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• On the post: The Rise Of ContentID Trolls: Dan Bull Has Someone Claim His Music, Take His Money, Issue Takedowns

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 07:34pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Taking your business elsewhere should be the appropriate response.
  [...] YouTube lacks serious competition.
  Spot the disconnect yet?

• On the post: The Rise Of ContentID Trolls: Dan Bull Has Someone Claim His Music, Take His Money, Issue Takedowns

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 07:27pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Freely licensed =/= Public Domain. Simples!

• On the post: Virginia Police Force BBC Reporters To Delete Camera Footage Of Police Pursuit Of Shooter

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 07:01pm

  Re: Re: BBC is well trained

  The BBC are public enemy number one as far the Tory UK government are concerned.
  Really? Even though the Beeb basically tore up the Charter in broadcasting ConDem propaganda?

• On the post: If You're Selling Gift Cards Over The Internet, There's A Patent Troll Coming For You

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 07:12pm

  Sharing Sound was 'located' in a vacant building in Longview, Texas, from where it could avail itself of the friendly East Texas court system.
  FTFY, Tim. ;)

• On the post: As Part Of Its War On Encryption, Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 10:17am

  Re: shame on you techdirt

  I come to Techdirt for technology news [...]
  Then you've come to the wrong blog. Techdirt's authors write about the ups and downs of IP (Intellectual Protectionism) law, especially as it affects technology.

• On the post: As Part Of Its War On Encryption, Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 09:38am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Maybe I should take my own advice as well. The copy I was looking at is fifteen years old. (-_Q) at myself

• On the post: As Part Of Its War On Encryption, Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 09:36am

  Re: Re:

  Except that Merriam-Webster has put cannabis with heroin under the heading of drugs (which category caffeine and alcohol also fall into, incidentally), not narcotics. Maybe next time you should double check the sources you cherry-pick information from.

• On the post: Complaint To FTC Says It’s 'Deceptive' For Google To Not Recognize 'Right To Be Forgotten' In US

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 12:13pm

  Consumer Watchdog, on the other hand, despite its name, appears to have very little to do with actually protecting consumers' interests. Instead, it seems like some crazy people who absolutely hate Google, and pretend that they're "protecting" consumers from Google by attacking the company at every opportunity.
  Oh, yeah. I think some of their members accuse Mike of being a Google shill whenever someone (not always Mike) writes an article about the company, good or bad.

• On the post: James Clapper Says Intelligence Community Has 'Duty To Warn' Endangered People… Sort Of

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 10:06am

  "a. The intended victim, or those responsible for ensuring the intended victim's safety, is already aware of the specific threat;"
  Define 'aware'.

• On the post: As Part Of Its War On Encryption, Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 09:40am

  Russia is filtering these websites under the authority embedded in a 2012 censorship law , whose purpose was purportedly to protect the children from the Internet's naughty bits.
  The Internet has naughty bits? I so wanna see that pron!

• On the post: As Part Of Its War On Encryption, Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 05:09am

  When Russian children are under-educated and the country's no longer competing on the world stage, Putin still won't understand it's because of all the websites blocked due to a single non-issue on each.

• On the post: Appeals Court: No, You Can't Copyright A Chicken Sandwich

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 09:21pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Patents?

  It's 5:20 in the morning where I am. What's your excuse?

• On the post: Appeals Court: No, You Can't Copyright A Chicken Sandwich

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 09:00pm

  Re: A recipe for scrambled eggs can be copyrighted

  Except that the recipe isn't unique and still doesn't have a copyright. The extremely creative expression of the author's method, on the other hand...

• On the post: Appeals Court: No, You Can't Copyright A Chicken Sandwich

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 08:54pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Patents?

  Okay, so if someone rips off something you wrote and says, "But you didn't register it for copyright!" I guess you'll just suck it up?

• On the post: Court Reverses Previous Decision; Upholds Suspension For Student Who Rapped About School Employee Misconduct

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 08:47pm

  Re: ...intimidating a teacher impedes, if not destroys, the ability to teach

  Since Madam Undersecretary Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge is a citizen of the United Kingdom, I feel I must warn you that posting any further details about her (such as her status as a half-blood witch or her use of illegal dark artefacts on students) may be a violation of the Data Protection Act 1998. ;D

• On the post: Court Reverses Previous Decision; Upholds Suspension For Student Who Rapped About School Employee Misconduct

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 08:27pm

  Re: Funny Court Pictures

  The Fifth Circuit group picture sure must look funny with that many judges having their heads shoved that far up their own asses.
  I couldn't find a group picture, but they do look pretty funny. ;)

• On the post: Google Disappears Techdirt Article About Right To Be Forgotten Due To Right To Be Forgotten Request

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 07:57pm

  Re:

  Okay, will do.
  Thomas Goolnik.

• On the post: Appeals Court: No, You Can't Copyright A Chicken Sandwich

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 07:42pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Patents?

  BTW, you know the thing that gave Americans automatic copyright? It's called the Berne Convention Implementation Act 1988. I wonder why?

• On the post: Appeals Court: No, You Can't Copyright A Chicken Sandwich

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 07:38pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Patents?

  Someone clearly hasn't bothered to look. https://www.gov.uk/copyright/overview Then there's the Copyright Duration Directive, which covered countries, including Germany, that were already signatories to the Berne Convention. It's not good to be lazy, you know. You soon get called out on it.

• On the post: Appeals Court: No, You Can't Copyright A Chicken Sandwich

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 03:03pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Patents?

  US law says Fixed in a Medium, I haven't seen it anywhere else.
  UK law says fixed in tangible form, and since the Berne Convention from which that phrase is derived has been made law all across Europe... Ignorance is not a reasonable excuse for lack of knowledge.

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