The DMCA has always been bad legislation. Just another example of how fucked up it is that media juggernauts are never held accountable for bad-faith DMCA claims.

So… if anon took those papers and just taped them back together, would they still be legally binding if submitted?

Would this depend on the jurisdiction/country? I’ve never thought seriously about whether tearing up signed legal documents constitutes a refutation after they’re signed. (a pile of torn-up papers doesn’t carry any proof of which, either or both, parties agreed to the tearing-up). And thankfully never been in a situation where this question would arise. Also assuming ‘tearing up’ wasn’t enough to prevent taping them back into a mostly-complete state.

https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/27773/does-ripping-up-the-only-signed-contract-form-invalidate-it

I think I might even hate cryptocoins and AI more now… at least the oil does useful work (in the physics/mechanical sense) to keep society going; the former two just waste energy (mostly from oil!) to create fake wealth and spew mostly-bullshit. Oh, and in the case of AI, steal creative works from humans.

Except for that one billionaire’s son who was likely coerced into going with Dad and didn’t fully understand the risks … :( but otherwise, - yup -

Good for them. Strikes are supposed to be inconvenient, otherwise they’re meaningless.

:( Please tell me they aren’t all headed for the dump :(

It’s hard to find homes for old pianos since so many people live in smaller spaces now, and yes, they’re so big and heavy. But the beautiful workmanship on old ones… seems a shame.

True, forgot about them. Want a nice hot cup of tea? :p

China and Turkey pioneered harassing their own and other citizens on foreign soil; now India is normalizing it further. These tactics need to get slapped down and HARD otherwise it’ll just start happening everywhere. FFS western nations, kick out their diplomats and charge these foreign agents with terrorism or something!

Hmm, hard to argue with that :P

Vote only for candidates who promise to fight for maximum age limits for all Congressional, executive and judicial positions. End the gerontocracy.

Can’t someone at this point charge him with Barratry – abuse of the legal system? Bar his fat arse from filing any more suits for at least his term of office this time around.

Ah, who am I kidding, the US legal system has no teeth (for some), it’s all reliant on ‘customs’ and ‘norms’ at its base, as we have seen recently.

How does one address the paradox that, as JSON itself is evil, one cannot use it for evil?

(opinions may vary on the above; but it’s mine, so nyah nyah.)

Seriously, check out the entire “Fragile” album, and “Classic Yes” which has this and some others like “Starship Trooper”, and “Yours is No Disgrace”.

Hey US… you are insane. You know how this looks to people who haven’t been raised in your culture, right? right?

Now retired huh?

I can think of a good penalty… a number of years in prison equal to the years since they committed this crime. “Disgorgement” is a common legal mechanism, forcing convicted to give up their ill-gotten gains. In this case, time as free persons.

Quick, someone tell his lawyer to help him run for office! … Somewhere.

Apparently that stops the clock entirely on these things, right??

Mine too

A pox on BOTH their houses, so far as I’m concerned.

It’s snake-oil posing as AI. Hallucinating BS answers confidently, hidden in some occasional truthful content; content stolen from creators everywhere to train their models.

Say it together again, folks…

Conservatism strives to build a system where there is an in-group, which law protects but does not bind, and out-groups which the law binds but does not protect.

So long as I don’t touch my current plan they can’t up the charges on me right?

Fricking crooks, all of 'em.