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I wonder how it would hold up in court, since EasyList is just a list, not the technology itself (like uBlock for example). Could my comment "Everyone, please
by e_proxus 9y ago
I wonder how it would hold up in court, since EasyList is just a list, not the technology itself (like uBlock for example).
Could my comment "Everyone, please block functionalclam.com" also be subject of a DMCA takedown request then?
- MichaelBurge 9y agoAnyone can send you a scary letter claiming anything at any time. Your choices are always A. Ignore it B. Delete your comment or C. Pay a lawyer $500/hour for advice. People have trouble conceptualizing small probabilities, so that minimum threshold of choosing A and being wrong times "all the money in the world"[1] might be > $500, so it's always rational[2] to delete your comment if you don't want to schedule time with a lawyer. [1] http://www.pcworld.com/article/223431/riaa_thinks_limewire_owes_75_trillion_in_damages.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/223431/riaa_thinks_limewire_o... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_mugging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_mugging
- OzzyB 9y agoSo in other words, scary letters work because they're scary and make people scared. Sounds like the more people choose C the more these scary letters become self-fulfilling.