What is new is that there is only legal babble, not a legal process. There was nothing done that had anything to do with anything legal. There was no court or jury or anything else involved. So not legal process.
Not that DMCA is, as far as I know, an American idea and this took place in the UK.
Perhaps Google is allowed to delete any comment at random. I have no idea. That is what the law needs to find out, but there was nothing going on that has anything to do with the law.
There is a reason why there is a legal process and this is exactly the reason.
If there is a dispute between people (in this case the posting) and one party feels wronged, they should take it up with the legal system, not with a third party. The legal system wil then not only decide if something illegal went on, but also what the consequences will be.
Otherwise you will get an 'guilty untill proven inocent' or worse 'guilty by having less money as the other party'.
People must understand not only WHAT due process is, but more important WHY.
I work in Brussel. I see military on the streetcorners. I can tell you what is wrong here. People think that Stella is a premium beer. I would call THAT a crisis. Seriously? Premium?
Saw a documentary on the BBC a few years ago where they addressed this (the rest from memory) One of the issues was that the operating surgeon is the big boss and all others are his minions. It is his theater. It is his show. Many of them will not want to be corrected. So if a nurse or an anastesist sees something or has an idea how to handle an emergency, they are afraid to speak up. Because that could make the surgeon look stupid. Solution: give them the power to do so and do not reprimand them when they speak up. Examples were even given where the correct suggestion was given, but ignored and not brought up again.
Another was giving the wrong medicine or instruments being used. Solution: checklists In fact from what I remember, using checklists (think FAA) would prevent a LOT.
They tested this in various hospitals in the world. From the most expensive in the US to the cheapest with a lack of medicine in Africa and at all (all of them) the death rate went down.
I know some surgeons and it does not surprise me at all as many of them are prima donnas.
As a European I am against GMO, but not perhaps for the standard reasons people think.
I would first like the Copyright and Trademark issues dropped (not solved, dropped) before looking at the health issues. And concerning the health issues: I do not trust companies with my and even more important humanities health. They have shown again and again that they can not be trusted with things like that. And the comparisons that are made are good for your small farmer, but not when you start looking at a world level. Monoculture is only one of the disadvantages.
The companies already are unwilling to be clear with food and health as we speak, so why should I trust them? Till now they do not deserve that trust and I do not see anything changing in that.
To me health of myself and my species is a tad more important than the new cars of some CEO.
So first give up the rights to food and then we will see about the health part as then the incentive to cheat the system and screw over the public are much, much lower.
The market has not rejected them. The market is still there. The (current) suppliers have rejected them. So the market looks for other suppliers. The market is demand. The demand is still there. And it WILL be fed. If not legally, then illegally.
Just like during th prohibition, the war on drugs; prostituation or making love to a person of the same gender.
I would go for that in every situation. Why does tipping still exist? Because the employer gains by it. As a customer I understand the situation, but I rather have the amount on the bill, I pay that and that's it. And yes, that includes taxes as well. And your bank is also providing material support. Every business that has employees provides material support for their employees.
I do not see why it is ok for one job, but not ok for another.
It works in Europe, so it can not be that hard to implement it. Ands it works from the smallest of smallest to the biggest of biggest companies.
When I go to a restaurant or bar in Europe, I know the person gets a wage. I know that the price in the menu is what I will pay. The same at the bakery, buying shoes or ordering a spliff in Amsterdam. McD can do it. The newsstand can do it. Taxis can do it.
The only advantage of not showing the real price is being allowed to lie to your customers and make it look like it is less expensive than it really is. So this is not good for me, as a customer. I understand why business wants it. Does not mean that as a customer I agree with it. I do not need to defend the point of view of the store or company.
Throw them in the water. If they are innocent, they will sink. If they are guilty, they will float. Worked in the past, so I see no reason why it won't work here.
I live and work in Belgium since many, many years. Yes, you need to be creative to live of the cheese, but it is possible. It is to make you survive, not to make you live well. If your SO has a high paying job, then you indeed do not need the extra income. If it MADE you look for and get a job, good. You now have a job instead of living of people. I have been through the mill in Belgium and I see some things.
If you have worked, you get unemployment benefits. Those get less after a while. And finaly you get a minimal living income wage. As you were able to get a job (because it was easier than to not get one) you do not actually need that free income. So it worked out for society. To be discarded by the social system means that you are not doing some things they ask you to do, like looking for a job or following some course or be available when they ask you.
Again: I live in Belgium. I know the social situation and when people get thrown out of the system. I have seen the reasons with my own eyes. One example: A peson who is a carpenter tells he can't get a job. That is a job that NEEDS people. He was proposed a job to work in a factory, but he did not feel like doing windows all day. So they trew him out. People unable to work, but doing some job on the side. When cought, they get trown out. What I see in my job on a daily basis is people who are unable to pay food, but still walk around with an iPhone or Samsung Galixy S. (All phones are unlocked by law in Belgium) Yes, there are some sad cases. Shit happens everywhere. Yes you have to be creative, but do not forget: It is supposed to be a safety net, so you can get back on your feet. If your SO has a high income, you do not need that net. She is that net.
And there are plenty of places where people can go to for advice. The only confusing part is to select WHERE to get your information. OCMW is one. VDAB is another, Your Union a third (if you are unemployed). And they will at least point you in the right direction.
And although Belgium is much netter than average, it is far from a socialist paradise.
Idealized feudal past and its Divine Right of Kings vs. vilified Industrial Revolution and its robber barons. Or, if you prefer, how right wing wants to see themselves vs. how they actually are.
As the winner writes the history books, that is hard to tell. I see it as a group that wants to keep the races separate. Pure appartheit with the results that in the end only men are left. The ones that lost where the ones that wanted to let all live next to each other and among each other.
It is fun to read the books with that in,ind as well as the fact that the winner wrote history, so heroes might not be heroes.
Will we talking minutes, hours, days or weeks? And if they are really unskipable, how much time till we do not see or hear anything on those videos for 6 seconds?
Several years ago I saw a letter from the countries (Belgium) legal system to the countries MPAA that said basically: If you have somebody that is making money from copies, we will help you. If you go after people who share, we will not be happy you are wasting our time.
The providers did not cooperate as they said to the MAFIAA: we will NOT give you the data from user X, because that is agains the law to share without a court order.
So what happens now is not much. The pirates that get caught are those that are selling. The ones that share a LOT might get a letter from their provider to stop if what they are doing is against the AUP. So you either continue or change provider.
If the MAFIAA would go after you and you did not make any money from it and the judge accepts the case, it would be a "don' do that, you naughty boy" punishment, not a Brazillian EURO deal.
I HATE it when people overdress for an interview. Dress clean. Suit and tie is not needed. But then this is Belgium and not the USofA, so dresscode is differently.
I am not taling about people who will wear a suit and tie in their private life. Please go ahead. But most of the time you see people enter who have no idea how to tie a tie, what collor works for them and the worst part, a suit that is too large or too small.
To me that comes across has hiding who you are and to me that means I will not know who I am going to hire. And that means I will not select you.
I myself have dressed down for a job as it would not require suits. When I go to an interview, I will dress for that job. I will see that my clothes are clean and have the right color. I will dress for the job and I will look if I am dressed as the people who interview me are and the people I see walking around.
I will even ask questions about it if I have any doubt. (When I start here, is this what I wear apropriate, or would you prefer that I wear a tie when I accept the position?)
I also know that it is only part of the whole process and you might not get the job, regardless of what you wear.
When ypu are salaried, they will give you that much tasks that you can only do it in 80 hours. So no, a combination of salaried and hours is what is needed for the people working.
As a European, this is how it works. Having gliding hours to work is possible within that. I know people who work 4 days instead of 5 days and still do the needed hours. I know people who have very lenient working hours and can start anywhere between 7 and 8. Also working longer and shorter weeks.
Much depends on company to company. Where I work and the fuction I have, there is no way I could do that, It depends on the job, the company, the manager AND the employee. If I have a hard working staff member, I am more lenient than with a slacker.
I have send people home earlier because there was nothing to do, but believe you me, that was due to external issues (No network due to reasons). It was never because there was no work. If that happens once, people can go home. If it happens many times, you either have to many people working for you and you need to fire some, or you have other issues, that can be solved in different matters that you are insured for as a company.
In Belgium we used to have a difference between blue and white collar workers and that has been solved. Peole are now workers with the same rights.
You are paid for X hours per month, so you do what they tell you to do for that amount of time. Note that this is per month, not per week. And it depends on the situation.
On 1MM addresses, I am amazed that ONLY 170 are gov addresses, but that is not it was worded. Some people just smart enough to not enter their own email address for reason (perhaps they do not have a PC or no Internet at home), but are not smart enough or do not make their Gmail or Hotmail address.
So unless it is some seriously high member of Gov, this is absolute irrelevant information and to me that means that the rest is likely also irrelevant information.
In Europe (at least in Belgium) these cars would not be allowed on the road anymore. Does not matter if you are owner 1 or 10. Every two years the car needs to be tested and if it fails, you are not allowed to drive the car anymore. You will not get insurance and if you drive and get caught with a car that is not allowed on the road and no insurance, things go bad pretty fast.
So the maximum amount you could drive it till it falls apart is 2 years, with an average of 1.
What most people do at that point is sell them to somebody who will not bring it on the road in Europe (otherwise, another test) and export it to Africa.
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What is new is that there is only legal babble, not a legal process. There was nothing done that had anything to do with anything legal. There was no court or jury or anything else involved. So not legal process.
Not that DMCA is, as far as I know, an American idea and this took place in the UK.
Perhaps Google is allowed to delete any comment at random. I have no idea. That is what the law needs to find out, but there was nothing going on that has anything to do with the law.
There is a reason why there is a legal process and this is exactly the reason.
If there is a dispute between people (in this case the posting) and one party feels wronged, they should take it up with the legal system, not with a third party.
The legal system wil then not only decide if something illegal went on, but also what the consequences will be.
Otherwise you will get an 'guilty untill proven inocent' or worse 'guilty by having less money as the other party'.
People must understand not only WHAT due process is, but more important WHY.
I would narrow that down to Excel.
In some places the EULA is utterly meaningless. Just because you clicked OK (or even signed a contract) does not mean it is legal.
I work in Brussel. I see military on the streetcorners. I can tell you what is wrong here. People think that Stella is a premium beer. I would call THAT a crisis. Seriously? Premium?
Saw a documentary on the BBC a few years ago where they addressed this (the rest from memory)
One of the issues was that the operating surgeon is the big boss and all others are his minions. It is his theater. It is his show. Many of them will not want to be corrected. So if a nurse or an anastesist sees something or has an idea how to handle an emergency, they are afraid to speak up. Because that could make the surgeon look stupid.
Solution: give them the power to do so and do not reprimand them when they speak up.
Examples were even given where the correct suggestion was given, but ignored and not brought up again.
Another was giving the wrong medicine or instruments being used.
Solution: checklists
In fact from what I remember, using checklists (think FAA) would prevent a LOT.
They tested this in various hospitals in the world. From the most expensive in the US to the cheapest with a lack of medicine in Africa and at all (all of them) the death rate went down.
I know some surgeons and it does not surprise me at all as many of them are prima donnas.
Free will is just an illusion? That is what they WANT you to think.
Insert Soylent Green reference.
As a European I am against GMO, but not perhaps for the standard reasons people think.
I would first like the Copyright and Trademark issues dropped (not solved, dropped) before looking at the health issues.
And concerning the health issues: I do not trust companies with my and even more important humanities health. They have shown again and again that they can not be trusted with things like that. And the comparisons that are made are good for your small farmer, but not when you start looking at a world level. Monoculture is only one of the disadvantages.
The companies already are unwilling to be clear with food and health as we speak, so why should I trust them? Till now they do not deserve that trust and I do not see anything changing in that.
To me health of myself and my species is a tad more important than the new cars of some CEO.
So first give up the rights to food and then we will see about the health part as then the incentive to cheat the system and screw over the public are much, much lower.
You just undermined Ubers business plan.
Why? I see no reason why this is a good reason.
It might have had an influence on availablity and perhaps even price. But otherwise, not really.
Just because you at "Internet" or "digital" to something does not change it.
The market has not rejected them. The market is still there. The (current) suppliers have rejected them. So the market looks for other suppliers.
The market is demand. The demand is still there. And it WILL be fed. If not legally, then illegally.
Just like during th prohibition, the war on drugs; prostituation or making love to a person of the same gender.
Standard 101 supply and demand economics.
I would go for that in every situation. Why does tipping still exist? Because the employer gains by it. As a customer I understand the situation, but I rather have the amount on the bill, I pay that and that's it. And yes, that includes taxes as well.
And your bank is also providing material support. Every business that has employees provides material support for their employees.
I do not see why it is ok for one job, but not ok for another.
It works in Europe, so it can not be that hard to implement it. Ands it works from the smallest of smallest to the biggest of biggest companies.
When I go to a restaurant or bar in Europe, I know the person gets a wage. I know that the price in the menu is what I will pay. The same at the bakery, buying shoes or ordering a spliff in Amsterdam. McD can do it. The newsstand can do it. Taxis can do it.
The only advantage of not showing the real price is being allowed to lie to your customers and make it look like it is less expensive than it really is. So this is not good for me, as a customer.
I understand why business wants it. Does not mean that as a customer I agree with it. I do not need to defend the point of view of the store or company.
That has happened before. It will happen again.
Throw them in the water. If they are innocent, they will sink. If they are guilty, they will float.
Worked in the past, so I see no reason why it won't work here.
I live and work in Belgium since many, many years.
Yes, you need to be creative to live of the cheese, but it is possible. It is to make you survive, not to make you live well.
If your SO has a high paying job, then you indeed do not need the extra income.
If it MADE you look for and get a job, good. You now have a job instead of living of people.
I have been through the mill in Belgium and I see some things.
If you have worked, you get unemployment benefits. Those get less after a while. And finaly you get a minimal living income wage. As you were able to get a job (because it was easier than to not get one) you do not actually need that free income. So it worked out for society.
To be discarded by the social system means that you are not doing some things they ask you to do, like looking for a job or following some course or be available when they ask you.
Again: I live in Belgium. I know the social situation and when people get thrown out of the system. I have seen the reasons with my own eyes. One example:
A peson who is a carpenter tells he can't get a job. That is a job that NEEDS people. He was proposed a job to work in a factory, but he did not feel like doing windows all day. So they trew him out.
People unable to work, but doing some job on the side. When cought, they get trown out.
What I see in my job on a daily basis is people who are unable to pay food, but still walk around with an iPhone or Samsung Galixy S. (All phones are unlocked by law in Belgium)
Yes, there are some sad cases. Shit happens everywhere. Yes you have to be creative, but do not forget:
It is supposed to be a safety net, so you can get back on your feet. If your SO has a high income, you do not need that net. She is that net.
And there are plenty of places where people can go to for advice. The only confusing part is to select WHERE to get your information. OCMW is one. VDAB is another, Your Union a third (if you are unemployed). And they will at least point you in the right direction.
And although Belgium is much netter than average, it is far from a socialist paradise.
As the winner writes the history books, that is hard to tell. I see it as a group that wants to keep the races separate. Pure appartheit with the results that in the end only men are left.
The ones that lost where the ones that wanted to let all live next to each other and among each other.
It is fun to read the books with that in ,ind as well as the fact that the winner wrote history, so heroes might not be heroes.
Will we talking minutes, hours, days or weeks? And if they are really unskipable, how much time till we do not see or hear anything on those videos for 6 seconds?
Several years ago I saw a letter from the countries (Belgium) legal system to the countries MPAA that said basically: If you have somebody that is making money from copies, we will help you. If you go after people who share, we will not be happy you are wasting our time.
The providers did not cooperate as they said to the MAFIAA: we will NOT give you the data from user X, because that is agains the law to share without a court order.
So what happens now is not much. The pirates that get caught are those that are selling. The ones that share a LOT might get a letter from their provider to stop if what they are doing is against the AUP. So you either continue or change provider.
If the MAFIAA would go after you and you did not make any money from it and the judge accepts the case, it would be a "don' do that, you naughty boy" punishment, not a Brazillian EURO deal.
IANAL
I HATE it when people overdress for an interview. Dress clean. Suit and tie is not needed. But then this is Belgium and not the USofA, so dresscode is differently.
I am not taling about people who will wear a suit and tie in their private life. Please go ahead. But most of the time you see people enter who have no idea how to tie a tie, what collor works for them and the worst part, a suit that is too large or too small.
To me that comes across has hiding who you are and to me that means I will not know who I am going to hire. And that means I will not select you.
I myself have dressed down for a job as it would not require suits. When I go to an interview, I will dress for that job. I will see that my clothes are clean and have the right color. I will dress for the job and I will look if I am dressed as the people who interview me are and the people I see walking around.
I will even ask questions about it if I have any doubt. (When I start here, is this what I wear apropriate, or would you prefer that I wear a tie when I accept the position?)
I also know that it is only part of the whole process and you might not get the job, regardless of what you wear.
When ypu are salaried, they will give you that much tasks that you can only do it in 80 hours. So no, a combination of salaried and hours is what is needed for the people working.
As a European, this is how it works. Having gliding hours to work is possible within that. I know people who work 4 days instead of 5 days and still do the needed hours. I know people who have very lenient working hours and can start anywhere between 7 and 8. Also working longer and shorter weeks.
Much depends on company to company. Where I work and the fuction I have, there is no way I could do that, It depends on the job, the company, the manager AND the employee. If I have a hard working staff member, I am more lenient than with a slacker.
I have send people home earlier because there was nothing to do, but believe you me, that was due to external issues (No network due to reasons). It was never because there was no work. If that happens once, people can go home. If it happens many times, you either have to many people working for you and you need to fire some, or you have other issues, that can be solved in different matters that you are insured for as a company.
In Belgium we used to have a difference between blue and white collar workers and that has been solved. Peole are now workers with the same rights.
You are paid for X hours per month, so you do what they tell you to do for that amount of time. Note that this is per month, not per week. And it depends on the situation.
On 1MM addresses, I am amazed that ONLY 170 are gov addresses, but that is not it was worded. Some people just smart enough to not enter their own email address for reason (perhaps they do not have a PC or no Internet at home), but are not smart enough or do not make their Gmail or Hotmail address.
So unless it is some seriously high member of Gov, this is absolute irrelevant information and to me that means that the rest is likely also irrelevant information.
As a European, it was never about clean. It was always about cheaper.
I'll bite:
There are less now and they are making more cars that are cleaner AND safer AND cheaper AND faster.
In Europe (at least in Belgium) these cars would not be allowed on the road anymore. Does not matter if you are owner 1 or 10. Every two years the car needs to be tested and if it fails, you are not allowed to drive the car anymore. You will not get insurance and if you drive and get caught with a car that is not allowed on the road and no insurance, things go bad pretty fast.
So the maximum amount you could drive it till it falls apart is 2 years, with an average of 1.
What most people do at that point is sell them to somebody who will not bring it on the road in Europe (otherwise, another test) and export it to Africa.