Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[RealAlHazred]

Search Warrants also exist, which are bread and butter of detective work

Hmmm... I suspect at at least one point, he manipulates Detective Schanke into inviting him in...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

well more jobs being lost to robots

Human-sized robots added to Georgia detention center: Video shows the new guards in action

A Georgia sheriff’s office added new robots to the force as a push to improve security.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

 

[trappedslider]

Three cheers for rightsholder groups! /s

US Copyright Office Deals Blow to Video Game Conservationists

Nonprofits had been campaigning to give vintage video game researchers the same rights as researchers in other fields of media.

www.pcmag.com

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Three cheers for rightsholder groups! /s

Ugh. Blame the rightsholder group (ESA) for this. The Copyright Office isn't going to stick its neck out with the kind of opposition. Which sucks.

The tragedy, of course, is that because of the nature of video games (dependent on older technology and platforms and using code that isn't used any longer) we really will lose a chunk of history without the work of people dedicated to the unpaid love and labor of the history and research.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Ugh. Blame the rightsholder group (ESA) for this. The Copyright Office isn't going to stick its neck out with the kind of opposition. Which sucks.

The tragedy, of course, is that because of the nature of video games (dependent on older technology and platforms and using code that isn't used any longer) we really will lose a chunk of history without the work of people dedicated to the unpaid love and labor of the history and research.

If only dante had lived long enough to invent an ironic punishment for copyright trolls

 

[Ryujin]

If only dante had lived long enough to invent an ironic punishment for copyright trolls

9th Circle.

 

[Bedrockgames]

9th Circle.

I would think it would be the fourth

 

[Thomas Shey]

We should probably let @Snarf Zagyg weigh in on the legality here. But if he is displaying a warrant and asks "Can I come in" and you continue to say "no", I believe that would result in you being arrested (now as a vampire who still hasn't been given permission to enter the home, he may be unable to conduct the arrest himself if you aren't in arms reach). And I think saying 'yes' to 'may I come in' would qualify as an invitation

This is just my feeling (and while I have a little law background IANAL) but there's no requirement for the person to say "Yes" in that scenario; they just present the warrant and go on. Now you could make an argument that not inviting the vampire is, in essence, blocking their access which might be a different problem if the legal system knows they're a vampire, but that was not part of the origin scenario as I recall.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

If only dante had lived long enough to invent an ironic punishment for copyright trolls

I mean, they're not trolls. I think it is important to differentiate between those who weaponize and abuse the IP system (copyright, patent*) and are doing nothing but extracting money from others ... often dubiously ...

With actual rightsholders. They may be doing something stupid, short-sighted, and wrong (like they are here) but they aren't trolls. They are trying to protect a legitimate interest, and doing so badly - both because that is their nature (IP attorneys are overly zealous for a reason) and because the entire system incentivizes protecting and monetizing IP.

Eh, the sad thing is that the legal regime in IP is so messed up, but it's not even cracking the top 20 of "messed up legal things that need reform, stat."

*Not so much trademark, but you do see it. Trolls gonna troll.