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• On the post: Apple Settles Trademark Opposition With PrePear Recipe App After The Latter Makes A Barely Perceptible Change In Logo

  

  carahan ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2021 @ 01:38pm

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  Unfortunately, my sarcasm detector was working too well, it exploded. I am holding Devonavar liable for the destruction of my sarcasm detector. I expect a check in my mailbox for the $0 of damages plus triple in punitive damages by next morning.

• On the post: NYT Easily Tracks Location Data From Capitol Riots, Highlighting Once Again How US Privacy Standards Are A Joke

  

  carahan ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2021 @ 10:34am

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  Given the increasing insanity of copyright maximalists getting what they want into law, maybe not forever. ;P

• On the post: Court Says Lawsuit Over CBP Searches Performed 90 Miles From The Border Can Proceed

  

  carahan ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2021 @ 12:46pm

  Officer: "Objection! This information is devastating to my case!"

• On the post: Various States All Pile On To Push Blatantly Unconstitutional Laws That Say Social Media Can't Moderate

  

  carahan ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2021 @ 12:34pm

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  In the words of a satirical newspaper: "Area man a staunch defender of what they imagine the Constitution to be"

• On the post: You'll Need Fifty Stimulus Checks To Pay The Damages You Might Get Hit With Under The CASE Act

  

  carahan ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2020 @ 11:28am

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  And one only suffers actual damage if the game corresponding to the NES ROM is available for purchase of a license at all. Copyright law has gone far beyond providing a temporary monopoly to encourage a public good to being a permanent monopoly for private enterprise for the most part. Good luck finding equipment or software that will play MP3s in 100 years.

• On the post: Dutch Prosecutors Say One Man Got Into Trump's Twitter Account With 'MAGA2020!' Password

  

  carahan ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2020 @ 03:51pm

  Re: Having 'the best people' doesn't matter if you ignore them

  It would not be surprising if Trump's phone password is similarly weak or non-existant.

• On the post: Another Day, Another Antitrust Lawsuit For Google:

  

  carahan ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2020 @ 03:48pm

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  The payment from Google to Apple could be construed as a non-compete agreement for Apple not to develop their own competing search engine. If there is any evidence found during discovery (assuming it reaches there) about Apple considering their own search engine, this could spell disaster for Google.

• On the post: Two Studies Show Giving Military Gear To Cops Doesn't Result In Lower Crime Rates

  

  carahan ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2020 @ 12:34pm

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  I consider the lack of a military parade down Washington D.C. to be a minor miracle against the Trump maladministration.

• On the post: House Passes PACER Bill As Budget Office Says It Will Cost Less Than $1 Million A Year To Provide Free Access To Court Documents

  

  carahan ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2020 @ 12:40pm

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  Aka Mitch 'I AM THE SENATE' McConnell

• On the post: Why Don't Conservatives Care About Copyright?

  

  carahan ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2020 @ 01:03pm

  Four: Copyright Isn’t Cool

  Try to be quieter about this, you will make Leonard French sad.

  More seriously, copyright really is not cool, it is a pain to deal with regardless of whether you are buying a license or a copyright owner looking to sell.

• On the post: Zuckerberg And Facebook Throw The Open Internet Under The Bus; Support Section 230 Reform

  

  carahan ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2020 @ 06:05pm

  One of the things we need to understand is that regulation does not have to be neutral. Depending on the nature of it, regulation can be used to give an advantage to one competing party over another. This should not be new to readers of Techdirt.

  A good example is Jewish Kashrut laws; whose difficulty of following those laws inherently favor large, established, and well resourced parties over the scrappy underdog at mass producing Kosher food.

  Facebook is not interested in no regulation, and is merely fine at regulation that protects it like it does now. Facebook wants regulation that makes it more difficult for competitors to arise.

• On the post: Appeals Court Says ICE Detainees Should Be Able To See A Judge In 48 Hours, Just Like Criminal Suspects

  

  carahan ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2020 @ 05:08pm

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  "We need you to rubber stamp our lazy officers." - King Cold of ICE

• On the post: Woof: Jack Daniels Takes Fight Over Doggy Chew Toy To The Supreme Court

  

  carahan ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2020 @ 08:21am

  raises a finger

  I sense the amount of bullshit in the air has increased by one on the fingerintheairbullshitometer. Somehow I suspect the Supreme Court is going to throw this one in the shredder.

• On the post: Would You Believe That Infamous Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz Is In Trouble Again?

  

  carahan ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2020 @ 01:02pm

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  How the heck did I add typos to my own comment. How embarrassing.

• On the post: Would You Believe That Infamous Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz Is In Trouble Again?

  

  carahan ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2020 @ 01:00pm

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  Giveb Liebotwitz's typos in his motions, they may setup a 'Complez' in his honour.

• On the post: If A College Is Going To Make COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Mandatory, They Should At Least Be Secure

  

  carahan ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2020 @ 01:01pm

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  And a vaccine can trigger a better immune reaction than the virus itself in some cases. No better example of this than rabies where you die without the vaccine; and measles which not only prevents the disease but also the loss of immune system memory cells which protect against previous diseases you have encountered. We can only hope one or more the ongoing vaccine candidates will do the same.

• On the post: Appeals Court: City Employee's Horrific Facebook Posts About Tamir Rice Shooting Were Likely Protected Speech

  

  carahan ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2020 @ 11:40am

  Re: Standard attorney tactic

  This is pretty standard attorney tactic to put forward multiple claims. *Plaintiff: I didn't do it, but even if I did, the speech was protected. *Circuit Judge: This is a dismiss motion, so we assume you are not lying, so whether or not this is true is for summary judgement or trial. But this isn't protected speech. *Plaintiff: Objection! We appeal. *Appeals Panel Judges: This is protected speech. We don't have to look at the other claim raised.

• On the post: Appeals Court: City Employee's Horrific Facebook Posts About Tamir Rice Shooting Were Likely Protected Speech

  

  carahan ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2020 @ 11:40am

  Re: Standard attorney tactic

  This is pretty standard attorney tactic to put forward multiple claims. *Plaintiff: I didn't do it, but even if I did, the speech was protected. *Circuit Judge: This is a dismiss motion, so we assume you are not lying, so whether or not this is true is for summary judgement or trial. But this isn't protected speech. *Plaintiff: Objection! We appeal. *Appeals Panel Judges: This is protected speech. We don't have to look at the other claim raised.