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On the post: Federal Court Orders Destruction Of Illegally-Obtained Sex Trafficking Sting Recordings

parttimezombie ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2021 @ 05:22pm

Oh, Florida is it?

Isn't that the state run by Ron DeSantis who has people arrested when they won't alter covid data for him?

On the post: Two Studies Show Giving Military Gear To Cops Doesn't Result In Lower Crime Rates

parttimezombie ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2020 @ 02:28pm

Men in armoured cars carrying machineguns through the streets are not police, they're an occupying army.

On the post: 'Tis The Season: Congress Looks To Sneak In Unconstitutional Copyright Reform Bill Into 'Must Pass' Spending Bill

parttimezombie ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2020 @ 06:37pm

Oh joy

I look forward to getting this nonsense in my country soon then, in the interests of "harmonisation".

On the post: Court Won't Rehear Blurred Lines Case, Bad News For Music Creativity

parttimezombie ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2018 @ 08:43pm

Re: "The more you tighten your grip..."

Which is why I hope this case succeeds and is appealed to the Supreme Court, who uphold it.
IP law has turned into something big companies use to squash potential competitors and if the music business starts to feel some of that pain, maybe there will be some change.
Probably not though.

On the post: Court Has No Problem With Multiple Invasive Probings In Search Of Drugs That Didn't Exist

parttimezombie ( profile ), 30 May, 2018 @ 06:47pm

Re: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Having politically motivated courts seems like an odd way to run a country.

On the post: The Demise Of Copyright Toleration

parttimezombie ( profile ), 24 May, 2018 @ 07:38pm

Re: $30 000 is NOT a small claim

I'm not sure extortion is quite the right word.
Laws in the US are proposed by, and sometimes written by the interested industry group.
These industry groups are the same interests that fund the lawmakers election campaigns.
The real problem here is not really copyright, but raises the question of who the US government system is really run for.

On the post: Despite Its Problems, More Consumers Should Behave Like Beer Drinkers To Keep Trademark At Bay

parttimezombie ( profile ), 14 May, 2018 @ 08:39pm

Craft Breweries

A quick look at the history of brewing in New Zealand will show you that Lion Breweries and their rival Dominion Breweries have owned pretty much 100% of the beer market for almost the entire history of the country.
This gave us expensive, poor quality beer until the craft breweries started to give us a bit of flavour.
Unfortunately the big two have used their market dominance to either buy up craft brewers or produce their own brands cheaper.
Lets not pretend Lion (owned by the massive Japanese company Kirin) is anything other than one half of a duopoly.

On the post: Iran's President Comes Out Against His Country's Ban On Telegram

parttimezombie ( profile ), 10 May, 2018 @ 06:46pm

Re: Iran is going to cease to exist

Awesome. Thanks for that A/C.
That's a view that's worked really well for American interests in Iran hasn't it?
You should read some history, particularly the bit where the CIA overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953 and forced the people of Iran to live under the vicious Pahlavi regime for the next 26 years.
Or are you advocating the murder of 81 million people because you don't like them?

On the post: Cable Companies Warn In Court That AT&T Time Warner Merger Will Be Absolutely Terrible For Competition And Consumers

parttimezombie ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2018 @ 04:50pm

from the Synergies,-yo dept

I would like to correct that to "from the No Shit Sherlock dept".

On the post: Rhode Island Backs Away From Incomprehensibly Stupid Porn Filter Law

parttimezombie ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2018 @ 04:39pm

Total Porn Fan

This total weirdo will be caught with porn on his laptop, dirty dirty porn.
He's just like the anti-gay crusaders. They always wind up in some motel room with a rent-boy.

On the post: The FCC's Evidence-Optional Blacklist Of Huawei Is About Protectionism, Not National Security

parttimezombie ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2018 @ 03:15pm

Five Eyes

I live in a five eyes country, and am posting this over national internet infrastructure almost entirely supplied by Huawei.
If there was any real risk there's no way the US would have let us purchase the gear we wound up buying.

On the post: Can Someone Explain How SESTA Will Stop Sex Trafficking?

parttimezombie ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2018 @ 02:53pm

Re: Re: Out of sight out of mind

I'm pretty sure your Senator understands fine.
Something needs to be done.
Look! We're doing something.

On the post: Homeland Security Adviser Pins Wannacry Attack On North Korea In Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

parttimezombie ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2017 @ 05:38pm

Re:

While I really hesitate to defend your Mr. Trump, to be fair to him, the United States has been starting wars for almost its entire history, often with fairly dubious reason.

On the post: New York City Hotels Say Obnoxious $25 'Destination Fee' 'Improves The Customer Experience'

parttimezombie ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2017 @ 05:25pm

Re: Resort fees...

The only time I was charged one of these fees my credit card company seemed quite happy to have it removed when I complained to them.

On the post: Opening Statements In The Trademark Battle Of The Comic Cons, While Other Regional Cons Go Full Judas

parttimezombie ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2017 @ 05:14pm

Value?

“You don’t take or steal something that’s not valuable.”
Then let's establish the trademarks value shall we?
Rose City Comic Con received the license at no additional cost to the show,
OK then, nothing's what it's worth.

On the post: Wireless Industry Lobbies To Ban States From Protecting Your Privacy, Net Neutrality

parttimezombie ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2017 @ 04:45pm

Weirdos

I came here to make some pithy comment about how you Americans have the best Government money can buy (or something clever like that), and instead I am forced to marvel how MyNameHere can spew out Verizon press releases like they're his own work, then double down when challenged.

On the post: Known Terrorists Under Witness Protection Roaming The Country Pretty Much Unattended

parttimezombie ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2017 @ 07:28pm

Unsure

The people involved are "Known Suspected Terrorists" which makes me wonder if they are "known" or "suspected" because those two things are not the same.
After reading the linked techdirt piece about the FBI fitting some poor, dope smoking sap up to get their own War on Terror stats looking good, I'm not convinced that any of these KST people are anything other than the usual suspects.

On the post: California Police Used Illegal Wiretap Warrants In Hundreds Of Drug Prosecutions

parttimezombie ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2015 @ 05:39pm

Re: Re: So all those druggies walked, right?

he will defend his predecessor's wiretap orders if they are challenged in court

Surely he can defend all he likes, but if the DOJ says these orders are shonky, he'll lose.
Won't he?

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