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by rprasad 14y ago
That is not what the Righthaven court said. Righthaven did not have a copyright, it had a "right to sue" on behalf of the original copyright holder's copyright. The court deemed that insufficient to give Righthaven grounds to enforce the
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by rprasad 14y ago
Craigslit does not claim ownership. Craiglist claims it has a license. They are completely different things. Craiglist is enforcing its license to the post. Ownership of the post itself is, and always has been, with the original poste
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by rprasad 14y ago
You're right, sweat of the brow is irrelevant, which is why it is irrelevant that their process is now automated . The copyrightable aspects are in the collection, selection, and presentation of data, which is not required by law to be p
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by rprasad 14y ago
Under the HN logic prevailing in this discussion, that would appear to be correct... But like padmapper, you would be completely screwed if it turned into a lawsuit.
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by rprasad 14y ago
The users chose to give Craiglist permission to use their data. They did not choose to give PadMapper their data, or else they would have posted their listing to PadMapper. They did give Craiglist permission to prevent others from using th
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by rprasad 14y ago
People could always post to padmapper...directly. Or sell on Ebay...Or post it to the various subreddits...Or to local newspaper's community boards... There is nothing forcing people to use Craiglist. They are not a monopoly, nor do they a
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by rprasad 14y ago
Righthaven is different . Righthaven did not have a copyright use license, so it did not have the right to enforce the copyright. (A copyright enforcement "license" is a non-license, legally, since it does not convey any actual copy "rig
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by rprasad 14y ago
Ah yes, I can see that now that the site loads in reasonable time.
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by rprasad 14y ago
cough Goodreads. Already has network effects going for it, and a very vibrant author community. It does pretty much what all the comments on this HN page suggest you should add/change. Also, your site took almost 5 minutes to load. Th
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by rprasad 14y ago
Craiglist has a great UX for a classifieds board: location > type of listing > listings by date. It may look butt ugly, but it is as close to a functionally efficient classifieds board as you can get. Craigslist isn't trying to b
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by rprasad 14y ago
Craiglist doesn't need to write those posts. Under their TOS, Craiglist has a license to the posts (which are copyrighted by their owners ). This license gives Craiglist the authority to enforce copyright against persons who interfere wit
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by rprasad 14y ago
You actually do under the HN terms of use, which are permissive in the licenses they grant regarding HN posts. For example, see HN Magazine and various other HN-based sites and services. But as you note, the important thing here is the "li
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by rprasad 14y ago
Craiglist doesn't get traffic from PadMapper. PadMapper gets nearly all of its traffic from Craiglist. Craiglist can charge for mobile licenses because people want the traffic that Craiglist can bring them.
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by rprasad 14y ago
Cable monopolies are not government-created. They are government-backed in limited circumstances . In most of California, for example, there is hefty competition for cable/satellite services and high-speed internet, despite cable televis
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by rprasad 14y ago
If someone can afford an electric car, especially a Tesla, they will probably just fly first-class to their destination, where they will undoubtedly have a second electric car waiting for them. So my estimate would be about 1-2 hours.
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by rprasad 14y ago
In California, where most fuel-efficient/electric cars are sold, gas ranges between $3.50-$4.00/gallon (or above $4.00 during periods of "high demand"). Gas in the areas targeted by Tesla (i.e., Beverly Hills) starts at $4.25 and goes up f
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by rprasad 14y ago
> Eventually, it was also upgraded to a "Red Notice". To put it into context, a red notice for such a trivial charge with a previously willful and responsive person is unusual. A "Red Notice" is just an Interpol request for a member co
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by rprasad 14y ago
That's not how interpol notices ("red notices") work. They are simply notices used for requesting the arrest of criminal suspects by members of Interpol. Syria is not a member of Interpol, nor is he currently detained by any member of Inte
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by rprasad 14y ago
It's good to know that you, single-handedly, have decided that no crime was committed based on an incomplete knowledge of all of the facts of the case. There is a reason we have criminal trials: it is to allow for the exposition of all
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by rprasad 14y ago
The key issue here is that the artwork was created prior to the law illegalizing private possession of bald eagle remains. It was on those grounds that the family received special dispensation from FWS to maintain legal ownership (but not
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by rprasad 14y ago
Your arguments have no basis in the law *as it exists in this reality. The law makes it a felony to sell or possess bald eagle remains. The only reason that family still "has" this art piece is because actual possession of the art piece l
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by rprasad 14y ago
The law makes it illegal for them to sell or possess the eagle art piece. You clearly missed the part of the article where it said that a special dispensation from FWS was required for them to continue possessing the eagle art piece so
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by rprasad 14y ago
They are not insuring it. The museum is insuring it.
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by rprasad 14y ago
The IRS computer system was built in the 1970s. It does not have the capabilities you ascribe to it. Consequently, the IRS still uses the following system to determine who to audit: (1) errors in their returns, (2) types of income, and (3)
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by rprasad 14y ago
It was a combination of the (1) court order and (2) the juvenile court proceedings combined that appear to give grounds for charging the victim with revealing her attackers' names. Juvenile court proceedings are confidential in every state.
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by rprasad 14y ago
That doesn't work. Putting it in the EULA is not enough. You would actuallly have to reject customers with Texas addresses.
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by rprasad 14y ago
Jurisdiction for the lawsuit arises from (1) past contacts with the U.S. at the time of the claim from which the lawsuit arises or (2) current contacts with the U.S. For example, if your LLC is being sued for...say, slander, that supposedly
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by rprasad 14y ago
Not paying a judgement against you is not contempt of court. In the Yahoo Article, the woman arrested failed to show up to multiple court hearings, despite receive notice at the proper address. The fact that the court hearings related to a
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by rprasad 14y ago
A Dell takes 1-2 weeks to ship too, possibly more... It's not a matter of demand. It's a matter of acquiring the components, building the product to spec, testing it, and preparing it for shipment.
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by rprasad 14y ago
As a matter of economics, $25 million in one lump sum is always better than the same $25 million spread out over more than one year. With the lump sum, you can do whatever you wanted to do, now . With the "annuity", you must continue earn

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