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Did you just compare making modded consoles to the civil rights movement. Fuck your hyperbole, I'm tired of that shit.
Guy facing 10 years for modding consoles
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JCM
Im just showing how idiotic the "he broke the law" arguement is, which is a worse and more tiring shit. Even an 8-year old wouldve noticed that by looking at the list of idiotic laws posted, not always "the law" = good, or makes sense.Twitch said:
Calm down, learn to fucking read, unbunch panties.
These actually make at least a bit of senseJCM said:
aranoid: -Bear wrestling - as in two bears wrestling? Everyone agrees dog fighting is illegal, so...
-windshield wipers - it's a tad hard to see when it gets rainy if you don't have wipers, so that's a safety issue
- illegal for a driver to drive blindfolded - again, safety...
-topless women - if a man is legally allowed to be topless, why not? Besides, in places where women can be topless it seems like the only ones who do so are the ones you didn't really want to see :tongue:
- no smoking within blah blah - So no second hand smoke where someone would be forced to walk near you, doesn't seem unreasonable
- throw a ball at someone's head - are you saying throwing projectiles at people SHOULD be legal?
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I just copied the list, but yeah, 10 out of 50 make sense. Im still browsing through http://www.dumblaws.com , here are some more gems-
-The mere possession of a lottery ticket is illegal in North Carolina and may result in a $2,000 fine.
-No one may be a professional fortune-teller, and if one wishes to pursue the practice as an amateur, it must be practiced in a school or church.
-Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
-While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled.
-If a man and a woman who aren’t married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
-All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart.
-It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
-Oral sex is considered a crime against nature.
-A three dollar tax must be paid on all white goods sold.
-Organizations may not hold their meetings while the members present are in costume.
-Bingo games may not last over 5 hours unless it is held at a fair.
-Serving alcohol at a bingo game is not allowed.
-Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
-Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times.
-It is illegal to drive cars through city cemeteries for pleasure.
-In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker’s stand, you can be fined $25.
-Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
-It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
-It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
-The Ohio driver’s education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
-Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
-Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
-It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
-No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
-It is illegal to display colored chickens for sale.
-No person shall solicit sex from another of the same gender if it offends the second person.
-Posting signs at swimming pools is illegal.
-It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
And my fave, which I do wish enforcement -It’s against the law to sing off key.
That would end Britney's career.
And the classic Washington law http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/washington
-It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.
-The mere possession of a lottery ticket is illegal in North Carolina and may result in a $2,000 fine.
-No one may be a professional fortune-teller, and if one wishes to pursue the practice as an amateur, it must be practiced in a school or church.
-Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
-While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled.
-If a man and a woman who aren’t married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
-All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart.
-It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
-Oral sex is considered a crime against nature.
-A three dollar tax must be paid on all white goods sold.
-Organizations may not hold their meetings while the members present are in costume.
-Bingo games may not last over 5 hours unless it is held at a fair.
-Serving alcohol at a bingo game is not allowed.
-Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
-Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times.
-It is illegal to drive cars through city cemeteries for pleasure.
-In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker’s stand, you can be fined $25.
-Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
-It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
-It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
-The Ohio driver’s education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
-Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
-Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
-It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
-No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
-It is illegal to display colored chickens for sale.
-No person shall solicit sex from another of the same gender if it offends the second person.
-Posting signs at swimming pools is illegal.
-It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
And my fave, which I do wish enforcement -It’s against the law to sing off key.
That would end Britney's career.
And the classic Washington law http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/washington
-It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.
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I wonder if that's a law aimed at making harder to run brothels, even illegally. "No, this isn't a whore house, these girls just live here and like to have visitors..."JCM said:
figmentPez
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Jude rules that RealDVD is illegal
"SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge ruled here late Tuesday that it was unlawful to traffic in goods to copy DVDs.
"U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel’s ruling came in a decision in which she declared RealNetworks’ DVD copying software was illegal. She barred it from being distributed.
"Patel said the RealDVD software violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 that prohibits the circumvention of encryption technology.
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"'Whatever application the fair use doctrine may have for individual consumers making backup copies of their own DVDs, it does not portend to save Real from liability under the DMCA in this action,” Patel wrote (.pdf) in a lawsuit brought by Hollywood.'
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"'while it may well be fair use for an individual consumer to store a backup copy of a personally owned DVD on that individual’s computer, a federal law has nonetheless made it illegal to manufacture or traffic in a device or tool that permits a consumer to make such copies,' Patel said. She added, 'fair use can never be an affirmative defense to the act of gaining unauthorized access' — a simple way of saying it was illegal to hack into the encryption to make a copy."
The DMCA says:
Copyright law is messed up in the US. Other countries beware, laws similar to the DMCA are in the works around the world.
"SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge ruled here late Tuesday that it was unlawful to traffic in goods to copy DVDs.
"U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel’s ruling came in a decision in which she declared RealNetworks’ DVD copying software was illegal. She barred it from being distributed.
"Patel said the RealDVD software violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 that prohibits the circumvention of encryption technology.
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"'Whatever application the fair use doctrine may have for individual consumers making backup copies of their own DVDs, it does not portend to save Real from liability under the DMCA in this action,” Patel wrote (.pdf) in a lawsuit brought by Hollywood.'
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"'while it may well be fair use for an individual consumer to store a backup copy of a personally owned DVD on that individual’s computer, a federal law has nonetheless made it illegal to manufacture or traffic in a device or tool that permits a consumer to make such copies,' Patel said. She added, 'fair use can never be an affirmative defense to the act of gaining unauthorized access' — a simple way of saying it was illegal to hack into the encryption to make a copy."
The DMCA says:
Yet, despite that a judge just ruled that while you have the right to make a fair use copy of a DVD, it is illegal to make or distribute any software or device that would make such a copy possible. In effect, the DMCA has affected the rights it claims it will not change.
Copyright law is messed up in the US. Other countries beware, laws similar to the DMCA are in the works around the world.
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