We will just gloss over that the 2nd Amendment says "unless the government is afraid of you, and determines that you don't get this particular right, or any other right that the Constitution directly says we the government must not infringe upon".
Using the great little browser add on, Greenhouse, lets see why some of these "representatives" are saying what they are saying:
Bob Latta's #2 donor, at $80K is ... wait for it ... telecom!
Greg Waldon's #1 Donor at $183K is ... shocking ... telecom!
So, who are they representing? Not you dear voter, but the people that cut the checks. Shockingly enough, old Greg's #3 Donor, at $152K is TV/Movies... I wonder what his stance on copywrong is?
Here is an idea, any ISP that doesn't have a minimum of 1 gigabyte connection offered at < $100 per month, all in (no "fees" or other extra charges) is a common carrier. This means if there is one house in the area that they "serve" that can not get this rate/price point, the entire area is regulated as a common carrier.
This would spur actual growth of real internet, not the current crop of make-believe, pass-by counts as good enough, and give the carriers the option of being common, or uncommon.
As I see it, if they have done nothing wrong, what do they have to fear? Isn't that what they say when they are smashing in car windows to do warrantless searches? What are you afraid of if you have nothing to hide, Mr. Policeman?
Would TOR help the Ugandans? No higher bandwidth, no paying for a VPN? I would use my Google Fiber and Linux box power to help run an exit node for them if it would help. If We the People just band together, like we did for SOPA, etc, we could maybe yank power away from all governments. I haven't seen one yet that didn't have more power than the people want it to have.
Much like other monikers created here on Techdirt, I vote that we change the name from "link tax" to "the farking tax" just to nod at a site that I discovered Techdirt on, and because I want to say "farking" all the time, and not get in trouble for it.
Obviously many taxes are described in a similar vein, with a similar word, but I don't want the EU thought police to cry foul and upset the balance of a delicate snowflake by using it in impolite society.
I have the Greenhouse addon installed on my Chrome, and looking at those 4 sponsors, I did some quick math, and there is $4,133,408 going into these 4 people from lawyers and law firms. So who is really going to profit from this rubbish patent law? I guess they are getting the best law they can buy...
What more can those boobs in D.C. do before we finally say enough is enough. I know there are many suckling at the government's teat, but we needs must cut off their supply, they are just draining us dry!
If they installed a bit of malware, that then downloaded child porn on a computer, then they "bust" (pun totally intended) the user? I mean every piece of malware I have removed from someone's computer seems to download a bunch of crap as one of the first things it does... food for thought.
Balance something not codified in law, or the constitution against something that is specifically protected by the constitution... Let me see here... I'll just pick the one that doesn't go against the highway robber/sheriff of Nottingham...
If we change the FCC to say minimum broadband transmission speed is 999mbs, then I have no problem with the law, as written. Make sure that is average throughput, not "up to", and I'm good.
They didn't file the paperwork properly. Just write it in as part of the policy, then charge the paperwork fees back to the commissioner, as a legitimate cost of doing business. (Sorry to badly paraphrase Frank Herbert's Dune)
Is this yet another case of Felony Interference with a Business Model?
Seems like Uber and Lyft are facing the same battles that others are fighting against the big studios. Interesting how hard the buggy whip manufacturers fight against the flying cars.
Guns
We will just gloss over that the 2nd Amendment says "unless the government is afraid of you, and determines that you don't get this particular right, or any other right that the Constitution directly says we the government must not infringe upon".
Aaron Swartz
Wasn't trying to fix this broken middle finger what put Aaron Swartz in the feebs crosshairs?
Bought and paid for
Using the great little browser add on, Greenhouse, lets see why some of these "representatives" are saying what they are saying:
Bob Latta's #2 donor, at $80K is ... wait for it ... telecom!
Greg Waldon's #1 Donor at $183K is ... shocking ... telecom!
So, who are they representing? Not you dear voter, but the people that cut the checks. Shockingly enough, old Greg's #3 Donor, at $152K is TV/Movies... I wonder what his stance on copywrong is?
Here is an idea, any ISP that doesn't have a minimum of 1 gigabyte connection offered at < $100 per month, all in (no "fees" or other extra charges) is a common carrier. This means if there is one house in the area that they "serve" that can not get this rate/price point, the entire area is regulated as a common carrier.
This would spur actual growth of real internet, not the current crop of make-believe, pass-by counts as good enough, and give the carriers the option of being common, or uncommon.
Turn about is fair play.
As I see it, if they have done nothing wrong, what do they have to fear? Isn't that what they say when they are smashing in car windows to do warrantless searches? What are you afraid of if you have nothing to hide, Mr. Policeman?
Alternatives
Would TOR help the Ugandans? No higher bandwidth, no paying for a VPN? I would use my Google Fiber and Linux box power to help run an exit node for them if it would help. If We the People just band together, like we did for SOPA, etc, we could maybe yank power away from all governments. I haven't seen one yet that didn't have more power than the people want it to have.
Change the name
Much like other monikers created here on Techdirt, I vote that we change the name from "link tax" to "the farking tax" just to nod at a site that I discovered Techdirt on, and because I want to say "farking" all the time, and not get in trouble for it.
Obviously many taxes are described in a similar vein, with a similar word, but I don't want the EU thought police to cry foul and upset the balance of a delicate snowflake by using it in impolite society.
Math
I have the Greenhouse addon installed on my Chrome, and looking at those 4 sponsors, I did some quick math, and there is $4,133,408 going into these 4 people from lawyers and law firms. So who is really going to profit from this rubbish patent law? I guess they are getting the best law they can buy...
What more
What more can those boobs in D.C. do before we finally say enough is enough. I know there are many suckling at the government's teat, but we needs must cut off their supply, they are just draining us dry!
Help Mike
Someone get that man some Perri-Air!
What if?
If they installed a bit of malware, that then downloaded child porn on a computer, then they "bust" (pun totally intended) the user? I mean every piece of malware I have removed from someone's computer seems to download a bunch of crap as one of the first things it does... food for thought.
Prior Art
Would not a "form letter" be prior art?
Re: Seen before
That was rings, this is virtual keys. Totally different.
Ayne Rand
I wonder who read Atlas Shrugged or 1984 as a "how-to"?
Balance
Balance something not codified in law, or the constitution against something that is specifically protected by the constitution... Let me see here... I'll just pick the one that doesn't go against the highway robber/sheriff of Nottingham...
Well, I see a solution
If we change the FCC to say minimum broadband transmission speed is 999mbs, then I have no problem with the law, as written. Make sure that is average throughput, not "up to", and I'm good.
Paperwork
They didn't file the paperwork properly. Just write it in as part of the policy, then charge the paperwork fees back to the commissioner, as a legitimate cost of doing business. (Sorry to badly paraphrase Frank Herbert's Dune)
Brilliant
U2 discovered if you make crap music, that nobody wants, even if it is free, then you magically get 0% piracy!
Thanks
Thank you DOD, I never knew about the website called "the intercept" I was getting all my news from a website called "the Streisand effect"
Is this...
Is this yet another case of Felony Interference with a Business Model?
Seems like Uber and Lyft are facing the same battles that others are fighting against the big studios. Interesting how hard the buggy whip manufacturers fight against the flying cars.
But mom!
But mom, they spied on me first!