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• On the post: Two Wangs Of Ireland Battle Over Trademarks Nobody Will Confuse

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2017 @ 11:58pm

  Hmmm...

  I guess two Wangs do make this right!

• On the post: Wisconsin Speech Bill Tries To Keep Universities Neutral On Public Policy Debates, Which Is Batshit Crazypants

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2017 @ 02:34pm

  Re: Re: I think you misunderstand

  I've never read or heard anywhere anyone proposing we round up homosexuals and throw them into death camps. There might be a few fringe kooks who say that, but I find it hard to believe that Milo Yannapolis (sp?) would advocate for death camps he personally would be subject to.

• On the post: Copyright Office Realizes The DMCA Fucks With Security Research While The W3C Still Doesn't See It

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2017 @ 02:47pm

  Please

  Please try to refrain from using foul language in your headlines. I really like this site and the stories posted, but I have a hard time sending links to NSFW content.

• On the post: Wisconsin Speech Bill Tries To Keep Universities Neutral On Public Policy Debates, Which Is Batshit Crazypants

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2017 @ 10:37am

  I think you misunderstand

  Meanwhile, the uninvited and their supporters are shouting about censorship in a way that suggests their views must be tolerated without reaction, which is a complete misunderstanding of how free speech works.

  If by "tolerated," you mean "given," I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of the controversy here. After years of having the Democrats saying, "If you don't like what I have to say, don't listen," (or watch, particularly when it comes to the TV shows they've put out over the last few decades) now it's "If I don't like what you have to say I don't want to listen, and I don't want anyone else to, either."

  If someone is giving a speech at a college or university, and I, as a student, don't like what that particular speaker has to say, I stay away from the speech. I do not try to stop other people from going, though.

• On the post: To Keep The Skies Safe, The TSA Wants To Know What You're Reading

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2017 @ 09:02am

  A plan

  Why not have twenty to thirty people print out some Supreme Court decisions, put them in a binder and label it "Correspondence with Attorney" and after they read through it, sue them for violating Attorney-Client privilege?
  
  We need to be proäctive, people!

• On the post: Decade-Old GTA4 Modding Tool Suddenly Taken Down After Take-Two Interactive's Threat

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2017 @ 07:22pm

  Simple...

  Right hand, take a look at what the left hand is doing...

• On the post: Trump Lawyer Threatens To Report A Former FBI Employee To The Inspector General

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2017 @ 08:00am

  Trump Classifying Documents

  I wonder if Trump will produce his own document where he officially classified anything Comey had written about him or his administration.
  
  Doesn't the president have that power and wouldn't that make Comey a "leaker?"

• On the post: Senator Tom Cotton Introduces Bill That Would Renew Section 702 Forever With Zero Changes

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2017 @ 11:10am

  Permanent?

  Is it really permanent? Aren't new Congresses not bound by previous Congresses' actions?
  
  Couldn't a new majority in Congress just pass a new law that invalidates the whole thing?

• On the post: Game Developer: Just Wait Until The Game Is Cracked And Then We'll Patch Denuvo Out; Game Gets Cracked Immediately

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2017 @ 11:16am

  80s replay

  As a highschooler in the 1980s (1980-1984) I have experience in the Apple II DRM BS. There were many companies who implemented DRM in their games and we spent many hours calling various BBSs to find the "cracked" versions so we could have a backup if our 5.25" disks bit the dust (which happened with frequent regularity). It was cheaper, even with a dialup service in a different state, to download it DRM-free.
  
  But there was one company, here in San Diego, who proudly stated their software was DRM-free, Beagle Bros., and everyone I knew bought their software in the stores for two main reasons:
  
  1. They had great software with great manuals.
  2. They didn't hate their customers by implementing DRM.
  
  Learn from history, software companies, it can save you a lot of headaches (if you'll listen!).

• On the post: EFF Sues FBI For Refusing To Turn Over Documents About Its Geek Squad Informants

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2017 @ 02:09pm

  An idea

  Why not, when a government agency refuses to respond to a legitimate FOIA request, just make it so the courts have to believe the very worst of the agency, and act accordingly?
  
  For example, if you won't divulge the information about Geek Squad members and payments from the FBI, courts will assume all cases related to Geek Squad discoveries are illegal searches and all of them are thrown out with prejudice.

• On the post: DHS, TSA To Make Boarding A Plane Even More Of A Pain In The Ass

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 30 May, 2017 @ 11:55am

  Rent a jet

  Looks like it might be time to rent a jet:
  
  http://www.pentastaraviation.com/available-aircraft

• On the post: Malta's Prime Minister Sues Panama Papers Journalist For Defamation; Gets Facebook To Delete His Reporting

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 19 May, 2017 @ 10:59am

  The limit?

  I know the writers here at Techdirt, and other places, think it's okay to defame politicians, since they are public figures and whatever anyone says about them is allowed. I'm wondering what the limit is, though.
  
  How would you define it? I know in this story the politician was angry that he and his colleagues were characterized as receiving kickbacks, an as-yet unproven charge (as far as I know). Is claiming a politician committed a specific crime okay, even if there is no evidence beyond speculation?

• On the post: Trump Fires FBI Director Comey

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 09 May, 2017 @ 05:03pm

  As soon as I heard that Huma Abedin forwarded classified emails to her then-husband to print out on their home printer, and Comey testifies to Congress that the law says there must be intent to prosecute (the law says nothing about intent), I was expecting him to get fired.

• On the post: Taser/Axon Separating Defense Lawyers From Body Camera Footage With License Agreements

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 08 May, 2017 @ 03:05pm

  Re: Re: Re: Just like Britain only more so and mobile

  Before the ACA, Americans would be denied insurance coverage for cancer treatment merely for not reporting teenage acne when they applied for insurance.

  I've been trying to find a reputable source for a story about this, but I can only find far-left websites making this claim. Do you have a link to a website that isn't directly linked to the Democrats that has this story?

• On the post: Zillow Sued By Homeowner Because Its Estimate Is Lower Than The Seller Wants To Sell The House For

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 02 May, 2017 @ 04:44pm

  Is it just me?

  Is it just me or are there suddenly a slew of Zillow defenders that just decided today is the day they'd come on over to Techdirt and have their say?
  
  Funny how that works!

• On the post: TSA Now Making Its Intrusive Searches Even More Gropey & Assaulty

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2017 @ 11:07am

  TSA: Tolerated Sexual Assault?

• On the post: Another Free Speech Win In Libel Lawsuit Disguised As A Trademark Complaint

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2017 @ 04:31pm

  That second paragraph

  I read the opening of the second paragraph as "Quack recap:"

• On the post: Rep. Sensenbrenner Thinks We Can Pay For The Border Wall With More Asset Forfeiture

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2017 @ 10:30am

  Can't find the quote

  I looked for the "done nothing but deal dope their whole lives" quote, supposedly by Jeff Sessions, but google only lists this story as a source.
  
  Where did you get this quote from?

• On the post: With So Much Public Interest In Our Judicial System, It's Time To Free Up Access To Court Documents

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2017 @ 05:46pm

  What a joke

  So the NSA can build a data center with hundreds of petabytes of storage to hold all our calls, texts, and emails, but a few hundred terabytes to hold court records is beyond the pale?

• On the post: State Appeals Court Says Unlocking A Phone With A Fingerprint Doesn't Violate The Fifth Amendment

  

  John Snape ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2017 @ 04:06pm

  Time for a new locking mechanism

  Now the app community has a new task: create a lock screen, that if you place a specific finger on the screen to unlock it, the phone is wiped instead of unlocked.
  
  1. Create app to wipe phone if compromised
  2. ???
  3. Profit!

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