Problem is, sending a C&D letter is doubly ineffective:
In fact, compare that to the way the last TLS-related vulnerability was handled; in both cases, a critical flaw is revealed before a fix was ready. In the TLS case, it was handled with forthcoming and transparency. I'm not saying that MS should do the same (MS probably can't); but they would show more respect to Samir, and to all their bing cashback clients, by:
... under the law for the protection of personal information.
In France, when someone (A) collects any personal information about anyone else (B), then B is legally able to retrieve any information that A may have collected about him, and to request the deletion of such information.
If you say that: A=student, B=teacher, then, the moment the student puts the teacher's name in the notebook, that teacher's gains a right to inspect the student's notebook, and to request deletion of these contents.
A few caveats however:
-I know of no case where a teacher has made an attempt to do that. Hell, that law is not well-understood by many people. And, if that law was enforced, most CIOs would be behind bars.
-I'd wager that the destruction of any way to identify the teacher in question would be enough.
-That is a french law, the US laws about the same matter are quite different.
-The law I am talking about is ultimately about an individual's right to protect his personal information, not about intellectual property like the rest of the article.
There are certainly exceptions, but I would wager that most live action adaptations of japanese animation/manga have been failures. Which means the worst case scenario boils down to "Cow Boy Bebop live movie is bad, just like nearly every such adaptation, life goes on."
However, I would have a little hope for this one, because the ambiance of Cow Boy Bebop is kind of a stereotype of "american wild west" (or at least its representation in japanese minds). And Keanu Reeves does not strike me as such a bad choice for Spike; I mean, physically speaking they have the same build, don't they?
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