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by anseljh 11y ago
Some smart people are bad people. It sounds like you met them. Or maybe they thought you were trolling them? How many public defenders have you had similar conversations with? You might get different results.
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by anseljh 11y ago
Well, you don't just flip a switch. You need to go back to grad school and get a JD degree, which is 3 years full-time, and then pass a bar exam. Law school was not especially difficult, but it was a lot of work, which was fine. The ba
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by anseljh 11y ago
I realized I like writing paragraphs more than code. I'm a decent programmer, and I still code sometimes, but I didn't want to do it all day every day. So...I became a lawyer. :-O Now I help start companies and troubleshoot human
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by anseljh 11y ago
Intercepts with warrants is really, really different than giving unaccountable thought police a desk in the news room. Equating these things is silly and borderline offensive.
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by anseljh 11y ago
My point is that the Secret founders, who thought long and hard about this, concluded that the social cost (harassment, etc.) outweighed the benefits ("cool jokes", etc.). I am imploring you to learn that lesson instead of repeati
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by anseljh 11y ago
Please learn from Secret. There are some things you should choose not to build. This is one.
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by anseljh 11y ago
I noticed the unmistakable X Windows "X" cursor and gray loading screen on an in-flight entertainment system that crashed on me. I think it was Virgin America, one of their early flights after they launched.
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by anseljh 11y ago
We hope.
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by anseljh 11y ago
Wow. Lots of doublespeak from the founder in the Re/code piece. While it's true that "The [California Labor Commission’s] Uber decision...was only a single claim", I'm not so sure it was "blown out of proportio
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by anseljh 11y ago
It's a trade secrets case, not a patent case. Trade secrets are the lesser-known 4th kind of IP after patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Here's the actual complaint: http://www.scribd.com/doc/265362619/
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by anseljh 11y ago
Yeeeeeah, I said that 2 years ago, and I wasn't the only one. NYT should have talked to a few more sources. http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/15/the-constitution-and-the-3d... Wired's article on this is
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by anseljh 11y ago
This is why there are turtles at the base of the columns at the Supreme Court. https://www.flickr.com/photos/morgonmae/2437913438
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by anseljh 11y ago
Eek. This is only kinda true. You ought to talk to a copyright lawyer and get a handle on derivative works and data compilations. You can get started by reading this Supreme Court case: Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Service Co., 49
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by anseljh 11y ago
That case is still alive and kicking, actually. Craigslist just filed a motion to amend its complaint (again). Full docket: https://www.pacerpro.com/cases/158665 Motion: https://s3.amazonaws.com/pacer-d
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by anseljh 11y ago
The gears of the judiciary grind slowly, but grind they do. They're grinding these Prenda guys down to their component atoms. That can take a while.
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Project COLDFEET (1962)(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by anseljh 12y ago|0 comments
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by anseljh 12y ago
It's soft language, but I don't think they can stretch it to mean "anything." 5 months is just way too long.
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by anseljh 12y ago
Under California law, data breach notifications "shall be made in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay". Civil Code § 1798.82(a): http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displ
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by anseljh 12y ago
Here's a sample of the notification that went to affected "driver partners": http://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-48540
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Monkey Selfies, AI, and Copyright / Do Androids Dream of Intellectual Property?(halliburtonlegal.com)
1 points by anseljh 12y ago|0 comments
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by anseljh 12y ago
Hilarious watching neighboring cows freak out at 2:26 and 4:23 of the grid fin test video.
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by anseljh 12y ago
Got data?
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by anseljh 12y ago
Yeah, I think a good future state would be experts with software augmenting their abilities, like helping flesh out the correct documents. There is precious little of that in the legal industry, though.
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by anseljh 12y ago
I like the earthquake analogy. Also, most legal screwups won't cause a company to fail—but they will cause unnecessary expense, distraction, and stress. The point is that all of that's preventable if you are careful.
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by anseljh 12y ago
Correct: there are lots of ways to mess up. LegalZoom is just one new way.
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by anseljh 12y ago
I agree, Nolo > LegalZoom.
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by anseljh 12y ago
Sorry, but actually wrong on all fronts. I was genuinely pretty surprised by how bad the situation was and thought it would be interesting to write about. Sorry if you feel differently.
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by anseljh 12y ago
I'm curious to hear what the HN community thinks. Any good war stories from the DIY legal front?
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by anseljh 12y ago
Why the gnashing of teeth? Yes, privilege is real, but they had to pick some place to do it, and it's a hell of a lot better to have it online and for free than to not have it online and for free.
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by anseljh 12y ago
RECAP recently found a new home with the Free Law Project, so hopefully things will improve. http://freelawproject.org/2014/05/19/our-recap-partnership-w...

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