The way that I thought that it worked was that you sue in civil court when you actuall suffer damages even when the other party was doing something illegal.
In cases at law, for example tort or contract cases, you generally do. This is a case at equity, so the plaintiffs are trying to get injunctive relief (also attorneys fees, but that's considered ancillary to the injunction).
She signed up for this netflix thing, then found out some actual researchers, not hypothetical ones, cracked the publicly available data for a couple of users. She then joined a class action suit but didn't use her real name.
VLC is by far the best versatile cross platform VIDEO player available to mankind. Very sad if MAC OSX VLC development is discontinued.
I will go further and say that in terms of speed, ease of use, reliability, and elegance VLC may be the best piece of open source software of any kind around.
I care if i don't exceed it the new cap. It is the principle, not the practice.
When I entered into a contract with AT&T for unlimited internet on my iphone, I assumed they were entering into it in good faith; that they would make a reasonable effort to provide me fast, well-connected internet service. For the most part they have. I don't think it's unfair for THEM to expect ME to enter it into good faith either, and not jailbreak my phone and tether it to a computer then spend 24/7 maxing out the bandwidth.
Actually I think a better legal principle might be the inherently dangerous activity one. Like if you're using dynamite, and it causes damage, even though you weren't negligent, you are still liable for the damage.
If people weren't so stupid (the world would be better off...) they would realize that most 99 year contracts you have to enter into are a way worse deal than the $500 up front for a phone- I guess it goes to many American's credit isn't real money mentality that has lead us to the financial mess we're in, but I digress.
Americans do a lot of things on credit mainly because in general, credit is fairly cheap in the U.S., not really a matter of ignorance or stupidity. Subsidized phones aren't necessarily a terrible idea, especially if your paycheck is large enough to cover that little more a month in added wireless fees, but small enough that that $500 initial investment would cause a hardship.
Didn't people have friends and relationships before the internet? what did you do just a few short years ago before facebook existed, accept a life of solitude?
No, I just accepted that for a lot of my friends I'd eventually lose touch with forever. That wasn't a good thing.
I'm guessing you have either few friends or a lot of leisure time. I work for a living, I don't have time to constantly call friends just to stay in touch.
$300 for a device that's easier on the eyes than an LCD screen, and can store 1500 books? I think that's a perfectly reasonable price for what you get.
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She's asking for injunctive relief. None of the plaintiffs will get money if they win.
To me that's a separate issue - anyone filling a Jane/John Doe lawsuit has to expect their name would eventually become public information.
I don't know if that's true, there are plenty of lawsuits where anonymity is maintained. I'd guess most of them.
The way that I thought that it worked was that you sue in civil court when you actuall suffer damages even when the other party was doing something illegal.
In cases at law, for example tort or contract cases, you generally do. This is a case at equity, so the plaintiffs are trying to get injunctive relief (also attorneys fees, but that's considered ancillary to the injunction).
According to the Complaint, netflix did do perturbation of the numbers but didn't do enough of it.
Yes, it does.
She signed up for this netflix thing, then found out some actual researchers, not hypothetical ones, cracked the publicly available data for a couple of users. She then joined a class action suit but didn't use her real name.
Where did those extra 2.2 pounds come from?
Either a bottle of champagne. Or a riding crop.
VLC is by far the best versatile cross platform VIDEO player available to mankind. Very sad if MAC OSX VLC development is discontinued.
I will go further and say that in terms of speed, ease of use, reliability, and elegance VLC may be the best piece of open source software of any kind around.
Most generic slashdot story ever.
I care if i don't exceed it the new cap. It is the principle, not the practice.
When I entered into a contract with AT&T for unlimited internet on my iphone, I assumed they were entering into it in good faith; that they would make a reasonable effort to provide me fast, well-connected internet service. For the most part they have. I don't think it's unfair for THEM to expect ME to enter it into good faith either, and not jailbreak my phone and tether it to a computer then spend 24/7 maxing out the bandwidth.
Actually I think a better legal principle might be the inherently dangerous activity one. Like if you're using dynamite, and it causes damage, even though you weren't negligent, you are still liable for the damage.
1 billionth spammer
So approximately one out of every 7 people on earth is a spammer?
There are also statutory causes of action which allow the prevailing party to get legal fees and costs. It's kind of a hodgepodge.
If people weren't so stupid (the world would be better off...) they would realize that most 99 year contracts you have to enter into are a way worse deal than the $500 up front for a phone- I guess it goes to many American's credit isn't real money mentality that has lead us to the financial mess we're in, but I digress.
Americans do a lot of things on credit mainly because in general, credit is fairly cheap in the U.S., not really a matter of ignorance or stupidity. Subsidized phones aren't necessarily a terrible idea, especially if your paycheck is large enough to cover that little more a month in added wireless fees, but small enough that that $500 initial investment would cause a hardship.
Thanks, guys. I've spent the past 10 years constantly criticizing you, but there must be something about the place if I keep coming back...Well done.
There will still be a winner in this case... the lawyers.
Just like there's always a winner when someone has cancer... the doctors.
Didn't people have friends and relationships before the internet? what did you do just a few short years ago before facebook existed, accept a life of solitude?
No, I just accepted that for a lot of my friends I'd eventually lose touch with forever. That wasn't a good thing.
I'm guessing you have either few friends or a lot of leisure time. I work for a living, I don't have time to constantly call friends just to stay in touch.
Ha, don't worry, I have no shame.
Dear My Government, It's Officers, Agents, And All Of That:
I don't think they're reading slashdot.
Well I guess it does come down to at some level what money is worth to you. $300 isn't pocket change but it's not going to put me out in the streets.
As an iphone user, I say good. If the extra fees force those 3% to cut down a little, maybe my connection won't be so slow all the time.
Someone want to remind the judge he's not judging a debate tournament, and that innocence transcends protocol?
I hope that that someone will actually read the opinion rather than accept an anonymous slashdot poster summary of what it says.
Actually, one of the Sony reader models is $199, though with a slightly smaller screen than the kindle or nook.
$300 for a device that's easier on the eyes than an LCD screen, and can store 1500 books? I think that's a perfectly reasonable price for what you get.