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On the post: TPP Ratification Process Grinding To A Halt As Canada Launches 'Widespread Consultations' On The Deal

Tech42 ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2015 @ 07:22am

How about we do a Free Trade agreement?

A trade deal (as TPP is described in the media) would be nice; a proclamation of corporate sovereignty (as TPP essentially is) is not so nice.

Instead of taking this rushed-through, secretive power transfer, why not start over and negotiate (publicly) the media-reported version?

On the post: Government Displeases Journalists Who Rely On FOIA Requests With Plan To Release Documents 'To All' Simultaneously

Tech42 ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2015 @ 07:28am

Here's a thought....

How about they just don't lock information away to begin with?

On the post: Nintendo Exchanges Goodwill For Control; Issues Mass Monetization Claims On Let's Play Videos

Tech42 ( profile ), 17 May, 2013 @ 01:45pm

STOP IT!!

Please, please, stop saying "shutter" when you mean "close" or "shut".

It's becoming very annoying....

On the post: Veoh Wins Important Case Against Universal Music Over DMCA Safe Harbors Again; But Is Still Dead Due To Legal Fees

Tech42 ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 08:12am

Correct me if I'm wrong...

... but I thought the US courts commonly assigned legal costs to the loser in these cases.
If so, why is Universal not paying those legal fees?

On the post: How Unlocking Your Phone May Now Be A Crime: $500,000 Fines And 5 Years In Prison For First Offense

Tech42 ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2013 @ 11:49am

Re: Re:

With many computers, replacing any internal components would definitely circumvent DRM.
Those little bits of paper tape connecting the side panel with the frame, the ones that state Warranty Void if Removed, are probably sufficient under law to qualify as DRM as they are clearly intended to discourage users altering the internal design of the computer system.

On the post: France Telecom Accused Of Holding YouTube Videos Hostage Unless It Gets More Money

Tech42 ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2013 @ 10:44am

New ISP?

This sounds like a golden opportunity for any ISP willing to carry YouTube traffic to its customers.
They'd siphon away France Telecom's subscribers in a heartbeat.

On the post: FTC's Overzealous Attempts To 'Protect The Children' May Do Serious Harm To The Internet

Tech42 ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2012 @ 01:43pm

"unintended consequences" ?

Given the way ISPs and telcos in the US make haste to deliver personal information to government "requests", I'd say that promoting the concept of positive identification to access websites is anything but unintended.

On the post: Privacy Case May Come Down To Whether It Costs $12k To Uninstall An iPhone App

Tech42 ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2012 @ 01:25pm

Plaintiff estimated the wrong cost

The real cost item would be in ensuring that once the app had been removed, the address book information was also removed from Path's possession.
Hiring the people necessary to sift through their electronic and paper storage systems as well as ensuring that no off-site backups contained the information would cost far more than $12,250.

On the post: Indian Politician Plans To Install Surveillance Cameras In His Ministers' Homes And Offices

Tech42 ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 12:21pm

How comprehensive?

This is a wonderful idea, but only if it applies to Yadav as well as his subordinates.

Surveillance that stops short of the top just redefines where the line of privilege is drawn; it doesn't erase that line.

On the post: Court Rules Yellow Pages Are Protected Speech

Tech42 ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2012 @ 02:46pm

Does this mean my monitor risers will continue to be delivered?

On the post: Free Software Foundation Certifies 3D Printer — And Why That Matters

Tech42 ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2012 @ 07:40am

This is the right principle

Owning your hardware and taking responsibility for what you do with it was a good approach in times gone by, and I believe it's an idea whose time has, once again, come around.

All that's really missing from the picture now is a good 3-D scanner.

On the post: TSA Racial Profiling May Hide Larger Constitutional Problem

Tech42 ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2012 @ 03:32pm

Re: Re: Tertiary Function!

Not for the last 70 years or so?

Let's try not for the last 7000 years or so......

On the post: If You Go To The Olympics, You Can Bring Your iPhone Or Android Phone… But You Better Not Tether

Tech42 ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 08:12pm

"almost impossible to detect"?

Detecting that would be child's play for the Ministry of Housinge. Why, their cat detector vans alone can pinpoint a purr at 400 yards!

On the post: The Sweet Taste Of Defeat: Band Must Pay Legal Fees For Frivolous Lawsuit Over One Used CD On eBay

Tech42 ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2012 @ 07:59am

No way to promote sales

If this case had gone in Scott's favour, wouldn't that mean that retailers could be sued for selling the CD in the first place? After all, they bought it (albeit at wholesale price) and then attempted to resell it.

If this were to be accepted into law, wouldn't that mean that any physical item found to be associated with a copyright could not be sold? Wouldn't the same restriction apply to any physical item associated with a patent?

On the post: Two Men Sue Chicago Police; Claim They Were Abused And Falsely Charged For Filming Officers

Tech42 ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2012 @ 02:53pm

Re: Re: Re: Cops are just employees

LVDave, how do you figure they're "good cops" if they're complicit in this kind of abuse?

On the post: Don't You Dare Show Olympic Spirit In The UK

Tech42 ( profile ), 29 May, 2012 @ 01:22pm

We had the same problem

Same thing happened in Vancouver many, many times over.

In one example, Olympia Pizza, which has been in business here for a very long time, was threatened with a shutdown if they didn't change their name (fortunately, a public outcry prevented that from happening).

The same scenario is played out everywhere, I suspect; we're just not allowed to hear about it outside of any city currently afflicted with a case of Olympics.

On the post: Postal Service Could Be On The Hook For Millions For Daring To Memorialize The Korean War Memorial

Tech42 ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 08:17am

This has me thoroughly confused

How does the sculptor have copyright on a photograph? Is he also the photographer?

I really don't get this....

On the post: BestNetTech To Not Charge Readers For Content

Tech42 ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 07:46am

Oh no, not a paywall!!

This means I'll be forced to read copied-and-pasted Canadian Press releases on one of the other several hundred news sites which "report" the same, word-for-word, story, but not with that nice G&M font!!

On the post: AT&T Argues That More Competition Is Bad For You & Leads To Higher Prices

Tech42 ( profile ), 07 May, 2012 @ 10:27am

Okay, then, AT&T...

If competition is bad, then let's just go ahead and shut you down.

The monopoly can go right back to Bell where it started.

On the post: Law Professor: Megaupload Prosecution A 'Depressing Display Of Abuse Of Government Authority'

Tech42 ( profile ), 01 May, 2012 @ 09:03am

Not an abuse of Authority

The U.S. government does not have the authority to prosecute companies (even within its own borders) for "looking bad".

This is an abuse of power, not authority.

(/English_Teacher)

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