How the hell is anyone supposed to avoid being a criminal when there are books and books of laws one has to obey?
Most of those laws don't apply to you, or any one person. If you're a bar owner you're expected to know the section of the laws dealing with alcohol. If you're a developer you're expected to know about zoning. If you're a contractor you're expected to know about required permits. Each of those sections isn't that difficult to learn.
Someone please violate this city's bogus copyright and get the laws on the internet. And publically shame the city and its leaders for their insanity. I know if I lived in Schenectady I'd be voting against the incumbants (of course, I usually do here anyway).
You don't even have to go to the link to understand what's going on, the story submission says quite clearly that the city isn't asserting copyright, it's a private company that, in the process of putting the laws online for free access, is selling CD copies of their work in process.
..no longer own our government. Time for that city's citizens to fire all the politicians (hopefully peacefully not by force), and rebuild the government from scratch
Yes, how DARE the city make their laws available for free on the internet?
if Google are unaware that it exists then it shows quite how insular they have become - obviously they didn't even think of checking whether anyone else had used the name.
Hey it's not their fault. If only they had access to some sort of computer system that allowed one to quickly examine the internet, a "search engine" if you will, then they might have been able to catch this in time.
We have not yet had to reply to any DMCA takedowns yet - all the content on the website must have a share-friendly license before content can be uploaded.
Weirdly, slashdot decided to post an article about MS taking actions against modded Xboxes on the front page after I posted the GP. I see plenty of hate there.
Case in point: name a single actual Apple fanboy here on Slashdot. Just one.
I've been on slashdot for 10+ years, and I'm not sure I can name a single PERSON here. Who looks at screennames?
I rarely see Slashdotters use the "I couldn't afford it" excuse, they usually use the more philosophical "information wants to be free/it's useless to even try to restrict it" excuse instead.
Don't forget "this game/music/movie isn't good enough for me to buy [yet I still want it for some reason]," or the most intellectually bankrupt one of "piracy helps the maker because it gets them marketshare." I remember people using that last one since way back in the early 80's.
Except every single time Apple does something remotely questionable or popular, there's half a dozen people on Slashdot saying "now if this were Microsoft, you'd all be up in arms", smug in their own cleverness and superiority.
So you think Microsoft somehow released a firmware update to the Xbox that bricked them, there wouldn't be significantly more complaints there than at Apple here?
The reason we say these things is because Apple fans repeatedly and thoughtlessly defend Apple on EVERYTHING they do. If they had a bit of perspective we wouldn't have to chime in. I LIKE Apple's products, I've owned a couple of macs, I own an iphone, and I think OSX is probably the best modern day OS around. It's the utter devotion to the company that just annoys me.
I'm not judging the legitimacy or morality of their actions; I just know slashdot, and if any other company had done something like this they'd be excoriated here.
Its paranoia to pay attention to your government? Unfortunately, most people are as blind as yourself.
It's paranoia to believe (a) that there communists skulking around in your bushes and (b) that someone who subscribes to communist beliefs can hold no value as a person or help a government function, and should be dismissed completely without even looking at the person.
I've thought about that too. But there have only been major partisan news networks for the last two administrations. Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Reagan only had to deal with CNN. Prior to Reagan, there wasn't even CNN. There was no 24 hour news, just networks and papers, basically.
Though actually prior to the 24-hour cable news networks, the national evening news filled that niche in a lot of ways.
Nope. In the 2004 election the Bush campaign faxed out dossiers attacking specific reporters and, even, whole news organizations. Bush was also the President who apologetically called a reporter a "major league asshole" on national TV.
Also the Nixon White House tried killing a columnist they didn't like.
Oh, cherry-picking examples, are we? Detroit is failing because when an entire industry disappears
seattle (crime skyrocketing)
Still a lot safer than that reddest of cities, Dallas, in that reddest of states, Texas.
new york (do i even need to say anything here)
I think you do; I live in NYC and it's a pretty good place to live, even with the world economy like it is.
With out fail, blue leadership has been killing all our major cities.
That is the most profoundly ignorant statement I've read today. Have you ever been to a major city? Or do you just listen to what Glenn Beck tells you from the safety of your little suburb?
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I'm in jail because I couldn't afford to buy the $200 rule book.
Most of the criminal laws that will get you in jail are pretty obvious. Try not to kill people. Or steal from them.
...or, as the article mentions, they can access it online for free after the project is finished.
How the hell is anyone supposed to avoid being a criminal when there are books and books of laws one has to obey?
Most of those laws don't apply to you, or any one person. If you're a bar owner you're expected to know the section of the laws dealing with alcohol. If you're a developer you're expected to know about zoning. If you're a contractor you're expected to know about required permits. Each of those sections isn't that difficult to learn.
Someone please violate this city's bogus copyright and get the laws on the internet. And publically shame the city and its leaders for their insanity. I know if I lived in Schenectady I'd be voting against the incumbants (of course, I usually do here anyway).
You don't even have to go to the link to understand what's going on, the story submission says quite clearly that the city isn't asserting copyright, it's a private company that, in the process of putting the laws online for free access, is selling CD copies of their work in process.
..no longer own our government. Time for that city's citizens to fire all the politicians (hopefully peacefully not by force), and rebuild the government from scratch
Yes, how DARE the city make their laws available for free on the internet?
This case is nuanced.
Hey, whoah, slow down there chief. Remember what website you're posting on, we don't want to hear that.
Depends on the state, google dram shop laws.
Yeah what did your family ever do for you?
if Google are unaware that it exists then it shows quite how insular they have become - obviously they didn't even think of checking whether anyone else had used the name.
Hey it's not their fault. If only they had access to some sort of computer system that allowed one to quickly examine the internet, a "search engine" if you will, then they might have been able to catch this in time.
We have not yet had to reply to any DMCA takedowns yet - all the content on the website must have a share-friendly license before content can be uploaded.
Huh? Didn't you just start this thing?
Wake up, give people what they want and you'll make money.
No, SELL people what they want and you MIGHT make money, if your expenses don't exceed your revenue. Giving stuff away doesn't usually turn a profit.
I think you're the one with reading comprehension problems.
Weirdly, slashdot decided to post an article about MS taking actions against modded Xboxes on the front page after I posted the GP. I see plenty of hate there.
Case in point: name a single actual Apple fanboy here on Slashdot. Just one.
I've been on slashdot for 10+ years, and I'm not sure I can name a single PERSON here. Who looks at screennames?
I rarely see Slashdotters use the "I couldn't afford it" excuse, they usually use the more philosophical "information wants to be free/it's useless to even try to restrict it" excuse instead.
Don't forget "this game/music/movie isn't good enough for me to buy [yet I still want it for some reason]," or the most intellectually bankrupt one of "piracy helps the maker because it gets them marketshare." I remember people using that last one since way back in the early 80's.
Except every single time Apple does something remotely questionable or popular, there's half a dozen people on Slashdot saying "now if this were Microsoft, you'd all be up in arms", smug in their own cleverness and superiority.
So you think Microsoft somehow released a firmware update to the Xbox that bricked them, there wouldn't be significantly more complaints there than at Apple here?
The reason we say these things is because Apple fans repeatedly and thoughtlessly defend Apple on EVERYTHING they do. If they had a bit of perspective we wouldn't have to chime in. I LIKE Apple's products, I've owned a couple of macs, I own an iphone, and I think OSX is probably the best modern day OS around. It's the utter devotion to the company that just annoys me.
I'm not judging the legitimacy or morality of their actions; I just know slashdot, and if any other company had done something like this they'd be excoriated here.
I don't think that you can blame them for dropping support.
Any other company and yes, they would be blamed.
Its paranoia to pay attention to your government? Unfortunately, most people are as blind as yourself.
It's paranoia to believe (a) that there communists skulking around in your bushes and (b) that someone who subscribes to communist beliefs can hold no value as a person or help a government function, and should be dismissed completely without even looking at the person.
The EC is much better at standing up to badly behaved companies than America.
Well, standing up to badly behaved American companies.
Oh, he would have lost, no question. But at least it wouldn't be as big an abuse of the process.
I've thought about that too. But there have only been major partisan news networks for the last two administrations. Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Reagan only had to deal with CNN. Prior to Reagan, there wasn't even CNN. There was no 24 hour news, just networks and papers, basically.
Though actually prior to the 24-hour cable news networks, the national evening news filled that niche in a lot of ways.
Nope. In the 2004 election the Bush campaign faxed out dossiers attacking specific reporters and, even, whole news organizations. Bush was also the President who apologetically called a reporter a "major league asshole" on national TV.
Also the Nixon White House tried killing a columnist they didn't like.
As I recall, Beck also asked repeatedly for Jones to expressly deny the charges, which he never did.
Why the hell should he? He should have told Beck to go to hell, if he responded at all.
I don't want anyone who used to be a communist anywhere near my government.
I don't really care what you want. Fortunately, most people don't subscribe to your paranoia.
Try again.
Blue states support the red welfare states.
Red states do pull ahead of the blue states in teen pregnancy rates, though, so you have that going for you.
detroit (falling apart more every day)
Oh, cherry-picking examples, are we? Detroit is failing because when an entire industry disappears seattle (crime skyrocketing)
Still a lot safer than that reddest of cities, Dallas, in that reddest of states, Texas.
new york (do i even need to say anything here)
I think you do; I live in NYC and it's a pretty good place to live, even with the world economy like it is.
With out fail, blue leadership has been killing all our major cities.
That is the most profoundly ignorant statement I've read today. Have you ever been to a major city? Or do you just listen to what Glenn Beck tells you from the safety of your little suburb?
As for the 1st Amendment, who is it that has been trying to muscle Fox out of the networks, claiming they "aren't really a news organization"?
Nobody's been trying to "muscle" Fox out of the networks. Is the White House trying to shut them down? Send the army into the studio?
Jones joined the communist party, and perhaps now he's dropped out to join the Democrats, but that doesn't mean his core views have changed.
Except in the link which you apparently didn't read where he explains how his views changed.
I'm no longer a Libertarian Party member, having realized the LP has little hope of winning
Yeah, hard to run crackpot candidates.