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• On the post: Officer Indicted For Lying On Warrant Application That Led To Toddler Being Burned By Flashbang Grenade

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2015 @ 12:20pm

  Re: Well intentioned?

  If they were well intentioned, they would slow down and consider the possible consequences.
  
  Of course they considered the consequences. They get bonus pay for SWAT duties.

• On the post: State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing The State's Own Laws

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2015 @ 07:03am

  So, in Georgia is ignorance of the law actually an excuse?

• On the post: Pride Toronto Seeking To Trademark Names Of 2 LGBT Marches, Claims It's Doing So Defensively

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2015 @ 06:22pm

  Re:

  You're describing a Rebel Blockade Runner being absorbed into a Star Destroyer.
  
  I don't thin that means what you think it means.

• On the post: Geniuses Representing Universal Pictures Ask Google To Delist 127.0.0.1 For Piracy

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2015 @ 01:01pm

  Re: Since they insisted....

  Or simply remove them from Google's index.

• On the post: Your Tax Dollars At Work: 1,000-Page Funding Bill Dropped On Senate Floor One Hour Before Vote

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2015 @ 01:04pm

  It's not that they don't want to be.
  
  Let's see if they vote against it. Otherwise they're happy enough where they are.

• On the post: German Film Distributor Issues Takedown Request Falsely Targeting IMDb, Reddit And Techdirt

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2015 @ 01:05pm

  Re: Bill them

  let your legal team come up with an appropriate and costly response
  
  The sad thing is, it's usually costly for you.

• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 33: Reddit And The Challenges Of Building A Business Out Of A Community

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2015 @ 03:04pm

  Eternal September

  Is the phrase you were looking for.

• On the post: Copyright Takes Down High-Profile Translation Of Thomas Piketty's Comments On Germany & Greek Debt

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2015 @ 06:58pm

  Re: Differences With Germany

  Besides which, given the chance, the Germans were actually capable of pulling themselves out of the hole they were in.
  
  Yes, and Greece should be given the same chance.
  
  Or Germany should be hit up with a few bills, plus interest.

• On the post: MPAA Argues That Sony Emails Shouldn't Be Used As Evidence In Google Lawsuit

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2015 @ 02:25pm

  Re: Someone's been taking notes

  Watch the government declare them secret.

• On the post: Apple Informs Bloggers It Will Be Using Their Content In Its 'News' App Via An Opt-Out Only 'Agreement'

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2015 @ 06:18pm

  Re:

  A rule of thumb I've seen mentioned before, and that seems fitting here, is that anything you need to opt-out of, is a bad idea.
  
  robots.txt
  
  Or do you think search engines are a bad idea?

• On the post: News Corp. Sends DMCA Notice Over Glenn Greenwald Trashing The Sunday Times' Ridiculous Snowden Story

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 11:39am

  Re: Forget me (a lot)

  I'm guessing their lawyers are Snowden supporters.

• On the post: The Pulitzer Prize In Bullshit FUD Reporting Goes To… The Sunday Times For Its 'Snowden Expose'

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 10:54am

  Re: Nice try

  But let's swallow the premise for a moment: let's assume that Chinese and Russian officials or non-officials were able to defeat Snowden's encryption just now.
  
  Easy. Just read the Guardian.

• On the post: Second OPM Hack Revealed: Even Worse Than The First

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 06:55pm

  Re: Worrisome, but not surprising

  But if you do create it, some encryption might come in handy.
  
  Just saying...

• On the post: US CIO Orders All .Gov Websites To Require Encrypted Connections, Amazon Enters The Secure Cert Space

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2015 @ 08:19am

  Heh

  Presumably this applies to fbi.gov?

• On the post: Legislators Strip Funding For Warrantless Use Of Stingrays By FBI, Take Money From The DEA To Buy Bodycams

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2015 @ 09:34am

  While you're at it…

  … buy the FBI some tape recorders.

• On the post: Justice Department Issues Subpoenas To Reason To Identify Angry Anonymous Commenters

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2015 @ 09:09am

  I've got a lead for them

  The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers
  
  --ws64

• On the post: Torrent Madness: UK Cybercrime Official Argues That File Sharing Is A Gateway Drug To Crime

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2015 @ 07:16am

  Makes sense

  "It's important that they put those skills to good use and are not tempted to become involved, unwittingly in cyber criminality.
  
  So, we should stop criminalizing basic human behavior like sharing.

• On the post: Twitter Just Cut Off Politwoops In Another Effort To Keep The Platform Closed

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2015 @ 02:37pm

  Question

  Do you really need an API to do this?

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Activist Issues Takedown To Chilling Effects To Take Down Her Takedown Notice To Google

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 08 May, 2015 @ 02:05pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Obviously she should send a takedown notice to the site that published her piece linking everyone to the Chilling Effects post.

• On the post: Cable's Top Lobbyist Just Can't Understand Why People Like Google Better

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 11:45am

  Re:

  You're thinking Netflix. Get your marching orders straight.

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