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• On the post: China's New Internet Regulations, Building On Western Internet Regulations, Requires Algorithms To 'Vigorously Disseminate Positive Energy'

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2022 @ 09:49am

  Why the Trending Post flag on the right?

  One on-topic AC post from May 13th and two pieces of spam from May 24th. The relatively small number of comments are from 2021. What gives, TD?

• On the post: Elon Musk Has Got Content Moderation All Figured Out: Delete The “Wrong” And “Bad” Content, But Leave The Rest (And Reinstate Trump)

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 12 May, 2022 @ 03:50am

  Hilarious

  Almost made me choke on my breakfast. Nice comment, thank you.

• On the post: Nebraska Latest State Looking To Roll Back Dumb Restrictions On Community Broadband

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 07:09am

  TD Comment Notification Testing

  Also the oblig "Frist Psot"?

• On the post: Some Known Issues With The New Techdirt

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 06:58am

  Comment nesting

  Working OK on that thread, Mozilla 97.0.2 on Mac Monterey 12.2.1 However, I really didn't want to scroll through the thread because there is so much whitespace/emptyspace surrounding each post that I can only read one or two comments at a time, so it's just a constant scroll. I'll test email notifications now.

• On the post: Totally Bogus DMCA Takedowns From Giant Publishers Completely Nuke Book Review Blog Off The Internet

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2022 @ 11:32am

  Won't do business with Penguin Random House and HarperCollins

  I read A LOT. I read between 12 and 14 books during my week off at Christmas, and probably 7 or 8 since then. I buy or rent (Kindle Unlimited) all of my books. This inane and insane behavior from two large publishers makes my job easier; if I see their imprint on a book I'll just skip it. Hopefully more of my money will now go directly to the writers and illustrators.

  Well done Penguin Random House and HarperCollins - you just lost a long time customer.

• On the post: Bizarre Magistrate Judge Ruling Says That If Facebook Deletes An Account, It No Longer Needs To Keep Details Private

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2021 @ 04:27pm

  Odd rulings

  A quick skim of Google headlines for judge Zia Faruqui is... interesting.

• On the post: Shiva Ayyadurai Drops His Potentially Interesting Lawsuit About Massachusetts Officials Complaining To Twitter About Tweets

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2021 @ 01:00pm

  e-Mail origins

  All together now, Shiva Ayyadurai did NOT invent e-mail. Say it with me, Shiva Ayyadurai did NOT invent e-mail. One more time for luck, Shiva Ayyadurai did NOT invent e-mail.

  Also, that conspiracy theory chart is something I would have expected to find in a room where someone covered the windows (and their head) in tinfoil. I image the original chart used thumbtacks and yarn connecting his 'oppressors'. Wowzers.

  Sincerely,
  "Shiva Ayyadurai did NOT invent e-mail"
  (I'll see myself out)

• On the post: Freaking Out About Nazi Content On The Internet Archive Is Totally Missing The Point

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2021 @ 06:12am

  Those who don't know history

  ...are destined to repeat it (even if it's the opposit outcome of what they were hoping for).

• On the post: Appeals Court Denies Immunity To University Officials Who Apparently Banned A Christian Student Group Just Because They Didn't Like It

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2021 @ 06:46am

  Re: Re: Re: Good idea, abhorrent application

  @Jeroen Hellingman. This is a fantastic idea and would most certainly shake up a great many institutions. We just need to follow through.

• On the post: Months After Indian Gov't Threatens To Jail Twitter Employees, Twitter Now Blocking Tweets That Criticize The Indian Government

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2021 @ 08:50am

  Re: Bill C-10

  Ahh, I'm not sure about that. Also - it was tabled five months ago. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/charter-charte/c10.html
  Tabled in the House of Commons, November 18, 2020
  New and updated regulatory requirements for broadcasting services The Bill clarifies that the Act applies on the Internet. Clause 1 would add online undertakings as a distinct class of broadcasting undertaking subject to the Act. Online undertaking would be defined in the Act as an undertaking for the transmission or retransmission of programs over the Internet to the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus. Users of social media services who upload programs for sharing with other users, and are not affiliated with the service provider, would not be subject to broadcasting regulation in that respect. Similarly, clause 3 would specify that the Act does not apply in respect of programs uploaded by unaffiliated users to social media services for sharing with other users, and in respect of online undertakings whose only broadcasting consists of such programs.

• On the post: North Dakota's New Anti-230 Bill Would Let Nazis Sue You For Reporting Their Content To Twitter

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2021 @ 05:44pm

  Re: who is this 'we'?

  Near as I can tell, a bunch of old white dudes gerrymandered districts to prevent the 'we' from having any meaningful say in elections.

• On the post: Louisiana AG Sues Journalists To Keep Them From Obtaining Documents Detailing Sexual Harassment By Top Prosecutor

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2021 @ 06:17am

  One suggestion

  Would be to require DAs (and other public agencies) to take the money out of their personnel budgets and bonuses, instead of general fund monies.

• On the post: Louisiana AG Sues Journalists To Keep Them From Obtaining Documents Detailing Sexual Harassment By Top Prosecutor

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2021 @ 04:37pm

  One thought

  Would be to require DAs (and other public agencies) to take the money out of their personnel budgets and bonuses, instead of general fund monies.

  Also, you gotta wonder why Attorney General Jeff Landry is covering for Pat Magee's sexual harassment complaints. Does Landry have skeletons?

• On the post: Steam Becomes Available In China, Offers 53 Whole Games To Customers

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2021 @ 11:53am

  I can't believe I'm the first to make this comment

  "Offers 53 Whole Games To Customers"

  ... well, partial games wouldn't be playable, now would they?

• On the post: No, Getting Rid Of Anonymity Will Not Fix Social Media; It Will Cause More Problems

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2021 @ 01:26pm

  Re: Oblig joke

  I have always thought there was more than a grain of truth to this joke, but it also makes me laugh. https://pics.me.me/we-solved-our-lawyer-problem-alongiline-however-you-could-speak-2732172.png

• On the post: Louisville Courier-Journal Wins 'Derby Pie' Trademark Dispute

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2021 @ 11:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Sarcasm?

  Agree

• On the post: Louisville Courier-Journal Wins 'Derby Pie' Trademark Dispute

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2021 @ 07:21am

  Re: Sarcasm?

  Do you mean the last paragraph quoted in the summary above, or the paragraphs on pages 9 or 8 of the judgement? Cuz I don't see those as sarcastic but I might be missing something.

• On the post: FCC Takes A Break From Not Caring About Consumers To Hassle Some Landlords Over Pirate Radio

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2021 @ 09:22am

  I know virtually nothing about this subject

  I disagree with you Karl that the pirate broadcasters "should just shift to streaming and avoid the legal hassle". I imagine some of the pirates are serving communities of listeners who cannot afford to have computers or cell phones, to say nothing of the data plans that allow them to stream stations that aren't included in corporate cap agreements. I also imagine some of the pirates want to serve their listeners by playing content that, while still under copyright and thus illegal to broadcast unless one is licensed by the FCC, is also not included in any of the playlists of terrestrial radio or streaming services. There is a lot of fantastic music that will never be heard again because it is locked up by greedy record companies and collectives such as ASCAP, BMI and SESAC - entities who would rather let music die if they are unable to extract a profit (almost none of which finds its way to the original creators).

  We can also look at the recent events at Twitch, in which even incidental songs playing in the streamer's own house caused the RIAA to issue C&D letters, resulting in streams being deleted. So no, streaming isn't necessarily without legal risks.

  This is to say nothing of the capricious rules governing web broadcasts of music, such as the Sound Recording Performance Complement. The box set clause, specifically, could make it nearly impossible to feature songs from an artist.

  Fight the power, music for the people ♫♪

• On the post: Georgia Court Streams Ridiculous 'Kraken' Lawsuit Hearing On YouTube; Then Tells People They Can't Repost Recordings

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2020 @ 08:18am

  Re: 'It's in this box?. 'Can I see it?' 'No. My box.'

  Schrödinger’s election fraud box

• On the post: World's Worst Copyright Troll, Richard Liebowitz, Suspended From Practicing Law

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2020 @ 01:21pm

  Popcorn stock rising...

  Couldn't have happened to a more contumaciousness person.

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