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• On the post: UK Restaurant Threatens Other UK Restaurant Over Trademark On ‘Taqueria’

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2022 @ 12:33pm

  *Meanwhile: Pizza Hut is sitting quietly in the corner snickering at the whole thing.

• On the post: Gavin Newsom Fucks Over The Open Internet, Signs Disastrously Stupid Age Appropriate Design Code

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2022 @ 02:24pm

  mind you this isn't even implicating people NOT working for govts or people working for govts that are working outside their expected duties.

• On the post: Gavin Newsom Fucks Over The Open Internet, Signs Disastrously Stupid Age Appropriate Design Code

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2022 @ 02:22pm

  SCOTUS has protected anonymous speech as free speech (whithin reason), and if I have to scan my face for each website or web session, that no longer makes me anonymous. This has huge implications on ... lets say dissidents or people critical of governments, inlcuding our own. Let's play a thought game, what if I have to use facial rec tech to visit a site that provides ... let's say abortions, or abortion related info, or making comments about abortion on Techdirt, and let's say I live in Mississippi. Suddenly MIssissippi Authorities are going to be VERY interested in me and with facial rec, can identify me, and then take legal action against me, for what should be a legal activity. This IS what is going to happen if these laws stand.

• On the post: Instagram’s Flopping TikTok Knockoff, Reels, Shows That Big Companies Can’t Just Copy Their Way To Success

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2022 @ 10:55am

  anyone remember Zune?

• On the post: Texas School Violates Texas Law By Refusing To Display ‘In God We Trust’ Poster Written In Arabic

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2022 @ 02:53am

  I am more surprised someone didn't go full McCollum v Board of Education on this law by now.

• On the post: UK Columnist: Because Salman Rushdie Got Stabbed, We Should Regulate Online Speech, Get Rid Of Anonymity, And Hold Social Media Responsible

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2022 @ 10:08am

  increasingly, anonymity is going to be MORE significant here. given what we know about data brokers, how easy it is to garner information, and the current and seemingly headed politcal and social climates coming to blows.

• On the post: Rampant Data Broker Sale Of Pregnancy Data Gets Fresh Scrutiny Post Roe

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2022 @ 07:24am

  puts that john oliver bit he did on data brokers in hew light (Which pre-dates Dobbs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqn3gR1WTcA

• On the post: Bail Conditions For Arrested Australian Activists Demand The Impossible: No Using Encrypted Applications

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2022 @ 12:07pm

  let's see how far this goes when Govt sites and/or banking services have to be found guilty of using encryption, Let's see pretty much all of Australia's internet fall because only criminals and terrorists uses encryption. This is fully unenforcable.

• On the post: Philippines Legislator Offers Up Bill That Would Criminalize ‘Ghosting’

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2022 @ 12:34pm

  AN ACT DECLARING GHOSTING AS AN EMOTIONAL OFFENSE

  I read that line in the voice of Steven He.

• On the post: U.S. ISPs That Ripped Out Huawei Gear After Promise Of FCC Funding Now Struggle To Get FCC Funding

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2022 @ 11:46am

  maybe if the telcos didn't rip off the govt so many times before, they'd have more standing with them now.

• On the post: Why Is Media Lamenting Disney’s ‘Loss’ Of Copyright Instead Of Celebrating The Public Domain?

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2022 @ 06:15pm

  Thank you, A lot of people (myself included) often conflate Trademark with Copyright a good example is this: Micky Mouse is Trademarked. Steamboat Willie, is copyrighted.

• On the post: Omnipresent Fentanyl Copaganda Is Turning Normal Citizens Into Fainting Goats

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2022 @ 03:14am

  so that confirms that US money is laced with drugs and drug dogs are now unreliable, right? RIGHT?!?!?!

• On the post: North Carolina Republicans Push Bill Forcing Towns To Destroy Electric Car Chargers

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2022 @ 07:36am

  here's the thing though.... our town.. which is probably as red as NC. put in EV charging stations... and it's a source of revinue for the town. ie. the town is selling power to charge EVs. I mean, it's not much, I see maybe 5 cars charging there a week, it's a small town out in the middle of nowhere, but it does two things, it puts a charging station out here in the middle of nowhere, and the town gets some change out of it.

• On the post: BMW’s Push To Make Heated Seats A $18 Per Month Subscription Portends A Dumb And Costly Future

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2022 @ 08:30am

  oh? bmw is cashing in on this? next will be $50/month for your engine to run. $20/month for AC. $10/month for radio (subscription not included) $25/month to keep air in your tires $25/month to keep gas in your tank $25/month to keep oil/coolant/transmission fluid/misc. fluids in your car.

• On the post: The Moral Panic Is Spreading: Think Tank Proposes Banning Teens From Social Media; Texas Rep Promises To Intro Bill

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2022 @ 11:20am

  Not to mention this will probably be a 1st amendment issue. Let me explain, Social media companies banning people under 13 is part of thier ToS, and not a 1st amendment issue. Making a law prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from having a platform to communicate, assemble and socialize is probably a big no-no.

• On the post: EU Officials Finally Coming To Terms With The Fact That The GDPR Failed; But Now They Want To Make It Worse

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2022 @ 08:45am

  I read the title as CDPR and it still made sense.

• On the post: Licensing Troll For Elvis Estate Seeks To Shut Down ‘Elvis’ Weddings In Las Vegas

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2022 @ 02:27am

  I'd not worry too much... instead of "Elvis" weddings, it will just be "Vintage Las Vegas Rock and Roll" weddings.

• On the post: The Pile On Blaming Video Games For Texas Shooting Begins

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2022 @ 05:03pm

  For reference: the term "Assault rifle" is 1) selective fire (AR-15's are not, even with bump stocks, they are still semi-automatic rifles) 2) Military Specifications - Mil-spec weapons are generally not able to be sold to the public, for obvious reasons.

• On the post: The Pile On Blaming Video Games For Texas Shooting Begins

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2022 @ 04:44pm

  You're right, it's protected by the FIRST Amendment. and exactly relavent to this discussion is This SCOTUS case (ironically decided by Roberts)

• On the post: Lawsuit Attempts To Hold TikTok Responsible For Death Of 10-Year-Old Girl Who Engaged In A ‘Blackout Challenge’

  

  RyunosukeKusanagi ( profile ), 19 May, 2022 @ 11:42am

  ESPECIALLY post-George Floyd.

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