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• On the post: City Requires Job Applicants To Hand Over All Online Usernames And Passwords

  

  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 01:21pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  1) "The first amendment does not apply to businesses"
  
  yes it does. moving on.
  
  2) " only to relationship between citizens and the government"
  
  Which is EXACTLY what's going on here. It's the CITY OF BOZEMAN that's requiring this, which is a government.

• On the post: City Requires Job Applicants To Hand Over All Online Usernames And Passwords

  

  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 01:02pm

  Re: Re: Re: TOS violations

  (oops, hit enter)
  So, while I do retract my vehemence, based on your argument and my subsequent education, I do not retract my statements.

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  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 01:00pm

  Re: Re: TOS violations

  The Lori Drew case is all screwy. They went after her on the premise that she had caused a suicide, then added some BS on top; unfortunately it was the BS that stuck and not the suicide. I'd wager it stuck because no one in the jury could stomach letting her off without so much as a slap on the wrist.
  
  The thing is, as long as the TOS doesn't specify otherwise, "X site" can't take legal action. That doesn't mean they won't try, though; and if you and/or your attorney don't know how to READ they'll win.

• On the post: City Requires Job Applicants To Hand Over All Online Usernames And Passwords

  

  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 11:44am

  TOS violations

  TOS violations ARE NOT ILLEGAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  They are Terms of SERVICE!!!!!!!
  
  Which means if you violate them, the site can terminate the service they are providing to you. TOS protect the site FROM legal action BY USERS.
  
  
  That's it.
  
  They CANNOT DO ANYTHING ELSE.

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  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 11:40am

  Re: Re: Illegal

  if you provide someone with your login information, you are GIVING THEM AUTHORIZATION TO ACCESS YOUR ACCOUNT.

• On the post: City Requires Job Applicants To Hand Over All Online Usernames And Passwords

  

  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 11:33am

  Re: a common misconception

  ...and TOS violations are grounds for termination of service, not legal action.

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  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 11:29am

  a common misconception

  Unless by doing so you are granting access to classified/confidential information, realeasing your own login information of your own volition IS NOT against the law.
  
  To put it another way, is leaving your house key underneath the welcome mat ILLEGAL? NO, of course not! Is it STUPID? Yes!
  However, if someone were to come along and gain access to your house by using that key, and steal your belongings...THAT is what's illegal.

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  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 11:23am

  Re: *sigh

  Oh the can-o-worms you reveal by that simple question...
  
  SHOULD it take a Supreme Court decision? F*CK NO!
  
  Is that what this country is coming to? Buzz Lightyear's famous cry sums up the answer to that....

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  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 11:20am

  Re:

  Loose: v. to release, as from constraint, obligation, or penalty.
  
  Lose: v. to fail to win (a prize, stake, etc.)
  
  /grammar cop

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  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 11:12am

  Re: A point that was missed

  "shove your job and I'll see you in court"
  
  Why sue?? Go find a better job and move on. It's a state-employed position, which makes it VERY easy to do that.

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  DJ ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2009 @ 11:07am

  Re: Re:

  "If you are applying for a position and your personal writings, beliefs and postings indicate a clearly divergent philosophy than required or expected"
  
  Good thing the US Constitution allows for that as long as you're not doing anything illegal, which is what background checks are for.

• On the post: EFF Busts Another Bogus Patent… Five Years Later

  

  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 03:33pm

  Re:

  If by "examined" you mean eradicated, then yes.

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  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 02:59pm

  a bit of perspective

  Who invented the wheel? the inclined plane? adapted inclined plane (screw)? written language?
  
  I'm not saying that patents are irrelevant. I am saying, however, that innovation will happen with or without patent laws. It could even be argued that patent laws actually inhibit innovation. How? Well a potential inventor might not follow through with an idea for fear of being sued by someone who came up with that idea already.
  
  So, all you lawyers reading this, especially patent lawyers, think about your impact on innovation BEFORE you think about how much money you can squeeze out of that low-income person whose only REAL crime was to have a good idea!

• On the post: Yet Another Study Shows That Weaker Copyright Benefits Everyone

  

  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 02:12pm

  Re: Downloading then buying

  " haven't notced anyone talking about how I make apurchase of a DVD then a couple months later out comes another with more content; wait a year then out comes another with even more additional content"
  
  I think that sort of thing has become the norm, lately, and most people realize it, too. I wonder if there is some sort of relationship between this and DVD sales. That would be interesting to know.

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  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 02:07pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Some honesty, please

  This is kind of a tangent, here, but let me just ask you this: what kind of advertisement is the best?
  Answer: word-of-mouth
  Susequently, how much does word-of-mouth advertising cost:
  Answer: nothing
  "Free" and "no cost" are synonymous. So, while I would agree that, in music, it's not the best, giving away free copies of music is a FANTASTIC way to advertise.

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  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 01:57pm

  Re: Re:

  DVD sales and merchandising (moichandising?) are NOT in competition with the movie. In fact, copyright permissions must be purchased PRIOR to production and/or sale of those products; which is how the movie makes money off of them.
  
  Welcome to capitalism, my friend.

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  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 01:48pm

  Re: Re: Re: IT'S "WREAK"!!!

  Superfluous, yes, but it was still grammatically correct.

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  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 01:46pm

  Re: Re: IT'S "WREAK"!!!

  Guilty as charged.

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  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 01:44pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Some honesty, please

  Objectivity can still happen????

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  DJ ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 01:43pm

  Re: Re: A nice cover page

  The ways I can twist that statement are too numerous to list here.

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