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NolF
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Comment #49043224
That just seemed to be standard venting, methane if I'm not mistaken.
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Comment #42478579
The group exploited a bug in WhatsApp to deliver the spyware. It wasn't an E2E issue. > A U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' (META.O), opens new tab WhatsApp in…
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Comment #40333566
There is certainly an economic utility to a more educated populous, but should that cost 30k+ in debt? If the ROI isn't there and the purpose is a general one for the economic bene…
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Comment #39395586
My understanding was that ads pay to be viewed, they can't get paid if you have it on background play and not watching. So they made it a premium feature and get paid by the subscr…
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Comment #38938671
The Courts already have mechanisms to limit "unlimited" subpoenas or requests for discovery. Requests for the software source code or similar, bug reports, and other reports of iss…
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Comment #38909413
Because there isn't much difference in the force between a 1m and a 8000m drop due to the above. So it really comes down to case, angle, and material onto which it was dropped with…
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Comment #38840537
I believe the issue with Lovelace is that you may find less than PG results typing that on a search engine. Hence using Ada primarily on the marketing. I think the complaint is mor…
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Comment #38831150
The question would be, do you want to fight Disney lawyers to make the argument that your use was not as a trademark, represented as Disney, or that it might cause confusion? With …
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Comment #38678923
It's probably too short. It would live authors with very little bargaining power particularly if they become bigger in their writing carriers. Corporations would just have to wait …
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Comment #38126257
That's why they get you to agree to new terms and conditions with an update, or when there is a new TC you get a lovely email or whatever to ignore. Either you don't accept it so y…
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Comment #38083275
Most licence terms already include a term to change the terms. So technically once you buy it, install it, and agree to it, you are also agreeing the terms may change. They probabl…
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Comment #37582231
Nah, because there was a failure with the policy implementation the kid got a proper name and no record that it had changed.
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Comment #37567957
What's the case law that social meedia sites are responsible for the content on their site? Youtube just recently won the ISIS recruitment case as a counter example [0]. [0] https:…
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Comment #37291972
Yes and no, I think. If you have a valid exemption under copyright (e.g. fair use) then you don't need a licence for the use or making of the derivative work. Obviously such a defe…
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Comment #37243313
Company: we have "connectedness" issues with remote work Everyone: what have you tried? Company: Nothing, it didn't work, and we are out of ideas. Back to the office. Genuinely, al…
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Comment #37127839
He created the idea at the beginning of the pandemic. His thought process was that the Mr Beast brand would allow smaller stores to carry his product and incentivise people to buy …
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Comment #37127796
Yes. Trademark law says the use of a trademark as a trademark is an issue. Using the discord logo to link to a discord channel is fine. Allowing a site to be named Discord with a d…
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Comment #36954984
There is apparently a whole bunch of controversy with the paper being published by one of the authors that had been allegedly kicked out and wanted to ensure he was credited as an …
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Comment #36557174
It would likely fall under "unconscionable conduct" which is illegal under the ACL. I would imagine it would difficult for them to prevent individual licences being sold through th…
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Comment #36548893
Some of the protections do apply to business purchases such as section 18 of the ACL which relates to misleading and deceptive conduct and section 29 regarding false or misleading …
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Comment #36548780
For Australians, if you are affected, this is the kind of issue that should be raised with ACCC at https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/report-a-consume... . It falls under …
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Comment #36454356
Such as "No hate speech".
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Comment #36454307
> This metaphor doesn't map cleanly to when rules are less specific or laid out - because in this situation, the rules have been well tested and made to be unambiguous! I disagree,…
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Comment #36238594
My employer uses the MS Auth app. Now when logging in, it shows a number on the screen that you have to type on the app and then use the finger print. Before it used to be the fing…
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Comment #36220383
Considering there is a "calibration" step. I'm going to guess that as long as the "bad" eye behaves relatively predictably, it should be able to ignore the bad input and put approp…