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Comment Re:We're doomed. (Score 3, Insightful) 94

Your cost went up because you are paying for people like him, who previously were denied coverage. You say that you are glad that the ACA is working for him, but how glad are you exactly? Glad enough to keep paying more so that his preexisting conditions can be covered? Or will you tell him "Well, I would be glad of you could get medical treatment, but not glad enough to make me agree to pay more for my own insurance, so f*ck you"?

Comment Re:If you didn’t sign a contract... (Score 1) 223

Determining willful vs accidental infringement isn't about proof, it's about a preponderance of evidence. Printing it on the package is probably enough to prima facie establish a preponderance that you knew about it. They can prove they presented you with it in writing. Can you prove that you didn't read it? You can argue that you didn't actually read it even though you had it, and you might succeed with that argument or you might not. Either way, it puts them in a better position and you in a worse position than if they didn't put it on the package.

Comment Re:The purchaser and the consumer are not the same (Score 1) 223

It's not an EULA. The grapes are patented, and the patent applies whether you agree or not. The text on the package is just a warning telling you that you dont have permission to reproduce it, so now if you reproduce it they can sue you for willful infringement instead of accidental infringement.

Comment Re:If you didn’t sign a contract... (Score 1) 223

It's NOT a shrink-wrap license. The grape is patented, and the patent applies whether you agree or not. The text on the package is just a warning telling you that you dont have permission to reproduce it, so now if you reproduce it they can sue you for willful infringement instead of accidental infringement.

Comment Re:It's not an easy decision. (Score 2) 229

This is an example of the "whataboutist" fallacy. Yes, modern Turkey has a big problem with denial of the Armenian genocide. But we don't have to decide what to do about Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide to decide what to do about holocaust denial. The question of whether Facebook should ban holocaust denial stands or falls on its own merits.

Comment Re:Right to search not infringed. (Score 2) 129

Perhaps a better analogy would be; if the police get a warrant to sieze my diary but then are disappointed to find that it's written in a foreign language that they can't easily translate, does their warrant obligate me to translate it for them? Or do my obligations end when I hand over the diary?

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