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Submission + - Aereo required to testify about non-public patent info

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: In ABC v Aereo, a copyright infringement action against Aereo, the Magistrate Judge has overruled Aereo's attorney/client privilege objection to being forced to divulge non-public details about its patented technology. In his 15 page decision (PDF) he ordered the continued deposition of the company's CTO and CEO about their patent applications. My gut reaction is that this sets a very dangerous precedent, giving the big copyright plaintiffs yet another 'in terrorem' device to use against technology startups — the power to use the lawsuit as a chance to delve into a defendant's non-public tech secrets.

Comment Re:Wait... How are we going to blame this on Obama (Score 1) 416

FALSE. Why are you people so god damn stupid about this? A president can do many things that impact the country for GENERATIONS.
  We are still being impacted by the fucktwad Reagan.

" Present policy is set/corrected by the guy in power"
No. Congress might have a thing or two with that. President, not King.

Comment from your link (Score 2) 416

" Based on a non-peer-reviewed survey of the five states that systematically report incidents at wells "
ah, so not really all that great.

Also, methane is found naturally in groundwater, especially in areas that are also going to be used for horizontal fracking.

I can go to places that have no fracking withing 200 miles that have methane in the water.

Methane in the water s not evidence of 'contamination' from fracking.

Aras of the US that have the right geology for shale will ALSO have methane in the water supply.
Or do you think fracking is so evil it send methane into ground water back in tie form before fracking started?

I ccan'tr believe you reason is a report based on other studies and non peer reviewed information.

This type of thing pisses me off:
"Flammable levels of natural gas are common in water supplies, and explosions—even reports of flammable drinking water—have occurred near fracking sites"

And? AND? it also happen where fracking isn't. appalling..

There is a reason the focus is moving from groundwater, where nothing has been found, to waste spillover; which is actually something worth being concerned with. However it's an engineering issue and can be done right.

Comment Re:The Shutdowns have NOTHING to do with saving mo (Score 1) 668

Are you high? It's clearly not the administration.
You really have to be delusional to think that.

Some pubs don't like a law of the land, and they will shut it all down to get that law changed. Had the pubs presented a clean bill, nothing would have been shut down.

"“We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.”" Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind

Pubs are filibustering their OWN bills.

Comment Re:Hope it makes him feel better (Score 5, Insightful) 362

IT was MIT who insisted on tough ]punishments and wouldn't allow a slap on the wrist.
If Abelson was anyway involved it that, then he is at fault regardless of his history'.

NO, he wasn't naive, his punishment was overblown.

I'f I am going 5 mph over the speed limit, and I get a ticket I am not naive, that's just the risk I took.

If I get arrested, taken to jail, refuse bail and threatened. IT didn't happen becasue I was naive, it happened because people were abusing power to make a point.

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