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  • On the post: ICE Takes To Twitter In Ridiculous Attempt To Defend Interrogating A Man In A Movie Theater For Wearing Google Glass

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2014 @ 12:18pm

    Re:

    is that code dating from before the mis-70s? if so, then it's been superceeded by federal ones. Sorry, try again.

    You forgot to mention Golan also established it's not property

  • On the post: ICE Takes To Twitter In Ridiculous Attempt To Defend Interrogating A Man In A Movie Theater For Wearing Google Glass

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2014 @ 11:46am

    Re:

    That's NOTHING. You should check out 17 U.S. CODE ? 501
    I'll quote the very first bit to you.

    (a) Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 122 or of the author as provided in section 106A (a), or who imports copies or phonorecords into the United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer of the copyright or right of the author, as the case may be.

    You'll notice that it SPECIFICALLY refers to violating copyright, and defines details.
    It does not reference 18USC at all, for a very good reason, 18USC is inapplicable.

    Of course, I'm all for striking 17USC501 and replacing it with 18usc.

    BTW, that 2319 came from a lovely little lobby law produced under Bush, the ProIP act. So you can hardly say it's 'been deemed that for a century'.

    Also, the SCOTUS doesn't consider it theft (see Dowling, Golan)

  • On the post: ICE Takes To Twitter In Ridiculous Attempt To Defend Interrogating A Man In A Movie Theater For Wearing Google Glass

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2014 @ 11:37am

    Here's a helpful little primer to help you understand the difference.
    I am told Pearson education actually bought a license to put it in one of their copyright textbooks.

    http://torrentfreak.com/copyright-infringement-and-theft-%e2%80%93-the-difference-110827/

  • On the post: UK Man Jailed For Not Giving Police Thumbstick Password

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2014 @ 11:50am

    Re: Re: Re:

    We've been a bit twitchy about terrorist plotting - even for a laugh - since 7/7/2005.

    Which is a bit sad, as it's hardly the first time we've had a terrorist incident. Just the first since the Cowards Parade took over. (Warrington Bombing survivor here)

  • On the post: UK Man Jailed For Not Giving Police Thumbstick Password

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2014 @ 11:48am

    Re: Re:

    gotta love the internet.
    Couldn't find a link myself, until I found a comment I'd made on Falkvinge's blog 18months ago with the link in it :-)

    http://www.zdnet.com/surveillance-straw-petitioned-on-commerce-bill-controversy-3002073974/

  • On the post: Alabama Court Shuts Blogger Up With Prior Restraint Court Order, Indefinite Jailing For Contempt Of Court

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2014 @ 11:41am

    I read and commented on the popehat story, but just now I finally remembered why Shelby County sounded so familiar.

    Voting Rights Act.

    Now it all kinda makes sense.

  • On the post: UK Man Jailed For Not Giving Police Thumbstick Password

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2014 @ 11:54pm

    the exception for naming the driver of a vehicle went to the european courts in ~98. they said you had no right to silence or protection from self-incrimination then.

    Then RIPA came in, and they can demand the password for any crime, failure is 2 years. for terrorism its 5. So one of the first things people did when it passed, was commit a minor crime, write a file about it, then encrypted it and sent it to the Home Secretary (or maybe the deputy PM, I forget which) then told the police that politician had evidence of a crime.
    As you might expect, plod didn't really care, because of who it was (this was before plebegate) but it might be something people will try again.

  • On the post: EU Commission Redefines Corporate Lobbyists As 'Civil Society' To Pretend To Be Transparent In TAFTA/TTIP

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2014 @ 10:11am

    I think the problem is we're looking at two different meanings of transparent

    We look at it as meaning 'you can look through it'
    They look at it as meaning 'you can't see it at all'

  • On the post: Latest Twist On DRM Of Physical Products: Machines Locked Down By Geolocation

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2014 @ 04:36pm

    Re: Re:

    Says who?

    You certainly can, just its cheaper (in time and materials) to buy it in.

  • On the post: Latest Twist On DRM Of Physical Products: Machines Locked Down By Geolocation

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2014 @ 02:07pm

    Re:

    oh, and I forgot that some of those conversion kits, are open source (Such as https://www.inventables.com/technologies/desktop-cnc-mill-kit-shapeoko-2)

    Lets see how well they get stopped, eh?

  • On the post: Latest Twist On DRM Of Physical Products: Machines Locked Down By Geolocation

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2014 @ 01:26pm

    I used to machine (many years ago I was a robotics guy ,was even one of the tech advisers/safety inspectors on BattleBots), and I'll tell you one thing about modern machining. The low-end stuff today, is worse than the low-end stuff from the 40s.

    Second, 90% of all mills and lathes come from China.

    Third - there are a NUMBER of conversion kits, to turn regular mills and lathes into CNC machines, and has been for a long time. I remember the battleBot builder association SORC buying and installing a conversion kit in 1999.

    Fourth -mills and lathes and CNC machines are not that complex. In fact they're a lot simpler than atomic weapons to construct. So, if you're worried about constructing a bomb, and don't want them to do it, trying to den them a much simpler tool used for it, aint going to work. Especially not when there are even open source kits out there. After all, how well did the Ban on CNC machines hamper the Manhattan project? (I know the ban was temporal, in that they hadn't been invented at that point, but the US made them without needing a CNC)

  • On the post: Fullerton Police 'Use Of Force' Trainer Says No Policies Violated During Beating Death Of Kelly Thomas

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2013 @ 10:20am

    Re: Good Cops

    What good cops?

    Good cops don't allow bad cops to continue. Good cops don't shield misconduct behind 'the thin blue line'. Good cops should be actively policing themselves, and getting the bad ones out.

    How often are you seeing that?

    Not very often?

    Not many good cops then are there?

  • On the post: Yet Another Court Not Happy With A Prenda Lawyer

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2013 @ 01:50pm

    Re: Re:

    There are potentials for effectively acting otherwise than in the best interests of the client when a layer accepts money from a third party. Thus the referenced rules make it clear that such things are to be done with the clients informed consent, and with the people funding being unable to direct the litigation, or obtaining information that's privileged.

    Not going to be too hard to prove there were no professional standards violations.

  • On the post: Yet Another Court Not Happy With A Prenda Lawyer

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2013 @ 01:44pm

    Re: Re: ouch

    Actually, good rhyme, but slightly off.

    Patel owns two gas stations, which have wifi. the alleged actions took place on one of those IIRC. (its been ~9 months. Was in the motion to set aside the default)

  • On the post: Yet Another Court Not Happy With A Prenda Lawyer

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2013 @ 10:13am

    Re:

    It was a kinda emotional day. I had major butterflies in my stomach and I barely said a word the entire hearing. Also the computer Blair was using to display documents to the court was running Ubuntu, not Windows, so he was flustered by the switch as well.

  • On the post: Time To Rethink Democracy In A Digital Age

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2013 @ 10:48am

    The UK Pirate Party used Reddit to formulate their 2012 Manifesto. It has also used online voting for internal elections, including all the executive positions (which ended this past weekend http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press/releases/2013/dec/16/new-pirate-leadership-team-takes-aim-2014/)

  • On the post: Yet Another Court Not Happy With A Prenda Lawyer

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2013 @ 07:09pm

    Re: And of course Prenda's by-the-checklist response:

    That will take some balls.
    Judge O'Kelley's held his judgeship since 1970 (appointed by Nixon) and was Chief Justice until he retired (and took senior status) in 96.

    I don't think that would wash. I think he's actually one of the longest serving federal judges (I think 3 longest currently, and 15th overall)

  • On the post: 'Lawyer' For Wang-Handled Santa Tries To Stifle Reports About Santa's Wang-Handling

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2013 @ 08:16pm

    Re: Esq. does not nesesarily mean lawyer

    Indeed, just ask Bill S. Preston...

  • On the post: Malibu Media Sanctioned Again For Bogus Copyright Abuse & Intimidation

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2013 @ 11:20am

    Re: So, the legal system (eventually, sorta) works against copyright abuse...

    As a former Robotics engineer what's so alarming about Google's foray?

  • On the post: Music Industry Paper With '50 Years' At The 'Forefront' Of The Business Details Sentencing Of 'Copyright Thief'

    K`Tetch ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2013 @ 04:57pm

    Re:

    So, should we call manufacturing 'craftsman theft'?
    How about printing 'scribe theft'?

    If you're going to make up terms, don't forget to apply them to the exact same situations in history.

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