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US Chamber of Commerce

dimanche 31 juillet 2016 à 02:00

The US Chamber of Commerce has not decided whether to support Clinton or Trump.

The US Chamber of Commerce campaigns for dooH niboR and for eliminating the regulations that stop businesses from cheating us or poisoning us. Whatever it supports is almost certain to be bad.

Any candidate that they consider supporting does not deserve our votes.

EFF fights prohibition of breaking DRM

dimanche 31 juillet 2016 à 02:00

The EFF has sued to overturn the DMCA's prohibition of breaking DRM, arguing that it is unconstitutional.

Bravo, EFF, for this lawsuit! I am glad the EFF now states that the DMCA exemption procedure is a worthless distraction.

However, the most dangerous part of the DMCA's DRM provisions is not the one that prohibits breaking DRM — since that does allow some exceptions — but rather the one that prohibits distribution of tools to break the DRM, without which you can't break the DRM even when it is lawful. Will this lawsuit, if successful, overturn that too? I am not sure, but it makes a big difference for what this lawsuit will achieve if it succeeds.

What we really need is a new law making it a crime to make, import, sell, lease, rent, or invite the public to use any systems with DRM.

Thugs kill family dog at child's party

dimanche 31 juillet 2016 à 02:00

[Thugs] Fetch High-Powered Rifle to Kill Family Dog at Child's Birthday Party. Then they lied about the circumstances to validate the false claim that the dog was threatening them. It was behind a fence and couldn't have got at them as they walked to the door, coming to arrest someone who hadn't lived there for 10 years.

Trump's threats against his ghostwriter

dimanche 31 juillet 2016 à 02:00

Trump made bogus legal threats against the ghostwriter of "his" book. That is Trump's way.

It is a part of the broader resemblance between Trump and Nixon. Nixon too threatened the press when it said things he did not like.

Attack in Nice planned for over 6 months

dimanche 31 juillet 2016 à 02:00

The Nice killer planned the attack for over 6 months, apparently with accomplices.