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• On the post: Music Label Demands Google Delist A Wikipedia Page With Info It Doesn’t Like

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2023 @ 07:30am

  DCMA

  This all started with the $1.00 surcharge on Cassette tapes

• On the post: North Carolina Appeals Court's Second Take On Retaliatory Arrests Just As Bad As Its First One

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2019 @ 11:59am

  doesn't this just stomp on The 4Th Amendment

  The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures

• On the post: Government Prosecutor Caught Sending Emails With Tracking Software To Reporters And Defense Attorneys

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 29 May, 2019 @ 11:06am

  This is not criminal court

  First off I don't agree with the tactics here.This is a military court that falls under the UCMJ Military code of conduct.
  Civilian laws do not apply here they are playing on a completely different field when it comes to law different rules. I don't believe that they don't have to prove guilt rather the defense must prove innocents (at least that's what they told up in boot camp)

• On the post: How To Actually Break Up Big Tech

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2019 @ 01:15pm

  this is not the first time in history this has been proposed

  the US has a habit of breaking up large enterprises.
  With each breakup there was a flourish of new industries popping up
  We saw it with Standard oil spawned new competition. The breakup of Bell, produced new "baby" bells.entrepreneurs
  with each instance there is a new group if aspiring entrepreneurs creating new businesses and opportunity

• On the post: Study Reinforces How Much The Internet Has Enabled Content Creators To Make Money

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2019 @ 07:25am

  didnt this already happen earliser

  Wasn't this called Trump university?

• On the post: Verizon Throttled The 'Unlimited' Data Plan Of A Fire Dept. Battling Wildfires

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2018 @ 06:49am

  it'd be a shame

  If the verizon facility caught on fire and were told that they could get a better response for an upgrade to a better plan.

• On the post: Democratic National Committee's Lawsuit Against Russians, Wikileaks And Various Trump Associates Full Of Legally Nutty Arguments

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2018 @ 07:50am

  History repeats itself

  This is the same tact that the DNC took during the Nixon impeachment process.
  it was what kept it in the limelight and eventually brought Nixon down

• On the post: Now That The FCC Is Doing Away With Title II For Broadband, Will Verizon Give Back The Taxpayer Subsidies It Got Under Title II?

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2017 @ 12:47pm

  Re: Re: Re: Annoyed

  Actually I do. I spent years working as a routing engineer for a telecom company

• On the post: Now That The FCC Is Doing Away With Title II For Broadband, Will Verizon Give Back The Taxpayer Subsidies It Got Under Title II?

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2017 @ 10:02am

  Annoyed

  The internet and the surrounding technology was developed with tax payer dollars (DARPA/ARPA) so in essence the US tax payer owns the technology.
  When do I get my investment back?

• On the post: DOJ Still Demanding Identity Of Twitter Users Because Someone They Shouldn't Have Arrested Tweeted A Smiley Emoji

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2017 @ 08:13am

  I often wonder if

  These arrests and harassment of security researchers is a case of them uncovering a government exploit that is used to spy on the US Citizens

• On the post: Legislators Want To Open Up Wiretap Laws To Target Sex Workers And Their Customers

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2017 @ 10:57am

  This should prove interesting

  How many legislators have been caught with their pants down in the past? With all things digital those pant down wont be secret for long, some one will hack and release embarrassing information.

• On the post: Trump Lawyer Threatens To Report A Former FBI Employee To The Inspector General

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2017 @ 06:31am

  not a Leak

  This was not a leak since it did not contain any classified material - the media needs to stop using the word "leak" in this instance. It was however an accounting of what transpired between the two people and made public.

• On the post: A John Oliver Net Neutrality Rant Has Crippled The FCC Website A Second Time

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 09 May, 2017 @ 07:42am

  How out of touch are they

  when a flood of people trying to lodge a complaint is considered a Cyberattack

• On the post: Man Arrested For Parodying Police Department's Facebook Page Sues City, PD Over Rights Violations

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2016 @ 07:21am

  in a simple twist of Irony

  From the front page of the Parma PD website
  
  "...By maintaining order, protecting all constitutional freedoms and enforcing the law impartially, we will serve the City of Parma and tirelessly strive to accomplish our mission.

• On the post: Not Content With Silencing Human Critics, Russia Has Now Arrested A Robot

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2016 @ 10:52am

  Russia should send that bot

  to Philly - it will never again be the same

• On the post: Daily Deal: PDF Expert 2.0 for Mac

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2016 @ 11:04am

  Printers suck

  Personally I think that printers are an environmental abomination. From inception to end of life.
  I haven't owned on for 10 years and this just proves that I was right in that choice.

• On the post: UK Court Says Lauri Love Can Be Extradited To Face Hacking Charges In The US

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2016 @ 12:35pm

  All the while

  A male in the US can rape a unconscious female and get away with 3 months

• On the post: Police Claim They Arrested Man Who Burnt American Flag Because Of Threats He Received

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2016 @ 01:16pm

  IfI remember my military teachings

  Burning of the American Flag is a completely acceptable way to dispose of it

• On the post: Law Firm Subpoenas Glassdoor For Negative Anonymous Reviews, Supercharges Streisand Effect With Its Response

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 23 May, 2016 @ 12:47pm

  I thought it was against the law

  To speak wrongly of a past employee. that there is a great liability to giving anything but when they were employed and their pay

• On the post: Head Of British Rights Group: Piracy Is Google's Fault Even If It's Not Actually Google's Fault

  

  teknosapien ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2016 @ 10:54am

  If you don't understand the internet

  Maybe you should stay off of the internet

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