So, following your theory, T-Mobile and Verizon can stop telling people exactly how many peak minutes they are getting with their plan, because "abusive users" will carefully monitor their usage and go right up to the limit and then stop using it for the month, thus denying them the overage? They should just sell it as "unlimited" and cut people off who in their minds talk on the phone too much, right?
Sounds like a good idea. They'll annoy the rest of us less with their jabbering.:)
Back in the day we wouldn't get 5 years in prison for writing software to workaround intentional bugs added by the vendor to prop up their outdated and failing business model.
If I received a legal threat, I'd make sure it is from an ACTUAL lawyer before deciding what to do.
The law makes it so it is not too hard to verify that, a legitimate law firm needs to register with the bar, have a working contact number, etc (also they'd want to it order to get/do business).
Making sure the law firm exists and the threat was actually sent by them would be my first steps. Calling the police/FBI is step 2 if it was fake.
Google's search is a loss leader and won't go away.
They do have sponsored ads, which is only reasonable and pays their bills, yet people decide to SUE them for it!
As if people really couldn't tell a sponsored ad from a search listing (hint: one says sponsored add, the other doesn't), or doesn't like the fact competitors can buy them (if the only customers you lose are too dumb to tell you apart, did you really want them?).
And get 5 years FREE (*) housing at a very secure Federal facility. Yes, it comes totally free with your DMCA violation. You even get a guaranteed job, one you can take pride in, knowing people will see your handiwork proudly displayed on the back of many people's motor vehicles! And you'll have a lot of big "friends" and a lot of opportunity to socialize in a communal atmosphere.
(*) Not counting civil and criminal forfeiture, fines, and restitution.
(only half kidding about this - once the CableCARD and broadcast flag stuff become mandatory it will be for real).
And if you buy a gun, they should make sure you won't kill anyone (above and beyond the Federal gun laws). The pharmacy should make sure you aren't going to commit suicide. The car dealership should make sure you won't drive drunk and go off a bridge like Ted Kennedy. The computer store should make sure you won't let your PC become a zombie spammer. Slashdot should make sure you aren't going to use an account to troll.
Talk about unfair burdens!
Leave Google alone. Saying they aren't a legitimate business is absurd. They are the leader in search, and for good reason. Most questions people ask me I tell them to Google it, or if I'm in a good mood or they are important, I'll Google it myself.
I had a Ford Taurus and remember what the report said when I had a non-OBD emissions test. Not only did it pass, but the emissions were 0 on all except hydrocarbons which were 3 ppm and the legal limit was 220 ppm.
So 70 of my car would still pollute less than one barely legal car.
Making clean cars cleaner is nice. Getting rid of the gross polluters is better, otherwise it is like pouring a Dixie cup in Lake Mead, it won't do much.
And if you fail emissions, pay enough in repair bills in attempting to get it to pass, but can't, some states (I know Nevada is one - I believe the limit is only $400) WILL give you a waiver that allows you to register it anyway, and I think old enough cars are exempt too.
Also Nevada is one of the most free (perhaps THE most free) state in the US, so if something is illegal there it is likely illegal everywhere.
Heck, we have a whole industry here that is legal nowhere else (I don't mean gambling either - I know they've made that legal at least somewhere it almost all of the 50 states and DC).
He should've copied his paper on to a P2P network or posted in somewhere in such a way that he got a DMCA takedown sent to him for his own work.
Then filed a counter notice.
He could then sue the publisher for copyright infringement and for a false DMCA takedown, which also provides nice proof for his case, and also sue his ISP for a failure to reverse a DMCA takedown if they failed to do so.
By the time he's done he'd get rich off his free paper.:)
Perhaps we need links that contain a message digest, so if the page changes the link self-deletes or gets flagged in the browser as pointing to a now changed page.
Slashdot Mirror
Let me guess, the bureau that gave you trouble was Experian, right?
due to new federal legislation which requires them to monitor activity and keep extensive backups if they allow open public use of the network.
what law?
California is large enough to be a nation in lots of other parts of the world,
:)
Here in the US, a lot of us consider California to be a separate nation already.
(Not because of its size, but because of its politics)
can you pack any more ignorance into two words?"
:)
Vista rules!
So, following your theory, T-Mobile and Verizon can stop telling people exactly how many peak minutes they are getting with their plan, because "abusive users" will carefully monitor their usage and go right up to the limit and then stop using it for the month, thus denying them the overage? They should just sell it as "unlimited" and cut people off who in their minds talk on the phone too much, right?
:)
Sounds like a good idea. They'll annoy the rest of us less with their jabbering.
Back in the day we wouldn't get 5 years in prison for writing software to workaround intentional bugs added by the vendor to prop up their outdated and failing business model.
Now we do.
If I received a legal threat, I'd make sure it is from an ACTUAL lawyer before deciding what to do.
The law makes it so it is not too hard to verify that, a legitimate law firm needs to register with the bar, have a working contact number, etc (also they'd want to it order to get/do business).
Making sure the law firm exists and the threat was actually sent by them would be my first steps. Calling the police/FBI is step 2 if it was fake.
Google's search is a loss leader and won't go away.
They do have sponsored ads, which is only reasonable and pays their bills, yet people decide to SUE them for it!
As if people really couldn't tell a sponsored ad from a search listing (hint: one says sponsored add, the other doesn't), or doesn't like the fact competitors can buy them (if the only customers you lose are too dumb to tell you apart, did you really want them?).
It is popular to attack Google lately.
And get 5 years FREE (*) housing at a very secure Federal facility. Yes, it comes totally free with your DMCA violation.
You even get a guaranteed job, one you can take pride in, knowing people will see your handiwork proudly displayed on the back of many people's motor vehicles! And you'll have a lot of big "friends" and a lot of opportunity to socialize in a communal atmosphere.
(*) Not counting civil and criminal forfeiture, fines, and restitution.
(only half kidding about this - once the CableCARD and broadcast flag stuff become mandatory it will be for real).
Welcome to economics 101....things COSTS MONEY.
Including the Grammar 101 class you didn't take.
And if you buy a gun, they should make sure you won't kill anyone (above and beyond the Federal gun laws).
The pharmacy should make sure you aren't going to commit suicide.
The car dealership should make sure you won't drive drunk and go off a bridge like Ted Kennedy.
The computer store should make sure you won't let your PC become a zombie spammer.
Slashdot should make sure you aren't going to use an account to troll.
Talk about unfair burdens!
Leave Google alone. Saying they aren't a legitimate business is absurd. They are the leader in search, and for good reason.
Most questions people ask me I tell them to Google it, or if I'm in a good mood or they are important, I'll Google it myself.
They should use it for mobile phones.
Heck, everyone thinks they cause cancer already anyway.
As opposed to Republican (UN)maintained infrastructure, just like the leeves in New Orleans.
I had a Ford Taurus and remember what the report said when I had a non-OBD emissions test. Not only did it pass, but the emissions were 0 on all except hydrocarbons which were 3 ppm and the legal limit was 220 ppm.
So 70 of my car would still pollute less than one barely legal car.
Making clean cars cleaner is nice. Getting rid of the gross polluters is better, otherwise it is like pouring a Dixie cup in Lake Mead, it won't do much.
And if you fail emissions, pay enough in repair bills in attempting to get it to pass, but can't, some states (I know Nevada is one - I believe the limit is only $400) WILL give you a waiver that allows you to register it anyway, and I think old enough cars are exempt too.
If he had THAT in his bag, I'd be MORE than happy to have him leave!
You've already consented to such a test as a condition of having a driver's license.
Also Nevada is one of the most free (perhaps THE most free) state in the US, so if something is illegal there it is likely illegal everywhere.
Heck, we have a whole industry here that is legal nowhere else (I don't mean gambling either - I know they've made that legal at least somewhere it almost all of the 50 states and DC).
He needs to collect donations to pay his website bill after this is said and done.
:)
Considering the coverage it has gotten, a $1000 fine will be peanuts compared to what he'll owe his ISP for excessive use.
He should've copied his paper on to a P2P network or posted in somewhere in such a way that he got a DMCA takedown sent to him for his own work.
:)
Then filed a counter notice.
He could then sue the publisher for copyright infringement and for a false DMCA takedown, which also provides nice proof for his case, and also sue his ISP for a failure to reverse a DMCA takedown if they failed to do so.
By the time he's done he'd get rich off his free paper.
If the RIAA can get damages without any infringing copies being made (and in this case there are almost certainly some) why can't he?
Anyway, statutory damages don't require showing harm or unjust profits.
What are backups?
:)
And does Google cache count?
Just go file an official DMCA counter notice, then they'd have to put it back.
LJ admitted they over-reacted initially and deleted some communities they shouldn't have.
That would be like nuking a city because of a few miscreants in it.
Perhaps we need links that contain a message digest, so if the page changes the link self-deletes or gets flagged in the browser as pointing to a now changed page.
In the end the engine died. The water pump broke, the engine overheated and one of the pistons welded itself to the cylinder.
:)
Why would one keep driving when one was overheating? Same reason one would put 50% oversized tires on it?