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On the post: 170 Years Of German Publishers Demanding Special Copyrights For The Press Because Of New Technology

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2019 @ 06:11am

It is different this time...

In the past, they could complain - but the others really didn't have the power to replace them at that time.

So, I would say this time may just be different. Today's (or next weeks..) technology does have the power to make them obsolete.

On the post: Court Refuses To Allow Defendant In Copyright Trolling Case To Proceed, But Hints At Reform

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2019 @ 09:39am

Re: Re: Most of the people in Washington are lawyers.

Unfortunately, they just show how FAR off the rails a lawyer has to go to get into real trouble.

On the post: Who Needs Article 13: Italian Court Finds Facebook Liable For Hosting Links

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2019 @ 11:25am

Re: In other news

Way too close and direct - more like suing the company that made the dump truck that hauled the asphalt to the paving machine that laid the roadway that the Ford was speeding on...

On the post: As Trump Prepares Ban On Huawei, Few Notice The Major Holes In The Underlying Logic

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2019 @ 06:55am

Expected Response

So if the US bans equipment from ONE company in China; and China responds with a ban on equipment from ALL US companies... and gets other countries to do the same...

How did we "win" again? Are we Great yet?

On the post: German Data Protection Authority Says GDPR Requires Email To Use At Least Transport Layer Encryption

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2019 @ 07:29am

And Don't Forget

... to add the mandatory back-door so that all government agencies can read all emails anyway...just convince the users that it is secured...

On the post: Court Tells FCC Its Attack On Tribal Broadband Subsidies Wasn't Based On The Facts

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2019 @ 08:06am

How Adorable...

...thinking that "Facts" have any value to the FCC - or any other government agency.

The usage of "Facts" died along with "Truth" quite a while ago.

On the post: Google Shows What Google News Looks Like If Article 11 Passes In The EU Copyright Directive

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2019 @ 11:41am

Not enough

To really make the point, they should list the sites in alphabetic order to show that they are NOT reading them to rank them. Just a raw list of news sites registered in the EU. After all, if they "read" them to analyze and rank them, then the EU will tax them for reading the articles ... word-by-word, tax-by-tax, fine-by-fine. Eventually the EU will reach its goal of forcing every non-EU web presence out of the EU.

On the post: Another State Lawmaker Thinks Teachers Should Be Banned From Discussing 'Controversial' Issues

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2019 @ 03:59pm

Re:

Well, that will at least teach them the meaning of Hypocrite. Wonder if that is now a forbidden topic?

On the post: New White House Press Conference Rules Leave Door Open To Future Challenges

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2018 @ 07:30am

Thank you for coming!

"...Here is your package for today's Press Conference - it contains the agenda, the questions which will be asked, the name of the reporter who will ask them, the answers that will be given, and for convenience, a CD with the approved transcript of the meeting. Please take your seats so we can begin on time. ..."

On the post: Not Even Hiding It Any More: EU Council Explicitly Pushing For Mandatory Upload Filters

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2018 @ 06:04am

This is just step one...

... step two is to modify all upload capability to require the posting of the file and the associated paid-in-full license fee receipts from all rights holders ...

On the post: After Being Sued To Block Sci-Hub; Swedish ISP Blocks Court's And Elsevier's Website In Protest

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2018 @ 05:58am

Is this actually a court-sanctioned win...

... for Felony Interference with a Business Model???

"Accusation of Inducement" is all it took?

If this was in the US, I'd be checking on who contributed how much to the judges reelection campaign....

On the post: Vietnam Expands Decades Long Effort To Crack Down On Any Dissent Online By Demanding Data Be Kept In The Country

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2018 @ 01:09pm

The strategy of the game

1) all our users data must be kept in our country on a server in our country
2) since our users data is on a server in our country, you have a nexus of business in our country
3) since you now have a nexus of service in our country, we will tax you 3% of your global revenue (H/T to the EU)

So.. how many countries get to play the tax game before each company goes out of business?

Gets rid of all them foreign companies who won't comply with the instructions of what information the people are allowed to know, and back to local-only, well-controlled media.

And that's the real game.

On the post: NYC Prosecutors Accidentally Admit They Use Bail To Deprive Presumably-Innocent People Of Their Freedom

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2018 @ 05:41am

A study is needed...

With the attitude of these prosecutors, I wonder how many were the school-yard bully? Didn't know that had a career path until now...

On the post: California's War On 'Bots' Could Be A Steep Uphill Climb

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2018 @ 12:09pm

The odds are...

...about equal with stopping robo-calls.

On the post: Can We Make Congress Less Dumb About Technology?

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2018 @ 12:48pm

Superfluous Wording

The phrase "About Technology" is superfluous to the question. And the answer is still "No".

On the post: Body Cam Company Files Patent For Built-In Facial Recognition Tech

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2018 @ 11:11am

Not to worry

... since the camera will be tied to the officer's cellphone for sending the image, it will be throttled and down-scaled to where it will not match anyone. But it will increase the PD's cellphone bills for going over their unlimited limit.

On the post: 9th Circuit Never Misses A Chance To Mess Up Copyright Law: Reopens Led Zeppelin 'Stairway To Heaven' Case

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2018 @ 09:59am

12-bar blues anyone?

How many songs are based on 12-bar blues riff? Are all of them now about to be sued? That should keep the courts busy for a few decades...

On the post: Even Wall Street Is Nervous About Comcast's Latest Bid To Grow Bigger For Bigger's Sake

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2018 @ 09:15am

FTFY

The line "it's going to be forced to cut corners on other fronts in order to shore up the losses" should be "it's going to be forced to jack up rates to offset the losses"

On the post: You Don't Own What You've Bought: Apple Disappears Purchased Movies

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2018 @ 11:26am

Since you insist on calling it "Theft"

How about if I go into a brick-and-mortar STORE and BUY a DVD and take it home to watch - would you think it OK for the producer of that DVD to just come into my house and take it back?

If not, then why can they "take back" a digital copy?

On the post: DOJ And State Attorneys General Threatening Social Media Companies Over Moderation Practices Is A First Amendment Issue

TheResidentSkeptic ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2018 @ 10:03am

At least the rules are getting clearer...

1) If you block posting of any user content, we will fine you.
2) if you fail to remove objectionable content within 1 hour we will fine you.
3) if you remove or otherwise censor any content, we will fine you.
4) If you don't block objectionable content from being posted, we will fine you.

or, to put it simply, "Send us all your money"

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