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Comment Get over it. (Score 0) 268

This is not a privacy issue. Your plate number isn't private, never has been, and never will be. If you don't want it seen and noted, anywhere, leave your car in the garage. This is like people who get pissed about cameras in public places taking their picture. Expectation of privacy ceases to exist in public spaces.

Comment Re:WTF? (Score 1) 115

Really? I never saw the term "magical powers" anywhere in the summary, nor was it implied in any way. What was implied, and in fact outright stated, is that Google is being hypocritical. They are doing to others what they disallow being done to them.

And what's stopping other from disallowing the same thing? Nothing, that's what. All Google is doing is *dramatic gasp* protecting its users! They may not be doing it out of any altruistic motives, but it is what it is. If web devs are too damn lazy to use the Google APIs for accessing and displaying this data, too damn bad. There's nothing hypocritical about this story.

Comment Re:Works are based on other works (Score 2) 338

The problem with your example is this: I make a work based on a work that is currently copyright protected, I can be sued for infringement by the owner. If I make a work based on a work where the copyright is now Public Domain, my work is now private copyright protected even though it's a derivative. My point is, if a copyright owner can shut down and claim ownership of derivatives, then derivatives of Public Domain should also be Public Domain. Having it only work one way doesn't encourage anything but Disney-like shenanigans.

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