He does have to read the diary if he wants to find out why you broke the window and how you feel about it. That would be the line of argumentation I would use when you asked me why I was reading your diary.
I think in most states it's 24 hrs notice or an emergency. (IE. someone with an automated home who knows the A/C broke in the dead of summer, or neighbors have complained about a smell or something). At least that's how it is here in TX or at least that's what I've been led to believe.
That is not the only recourse. Sales could go through on the assumption that they are legal and law enforecement could track all such sales via automation programs. Ebay could force sellers to post some sort of authentication as to the age, etc. There are all sorts of work arounds, and banning all ivory sales is probably just the easiest and safest course of action legally.
So you want us to equate EBay asking you for proof that you are the copyright holder with them not caring about (I guess stuff in general?!?) Yes, EBay wanted you to prove that you were the copyright holder, otherwise YOU have NO legal right to make a claim to the copyright and therefore you have no authority to get that auction removed.
I think it's been fairly obvious to everyone else that reads slashdot that EBay was probably been a little overzealous in yanking items for alleged copyright infringement.
Also, out of curiosity, DID you have proof you were the copyright holder?
Dude, seriously . . . you should have sued him! This is America, I'm sure you would have cashed in big, hell. He hit you twice, that's assault and battery, did you say it was in the head . . . assault with a deadly weapon. I'm serious here, not that I think he would have gone to jail or anything, and you may or may not have gotten money. But people like that, generally do not have skills as much as charisma of sort (read: asskissiness). Therefore, even though they are often assholes, they hate it when they are revealed as assholes. If you had demanded to speak to someone in HR about a complaint, or called the cops to report a distressed worker . . . the looks of satisfaction on everyone's face but your boss's would have been worth all the negative CourtTV coverage, imo.
My occupational bully story . . . remotely IT!
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This is only tangentially related to IT, but I worked for a major electronics big box store. I got "promoted" to backstock because I was so good at organizing the floor. One day one of my managers (I had 7 total, all of which could theoretically order me to do something) tells me to "reorganize the hard drives." So I sort them by manufacturer, then size. He tells me we can't sort that way, people won't grab the right drive. So I reorganize them by size then manufacturer. Another manager tells me this will lead to people pulling wrong drives. I grab the first manager and make them talk. They ultimately decide they want me to "organize the hard drives neatly" but without regard to either size or manugacturer, or even any other variables. I spent the entire next day off working on my resume, and quit two days later. When someone is just being an ass, you need to duck out of their with a level head so you don't go postal.
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He does have to read the diary if he wants to find out why you broke the window and how you feel about it. That would be the line of argumentation I would use when you asked me why I was reading your diary.
I think in most states it's 24 hrs notice or an emergency. (IE. someone with an automated home who knows the A/C broke in the dead of summer, or neighbors have complained about a smell or something). At least that's how it is here in TX or at least that's what I've been led to believe.
That is not the only recourse. Sales could go through on the assumption that they are legal and law enforecement could track all such sales via automation programs. Ebay could force sellers to post some sort of authentication as to the age, etc. There are all sorts of work arounds, and banning all ivory sales is probably just the easiest and safest course of action legally.
So you want us to equate EBay asking you for proof that you are the copyright holder with them not caring about (I guess stuff in general?!?) Yes, EBay wanted you to prove that you were the copyright holder, otherwise YOU have NO legal right to make a claim to the copyright and therefore you have no authority to get that auction removed. I think it's been fairly obvious to everyone else that reads slashdot that EBay was probably been a little overzealous in yanking items for alleged copyright infringement. Also, out of curiosity, DID you have proof you were the copyright holder?
Dude, seriously . . . you should have sued him! This is America, I'm sure you would have cashed in big, hell. He hit you twice, that's assault and battery, did you say it was in the head . . . assault with a deadly weapon. I'm serious here, not that I think he would have gone to jail or anything, and you may or may not have gotten money. But people like that, generally do not have skills as much as charisma of sort (read: asskissiness). Therefore, even though they are often assholes, they hate it when they are revealed as assholes. If you had demanded to speak to someone in HR about a complaint, or called the cops to report a distressed worker . . . the looks of satisfaction on everyone's face but your boss's would have been worth all the negative CourtTV coverage, imo.
This is only tangentially related to IT, but I worked for a major electronics big box store. I got "promoted" to backstock because I was so good at organizing the floor. One day one of my managers (I had 7 total, all of which could theoretically order me to do something) tells me to "reorganize the hard drives." So I sort them by manufacturer, then size. He tells me we can't sort that way, people won't grab the right drive. So I reorganize them by size then manufacturer. Another manager tells me this will lead to people pulling wrong drives. I grab the first manager and make them talk. They ultimately decide they want me to "organize the hard drives neatly" but without regard to either size or manugacturer, or even any other variables. I spent the entire next day off working on my resume, and quit two days later. When someone is just being an ass, you need to duck out of their with a level head so you don't go postal.