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• On the post: MPAA So Thrilled With Zediva Ruling, It Offers To Help The Court Spread It

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 07:55am

  I'm not sure having a judgment that is being appealed to the next higher court should be published in this Register publication. If that appeal gets denied and the case dies then by all means, try and make that happen, but while action is still pending on it I believe it would be detrimental to the justice system to publish it in such a manner.

• On the post: Can Someone Block Google From Passing Along A DMCA To ChillingEffects?

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 11:24am

  Re: Re:

  So they take down his stuff and as per their policy post the notice to CE.org. The guy gets all upset that his notice is on CE.org and raises a big stink about it. So to keep that from happening (and since it sounds like the guy doesn't want his notice on CE.org) they decided to hold off on processing the take down till he tells Google, "yes I understand that it will get posted to CE,org but take it down anyway" or "No, since I think it is more important that I not show up on CE.org do not process the take down."

• On the post: Gibson CEO: US Government Won't Even Tell Us What Law They Think We've Violated

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 10:00am

  Re: Surprised?

  Why does everyone blame the President when ultimately Congress holds the purse strings, which is the ultimate determiner if an plan or project is going to work?

• On the post: Gibson CEO: US Government Won't Even Tell Us What Law They Think We've Violated

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 09:21am

  Re: This must be sc-fi...

  I'ma stick a little closer to earth and say they need the exotic wood to fight Vampires..

• On the post: Can Someone Block Google From Passing Along A DMCA To ChillingEffects?

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 08:16am

  Re: Re: ...

  Once the claimant has filed his notice and it has been processed all it is is information about what has been taken down.
  
  Look at it this way. CE.org is providing a free archival service of what has changed. The Internet never forgets.

• On the post: Can Someone Block Google From Passing Along A DMCA To ChillingEffects?

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 07:42am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Google is required by law to accept and process the DMCA request. Once they have done so they can do anything they please with it, which in this case means publishing it to CE.org. Where do you see it specifically saying "We will not process your DMCA request (even though we are required by law) unless we can post it to CE.org."?

• On the post: Can Someone Block Google From Passing Along A DMCA To ChillingEffects?

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 07:26am

  Re:

  Um.. no. Its more like Google saying "If you send us a DMCA takedown we will process it as required by law and then file it with Chilling Effects." Their policy does not say "We will not process this DMCA unless we can post it to Chilling Effects."

• On the post: Court Finds Law Blocking Teachers From Friending Students 'Staggering'; Blocks Implementation

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2011 @ 12:04pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  As you should be. If your child is under 13 technically they shouldn't even be on Facebook to begin with.
  
  Should you be concerned if an adult teacher wanted to be a Facebook friend with your children? I don't know, how about you get involved with your child's life and whats going on at school. Go meet his/her teacher at a PTA Meeting and get to know the teacher and decide if you think any communication needs closer monitoring. In short, take an active role in your kids upbringing and interactions with others.

• On the post: Court Finds Law Blocking Teachers From Friending Students 'Staggering'; Blocks Implementation

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2011 @ 11:16am

  Re: Re: Re:

  That law is so broad that I would not have been able to interact with my own mother had she been a teacher at the school I attended when I was under the age of 18.

• On the post: EA's Origin Service Wants To Exchange Games For Your Personal Data [Updated]

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2011 @ 10:03am

  Re: Re:

  And you are correct. Skyrim is being developed and published by Bethesda. I think I linked Skyrim and ME3 together because of that mashup video someone did with the voice over from Skyrim with the video from ME3.

• On the post: EA's Origin Service Wants To Exchange Games For Your Personal Data [Updated]

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2011 @ 08:14am

  I wanted to play Battlefield 3, I really enjoyed Battlefield 2 and hoped to get back into FPS games with it. Then I saw it wasn't going to be on Steam and then was Origin only. Even before details about the EULA came out I wasn't all that keen on Origin so I finally decided to pass. I want to play Star Wars: The Old Republic, it will not be available on Steam and only on Origin. I really really would like to play it but I think I will have to pass. Most likely will have to pass on Mass Effect 3 and Skyrim if they are Origin only titles.
  
  My main reason for avoiding the Origin store is that I really don't want to have to sign up at another site or remember another user name and password. The broad terms of the EULA really turns me off to this and many new EA offerings. I might buy ME 3 but not download it and simply find a pirate copy so I don't have to deal with this Origin's silliness.

• On the post: BART Turns Off Mobile Phone Service At Station Because It Doesn't Want Protestors To Communicate

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2011 @ 03:59pm

  Re: Well, yes and no...

  It started out as a protest (the UK thing..) of family members and friends. Then the hooligans took it to the next level.

• On the post: BART Turns Off Mobile Phone Service At Station Because It Doesn't Want Protestors To Communicate

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2011 @ 03:48pm

  Re: Re: Disturbing comments

  NO that is a comment by someone in an article run by a tv station.
  
  http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/08/11/phil-matier-planned-protest-at-bart-station-fails-to-materialize/
  
  5th one down or so.

• On the post: Journalist Bemoans Fact People Won't Pay For Online Content; Suggests Users Be Forced To Pay For Online Content

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2011 @ 11:02am

  Re:

  It gets more fun.. were you getting married? Then you had to publicly post your Marriage Banns, guess who had to foot the bill for that?

• On the post: Motion To Quash Against Copyright Troll Explains How IP Address Does Not ID User

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2011 @ 08:42am

  Re: Re:

  Indeed. Thank you.

• On the post: Motion To Quash Against Copyright Troll Explains How IP Address Does Not ID User

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2011 @ 08:13am

  I can only assume it is some kind of legalesse shorthand, but what is up with all the "Id"s in the quoted text?

• On the post: Company Claims Patents On Generating A Map From A Database; Getting Real Estate Industry To Pay Up

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2011 @ 03:27pm

  My Lawyer to to the Judge: Sir, we would like to have a copy of CIVIX-DDI code and our code submitted to a third party for independent comparison . After all, you can patent the implementation of the idea, but not the idea itself. We think we have a case and can prove that our implementation of their idea is sufficiently different.

• On the post: How Data Retention Makes Us Less Secure

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 03:43pm

  Re:

  Also run into the problem of storage space. Tapes disks whatever all take up physical space that you have to keep secure and organized.

• On the post: Potential Lulz: Security Experts Think UK Police Tricked Into Arresting The Wrong Person Over LulzSec Hacks

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2011 @ 06:56am

  Re: Re: Re: counting coup

  Woah!! Over NINE THOU... wait.. I see what you did there.

• On the post: Forget The Stormtrooper Costumes, Get Worried About UK Courts Saying They Can Judge US Copyright Law

  

  Nathan F ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2011 @ 07:21am

  Re: Copyrights should only apply to creators

  Interesting concept, much like the whole "who took the photo and gets the copyright for it" issue.
  
  I can't remember, did that "works for hire" issue get resolved one way or another?

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