Comment Re:My goodness (Score 1) 279
Money.
Comment Re:Can't wait (Score 1) 513
the implications of huge companies with lots of economic power targeting key politicians is kind of scary.
You mean like massive campaign contributions from the recording and motion picture industries?
Comment Re:Better option -- Targeted blackout (Score 1) 507
As Google is already under some anti-trust scrutiny, selectively blocking results for specific companies for any reason would not be the smartest move for them.
Comment Re:Oh no! (Score 1) 273
Don't worry, you can sue them for unlimited amounts for IP, piracy and unauthorized use charges. You know, because they want to make sure you don't have to give that up:
The only disputes that are not covered by this Section 17 are the following:
1. a claim to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of your or EA’s (or any of EA’s licensors’) intellectual property rights;
2. a claim related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, or unauthorized use;
Comment Re:Stupid Zuckerberg (Score 2) 350
Sounds to me like money doesn't change people.
Comment Re:First (Score 1) 327
You don't receive any income after you're dead, which is all that's been extended since 1976.
Comment Re:Not terribly novel (Score 1) 111
I think you mean the 1870s.
Comment Re:Antidepressants can make people suicidal (Score 1) 182
Pharmaceuticals mostly get into the water through people's urine. The only way you could avoid that would be to not take them (or some really expensive solution, like distilling all the wastewater).
Comment Re:I like holding the mouse over fake holding one! (Score 1) 292
For one, I find that the teflon pads on my mouse glide across the surface of my desk more easily than does the skin on my hand.
Comment Re:Grandfathered in (Score 1) 875
Think about it. That would actually result in people exhaling CO2 that wasn't already part of the biosphere. Plus, I imagine a power station would emit far more than even a very large greenhouse would consume.
Comment Re:Domestic vs. Foreign (Score 1) 776
As a member, I'm okay with my organization of half a million spending more time on all the other amendments when there's an organization of 4 million (the NRA) that focuses on the second amendment alone.
Comment First Post! (Score 1, Funny) 460
Dvorak IS faster!
Comment Correction (Score 1) 314
The sun is directly overhead at 1 PM for most of the year due to Daylight Savings Time.
Submission + - FTC Announces Crackdown on Do Not Call Violators (techluver.com)
Tech.Luver writes: "The Federal Trade Commission today announced a law enforcement crackdown on companies and individuals accused of violating the requirements of the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, resulting in six settlements collectively imposing nearly $7.7 million in civil penalties, along with an additional complaint that will be filed in federal district court.
The actions, brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the FTC's behalf, are against companies ranging from adjustable bed seller Craftmatic Industries, Inc. (Craftmatic) to alarm-monitoring provider ADT Security Services (ADT) and lender Ameriquest Mortgage Company (Ameriquest), and bring to 34 the number of cases filed by the FTC to enforce the DNC Rule, which was implemented in 2003. To date, more consumers have put more than 145 million numbers on the Registry, indicating they do not want to receive calls from telemarketers at home.
( http://techluver.com/2007/11/07/ftc-announces-law-enforcement-crackdown-on-do-not-call-violators/ )"
Submission + - Expansion of Fair Use is Key to Copyright Reform
Hugh Pickens writes: "Gigi Sohn, President of Public Knowledge, presented a six-step program for reforming outdated US copyright laws in a speech at the New Media conference at Boston University expressing no patience with the "disconnect between the law and the technology" of media production and distribution. Sohn puts Fair Use at the top of the list for changes that will help return balance to copyright laws that have limited innovation, scholarship, creativity and free speech. In addition to the four-part legal test for fair use currently on the books, Sohn recommends that Congress add incidental, transformative and non-commercial personal uses to the list of fair uses enumerated in copyright law and expressly provide that making a digital copy for the purpose of indexing searches is not an infringement. In additional to Fair Use reform, Sohn advocates protecting a manufacturer of a technology from liability for the infringing activity of others if the technology has substantial non-infringing uses, punishing a copyright holder who "knowingly or recklessly" sends out false takedown notices, promoting fair and accessible licensing of copyrighted works, limiting damages for the use of orphan works, and requiring copyright holders to provide notice of any limitations on users' ability to make fair or lawful uses of their products."
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