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Oh dear...
America. Even more fucked up than Europe right now.
This makes me angry...
... and sad. Somewhere in Kuwait it's altogether possible there's a 16y/o girl in a cell being beaten up for posting her opinions on Twitter under the handle @Pharaohoe.
I know "an eye for an eye" makes the whole world blind, but @old_gaes needs to realize that the internet cuts both ways, and that anyone is at risk of being outed. Also that somewhere on this planet there is a fat, bald, stinking drunk grease-stained old fart who will never be the man his mother was.
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That, would be nice.
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The only reason I can think of why Sony did this is that some genius there thought that PS3s with alternate O/S's put them in competition with their own PC/Vaio products. But since they quit that business in Feb 2014, you can't really accuse them of forward thinking.
And now, anyone in the market for a console and considering Sony as an option will be able to note this ill-will towards the company and decide accordingly.
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Never mind the pretend news, I'm hugely disappointed that this didn't make the BBC.
They're far too obsessed with Brexit at the minute.
Discount cops
"Narco trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, kidnapping, crime against children, knowing you are stopping those things … how do you not love doing something like that?" said the insider."
This is the mindset of staff who would think nothing of rummaging through peoples private data of their own accord. Just because they can. Huge authority, zero responsibility.
Re: Very biased article
"Refusing to help the police should be illegal."
Emergencies notwithstanding, why on earth should I have to obey a policeman?
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That was my thought, how on earth are they going to enforce this stupid law.
Re: If they did this in the UK
Alas, not so - not since the 1980's. Apparently the ink in newspapers isn't food grade and therefore not considered good eats...
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"...we all know that the capitalists are greedy and evil as fuck..."
"People are greedy, evil, and sick bastards"
"Human have always had some detestable desire to control other humans"
Sorry, but I have to challenge viewpoints so general and bleak and so wrong as these. I'm a person, a capitalist with social tendencies, and I resent your depicting me so. Humanity is so much better than you describe.
Re: Photography analogy?
Your photograph analogy only works so far. Patients are guaranteed access to their health information -- including their genetic data -- under HIPAA.
So in terms of your analogy, subjects are allowed under law to view a photograph of them. Copyright has nothing to do with this. Under European law, this would come under data protection, where people are guaranteed access to their own data.
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Yes, but studies have shown that parents have far less influence on how their offspring turn out than you'd suppose.
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"destroying whatever lives they want..."
But in this case, Hogan's problems are 100% on himself. As has been said elsewhere, if Gawker were making things up, they'd be liable.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
What's with the Great American Political Circus?
Politics is a sick joke. Tuesday, November 8 2016, the USA has it's presidential election.
As a European, I think it's hilarious that all the worlds leaders except Putin dread the arrival of President Trump.
Re: Copyright is necessary
Ha ha! If copyright exists for the lifetime of the creator +70 years, who has to die for these works to become public domain?
RIPA
"And, just like that, any protections UK citizens might have gained from the 2000 version of RIPA were waved away in the interest of bulk collection convenience."
This statement brought a sad, ironic smile to my face. Let's not forget that RIPA itself is an incredibly invasive and intrusive law, and that the UK came a hair's breadth to having RIPA 2 foisted upon it...
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I'm not convinced he passed away. It wouldn't be the first time someone used "death" to avoid life's little problems...
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My take on 2008 is that after 8 years of George W Bush people would have voted a douche or a turd sandwich into office.
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I was always impressed by the scientist character in The Fly, who had several identical suits and sweaters hung up in his wardrobe, so he didn't have to make a decision each day on what to wear.
I was tempted to try it, but I was always afraid that people would start to talk about me behind my back...
Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Jun 1st, 2016 @ 5:46pm
It gets worse.
Any female celebrity seen in public in the same outfit twice is going to be mocked.