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• On the post: Author Tries To Trademark The Word 'Dark' For All Of Literary Fiction

  

  ysth ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2019 @ 09:14pm

  Dark BestNetTech

• On the post: Court Says Portland, Oregon City Government Can No Longer Screw Public Records Requesters With Excessive Fees

  

  ysth ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2019 @ 10:06pm

  Screwy Portland

  https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RpJCdaGgCv4/WJBlcWNuzAI/AAAAAAACjO4/OK0vCJf9XdcGbwUin2RXD76JU3IIibKtgCLcB/s1600/Expose-yourself-to-art.jpg

• On the post: Deadspin Is Being Burnt To The Ground By Its New Management As Staff Quits Or Revolts

  

  ysth ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2019 @ 08:25pm

  G/O Media denies the violation of the union agreement, which requires a vote among several executives.

  I don't understand. Does the agreement, the violation, or the denial require a vote? And what is the vote on?

• On the post: Josh Hawley Wants To Appoint Himself Product Manager For The Internet

  

  ysth ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2019 @ 12:17pm

  Autoplay and addiction

  I don't think autoplay is opt out rather than in to addict people, I think it is to serve one more ad than videos you watch.

• On the post: The End Of The Open Internet: Cory Doctorow's Op-Ed From The Future

  

  ysth ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2019 @ 08:31pm

  Our first mistake was giving the platforms the right to decide who could speak and what they could say.

  Is Cory saying private platforms don't/shouldn't have such a right? (Leaving aside issues around protected classes.) The point is not doing anything to incentivize or implicitly force them to constraint speech.

• On the post: GDPR Penalties Prove Why Compliance Isn't Enough—And Why Companies Need Clarity

  

  ysth ( profile ), 09 May, 2019 @ 01:15pm

  Re:

  Oops, comment on wrong post

• On the post: GDPR Penalties Prove Why Compliance Isn't Enough—And Why Companies Need Clarity

  

  ysth ( profile ), 09 May, 2019 @ 01:13pm

  Elizabeth Warren's plans to break up all of the big internet companies doesn't

  plan doesn't or plans don't

• On the post: Bob Murray Sends Judge Whiny Letter Saying That Losing Case To John Oliver Is Making People Say Mean Things To Him

  

  ysth ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2019 @ 02:19pm

  HBO sues back?

  I would guess HBO doesn't normally release transcripts of its shows just for free...

• On the post: Stop Saying That Section 230 Was A 'Gift To Internet Companies'

  

  ysth ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 11:44am

  Interstate and Defense Highway System

  Reminder that the only thing that got us federal highways was saber rattling: “in case of atomic attack on our key cities, the road net [would] permit quick evacuation of target areas.” etc etc.

  Makes me wonder what it's going to take to get a federal anti SLAPP law.

• On the post: This Week In BestNetTech History: April 7th – 13th

  

  ysth ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2019 @ 10:18pm

  Yay

• On the post: Kobe Bryant Every Bit As Useless As His Lawyers Predicted In Trademark Opposition

  

  ysth ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2019 @ 07:49pm

  Re:

  I think. I don't actually know who Kobe Bryant is.

• On the post: Kobe Bryant Every Bit As Useless As His Lawyers Predicted In Trademark Opposition

  

  ysth ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2019 @ 07:49pm

  Black Mama should be Black Mamba?

• On the post: Tell The EU Not To Wreck The Internet

  

  ysth ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2019 @ 12:17am

  Article posted at 0013 pacific

  Intentional?

• On the post: Federal Judge Tosses Cops' Lawsuit Against A Councilmember Who Said The Police Dept. Had Committed Murder

  

  ysth ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2019 @ 07:49pm

  councilwoman

  In Seattle, the title is Councilmember.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At BestNetTech

  

  ysth ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2019 @ 02:51am

  Re:

  Huh, guess it's been a month without.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At BestNetTech

  

  ysth ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2019 @ 02:47am

  No retrospective post this week?

• On the post: FBI Director Chris Wray Needs To Shut The Fuck Up About Encryption

  

  ysth ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2019 @ 10:11pm

  nerd harder

  https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/05/fbi_china_warning/ :

  In the last year, Wray said, he had seen increasing signs the technology community and law enforcement were talking more reasonably about this. There may well be a way to combine strong encryption and lawful intercepts he said, if people are willing to put their heads together.

  So nothing really to worry about, we just need to nerd harder.

• On the post: Supreme Court Says Of Course You Need To Register Your Copyright Before You Can Sue; Copyright Trolls & Hollywood Freak Out

  

  ysth ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2019 @ 09:33pm

  superfluous

  If application alone sufficed to “ma[ke]” registration, §411(a)’s second sentence—allowing suit upon refusal of registration—would be superfluous.

  But in Oracle vs Rimini St, also unanimous, Justice Kavanaugh just wrote "redundancy is not a silver bullet" in response to Oracle's claims that "full costs" must be meant to include costs other than the types enumerated in the law.

  So which is it? I agree wholeheartedly with both rulings, but is this just a "I know it when I see it" kind of distinction?

• On the post: Game Jam Winner Spotlight: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening to Steal Treasure

  

  ysth ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2019 @ 12:13pm

  Oh, good, it actually uses the 1923 version, not the subtly changed (posthumously?) later version.

• On the post: Justice Thomas Is Apparently Serious About Completely Upturning Over 50 Years Of 1st Amendment Law

  

  ysth ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2019 @ 10:46am

  Wow

  Will he take on Marbury v. Madison next?

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