"The MPAA views the end user the same way as all corporations do: a consumer. If you ask me "consumer" is an insult and anyone who calls me one needs to be punched in the mouth"
"...Brown said that the bill could "divert attention" away from a true emergency by requiring that government agencies apply for a court order within six hours of a service shutdown. The democratic governor encouraged the bill's author, Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles, to bring amended version of the legislation forward next year."
"Child, who died in 2004, had a Thermador oven in her Cambridge kitchen. It's now displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington."
Can you imagine buying the former Child residence in Cambridge (MA) and then someone comes in and rips out your friggin stove for some museum?
Some VP, or Exec VP, or even Senior VP of Marketing wants to be Proactive before Year-End and get the word out on the brand and ... has no clue, but doesn't even care.
"False claims, especially those made with intent to hurt a business or cause it problems, would certainly be actionable - and potentially even criminal."
See, "especially a business" just shows what this whole law is about. A business, not the public, not society, only business.
Open kimono there.
"Prime Minister David Cameron suggesting that those who are suspected of rioting be banned from social networks"
Like that is gonna work.
Aside from the Catholic Church, I can't think of another entity that has ruined more lives than Britain. From India, Ireland, Africa, and the Middle East, all the other bits. Albeit they did draw the line in 1940.
Hey, even a blind squirrel...
Marcus Carab posted
"Lawyers have been doing stuff just because they think they can get away with it for a long time. At this point, lawyers are educated by lawyers who were educated by lawyers who did that. Simply put, it's part of the culture, and I think there are a lot of lawyers who view that as their job."
Add to that, lawyers are also probably a majority of the Lobbyists, Legislators, and Judges.
Nice Tidy package, isn't it.
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More nonsense about letting corporations suck the life out of regular Americans. Sad. I thought TechDirt was better than this.
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So that geodesic sphere at Epcot is now a Death Star.
I haven't been inside it in 30 years, so I guess they added a few tweaks?
Sorry.
Dyslexics of the World, Untie!
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"The MPAA views the end user the same way as all corporations do: a consumer. If you ask me "consumer" is an insult and anyone who calls me one needs to be punched in the mouth"
1000 x this
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"...Brown said that the bill could "divert attention" away from a true emergency by requiring that government agencies apply for a court order within six hours of a service shutdown. The democratic governor encouraged the bill's author, Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles, to bring amended version of the legislation forward next year."
At least get the whole story.
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Can you imagine buying the former Child residence in Cambridge (MA) and then someone comes in and rips out your friggin stove for some museum?
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"This is the highest density of non-biological data ever encoded by DNA, and a gram of material could store 455 exabytes of data."
Future Headlines:
1 All biologically stored data Mostly Spam
2 MPAA/RIAA claim infringement on anyone with genetic material
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You cannot trademark Squat™ these days.
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My traditionalist sect uses Ctrl-Ins and Shift-Ins. Or are we 'orthodox'?
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"What if Melchert-Dinkel had just sent Nadia an mp3 file with Ozzy’s Suicide Solution?"
Wouldn't that mean millions of dollars for infringement?
Clueless
Some VP, or Exec VP, or even Senior VP of Marketing wants to be Proactive before Year-End and get the word out on the brand and ... has no clue, but doesn't even care.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: From the "we condone piracy" department...
"piracy for private use"
No such thing. Impossible.
Corporations have been usurping the public's rights.
Copyright is NOT an inherent right but something GRANTED by the Constitution, for a limited time.
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So the temp that a paper book burns at is relevant to those reading an e-book how?
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"False claims, especially those made with intent to hurt a business or cause it problems, would certainly be actionable - and potentially even criminal."
See, "especially a business" just shows what this whole law is about. A business, not the public, not society, only business.
Open kimono there.
Seriously. Making US Pols look less stupid
"Prime Minister David Cameron suggesting that those who are suspected of rioting be banned from social networks"
Like that is gonna work.
Aside from the Catholic Church, I can't think of another entity that has ruined more lives than Britain. From India, Ireland, Africa, and the Middle East, all the other bits. Albeit they did draw the line in 1940.
Hey, even a blind squirrel...
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Marcus Carab posted
"Lawyers have been doing stuff just because they think they can get away with it for a long time. At this point, lawyers are educated by lawyers who were educated by lawyers who did that. Simply put, it's part of the culture, and I think there are a lot of lawyers who view that as their job."
Add to that, lawyers are also probably a majority of the Lobbyists, Legislators, and Judges.
Nice Tidy package, isn't it.