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• On the post: Can't Make This Up: Paramount Says Star Trek Fan Flick Violates Copyright On Klingon And 'Uniform With Gold Stars'

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2016 @ 02:18pm

  Re: Re: Sorry, but...

  And regarding the Dickens example... that's the whole point: The fly-by-nighters were illegally selling exact copies of his complete work -- that's what was covered by copyright, and that's why it was illegal. If they were selling a new work in which Ebenezer Scrooge flew the Cratchits to the south of France for a holiday -- even if it were clearly derivative -- that wouldn't have violated copyright.

• On the post: Norwegian Police Seize Domain Name For Linking To Sites Offering Popcorn Time

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2016 @ 02:24pm

  Scoundrels

  Next seizure: the Jolly Time Popcorn site.
  
  After all, "popcorn"... "time"... all the elements are there. Who do those evil pirates think they're kidding?

• On the post: San Bernardino DA Tells Judge To Side With FBI Over Apple Because iPhone May Have Mythical Cyber Weapon

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2016 @ 09:56am

  Re: Re:

  Best part:
  
  "... contained solely on the seized iPhone..."
  
  Very affirmative. Definitely just on that one, specific device.
  
  "... could..."
  
  Ummm... not so affirmative.

• On the post: Federal Judge Says Third Party Doctrine A Perfectly 'Good Law;' No Warrants Needed To Obtain Cell Location Records

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2016 @ 12:50pm

  Works for me

  So... information someone feels should remain private -- secrets, let's call them -- can't be disclosed to me; but if they're in the hands of a third party -- a Mr. Snowden, perhaps -- that's okay.
  
  You said it, Your Honor: "... it doubtlessly remains good law today."

• On the post: Want To Report A Dangerous Drug Dealer? Just Enter Your Personal Info Into The DEA's Unsecured Webform

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2016 @ 06:46am

  Brilliant

  Sending the notification to Stevens' "side job" address has the same impact as writing it on his bathroom mirror in red lipstick. That ought to grab his attention.

• On the post: Penis Pump Company Threatens To Report Techdirt To Interpol Because We Wrote About Its Bogus DMCA Demands

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2016 @ 10:40am

  Re:

  I smell tomorrow's Daily Deal!

• On the post: Penis Pump Company Threatens To Report Techdirt To Interpol Because We Wrote About Its Bogus DMCA Demands

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2016 @ 10:39am

  Re:

  They have a plan: Hack Google, and embed code that changes the type color of any Techdirt references to white. So much for visibility!
  
  Hey, it could work...

• On the post: Penis Pump Company Threatens To Report Techdirt To Interpol Because We Wrote About Its Bogus DMCA Demands

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2016 @ 10:36am

  "Why aren't you taking us seriously?"

  "I write on behalf of the Legal Department of Andromedical, S.L. Company..."
  
  Yours truly,
  
  Biggus Dickus

• On the post: Our Further Response To Australian Lawyer Stuart Gibson, Who Continues To Threaten Us

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2016 @ 04:27pm

  Re:

  "How To Speak Australian"... did they suggest substituting "dribble" for "drivel"? Or maybe it was onomatopoeia - the sound of his firm's reputation dribbling into the loo, complete with its down-under drainwater swirling, of course, in a counter-clockwise direction.

• On the post: Navajo Nation's Trademark Suit Against Urban Outfitters Proceeds; But Should It?

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2016 @ 04:42am

  "... entirely about fooling customers into thinking that the goods were made by Native Americans..."
  
  I've often pictured that noble tribe hard at work as they built my cousin's SUV... his Mazda Navajo.

• On the post: The Incredible Corporate Sovereignty Saga Involving Ecuador And Chevron Continues

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2016 @ 05:04am

  Re: the ecuator and the surrounding hearing loss

  Exactly correct! Turkish hearing aids will no doubt help the Ecuadorian government hear what the Tribunal has been saying to them.
  
  (H/T to Google Translate!)

• On the post: How Lobbyists Turned Big US Education Reform Bill Into The 'No Copyright Propaganda Left Behind' Act

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2016 @ 08:06am

  Loophole

  Good news! Paragraph E requires that such subject matter be "evidence based"... and the only evidence that supports the eveything-must-be-owned camp is MPAA/RIAA pablum. Fiction isn't evidence.

• On the post: French Politicians Pushing To Ban Linking To Any Website Without Permission

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2016 @ 08:31am

  "... benefit from the value of some copyright-protected cultural goods and services without ever paying for using them..."
  
  "Copyright-protected" - that would be, ummm, the entire website, right? I've benefited from visiting websites "without ever paying for using them", so I guess I'm guilty as charged. Stick my fiber connection into the guillotine, Madame!

• On the post: State Prosecutor Says Forfeiture Reform Is 'Legislators Funding Drug Dealers'

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2016 @ 02:13pm

  Like the famous saying...

  Take a page from Johnnie Cochran: "If you want my sh*t, you must convict."
  
  How hard is that?

• On the post: Cartoonish Law Enforcement Supervillain Sheriff Joe Arpaio Allegedly Involved In Copyright Infringement As Well

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2015 @ 12:28pm

  Love Them Capitals

  "...Federal Copyright... Copyrighted Posters..."
  
  Wanna make flowery legal language just a little more special? Capitalize random words throughout. Instant prestige!

• On the post: FBI Director Says 'Smart People' At Office Supply Companies Can Help Limit Terrorists' Access To Pen And Paper

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2015 @ 08:52am

  Back to basics

  "...used handwritten notes... in a bid to circumvent police and ASIO surveillance..."
  
  Just like I circumvent surveillance by whispering in someone's ear.

• On the post: The Anonymous Assault On ISIS Is Hurting More Than It's Helping

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2015 @ 01:10pm

  Good news, bad news

  Good news... a worldwide, secret organization seeks to subvert IS!
  
  Bad news... it's just Anonymous again.

• On the post: Did You Hear About How ISIS Has A Sophisticated Training Manual For Encryption? Yeah, It Was Actually A Pamphlet For Journalists And Activists

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2015 @ 01:08pm

  "Best practices" aid our enemies!

  The American Automobile Association publishes a brochure about vehicle maintenance issues in sandy, dry, dusty climates. Traitors! If not for that pamphlet, all IS vehicles would be dead and disabled in great heaps across the desert, and the terrorists would be defeated!

• On the post: As Predicted: Encryption Haters Are Already Blaming Snowden (?!?) For The Paris Attacks

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2015 @ 05:59am

  Re: When 'scum' just doesn't quite cut it...

  Maybe the "F" stands for Fox. Use it as a verb... Fox you too, Dana. Fits perfectly.

• On the post: Germany Wants To Define A Snippet As Seven Words Or Less; Doing So Is Likely To Breach Berne Convention

  

  Vidiot ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2015 @ 12:56pm

  "... also termed the 'snippet levy'."
  
  Snippet Levy... I once knew a moyel by that name...
  
  (fah-dump-bump)

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