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| Authored by: MDT on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 04:00 PM EST |
Sorry PJ, but it doesn't matter how good you feel Apple's
service is. They are legally required to give free
manufacturer warranty for 2 years from purchase in the EU.
The fact that they then try to upsell people without
informing them they already have 2 years service is illegal,
and it's why they're being sued in the EU over it.
It's honestly not that hard, Apple has already lost this
once, and they should have directed all EU subsidiaries to
fix this issue. The fact that they are only fixing it when
they get forced to means they're intentionally flaunting the
law. Which get's you nowhere, and most likely heavier fines
each go round.
Now, if they've fixed it EU wide, and Germany is just
pulling a money grab, then that's a different story. Trying
to parse the english version of the german legal document is
, I'm sorry to say, beyond my pidgen legalese.
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| Authored by: MDT on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 04:10 PM EST |
I agree PJ,
I have no clue why anyone these days in the Tech or Legal
professions would have a Facebook page for any reason other
than officially sponsored employment pages, and then not
have those have anything to do with one's personal life in
any way.
I have never had a facebook account, nor have I any wish to
have one. I wish my wife weren't addicted to it. She even
updated her status while waiting for the EMTs to take her to
the hospital when she had an accident, while in intense
pain.
Never understand that.
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- Facebook - Authored by: red floyd on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 04:22 PM EST
- Facebook - Authored by: MDT on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 04:30 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 04:39 PM EST |
Two News Picks:
Warner Sued by Gershwin Estate and
Paramount Investors get Zero Return .
Robert X
Cringely took a
brief look at the problem
earlier this month, and offered a
possible solution .
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- Star Wars - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 08:20 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 05:38 PM EST |
Well, it will be interesting to see how this one goes. Will
FB be immune to the M$ kiss of death? History says no. No
good will come from this this partnership for sure.
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- Good riddance - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 05:55 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 07:55 PM EST |
PJ: What about the fact that no one wants those trace amounts in
organic food and the farmers are thus being damaged in their market? Plus,
replanting your own seeds is not viewed by Monsanto as "inadvertent", as I
understand it.
How about a class action lawsuit by the organic
farmers against Monsanto for polluting their fields? If the genes are Monsanto's
property, and they're undesirable, then Monsanto was negligent for allowing that
foreseeable event to happen.
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| Authored by: hardmath on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 11:17 PM EST |
Huffpost Link:
Petition to remove Carmen Ortiz
I
signed the petition, but was confused by the reference to
Carmen Ortiz as the
US prosecuting attorney. The
funeral report from LA Times
contained this clarifying
paragraph:
Although his indictment on
13 felony counts was
announced by U.S. Atty. Carmen M. Ortiz in Massachusetts,
accounts from Swartz’s supporters say much of the behind-
the-scenes
negotiations were handled by Assistant U.S. Atty.
Stephen P.
Heymann.
The petition is short on specifics, which is par for
the
course with these things. However I'm concerned, as Aaron's
father seems
to be, that the government targeted him to
intimidate Internet activists
broadly.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 16 2013 @ 01:35 AM EST |
Prosecutor Stephen Heymann has been blamed for contributing to
Swartz's suicide. Back in 2008, young hacker Jonathan James killed himself in
the midst of a federal investigation led by the same
prosecutor.
[...]
James, the first juvenile put into confinement for a
federal cybercrime case, was found dead was two weeks after the
Secret Service raided his house as part of its investigation of the TJX
hacker case led by Heymann — the largest personal identity hack in history. He
was thought to be "JJ," the unindicted co-conspirator named in the criminal complaints filed with the US District Court
in Massachusetts. In his suicide note, James wrote that he was killing himself
in response to the federal investigation and their attempts to tie him to a
crime which he did not commit: "I have no faith in the
'justice' system. Perhaps my actions today, and this letter, will send a
stronger message to the public. Either way, I have lost control over this
situation, and this is my only way to regain control."
...
"Remember," he
wrote, "it's not whether you win or lose, it's whether I win or lose, and
sitting in jail for 20, 10, or even 5 years for a crime I didn't commit is not
me winning. I die free."
Heymann received the
Attorney
General's Award for Distinguished Service for "directing the largest and
most successful identity theft and hacking investigation and prosecution ever
conducted in the United States."
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