bogositosius

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by bogositosius 9y ago
>when adjusted for population Have you adjusted for crime rates?
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!
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by bogositosius 10y ago
>If there is a place where government regulation can do some good, this might be it. Isn't government regulation the cause of this problem? These trolls only exist because there's a government patent system.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
>Make no mistake, Cloudflare is a strong supporter of the patent system. Well this is pretty rich.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Do you work for a taxi association? See how that pointless allegation swings both ways? If you knew anything about civil litigation, you'd know that what is alleged in lawsuit filings is utterly pointless drivel as far as trying to use
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Then let them build a case against Uber for its use of Greyball. Why is federal involvement under RICO statutes necessary to do that?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Because protectionist taxi regulations enacted and enforced by local officials are a local issue. Just because the DOJ can shoehorn a legal argument together to assert jurisdiction doesn't mean it isn't yet another overreach by th
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by bogositosius 10y ago
In what jurisdiction do I have to report transferring more than $10,000? That's an obligation of the bank, not individuals using banks. (At least in the U.S. Do EU citizens have to report themselves for such transactions?)
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by bogositosius 10y ago
No. Why it can be made a federal issue has been successfully outlined by others in this thread. Misleading investigators throughout multiple cities, however, isn't the reason.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Turkey isn't in the EU.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
>such as his decision to steal Google's self-driving tech When was this proven? So far, those are nothing but allegations in a civil suit.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Which local governments have tried mounting a substantive case and failed?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
There are plenty of reasons that they shouldn't. You may not agree with the reasons but they exist.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
What does this example scenario have to do with the federal government getting involved in taxi regulations?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
>Not seeing the problem here...? Nope. Let the cities enforce their own laws.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
So what?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Sure. And that's why the feds should stay out of it.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
The mafia-like, protectionist taxi regulations should be considered the true conspiracy, IMHO.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Point taken. I still think it's absurd to have a federal investigation over some city's taxi regulations being evaded, but at least I can follow the potential legal logic. Thanks for the info.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Yes, but for evading city taxi regulators?!?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
>obstruction of justice Fair point. Personally I still think this is overreach but I can follow the legal footing on that.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
I looked at the enumerated crimes and I don't see "evading city taxi regulations" in there.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
So let the local officials bring a case.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Sure, but what federal law was broken? I wasn't aware that the federal government enforces local city regulations just because money is moving between states.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
True. But considering RICO's original intent, investigating a software company for evading draconian local taxi regulations seems out of scope.
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Hmm. But local taxi regulations are not federal law, so what's the underlying federal crime being committed?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Assuming this is true, why does that make it a federal issue?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
Evading local regulators is a federal matter?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
>and I’m also worried about it being a disincentive for our investigators to do it at all How "important" can the investigation possibly be if this serves as a "disincentive"?
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by bogositosius 10y ago
He says he doesn't want a backdoor and then spends all his time asking for one.

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