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• On the post: Devin Nunes Sues Again; He REALLY Doesn't Want You To Read This Article About His Family's Cow Farm In Iowa

  

  McKay ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2019 @ 11:02am

  Iowa

  "No, no, no, we're not involved with Iowa."
  <files lawsuit in Iowa>
  smh

• On the post: Appeals Court Says An IP Address Is 'Tantamount To A Computer's Name' While Handing The FBI Another NIT Win

  

  McKay ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2019 @ 03:10pm

  We could look at it another way...

  In one way of looking at it, an IP does actually refer to a single computer. At my house, that's the modem/router provided to me by the ISP. In the case of an "illegal download", the router is "guilty" of (routing requests) to illegally download content, not the users computer. Maybe there's a good legal reason to rent routers from the ISP. The device with that IP address is the ISPs!

• On the post: ICE's Fake University Sting Operation Also Used A Bunch Of Fake Facebook Profiles

  

  McKay ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2019 @ 03:58pm

  What makes it a fake university?

  Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is a university created by the government. This isn't fake, this is the government helping foreigners legally into the country.

  If blizzard uses BitTorrent to distribute their game client, it's not illegal.
  If Kim dotcom releases his album on Mega, it's not unauthorized sharing.

• On the post: Former FCC Commissioner Tries To Claim Net Neutrality Has Aided The Rise Of White Supremacy

  

  McKay ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2017 @ 12:15pm

  Let me fix that for you

  Net neutrality [and all forms of freedom of speech] has aided the rise [and exposure] of white supremacy [and social injustices]

• On the post: Olive Garden Apologizes To Allofgarden.com, Blames IP Enforcement Bot For Legal Threat

  

  McKay ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2017 @ 09:29pm

  It was a limerick?

  It sounds like it could have been a limerick but someone (legal?) changed it?
  
  Thank you for bringing this to our atten(tion)
  And being such a passionate fan.
  We all (huddled and) will take
  No action relate(ed)
  As long as you respect our bran(d)

• On the post: Cell Phone Hacking Company Hacked; 900 GB Of Logins, Log Files, And Forensic Evidence Taken

  

  McKay ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2017 @ 09:10am

  Taken?

  Oh, was the information taken? Was this a theft of some kind?

• On the post: Guy Argues That Anti-Ad Blocker Systems Violate EU Privacy Laws

  

  McKay ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2016 @ 11:56am

  Browser detection?

  Would that mean accessing the user agent string or otherwise making your webpage browser specific similarly be in violation of the same law?

• On the post: Why Is The Government Putting DRM On Its Own Public Files?

  

  McKay ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2007 @ 11:12am

  applicability

  Tom hit it on the nose, but let me make the connection. (I'm not a lawyer, just a studier of the DMCA)
  
  The DMCA prohibits people from bypassing the DRM to articles protected by copyright law. Because works produced by the government are public domain, and therefore not protected by copyright, the DMCA does not apply.
  
  Sure, people may have a hard time getting at the content, but if you do (and if you acquire tools to bypass the DRM?) you are not violating the DMCA