hmm, while i agree that in general the internet is a much more complicated place (legally speaking) than the real world, i would say that the first part of your argument is invalid.
if i published an article attacking cbn but that article was hidden away on the back page of some small circulation journal on fly-swatting, but was then found ten years later (it *might* happen) the publication date is still the same.
this could the be photocopied and stuck on billboards, handed out leaflet-style, but the publication date is the same. if a newspaper includes an excerpt, or even talks about it, that would be the same as slashdot linking to your defamation about herrings. slashdot is not endorsing your opinion, they are just making other people aware of this.
all in all, it's a tricky area, but then so much of the legal hemisphere is.
i would have thought that the provider would have a record of the number of the person/company who sent a text message to my phone at a given time. therefore it should be fairly easy to trace the spam and report it to someone.
i am not aware, however, of any bodies (whether in the uk or anywhere else) who you could report it to (DMA?) and i doubt that, at the moment anyway, my provider would care. of course, if enough people complained then they might take a different view.
i don't know much about the legal status of opt-ins in the uk (shame on me!) and whether the dma would be able to (try and) regulate this, i'd hope so though
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> good luck finding a train to europe!
found one. folkstone to calais:
http://www3.eurotunnel.com/
hmm, while i agree that in general the internet is a much more complicated place (legally speaking) than the real world, i would say that the first part of your argument is invalid.
if i published an article attacking cbn but that article was hidden away on the back page of some small circulation journal on fly-swatting, but was then found ten years later (it *might* happen) the publication date is still the same.
this could the be photocopied and stuck on billboards, handed out leaflet-style, but the publication date is the same. if a newspaper includes an excerpt, or even talks about it, that would be the same as slashdot linking to your defamation about herrings. slashdot is not endorsing your opinion, they are just making other people aware of this.
all in all, it's a tricky area, but then so much of the legal hemisphere is.
kill all the lawyers, make the bytes free!
or not.
nooo! the plastic cases look ugly. the (possibly cheaper?) carboard ones have a sense of class about them and look much nicer.
in fact, most of the "special edition" releases use the cardboard whereas the standard eds use placcy (at least in the UK anyway)
just to be picky, but region-free dvd players don't encourage piracy - they simply let me play any dvd i buy no matter where from.
i would have thought that the provider would have a record of the number of the person/company who sent a text message to my phone at a given time. therefore it should be fairly easy to trace the spam and report it to someone.
i am not aware, however, of any bodies (whether in the uk or anywhere else) who you could report it to (DMA?) and i doubt that, at the moment anyway, my provider would care. of course, if enough people complained then they might take a different view.
i don't know much about the legal status of opt-ins in the uk (shame on me!) and whether the dma would be able to (try and) regulate this, i'd hope so though