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  • On the post: Maryland The Latest State To Trample The First Amendment With Quixotic Attempt To Outlaw 'Cyberbullying'

    dpaus ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2013 @ 11:25am

    As long as it cuts both ways

    Well, at least they're not also trying to outlaw the use of social media to seek action from elected officials when kids die from cyberbullying.

  • On the post: Belgium: We Want To Be The Champagne Of Chocolate

    dpaus ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2013 @ 03:39am

    This brings to mind the fight over the name of a scotch whiskey made in Cape Breton, Canada, that was called "Glen Breton". The Scotch Whiskey Association sued over the use of the word 'Glen' in the name, and tried to prevent them from calling it 'scotch' whiskey. Ultimately, the little distillery prevailed (http://reports.cmf-fja.gc.ca/eng/2010/2009fca16.html).

    An aside: the distillery began making an absolutely incredible scotch whiskey that is finished in ice wine barrels. It's fantastic (although I'm sure purists will turn up their nose)

  • On the post: ACTA Failure Inspires The Most Clueless Column Ever

    dpaus ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2012 @ 10:19am

    Morrison makes it clear that 'free stuff on the Interwebz' is a clear sign of the Apocolypse, so I assume he got paid to write this. In that case, isn't there some sort of defective-product/LemonLaw that would let us get our money back?

    OTOH, when you write

    here in the US, the first major democracy...


    Um, wow. Isn't that Morrison guy from some place that invented a thing called 'Parliment'??