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• On the post: Colorado Judge Ignores First Amendment, Allows Prior Restraint In Banning Aretha Franklin Film

  

  Derek ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2015 @ 08:35am

  Re: Begs the question...

  {quote]Aretha who?{/quote] - If you had watched the movie you'd know.

• On the post: Appeals Court: Yes, The FTC Can Go After Companies That Got Hacked Over Their Weak Security Practices

  

  Derek ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 07:42am

  Maybe OPM will be next

  I look forward to the day that the FTC holds OPM to task for being similarly lax.

• On the post: Researcher Headed To Australian Supreme Court In Attempt To Hold Google Responsible For Posts At Ripoff Reports [Updated]

  

  Derek ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 08:58am

  Deep Pockets?

  And where is Steve Dallas when you need him?

• On the post: Rosie O'Donnell's Ex Accuses Her Of Copyright Infringement… For Posting Photos Of Their Daughter To Instagram

  

  Derek ( profile ), 29 May, 2015 @ 10:14am

  "her wife"

  As a total aside, I do believe that this is the first time I see the phrase "...her wife..."without it being a typo.

• On the post: Dept. Of Public Works Finds Watching 20 Hours A Week Of Full-Screen Porn On Work Computers To Be A Bit Too Much

  

  Derek ( profile ), 20 May, 2015 @ 07:58am

  39 out of 82 hours? Not even 50%. I think it clearly shows a lack of ambition.

• On the post: NYTimes Exposes Giant Fake Diploma Mill Operating Out Of Pakistan; Company Threatens Everyone With Defamation

  

  Derek ( profile ), 19 May, 2015 @ 01:07pm

  Diplomas may be relevant in many fields because they kind-of set a baseline of what is expected to 'know' in order to do the job.
  
  That said, I had a colleague (in the IT field) who insisted that we call him by his Professor title. Which I did, until I found out that his PhD was in Zoology. Which is as relevant in the IT industry as my own Hotel & Restaurant Administration degree.

• On the post: Former CIA Director Hayden: We Didn't Lie About Interrogation Program. Torture Report: Yeah, You Did. REPEATEDLY.

  

  Derek ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2014 @ 09:15am

  Re: Liar

  Because Congress has shown repeatedly that it doesn't care when important people lie to it.

• On the post: FDA Is Angry That ICANN Won't Just Censor Websites On Its Say So

  

  Derek ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2014 @ 11:51am

  Suspected

  Does no one with an inkling of American law hiccup after this part?
  
  "...shut down more than 1,300 websites suspected..."
  
  "suspected" is not enough to ask anyone to do anything...

• On the post: Free Speech Under Attack In Pennsylvania: New Law Bans Actions By Criminals That Might Upset Their Victims

  

  Derek ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2014 @ 10:19am

  Re: Its called 'election'

  "I've said here before, but there needs to be some penalty suffered by legislators that vote for blatantly unconstitutional bills."
  
  Here is a new idea - don't vote for these guys the next time.

• On the post: CIA Inspector General Can't Find A Single Example Of CIA Overclassification

  

  Derek ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2014 @ 12:43pm

  New Dictionary

  In the new government dictionary [REDACTED] means '1'.

• On the post: Revealed: How To Get The IFPI To Issue Bogus DMCA Takedowns On Just About Anything, With No Questions Asked And No Review

  

  Derek ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2014 @ 10:42am

  Denial of Service attack

  A brilliant new way of orchestrating a denial of service attack. Just post any link (the cnn.com home page, for instance, or the Apple Store) and claim it is the latest song by U2 - and have the IFPI send a DMCA takedown for you.

• On the post: California Outlaws Consumer-Silencing Non-Disparagement Clauses

  

  Derek ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2014 @ 04:35am

  NDAs

  How does this affect NDAs? Since they can't prevent me from talking about stuff, a non-disclosure seems like it would be illegal too?
  
  Would the Harris Stingray be classified as a commercial product or service?

• On the post: Prosecutors In 'Sexting' Case Apparently Obtained Search Warrant To Photograph Teen's Penis

  

  Derek ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2014 @ 12:22pm

  They made a movie about this 30 years ago. Who remembers the shower scene from "Porky's"?

• On the post: Appeals Court Says Using Open WiFi May Be A Crime

  

  Derek ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2014 @ 09:31am

  Trespassing

  "The neighbors left their WiFi open, and thus, by default, it is sending out signals that effectively say "welcome, feel free to connect to this network."
  
  Can I ask a hopefully relevant question: If my neighbors decide to play ball on my yard, does it make a difference whether I have a fence up? I see this as similar - an open WiFi is like an unfenced yard. But that doesn't generally (to me) mean that any passerby can sit down and have a picnic. Or does it (legally speaking)?

• On the post: Accepting Amazon's DRM Makes It Impossible To Challenge Its Monopoly

  

  Derek ( profile ), 28 May, 2014 @ 09:15am

  I'm pretty sure that Amazon makes everyone use their DRM regardless of whether you want to or not as part of it's terms and conditions for selling e-books.

  
  That's actually not true. Publishers can request that their books be DRM free. But many publishers don't want that either. You know, because... pirates.
  
  Take a look at at Baen and their model - subscriptions that get you 5-6 titles per month, lots of free books in many different formats. Don't meant to promote Baen, but their creative approach has gotten many of my acquaintances to try authors they otherwise would not have.

• On the post: DOJ Says Americans Have No 4th Amendment Protections At All When They Communicate With Foreigners

  

  Derek ( profile ), 15 May, 2014 @ 02:27pm

  Vote!

  "it's time to sue the Government for violating the Constitution"
  It's called an election, and as long as _we_ keep voting for the same type of people over an over, we will get the same result.

• On the post: Brazil Passed On Boeing For $4.5 Billion Fighter Jet Deal Because Of Concerns Over NSA Surveillance

  

  Derek ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2014 @ 02:08pm

  "Maybe now, someone, somewhere within the US government will finally start to do a cost-benefit analysis"
  
  You've got to be joking. The NSA is just going to say that the $4.5B is not part of their budget, so why should they care.
  
  Only the Senators from Washington State will care.

• On the post: New Law Means Photographers In Hungary Must Ask Permission First; Bad Hungarian Cops Rejoice

  

  Derek ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2014 @ 01:13pm

  Waving

  "Does it also apply to TV cameras, because just how long will that take in a football stadium."
  
  Especially since everyone is waving. :)

• On the post: Australian Broadcasters, Netflix Competitors Pout Because Netflix Hasn't Banned VPN Users Yet

  

  Derek ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2014 @ 08:18am

  Re: Aus bandwidth

  I believe Netflix still uses the Amazon data center. They could easily copy their stuff to a data center down-under and all the cross-pacific bandwidth issues go away. The content is fairly static (written only once) so making a copy in Australia isn't the problem.

• On the post: Baybrook Remodelers, Still In The Midst Of Suing People For Negative Reviews, Deploys A Disastrous SEO Hitman

  

  Derek ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 12:00pm

  Dirt

  Well, you know that any site with 'dirt' in the name is a just a front for vile slander, innuendo and pornography.
  
  I know this because one of our congressmen said so!

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