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• On the post: It’s Doubtful United Healthcare Is Abusing The DMCA To Takedown Luigi Mangione Apparel, But Someone Is

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2024 @ 02:57pm

  Exactly. The DCMA should allow hosting companies to charge a fee for each takedown request. If it's taken down they refund 90%, if it's kept up the content poster gets the 90%. If the requester doesn't like that answer, they're free to file copyright suits against the content poster (and not the hosting company - section 230, remember).

• On the post: Words Without Action Are Wind: Senators Blast Automakers On ‘Right To Repair’

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2024 @ 09:35am

  In reply to yours of 12/19/24: "LOL I know, right?"

  The letter just ends with "We urge Ford to comply...". That'll scare 'em straight, I'm sure.

• On the post: Katie Couric Is Wrong: Repealing Section 230 Won’t Stop Online Misinformation

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2024 @ 06:30pm

  I’m pretty sure the SC & other courts would not allow that to happen.

  Probably. For now. Take a look at some of the recent rulings from the 5th Circuit of Appeals and imagine what will happen when judges like those are appointed to the Supreme Court.

• On the post: If You Like Being Ripped Off By Comcast, You’ll LOVE Trump’s Likely New FCC Boss

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2024 @ 06:30pm

  "Or are Americans so saturated with propaganda, and U.S. journalism so profoundly broken, that the blame for the suffering to come is just endlessly shifted elsewhere." It's this one.

• On the post: Fifth Circuit: Lol, No, RFK Jr. You Don’t Have Standing To Sue Joe Biden Because Facebook Blocked Your Anti-vax Nonsense

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2024 @ 06:56pm

  How does one get to be a federal judge?

  I can make up random nonsense and rule on disputes based on facts revealed to me in a dream. I won't care if the upper courts slap me down, as long I keep getting paid north of $180K/year. Seems like a much better post-retirement job than Walmart Greeter. Where do I apply?

• On the post: Threads Bans Anyone For Mentioning Hitler, Even To Criticize

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2024 @ 08:20pm

  “cracker” can technically be a slur against white people

  We prefer the term "Saltine Americans".

• On the post: DHS: We May Start Tracking Minors With Facial Recognition Tech; Also DHS: No, We Won’t

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2024 @ 11:52am

  Of course they will

  The only way to prevent something from being abused is for it not to exist. People are people. If there's a button marked "End of the World Button. Do Not Push!" someone will push it.

• On the post: NYPD Officers Take Griping About Paperwork To New Level As New Reporting Law Goes Into Effect

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2024 @ 08:11pm

  Trust is easily lost. You have to be honest and reliable every time. Otherwise people will eventually stop believing anything you say and make you document everything. That's why the original expression is "one bad apple spoils the barrel" and not "one bad apple is fine".

• On the post: DOJ Asks Fifth Circuit To Block The Injunction RFK Jr. Thinks He’s Now Entitled To Regarding Social Media

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2024 @ 09:05pm

  When I heard "RFK Jr" and "the 5th Circuit" I immediately thought of the Three Stooges having an eye-poking, face-slapping, hair-pulling spasm. I'm sure this will end well.

• On the post: Ninth Circuit Dumps Lawsuit Against YouTube Brought By Anti-Vaxxer Whose Account Was Terminated

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2024 @ 07:44pm

  All vaccines are for stupid, as a secondary effect. They're like chlorine for the gene pool.

• On the post: YouTuber Has Video Demonitized Over Washing Machine Chime

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 30 May, 2024 @ 06:35pm

  It's not ContentID that's the problem

  The problem is that the DMCA doesn't provide any downside to filing bogus claims. If the party filing the takedown request had to pay some non-trivial amount per URL and/or could be charged heavily for "mistakes", much of the abuse would go away.

• On the post: Congress Wants A Magic Pony: Get Rid Of Section 230, Perfect Moderation, And Only Nice People Allowed Online

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 23 May, 2024 @ 05:19pm

  I've been voting as hard as I can. Doesn't seem to have helped.

• On the post: Federal Judge Says It’s Time To End The ‘Mistake’ Of Qualified Immunity While Handling A Bogus Murder Charge

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 23 May, 2024 @ 05:15pm

  That is exactly right. The correct response to a clearly stupid invention by the court is a new law stopping it. That's Congress' job, and they haven't been doing it.

• On the post: When ‘Lol, No’ Is Not Enough: Lawyer Explains Why Bogus Takedown Over ‘Fuck The LAPD’ Shirt Should Result In Paying Legal Fees

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 14 May, 2024 @ 12:40pm

  I predict a new T-shirt design

  now with "and the LAPDF, too"

• On the post: Stop Expecting Tech Companies To Provide ‘Consequences’ For Criminal Behavior; That’s Not Their Job

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 07 May, 2024 @ 08:38pm

  expert opinion

  Paraphrasing something I heard long long ago:

  Well, I have a degree in Computer Science, which makes me an expert in that and related fields, such as those beginning with C, or S, or any other letter of the alphabet.

• On the post: First Approved Emulator App Appears In Apple’s App Store Under New Rules

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2024 @ 09:22pm

  No, but if anyone, anywhere in the world is gaining any awareness, information, or enjoyment from or related to any Nintendo product in any form, no matter how slight or tangential, or for any purpose, without Nintendo's express permission, NINTENDO DEMANDS THAT IT STOP IMMEDIATELY.

• On the post: EU’s Digital Services Act Stumbles Out Of The Gate As Member States Fail To Appoint Regulators

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2024 @ 06:17pm

  Darn it, I meant to say "countries", not "companies". Stupid fingers.

• On the post: EU’s Digital Services Act Stumbles Out Of The Gate As Member States Fail To Appoint Regulators

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2024 @ 07:59pm

  The EU should charge those companies 6% of their annual turnover in penalties.

• On the post: Pokémon Co. Is Now DMCAing Years Old Videos Showing Pokémon Modded Into Other Games

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2024 @ 08:26pm

  And this is why copyright should last for five or ten years and after that it's public domain. You had plenty of time to make money, it's over now. Do something new.

• On the post: Italy’s Piracy Shield Blocks Innocent Web Sites And Makes It Hard For Them To Appeal

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2024 @ 08:56pm

  Hooray for malicious compliance! Just let me get my popcorn... Okay, go ahead, block the entire country.

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