically, but actually

  If the law says only in case of rebellion and the president has NOT declared the city to be in rebellion, then it isnt a debatable point. Its legally not in rebellion. You cant say only the president has the power to decide that. He hasnt, so it isnt.

• On the post: California Sues Trump Over Unprecedented Federal Seizure Of State National Guard

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2025 @ 08:20am

  ack

  Sorry typo. I meant to say the state national guard is NOT part of that military the president has authority over. They dont have to follow his orders any more than you or I do.

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