Does that use less bandwidth than piracy? Surely their concern is that it uses a lot of data. Not that it's not "legit"

I don't think so, because it's not obvious that this is a mechanism to prevent access, but if they put a lock there (no matter how weak) to prevent you from adding the fuse then it possibly would be. At least that's the analogy. If we're talking about a real car then obviously it wouldn't be.

Yes. You may be able to guess the password, but based on the "reasonable man" test, I think most people would assume that you weren't meant to guess it. I don't have a problem with this in principle. I do have a problem that it seems to allow companies to extend the reach of copyright.

My way of seeing it is that anyone who buys the oscilloscope has a legally acquired copy of the software. They just can't access it. Actually accessing legally acquired software should not be illegal. It's not like there's a business model that would be unsustainable without the protection. If they don't want people to use the software, then don't give them the software. If they pay extra then provide the software.

I agree with your desscription of it being "crippled". This is essentially a law criminalising repair. In the physical world, if I were to sell off faulty stock (which is legitimate as long as I was honest about the fact that it was faulty), I would not be able to use the law to prevent them from repairing it, even if the buyer was competing with my repair business.

Also, for it to be a DCMA, doesn't the requested takedown have to have something to do with DRM?

The DMCA doesn't mention DRM. It mentions somethign along the lines of mechanisms that prevent access to protected works (software can be a mechanism for the purposes of the act).

Personally I don't think this should qualify as infringement since it prevents use - which should not be a copyright violation - rather than duplication, but that's my opinion on what the law should be rather than what it would be when interpreted by the courts.

Look at that thing. It's smart, stylish, with a convenient touch screen interface and comes in a range of colours, and a recognised brand. It should do at least as well as the other ebook readers at the same price.

There's somethign really really wrong in Sony that the company is failing to address. Without their video games division I'd be surprised if the company remained afloat at all.

Aside from special effects, they really didn't do much shooting in the US. The studio work was mostly in the UK, and planets were represented by Tunisia , Italy, Spain, and a few others.

Armies are quite capable of supporting themselves these days. They don't need to requisition houses, especially not those in the US, where they have huge military basis.

Well, this is not about quartering soldiers, nor is it without the consent of the owner.

I don't think it's that controversial a view. There are some nice ideas in the book, but Dick was a bit of a hack, more keen on getting the book out than perfection, and it shows.

Was he using cards with his own name, or should he simply have called it quits the 41st time?

I get the impression that this is a voluntary agreement with the advertisers. They don't want to sponsor anything that might arnish their valuable brands. It's not all that clear though. Seems there are 5 parties here including the police (the advertisers, the website, the banner ad wholesaler and "sunblock") but I don't know exactly who's in the group making this agreement and who gets paid.

Yup, yup and yup. Also I use Windows, and Blu-ray discs.

I have no way of knowing what DRM software is on my PC, with the exception of the three I explicitly agreed to (Kindle, audible, and Steam).

I strongly suspect that other apps may have added unwanted crap but how do I find out?

If this is all there is to it, then the company screwed up big time. They could have ignored the tweet. They could have apologised and said they were going to look into it. Instead, somehow between receiving the tweet, and going through the various layers, someone decided that threatening to call the police was a good idea. While this may have been a decision made by the PR person, that seems unlikely.

Of course the other possibility is that there's something that wasn't mentioned that changes things a lot.

PR departments follow their company twitter feed. If your feed is mentioned (i.e. someone types @SWA) it triggers an email or a notification depending on your settings.