You're missing the (unstated) part that anything a "legitimate" politician says will be immune to this. Because, you know, they're legitimate. Just ask 'em.

Do you really think a politician would enact a law restricting what THEY do? Law is for little people.

From the Mel Brooks documentary, History of the Googleplex, Part I:

Count De Money - I have come on the most urgent of business. It is said that the shareholders are revolting!

King Larry - You said it! They stink on ice.

"It is not life as we know or understand it. Yet it is obviously alive, it exists"

--Spock, "Operation -- Annihilate!"

DMCA effectively authorizes disclosure. Problem fucking solved.

Sorry, if it comes to a pissing match between EU law and US law for a US-based company hosting on US-based servers and infrastructure, EU law won't even come in second place.

I suspect that's by design. Sick and sad, but true nonetheless.

If you want your rights to be protected, don't use US-based services. You're just voluntarily surrendering all your rights if you do.

But the DMCA itself is quite applicable to youtube.com, an American company primarily operating within US borders.

I suppose EU member state citizens can post their videos on video sites outside of US-hosted ones, but if they choose to play in the DMCA's playground, they can't be surprised when they turn out to be susceptible to DMCA bullying.

...if you end up in jail and/or bankrupt....

No one doing this shit ever believes they'll wind up in jail or bankrupt. It's like the Dilbert, where PHB insists that even if he winds up being wrong in the end, at least he's right at first.

At-will employment, that's how.

"We can fire you for any reason*, and you can quit for any reason. Fair?"

*"Any reason" except for reasons specific to the employee being a member of a protected class. But "pot smokers" is not a protected class.

Sadly, the difference is that a Kerbal may have survived that mishap that killed Enterprise's co-pilot, just because they're unbelievably durable little (simulated) chaps.

"It's only wrong when someone else does it."

I have no idea why I have to say it out loud. Hypocrites don't believe they're hypocrites. Frankly, they don't believe in hypocrisy. What they want, they deserve. What anyone else wants, is either irrelevant (if it doesn't interfere with what they want) or evil (if it does interfere with what they want).

Say what you will about unvarnished greed. At least it's internally consistent.

Hey, it's not HIS fault your cow wasn't spherical enough!

You clearly have no use for or expectations of commit messages at all, if your blanket answer is "look at the diffs".

That tells exactly as much as no commit message at all.

You probably don't comment code, either; I mean, the code's right there, amiright? Or else, your comment is a mindless regurgitation of the code, like "add 1 to pointer".

Complete waste of time, attention, and bytes. Don't insult the intelligence of the community with such brainless drivel. Add some value or don't use the thing at all.

Real nerds don't call it "First Edition."

There was only one edition. Any assertion to the contrary will be vigorously ignored.