Posts by alobar
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Hard News: The judge is not helping, in reply to Keir Leslie,
And he doesn't even like journalists , why would he want to be one?
I wonder were the personal emails he released relevant ? -
much as I'd like to call LB a hypocrite , I guess he's got a point about street prostitution (but perhaps his own use of public space is also a little too unrestricted )
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“Also for the USG to contend with might be liability actions for loss of data brought against them by legitimate users of MU, who are substantial, and the possibility of such a class action suit derailing their case.”
Google's terms and condition make it clear there’s no guarantee documents stored on their servers will be safe and secure. I suppose MU’s T&C’s were similar ? And even if they weren’t who’d store important data there without up to date backups in another location?
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breaking into Bill Gates’ compound and riddling the wall behind Gates with a machine gun (spelling out “Linux” with bullet holes)
..suddenly I like him a lot more ... but I'm still sure his business model relied on copyright infringement a whole lot more than google's
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Hard News: Finally, the Teapot Tape?, in reply to Islander,
I don't want to credit Key with being that fast on his feet , but whether or not he had noticed the device before the end of the conversation he still wasted police time
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Hard News: Finally, the Teapot Tape?, in reply to Marknz,
I don’t read HoS but i still followed the saga simply because it was interesting… and the fact that Key made sure they couldn’t be legally published gave the media a lot more fuel , but that was obviously preferable to causing voters offence
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Police reiterate that it is an offence to disclose private communications unlawfully intercepted. This offence, is punishable by up to two years imprisonment where any person discloses the private communication, or the substance, meaning, or purport of the communication or any part of it, or discloses the existence of the private communication if he knows that it has come to his knowledge as a direct or indirect result of an offence against s216B Crimes Act
Then surely Key should have "on principle" made a complaint to the police against Winston Peters .
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Key's main concern today seems to be to apologize to any elderly voters who were offended …and his comments on the tape confirm how obvious the device was… anyone still think the police complaint was made on principle?
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Hard News: The Mega Conspiracy, in reply to Sacha,
so a business should only be prevented from continuing to offend if its a criminal matter ?
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Hard News: The Mega Conspiracy, in reply to Sacha,
Drugs also fail as a comparison because if you use them, they’re gone. Digital media, not so
That doesn't make it a less valid comparison from a legal perspective.
I didn't like the drug analogy myself to begin with , but given the low level of harm of some drugs (legal and illegal) , and the widespread low level use maybe its not such a bad comparison.