Prisoners Figure Copyright Abuse Is A Way To Get Out Of Jail

from the a-sign-of-the-times dept

http://www.techdirt.com/

Well, we've seen all kinds of companies abuse copyright law for a variety of purposes, and it seemed only a matter of time until outright criminals caught on as well. A group of inmates apparently copyrighted their names and then demanded millions of dollars from the prison they were in for using their names without permission. The claims were sent to the warden of the prison and when he didn't pay up, the prisoners were able to file claims against his property -- and then hired someone to seize the warden's property and freeze his bank accounts. At this point they then demanded to be released from prison before they would return the property. Instead, they were charged with extortion and "conspiring to impede the duties of federal prison officials." While the story is amusing, it does show how copyright law is being perceived these days. As intellectual property lawyers push more and more ridiculous positions concerning copyright law, people are beginning to realize that it can be used as a hammer for all kinds of ridiculous lawsuits that have absolutely nothing to do with creating incentives for the creation of new content.

ATV

 
The concrete is in contact with what? A sealant, why would you need that? Can't make the concrete that bad, after all we do it like this all over Vegas.

What we don't see on Jeopardy

Me and Big Doggie Dave on a study day

Yes I fart in your general direction...

Mac

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In retrospect I might have needed to lubricate the distributor...

One of my regrets is never having made a video of my bug running or never recording an audio file of the engine winding up. Used VW roll rockerers and chrome molly push rods to keep the valves moving at high RPM. My mechanic loved to gun the hell out of my engine and every one in the shop would get really excited by my old rust bucket...

Quotes

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
- Paula Poundstone

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
- Harry Golden

Desert storm, rain in buckets

If it is blowing this hard at ground level, then up on the work floor, let's say 40 floors up, it will be dangerously fast, not to mention that there is a very real risk of things getting blown off the building.

Big Heli

Roosevelt on being American. Are you American?

Theodore Roosevelt



"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
-- Theodore Roosevelt, 1907.

"For an American citizen to vote as a German-American, an Irish-American, or an English-American, is to be a traitor to American institutions; and those hyphenated Americans who terrorize American politicians by threats of the foreign vote are engaged in treason to the American Republic."
-- Theodore Roosevelt, 1915.

Might think that I am an ass, but this is history.