So did the RIAA. Extortion is illegal. You're not permitted to hold someone's crime over their heads.
And this is a clear violation of the eighth amendment. So the supreme court broke the law by ignoring the case, the people who sentenced her broke the law by actually breaking the eighth amendment.
In fact, merely enforcing this penalty is unconstitutional. She should have grounds to sue the US government. But she can't. Because he government is made of people who can't -- or won't -- see huge flaw in this system. Maybe they're scared of breaking things, maybe it's political, or maybe they don't care one way or another.
Either way the RIAA should face the music for extortion, but they won't. Hundreds of people do accept these ridiculous settlement agreements, and of those that refuse, the RIAA takes the one least able to put a fight and tries to make an example out of them. It's eerily wicked, like some legal mafia.
Of course the pathetic piece of trash must rationalize his actions. He must make it seem like it was all a big accident, misunderstanding. That he was just doing his job, he's not to blame.
Tough luck.
Maybe you do get off, maybe you don't.
One thing is certain for me, though, is that this kind of bullshit stops here. I don't know if he quite understands who he pissed off. Aaron Swartz? He was weak; noble and admirable, but still not strong enough. Pushed hard enough and he toppled over. Like some bully at the playground. I don't like that, and I'm not the only one.
See, there are people in this world that don't topple over when you push them. There are people that, when their back is against the wall, are going to make you regret the day you pushed them into it. It's easy to bully the awkward kid who's just trying to do good. But some of us looking out from the shadows, those of us who aren't so noble and good willed, but cared very deeply about what he had done... We are going to face you and your hypocrisy.
And to call what you'll be doing a defense? That's an overconfident assertions if I ever heard one. It'll be more like a steamroll, just like you thought Swartz was just another hacker to pluck off, so too are you going to be just another lawyer to cross off our list.
Because what you've attacked is not a person. It is not a thing. You cannot destroy it, you cannot hide it, you cannot prevent it. What you have attacked is an idea. And ideas can only be fought by ideas. And you, sir, have no such weapon.
There's no concrete proof of a link, but the coincidences? They keep uncannily piling on, and as soon as we take a peek under the rug I think we'll find it all out.
So if I notice that the gate around an industrial complex has a security flaw, sneak in, sneak back out and tell you about it, then I should have my bank account seized and have my house raided?
He's catering to the publishers because he has to. It's politics, he's making positive steps in some areas but doesn't want to step on publisher's toes so they won't come after him with pitchforks and foil any other plans he has.
He has a lot on his plate, and you can't just go pushing everyone around in politics and expect to get everything you want.
I am current generation. They were banned in every serious high level math class I've taken thus far.
They were allowed in highschool but my highschool calc class was a joke. I didn't even use anything more than a four function calculator. Since then I've been using my calculator progressively less.
So what, are you going to start suing private toll road owners because sometimes people traffic stolen merchandise through them?
Get real man, this isn't about stealing or copyright infringement. It's about an industry that has been violating our basic human rights, extorting people and artists, and stagnating technological process through litigation.
Because Dorner is most likely half-justified in what he's doing.
There's another instance of a shoot-out between two cops who thought each was a teen gangbanger or something.
I defnitely get the feeling the police aren't telling us the whole story. I really don't like this, at all. The police should be pulled off the case, actually, and hand it over to the feds. They've deemed themselves completely incapable of performing their job without putting innocents in harm's way. But maybe it's their families they're thinking about, which actually presents a conflict of interest.
Sometimes I wonder about Aaron Swartz. Given my propensity to being similar in thoughts, I often find it odd he would have simply given up without a plan. I've reached a conclusion that perhaps his suicide was part of the plan. Because he just didn't have the resources to fight the corrupt system, and he figured he would be better suited as a martyr than to go down and serve a thirty year prison sentence.
Although who knows, perhaps mental illness got in the way. One thing is for certain: copyright law killed him.
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As for Dorner, I have many questions about that as well. I think his heavy moral conviction drove him to this, and there's more corruption in the police than just kicking some man while he's down. Why would he lie about that incident? It doesn't make any sense -- I get the feeling things are terribly, terribly wrong with the police he was working with.
I don't know who's on the moral side, right now. Dorner has clearly become a vigilante, but he seems to do it out of vengeance, and his willingness to draw their families into it is excessive and completely morally obscene. On the other hand, the police are way out of line.
Ultimately I think the FBI should dispatch a very thorough investigation into the the local police as well as finding and stopping Dorner.
I see this battle a lot, but it's inherently flawed. GIMP was never created to compete with photoshop, and photoshop used by industry professionals don't only use Ps. It's usually used in tandem with illustrator, lightroom, etc. Whatever tool is best needed for the job.
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So did the RIAA. Extortion is illegal. You're not permitted to hold someone's crime over their heads.
And this is a clear violation of the eighth amendment. So the supreme court broke the law by ignoring the case, the people who sentenced her broke the law by actually breaking the eighth amendment.
In fact, merely enforcing this penalty is unconstitutional. She should have grounds to sue the US government. But she can't. Because he government is made of people who can't -- or won't -- see huge flaw in this system. Maybe they're scared of breaking things, maybe it's political, or maybe they don't care one way or another.
Either way the RIAA should face the music for extortion, but they won't. Hundreds of people do accept these ridiculous settlement agreements, and of those that refuse, the RIAA takes the one least able to put a fight and tries to make an example out of them. It's eerily wicked, like some legal mafia.
Since when should the legal system be like playing roulette?
Give away emails to demonstrate a security flaw? 41 months in prison.
Rape, molest, and humiliate a sixteen year old girl? 12 months in prison.
Justice.
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I love you, America.
Of course the pathetic piece of trash must rationalize his actions. He must make it seem like it was all a big accident, misunderstanding. That he was just doing his job, he's not to blame.
Tough luck.
Maybe you do get off, maybe you don't.
One thing is certain for me, though, is that this kind of bullshit stops here. I don't know if he quite understands who he pissed off. Aaron Swartz? He was weak; noble and admirable, but still not strong enough. Pushed hard enough and he toppled over. Like some bully at the playground. I don't like that, and I'm not the only one.
See, there are people in this world that don't topple over when you push them. There are people that, when their back is against the wall, are going to make you regret the day you pushed them into it. It's easy to bully the awkward kid who's just trying to do good. But some of us looking out from the shadows, those of us who aren't so noble and good willed, but cared very deeply about what he had done... We are going to face you and your hypocrisy.
And to call what you'll be doing a defense? That's an overconfident assertions if I ever heard one. It'll be more like a steamroll, just like you thought Swartz was just another hacker to pluck off, so too are you going to be just another lawyer to cross off our list.
Because what you've attacked is not a person. It is not a thing. You cannot destroy it, you cannot hide it, you cannot prevent it. What you have attacked is an idea. And ideas can only be fought by ideas. And you, sir, have no such weapon.
There's no concrete proof of a link, but the coincidences? They keep uncannily piling on, and as soon as we take a peek under the rug I think we'll find it all out.
Yeah, who knew WMD really meant words of mass destruction. No wonder we didn't find any in Iraq, we weren't looking in the libraries.
So if I notice that the gate around an industrial complex has a security flaw, sneak in, sneak back out and tell you about it, then I should have my bank account seized and have my house raided?
I bet he sleeps too. Where's the outrage for that?
He's catering to the publishers because he has to. It's politics, he's making positive steps in some areas but doesn't want to step on publisher's toes so they won't come after him with pitchforks and foil any other plans he has.
He has a lot on his plate, and you can't just go pushing everyone around in politics and expect to get everything you want.
Then I think it's time to change ISPs.
I would bet they don't even know how to turn on a computer.
I think you mean the bills drafted by the MPAA/RIAA.
This is just corporate lobbying at work. I don't think anyone in congress actually wants censorship in principle.
I am current generation. They were banned in every serious high level math class I've taken thus far.
They were allowed in highschool but my highschool calc class was a joke. I didn't even use anything more than a four function calculator. Since then I've been using my calculator progressively less.
Graphing calculators are typically banned anyway.
The most you'll be taking a test with is a TI-30.
So what, are you going to start suing private toll road owners because sometimes people traffic stolen merchandise through them?
Get real man, this isn't about stealing or copyright infringement. It's about an industry that has been violating our basic human rights, extorting people and artists, and stagnating technological process through litigation.
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
Minecraft!
Because Dorner is most likely half-justified in what he's doing.
There's another instance of a shoot-out between two cops who thought each was a teen gangbanger or something.
I defnitely get the feeling the police aren't telling us the whole story. I really don't like this, at all. The police should be pulled off the case, actually, and hand it over to the feds. They've deemed themselves completely incapable of performing their job without putting innocents in harm's way. But maybe it's their families they're thinking about, which actually presents a conflict of interest.
Sometimes I wonder about Aaron Swartz. Given my propensity to being similar in thoughts, I often find it odd he would have simply given up without a plan. I've reached a conclusion that perhaps his suicide was part of the plan. Because he just didn't have the resources to fight the corrupt system, and he figured he would be better suited as a martyr than to go down and serve a thirty year prison sentence.
Although who knows, perhaps mental illness got in the way. One thing is for certain: copyright law killed him.
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As for Dorner, I have many questions about that as well. I think his heavy moral conviction drove him to this, and there's more corruption in the police than just kicking some man while he's down. Why would he lie about that incident? It doesn't make any sense -- I get the feeling things are terribly, terribly wrong with the police he was working with.
Especially when I read things like this: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/dorner-manhunt-shootings-newspaper-carriers.html
I don't know who's on the moral side, right now. Dorner has clearly become a vigilante, but he seems to do it out of vengeance, and his willingness to draw their families into it is excessive and completely morally obscene. On the other hand, the police are way out of line.
Ultimately I think the FBI should dispatch a very thorough investigation into the the local police as well as finding and stopping Dorner.
Right, so now that Aaron Swartz is out of the picture they think they can just waltz in and throw this crap around?
The MPAA/RIAA should be forced to pay a fine for wasting so much of our taxpayer money on this shit.
We clearly need more Einsteins working in patent offices.
http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html
I see this battle a lot, but it's inherently flawed. GIMP was never created to compete with photoshop, and photoshop used by industry professionals don't only use Ps. It's usually used in tandem with illustrator, lightroom, etc. Whatever tool is best needed for the job.
Or until someone hacks it with custom firmware so it won't need an internet connection to play games.
Although that seems silly.
I think the worst part is that this may work as a business strategy. I wonder if it opens them up for a lawsuit, though.
You walk into McDonald's to apply for a job and they reply, "We only do online applications now."
No joke, it's something people need.