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Constitutional Myth #6: The Second Amendment Allows Citizens to Threaten Government - The Atlantic

Sat, 10 Oct 2015 05:25:15 +0000

The "right to bear arms" is not a right to nullify any government measure a "sovereign citizen" finds irksome

Tags: #2ndamendment #guns #imported:pinboard #law

Constitutional Myth #6: The Second Amendment Allows Citizens to Threaten Government - The Atlantic

Sat, 10 Oct 2015 05:25:15 +0000

The "right to bear arms" is not a right to nullify any government measure a "sovereign citizen" finds irksome

Tags: #2ndamendment #guns #law

Groklaw - Day 23, From the Courtroom: Oracle v. Google Trial - Jury: No Patent Infringement ~pj Updated 2Xs

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:56:25 +0000

UPDATE: The jury verdict is in. They found no infringement of the patents!

Tags: #android #google #imported:pinboard #java #law #linux #oracle #sun #to:fb #whoa #wow

Oracle Goes for Broke in Court Battle With Google | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:25:29 +0000

But Judge Alsup wasn’t convinced. He told the court he had learned to code in Java for the trial — implying that he knew other languages as well — and he said that he had written some of the infringing code at least a hundred times since Oracle filed its suit in August 2010. “I can do it. You can do it. It’s so simple,” he said, adding that it takes less than five minutes. Then looked directly at Boies. “You’re one of the best lawyers in America — how can you make that argument?” he demanded.

Tags: #coding #google #imported:pinboard #judges #law #oracle

Oracle Goes for Broke in Court Battle With Google | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:25:29 +0000

Tags: #coding #google #judges #law #oracle

A federal judge learned to code - O'Reilly Radar

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:23:43 +0000

The last couple of days, there's been a fair amount of blogosphere angst over Coding Horror's "Please Don't Learn to Code." Ironically, the best argument for learning to code appeared this morning, when it turned out that Judge William Alsup in the Google case could program, and learned Java in the course of the trial, and wasn't going for Oracle's claim that a short range-checking function was days of work. Alsup recognized immediately (and says he wrote the function hundreds of times during the course of the trial) that it's just a few minutes work for a competent programmer.

Tags: #coding #google #imported:pinboard #law #learning #oracle #politics

15-Year-Old Girl Faces Life in Prison for a Miscarriage? Why Conservatives Are Criminalizing Pregnant Women | Gender | AlterNet

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:47:09 +0000

Gibbs is the first woman in Mississippi to be charged with murder relating to the loss of her unborn baby. But her case is by no means isolated. Across the US more and more prosecutions are being brought that seek to turn pregnant women into criminals.

Tags: #abortion #imported:pinboard #law #murder #to:fb #whackos #women

How SOPA's 'circumvention' ban could put a target on Tor | Privacy Inc. - CNET News

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:53:59 +0000

A broad interpretation of SOPA's anti-circumvention language would sweep even more broadly than Tor. Software such as VPNs, used by security-conscious businesses, can also "bypass" a SOPA-established blockade. So could DNS software. And even the humble "/etc/hosts" file, part of every major operating system including OS X, Linux, and Windows, can be pressed into service as a SOPA-bypasser as well.

Tags: #internet #law #politics #sopa

Lamar Smith is a cheap date - Boing Boing

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:03:44 +0000

How much has it cost the entertainment industry to convince Rep Lamar Smith to introduce and ram through SOPA, which will cost the American economy billions, which will nuke the games, microprocessor, search, and other high tech companies in his Texas district? A mere $50K a year for 10 years. You know, it's one thing to be a sellout; but to sell out so cheaply -- man, have some self-respect. (via /.)

Tags: #copyfight #law #politics #sopa #us

Head MPAA shill reduced to outright lies in bid to make the case for SOPA - Boing Boing

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:03:06 +0000

Case in point: Dodd recently told the Center for American Progress that "The entire film industry of Spain, Egypt and Sweden are gone."

Tags: #copyfight #law #lies #sopa #us

No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:38:13 +0000

Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone voices calling for temperance. You can criminalize commonplace activities from law-abiding people, but eventually, something has to give.

Tags: #copyfight #copyright #future #ip #law #youtube

The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit | TorrentFreak

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:56:39 +0000

It is far past due that the copyright industry is stripped of its nobility benefits, every part of its governmental weekly allowance, and gets kicked out of its comfy chair to get a damn job and learn to compete on a free and honest market.

Tags: #censorship #copyfight #dmca #freedom #law #media #piratebay

Microsoft's Cold Feet Over SOPA Behind BSA's 'Rethinking' Its Views | Techdirt

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:53:53 +0000

One of the big surprises this week was that the normally "maximalist" organization, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) -- basically the RIAA of software -- did an abrupt and unexpected turnaround on SOPA. While it had been close to gushing in its initial support, it backed that down quite a bit, noting that the bill would likely have unintended consequences that needed to be dealt with. Behind that shift? Apparently Microsoft. Microsoft, who has been quite aggressive on copyright (and patent) enforcement lately, has always publicly supported these bills, in contrast to nearly all of the rest of the tech industry. However, even it appears to recognize that SOPA goes way too far, and apparently had a little discussion with the BSA about backing down.

Tags: #censorship #copyfight #law #sopa

Software Makers Shun SOPA Bill - Government - Policy & Regulation - Informationweek

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:05:23 +0000

A group that represents a number of major software developers, including Microsoft, Adobe, and CA, has withdrawn its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill, which would require Internet companies and other players in the tech ecosystem to deny services to suspected software pirates and copyright violators.

Tags: #bsa #copyfight #internet #law #sopa

US State Department not for internet freedom - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:32:12 +0000

San Francisco, California: The US State Department is once again undermining its own Internet Freedom Initiative - this time by giving the green light to a copyright bill that will adversely affect online free speech around the world.

Tags: #copyfight #freedom #internet #law #politics #sopa