Unless one of those so called "traitors" starts killing people or launching attacks or spilling classified information or something, they are unpopular airheads with an unwelcome opinion, but nothing more.
The only thing you mentioned that was worthy of action was intelligence mission.
Ironically, proxies were recently used to attack my desktop and one of my programs got crashed. Someone retaliating against me for a friend of mine spamming them with my server address without my permission.
Use all the proxies you want but since they're ripe targets for being abused don't be surprised if you wind up getting blocked.
Open proxies are a nightmare for security conscious people, precisely for the same reason they are attractive both to freedom fighting patriots and asshole hackers alike.
If you can use it to dodge oppression, a hacker can use it to dodge responsibility.
Which would you rather trust for the "security" excuse they use to lock down the firmware?
A private company with closed source stuff that you can't be sure doesn't have some abusive feature sweethearted into it on demand of another company or the government?
Or an open source sunshine drenched codebase maintained by geeks with a passion for programming who consider it a personal affront if their crap gets hacked or bugged?
First, if you don't like the paperwork, don't sign it.
In theory this protects you, but in practice enough people don't give a shit that you're going to be drowned out by enough idiots keeping the bad guys in business that you won't have much choice except to either bite the bullet and sign it, or do without a car completely.
That said, whether you can sue or not doesn't affect if the manufacturer is responsible for compliance with consumer protection laws or safety standards that, being matters of statute, trump the contract.
You cannot sign away your rights to press criminal charges.
Or anyone else's for that matter.
It wouldn't be stealing if you gave them permission to take your TV, your wife could still deny consent and it would still be rape, animal cruelty is prosecuted by the government.
one person realizing this and trying to recruit allies will
a) Run into apathetic sheeple who are too numbed by the establishment owned media to give a shit
b) Find themselves targeted by the establishment as a subversive entity, and will find the full weight of the media brought down on them if they get out of line.
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What I don't get is how CP charges can come from someone making photos OF THEIR OWN BODY!
Someone getting nailed on kiddie porn charges for THEIR OWN PICTURES is what is ridiculous.
You can't get much more victimless than that.
Nice strawman with the nazi party there.
Unless one of those so called "traitors" starts killing people or launching attacks or spilling classified information or something, they are unpopular airheads with an unwelcome opinion, but nothing more.
The only thing you mentioned that was worthy of action was intelligence mission.
Ironically, proxies were recently used to attack my desktop and one of my programs got crashed. Someone retaliating against me for a friend of mine spamming them with my server address without my permission.
Use all the proxies you want but since they're ripe targets for being abused don't be surprised if you wind up getting blocked.
Open proxies are a nightmare for security conscious people, precisely for the same reason they are attractive both to freedom fighting patriots and asshole hackers alike.
If you can use it to dodge oppression, a hacker can use it to dodge responsibility.
Then why did Oracle start nuking Sun's old blogs right before they sued Google?
Was the stealing shameful or not?
It's only stealing if the "victim" does not consent to it.
Which would you rather trust for the "security" excuse they use to lock down the firmware?
A private company with closed source stuff that you can't be sure doesn't have some abusive feature sweethearted into it on demand of another company or the government?
Or an open source sunshine drenched codebase maintained by geeks with a passion for programming who consider it a personal affront if their crap gets hacked or bugged?
And of course you can bet that the pad and notebook whatever manufacturers love having monopolies on repair.
Make it so that nobody else can fix it, and you can also push them to have it replaced instead of repaired.
Why did the old Sun website go poof right before trial then?
I cite this groklaw article to detail things: http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20110810152617279
Also notice how quickly they sued Google after acquiring Sun.
That and how they tried to shred the old sun website which would probably establish promissory estoppel.
I'm also aware that there are FDA regs that say "only a drug can cure, prevent, or treat a disease"
So, if some big pharma corp gets wise to anything his program can do that will reduce the need for the pills he is pushing...look out.
And FDA approval is just the first step in letting the corporate bribed commissioners stamp this into the ground.
I'm betting that unless this developer has connections to big pharma it will be delayed indefinitely.
Sure, and watch as the stores you return the half opened software to
1. Refuse to return it, forcing you to deal with EA directly for a refund
2. Exercise their right to refuse service and simply kick you out completely
Pirates outnumber conscientiously objecting consumers probably about a dozen to one.
It's all well and good when the worst that can happen is that you'll yell yourself hoarse when your fusses fall on deaf ears.
It's quite another when speaking out can get you sued or arrested.
Ever heard of a SLAPP?
First, if you don't like the paperwork, don't sign it.
In theory this protects you, but in practice enough people don't give a shit that you're going to be drowned out by enough idiots keeping the bad guys in business that you won't have much choice except to either bite the bullet and sign it, or do without a car completely.
That said, whether you can sue or not doesn't affect if the manufacturer is responsible for compliance with consumer protection laws or safety standards that, being matters of statute, trump the contract.
In theory (and practice), if you give them consent for something by signing away your rights, it ceases to be a crime.
I only hope they don't make you sign EULA crap for essentials like electricity, food, water, or shelter.
How could that be possible?
How can a contract with an arbitration clause even be enforceable until the contract is agreed to?
What stops you from balking and simply refusing to sign?
If they're actually, ya know, stealing, then it's a crime and you can report it to the police.
You cannot sign away your rights to press criminal charges.
Or anyone else's for that matter.
It wouldn't be stealing if you gave them permission to take your TV, your wife could still deny consent and it would still be rape, animal cruelty is prosecuted by the government.
patent clerk: *gives the patent away to one of the elite*
elite: *pats the patent clerk's freshly bribed pockets*
one person alone cannot make a difference.
one person realizing this and trying to recruit allies will
a) Run into apathetic sheeple who are too numbed by the establishment owned media to give a shit
b) Find themselves targeted by the establishment as a subversive entity, and will find the full weight of the media brought down on them if they get out of line.
The problem with patenting stopping at a red light is that the establishment would never let you get away with it.
Selective enforcement of laws is right up there with selective performance of duties.
All that matters is who you are and whose backs you scratch...or stab.
Price discrimination, as with all things, is illegal if the government says it is.
That's the very definition of "law".
Water is expensive when power hungry warlords want it to be.
It's easy to control a population when they're thirsty.