I don't think it's anti-American as such, just a recognition that there are asymmetries the other way too.
But outside the shrill slashdot echo chamber, the fact is American courts are generally very generous in enforcing foreign judgments, the asymmetry is frequently the other way.
Well, although I applaud this, I don't see how it's necessary; wouldn't any US judge say the same thing? The Constitution says we have free speech, and that should be it.
You're right, American courts already generally refuse to enforce libel judgments when they run afoul of fair speech, and I was a little puzzled myself at this news article. I guess the idea is to encode in actual statute what was already in common law.
Imagine how powerful the EFF could become if they had all their expenses reimbursed for all the huge cases they've won.
As a lawyer, I think EFF does good work but I have some issues with how they operate. For one thing, as the page you link to indicates, they tend to take credit for cases that aren't even theirs; filing an amicus curiae brief is not litigating a case and shouldn't be counted a "win." I also note that concerning the attorneys fees issue, the EFF claimed $400,000 in legal fees in Lenz v. Universal, which based on what the news articles said about the case was ridiculous, though I haven't had a chance to check out the docket and see exactly what they were charging for.
It's a question of degrees. They have holes but they're a lot smaller, and can frequently be patched with a slight language change. A paragraph-long law would likely have to be completely rewritten into a longer form to fix its problems.
Laws written by non-lawyers tend to suck with ridiculous holes and unforeseen consequences. Condense a law that you find overwritten and I will find enough holes in it to drive a truck through.
Soo...Wine actually works now? Because for the entirety of the 90's and into the 2000s it really didn't work that well, yet I was constantly being told by linux fanatics how it could run everything, even though it could run almost nothing properly.
The one thing I don't really get is why there is so much focus on tons of tiny pieces of DLC. I don't want a game to be splintered into a dozen pieces that I then have to buy each on its own. For Mass Effect 2 for example I have no less then seven DLC things that I have to download and install manually on the PC and that is just the free bonus stuff, not even counting the pay DLC.
While I agree that the game shouldn't be splintered, isn't Mass Effect 2 extremely long and in-depth on its own? You don't have to get the DLC.
That was how the shareware market did it, back in the day. I know Doom was fairly successful that way, though I don't think a lot of other games really succeeded that way.
I think you'll find that *all* debts will be sure to accrue interest faster than inflation. As if the big boys would let the little people gain from arbitrage opportunities like that.
in the current situation with the us dollar (world's "reserve currency", lol) being backed in this manner by thin air, there is nothing to stop the government simply creating more to get themselves out of debt (inflation) thus reducing the value of goods your single dollar can buy (what you SEE as inflation).
Great, as having more debt than assets (all student loans), I benefit from inflation. Bring it on.
It doesn't matter what you can use it for, so long as it is a FINITE resource and isn't easily replicated. ..That gold is a result of human labour and resources spent
A lot of worthless minerals are hard to extract I'm sure. What you're saying sounds even worse than just arbitrarily saying gold is valuable, you're saying all this work went into essentially creating something that is not really that valuable, and that work somehow added to the value?
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Your freedom of opinion does not INCLUDE the freedom to think I or anybody else is less than you.
Yes. Yes, it does.
These are far worse crimes, and the US refused to hand them over to other countries for trial.
Well, not really "other countries" plural, just one, Italy. Which, as the Knox trial showed, does not have a functioning justice system.
On the contrary, from my point of view, the Democrats are much bigger on censorship (such as so-called "hate speech", AKA opinions)
Huh? Hate speech? When have Democrats passed or even proposed hate speech laws?
I don't think it's anti-American as such, just a recognition that there are asymmetries the other way too.
But outside the shrill slashdot echo chamber, the fact is American courts are generally very generous in enforcing foreign judgments, the asymmetry is frequently the other way.
Well, although I applaud this, I don't see how it's necessary; wouldn't any US judge say the same thing? The Constitution says we have free speech, and that should be it.
You're right, American courts already generally refuse to enforce libel judgments when they run afoul of fair speech, and I was a little puzzled myself at this news article. I guess the idea is to encode in actual statute what was already in common law.
Well this story was published in the Post, so I wouldn't really take any part of it at face value.
Thanks, I'd love an omelette right about now.
Imagine how powerful the EFF could become if they had all their expenses reimbursed for all the huge cases they've won.
As a lawyer, I think EFF does good work but I have some issues with how they operate. For one thing, as the page you link to indicates, they tend to take credit for cases that aren't even theirs; filing an amicus curiae brief is not litigating a case and shouldn't be counted a "win." I also note that concerning the attorneys fees issue, the EFF claimed $400,000 in legal fees in Lenz v. Universal, which based on what the news articles said about the case was ridiculous, though I haven't had a chance to check out the docket and see exactly what they were charging for.
That way you dont need to counter sue everytime, and even big corps wont take you to court unless they think they'l win
Yes, because a 100 billion dollar corporation wouldn't want to risk losing $30k in attorneys fees to say, shut down a critic.
That's what contingency fees are for.
It's a question of degrees. They have holes but they're a lot smaller, and can frequently be patched with a slight language change. A paragraph-long law would likely have to be completely rewritten into a longer form to fix its problems.
AFAIK there should be a training requirement for operating anything other than a kiosk-mode system
So you think the government should be able to step in and tell you that you aren't qualified to operate the computer you just bought?
So what do you do that is so valuable to society exactly?
Laws written by non-lawyers tend to suck with ridiculous holes and unforeseen consequences. Condense a law that you find overwritten and I will find enough holes in it to drive a truck through.
Nope, I tried it several times over 10+ years and got burned each time. If you weren't telling the truth then, why should I believe you now?
Soo...Wine actually works now? Because for the entirety of the 90's and into the 2000s it really didn't work that well, yet I was constantly being told by linux fanatics how it could run everything, even though it could run almost nothing properly.
The one thing I don't really get is why there is so much focus on tons of tiny pieces of DLC. I don't want a game to be splintered into a dozen pieces that I then have to buy each on its own. For Mass Effect 2 for example I have no less then seven DLC things that I have to download and install manually on the PC and that is just the free bonus stuff, not even counting the pay DLC.
While I agree that the game shouldn't be splintered, isn't Mass Effect 2 extremely long and in-depth on its own? You don't have to get the DLC.
That was how the shareware market did it, back in the day. I know Doom was fairly successful that way, though I don't think a lot of other games really succeeded that way.
Huh? How is that common sense? Intuitively you'd think people are happier AFTER work than before it. I know I am.
Your friends' band's contract must have sucked if it didn't carry over to the major label.
Nintendo also can't depend on a cult to buy products and make excuses.
Uhhh, Nintendo? Sure they can.
I think you'll find that *all* debts will be sure to accrue interest faster than inflation. As if the big boys would let the little people gain from arbitrage opportunities like that.
Not if you have fixed interest rates.
in the current situation with the us dollar (world's "reserve currency", lol) being backed in this manner by thin air, there is nothing to stop the government simply creating more to get themselves out of debt (inflation) thus reducing the value of goods your single dollar can buy (what you SEE as inflation).
Great, as having more debt than assets (all student loans), I benefit from inflation. Bring it on.
I think it is well-established that the currency of choice for post-apocalyptic civilizations is bottle caps.
It doesn't matter what you can use it for, so long as it is a FINITE resource and isn't easily replicated. . .That gold is a result of human labour and resources spent
A lot of worthless minerals are hard to extract I'm sure. What you're saying sounds even worse than just arbitrarily saying gold is valuable, you're saying all this work went into essentially creating something that is not really that valuable, and that work somehow added to the value?