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• On the post: Dutch Chief Of Police Suggests National DNA-Database For All Citizens

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2011 @ 08:52am

  I should point out that DNA recognition technology is not as foolproof as it is depicted in crime dramas like CSI and Law & Order. Running DNA tests is also expensive, from what I heard.

• On the post: Bath & Bodyworks Goes To Court To Explain To Summit Entertainment That The Word Twilight Existed Before The Movie

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2011 @ 10:18pm

  What's the point of protecting the trademark on one of the most hated franchises ever?

• On the post: Turkey Overreacts Yet Again: Bans All Of Blogspot Because Of Copyright Infringement On A Few Blogs

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2011 @ 01:54am

  Re: Careful Mike...

  It's not Turkey that's bad, it's their government.

• On the post: Turkey Overreacts Yet Again: Bans All Of Blogspot Because Of Copyright Infringement On A Few Blogs

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2011 @ 01:27am

  Oh no, my blog is hosted on blogspot! Oh wait... I rarely ever write blog posts on it anyways.

• On the post: Copyright Pre-Settlement Virus A Lucrative Scam

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2011 @ 10:49pm

  Re:

  The MAFIAA has already been planting fake evidence of copyright infringement. I have absolutely no doubt that they would resort to such a tactic.

• On the post: Justice Department Investigating MPEG-LA For Antitrust Violations Over VP8 Patent Threats

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2011 @ 12:05pm

  Re: Re: The Most Amusing Part

  Just like a time-travel story arc in Bob & George!

• On the post: If You Say Something In Public, You Can Be Quoted And If You Say Something On Twitter, That's Public

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2011 @ 09:43pm

  Now, if those people had their twitter timelines set to private, then they might have a case.

• On the post: Florida Court Realizes Its Mistake, Reverses Order For Ripoff Report To Take Down Content

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 10:29pm

  Its unfortunate how frequently judges ignore established laws and procedures in favor of their own personal beliefs and opinions.

• On the post: Swedish Court Fines File Sharer About $300 For Sharing 44 Songs

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2011 @ 12:22pm

  I'd say the $300 is a reasonable fine. The goal of most punishments is to teach the person a lesson in order to prevent them from committing the crime again.
  
  The fines we have in the US? If I'm correct in assuming that the fines are all paid to the copyright holders, then the heavy fines we have are little more than a money-making scheme that the MAFIAA got through heavy lobbying/bribing.
  
  And I wonder... how much of those heavy fines do the artists get to see? Or does 99% of it all go to what I am assuming is the MAFIAA's gold-plated money vault?

• On the post: Long Time Academic, Regular Op-Ed Writer, Claims He Had No Idea He Was Supposed To Attribute Text He Plagiarized

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 04:10pm

  Argumentum ad Stupidus?

• On the post: Zombie SCO Rises Again, Appeals Latest Ruling

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2010 @ 04:48am

  Re: imho ...

  Knowing the way SCO operates, it is more than likely they would try to do some legal weaseling to get out of it.

• On the post: Zombie SCO Rises Again, Appeals Latest Ruling

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2010 @ 03:51am

  Okay, somebody contact a priest and get some holy water to throw onto SCO's walking corpse. Each splash of holy water does 1d6 damage and dissolves undead targets as if it were acid.

• On the post: Towing Company Continues To Stand By Its Misplaced Lawsuit Against Angry Customer, Despite Losing Half Its Business

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 26 May, 2010 @ 08:43am

  "Hindsight is always 20/20."
  
  Except when you are blind to the lessons of the past, as the owners of T&J apparently are.

• On the post: Louisiana Wants To Put You In Jail If You Embarrass Anyone Under 17 Years Old Online

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 21 May, 2010 @ 10:43am

  Is Bush involved?

  This suddenly reminds me of a law that George W Bush had snuck into a bill that would make it illegal to be annoying online. Since anything and everything can annoy someone, you can easily see the stupidity of the law. As if we'd expect anything smart to come from Dubya's head.
  
  This law is arguable worse, though, because a person can just SAY that they are humiliated or embarrassed in order to get someone thrown in jail out of spite.

• On the post: Towing Company Feels The Streisand Effect After Suing A College Kid For $750k

  

  Zauberin Stardreamer ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2010 @ 06:36pm

  A lot of companies these days seem to use the practice of "shoot first, ask questions later" when it comes to filing lawsuits. And they're learning the same lesson that Creative Lab has learned: think about the consequences before you litigate.
  
  Some lawyers may be upset with the above statement, but only because they benefit from such behavior.