One of the most important parts of libel, and one that you overlooked, is that libelous statements have to be believable. Would anyone in there right mind believe that this teacher is really a pedophile, based on a bunch of students calling him a "pedophile", "bipolar" and other statements in that vein?
Is it? I'd argue that it's more in line with passing a note among friends. If you post flyers, anyone can see it. If you post it on your facebook wall, only people who have you as friends, or people who directly search for it will find it.
You're kidding me right? You honestly believe that this child was sophisticated enough to come up with a targeted, motivated attack with the intent of irreparably damaging his teachers reputation?
Be realistic here, it was a kid calling his teacher a epithet in what he believed to be a private forum.
If you're in NYC, 8 on the break is not too far away. http://www.thebreak.net/ Home of the NJ Pinball League, all the machines are well maintained, and they have great cheese steaks to boot!
I'd definitely need a citation to believe that. Lets assume that a monetary source Is a requirement. Any half-wit could argue that there is indeed a monetary source, the revenue the creator would have derived from selling the photo in question to the paper.
You're kidding right? You can either pay cents for a floppy... or FREE FRISBEE, Woohoo! Seriously though, we used to grab a stack of them, and play ultimate death frisbee in an empty parking lot
Great job linking to the wrong definition, you need the legal definition, not the dictionary. Either way, anyway you look at it, it was clearly a satire. Was it funny? Probably not. Was it juvenile? Again, probably. What else would you expect from a 14 year old?
Here's a good definition of satire for you - a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm. Obviously the intended audience understood that the principle was not a pedophile.
Its in the cloud man, it doesn't matter. Its been saved to enough hard drives at this point, that any time it's pulled down, it Will be uploaded in minutes again.
It seems to me, that some big shot looked at Steam's success story, decided "hey, we can cut out the middle man (Steam), place even more draconian restrictions on gameplay and make more money!" without considering any of the real issues involved.
I agree. Its the incredibly small sensor inside the phone that causes it. I really wish some manufacturer's would realize, not everyone wants a phone the size of there pinky. If I had a smart phone, maybe 50% bigger then a blackberry, it'd still fit very comfortably in every pair of pants I own, and it could have a bigger battery and a better sensor.
I've been using Gmail since a month after it came out. I've been receiving, roughly, 100 emails a day, every day, since it came out. I have 3000 emails in my spam "folder", currently. In the past ~5 years, I've had 2 false positives come to my attention.
Its possible that I've missed a few, but even if I missed twice as many as I found, its a low enough error rate where I'm content.
I've been using it for school and personal, with Very limited work emails getting sent to that address, you may be getting a much higher concentration of work related email, somehow causing a higher number of false positives.
I would like to give you one moment of internet fame. That was definitely one of the five best/. comments I've read in the past decade". Thanks for the laugh man.
Good points, however:
Not illegal, but unenforceable.
Where do you have to agree to a "EULA", in order to access the API?
A quick google shows full documentation available on third party sites, without any reference to a license.
Ergo: Developers can do whatever they want.
Example: I don't play WoW, but my friend CaptCommander really wants his UI to be Pink and not to have a visible HP bar. He asks me to make this for him. I google the API, figure out how to do this, charge him 5 dollars.
Did I violate their policy? Yes. Did I violate their license? No. Why? Because their was no license agreement in place in order to access it.
Possibly, CaptCommander would be the one violating there ToS now.
If this is really a full-time job for you... why not consult a lawyer? I haven't touched there code in years, but unless its changed, the API is freely available. Without forcing you to agree to a license of some sort, they Shouldn't be able to touch you. Outside of banning your account if they can trace it.
The "lack of original thoughts" actually had very little to do with the final judgment. The aforementioned book was actually found to contain some, albeit minimal amounts of, analysis and originality. However, the majority of the injunction was based on the Lexicon's effects on her companion books. Rowling's 2 companion books, essentially are encyclopedias.
IANAL, but it seems as if the defendant could rewrite his Lexicon, removing all information relating to her companion books, and successfully publish this.
Acting under the assumption that this is indeed a hoax:
I believe Fake SJ was attempting to point out how incredibly believable this scenario has become, due to Apple's declining public image. Five years ago, if someone had pulled a stunt like this, no one would have believed it. Today, people were emailing Real SJ, without any doubt that Apple would sue a satire. The absurd has become reality.
That was very possibly, the most informative post I've ever read on/. in the 9 or 10 years I've been consuming it. It was well-written, well-thought out and educational.
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One of the most important parts of libel, and one that you overlooked, is that libelous statements have to be believable. Would anyone in there right mind believe that this teacher is really a pedophile, based on a bunch of students calling him a "pedophile", "bipolar" and other statements in that vein?
Is it? I'd argue that it's more in line with passing a note among friends. If you post flyers, anyone can see it. If you post it on your facebook wall, only people who have you as friends, or people who directly search for it will find it.
You're kidding me right? You honestly believe that this child was sophisticated enough to come up with a targeted, motivated attack with the intent of irreparably damaging his teachers reputation?
Be realistic here, it was a kid calling his teacher a epithet in what he believed to be a private forum.
If you're in NYC, 8 on the break is not too far away. http://www.thebreak.net/ Home of the NJ Pinball League, all the machines are well maintained, and they have great cheese steaks to boot!
I'd definitely need a citation to believe that. Lets assume that a monetary source Is a requirement. Any half-wit could argue that there is indeed a monetary source, the revenue the creator would have derived from selling the photo in question to the paper.
Source? I've heard it's frowned upon, but there's nothing actually on the books making it illegal.
You're kidding right? You can either pay cents for a floppy... or FREE FRISBEE, Woohoo! Seriously though, we used to grab a stack of them, and play ultimate death frisbee in an empty parking lot
10 or 15 years ago, they used to provide, great, free MUDs to there users, that were formerly P2P. I miss my free Gemstone III
Great job linking to the wrong definition, you need the legal definition, not the dictionary. Either way, anyway you look at it, it was clearly a satire. Was it funny? Probably not. Was it juvenile? Again, probably. What else would you expect from a 14 year old?
Here's a good definition of satire for you - a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm. Obviously the intended audience understood that the principle was not a pedophile.
Its in the cloud man, it doesn't matter. Its been saved to enough hard drives at this point, that any time it's pulled down, it Will be uploaded in minutes again.
It seems to me, that some big shot looked at Steam's success story, decided "hey, we can cut out the middle man (Steam), place even more draconian restrictions on gameplay and make more money!" without considering any of the real issues involved.
I'm calling BS, you're either not an attorney or you have no experience in criminal matters. In many states statutory rape is a strict liability offense. Cite: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907682
I agree. Its the incredibly small sensor inside the phone that causes it. I really wish some manufacturer's would realize, not everyone wants a phone the size of there pinky. If I had a smart phone, maybe 50% bigger then a blackberry, it'd still fit very comfortably in every pair of pants I own, and it could have a bigger battery and a better sensor.
Any chance you'd upload a photo or two? I'd love a new phone that doesn't cost 500 dollars, and can take decent pictures.
I'd like you to hand in your geek card, real geeks read the comic books, THEN saw the movies.
Here's my perspective:
I've been using Gmail since a month after it came out. I've been receiving, roughly, 100 emails a day, every day, since it came out. I have 3000 emails in my spam "folder", currently. In the past ~5 years, I've had 2 false positives come to my attention.
Its possible that I've missed a few, but even if I missed twice as many as I found, its a low enough error rate where I'm content.
I've been using it for school and personal, with Very limited work emails getting sent to that address, you may be getting a much higher concentration of work related email, somehow causing a higher number of false positives.
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For the other poster: AGI = Agility
I don't know how I feel about this achievement whoring... but I find myself nonetheless drawn in.
Not illegal, but unenforceable.
Where do you have to agree to a "EULA", in order to access the API?
A quick google shows full documentation available on third party sites, without any reference to a license.
Ergo: Developers can do whatever they want.
Example: I don't play WoW, but my friend
CaptCommander really wants his UI to be Pink
and not to have a visible HP bar. He
asks me to make this for him. I google the
API, figure out how to do this, charge him 5 dollars.
Did I violate their policy? Yes. Did I violate
their license? No. Why? Because their was no license
agreement in place in order to access it.
Possibly, CaptCommander would be the one violating there ToS now.
If this is really a full-time job for you... why not consult a lawyer? I haven't touched there code in years, but unless its changed, the API is freely available. Without forcing you to agree to a license of some sort, they Shouldn't be able to touch you. Outside of banning your account if they can trace it.
The "lack of original thoughts" actually had very little to do with the final judgment. The aforementioned book was actually found to contain some, albeit minimal amounts of, analysis and originality. However, the majority of the injunction was based on the Lexicon's effects on her companion books. Rowling's 2 companion books, essentially are encyclopedias.
IANAL, but it seems as if the defendant could rewrite his Lexicon, removing all information relating to her companion books, and successfully publish this.
Acting under the assumption that this is indeed a hoax:
I believe Fake SJ was attempting to point out how incredibly believable this scenario has become, due to Apple's declining public image. Five years ago, if someone had pulled a stunt like this, no one would have believed it. Today, people were emailing Real SJ, without any doubt that Apple would sue a satire. The absurd has become reality.
That was very possibly, the most informative post I've ever read on /. in the 9 or 10 years I've been consuming it. It was well-written, well-thought out and educational.
Many thanks
Citation appreciated, for those of us not in the know, that was hilarious and awesome.
I'm pretty sure you mean a MMORPG.... like World of Warcraft, that's exactly what they do.