When you say they "have to actually BE the rights holder" you're really referring only to the last step - the dispute. The law doesn't require the ISP to prove or be confident that the party issuing the takedown notice has the legal right to do so, and I don't believe there are penalties for issuing a faulty takedown…

Digital Millennium Copyright Act - a rights' holder can, under the law, make a claim and issue a "takedown notice" which Internet service providers generally obey immediately. The user who posted or created the content can then dispute the takedown, at which point documentation is developed and exchanged. The ISP may…

They don't need to scan every single video uploaded, only the ones where a claim has been filed. Google makes a gigantic shitton of cash with a huge profit margin, I wouldn't feel very sympathetic if they were forced to hire people to review claims that might destroy someones livelihood.

Dat ass

I really don't like it when people say "I'm of the mindset." Trying too fucking hard, just say "I think"! But his entire comment is an example of a kid trying too hard to sound grown up.

Aw, such a sweet love story! :p

Only ten states in the U.S. have 18 as the age of consent. Looks like more places peg it at 16 (har har).

Ok, so you wouldn't do it for fairly reasonable reasons. But people in other circumstances? They might. It's not like this kind of thing is a new invention the TV show just made up. It's far more common in South Korea and some other countries, but it certainly happens here too. My point is you made it sound like it's…

DARPA has been developing combat-useful exoskeletal superstructure for a long time.

Sort of, except it plays all PC games, whereas PS4 and Xbone play only native games.

But didn't you say you can do it that way, you just suffer severe penalties if you ever try again? I mean you can maintain an Internet / telephone correspondence, have met a couple of times in person, go through the process you describe, live together in the US once the K1 Visa is obtained, and then say "Uhh,…

The level of documentation you are describing is the absolute most detailed submissions you can possibly make; most people don't include all the stuff you do (Google Hangouts? Facebook newsfeeds? Yikes).

Do you look young? I've heard that question offered to young looking women with small children, because it's not always clear if they are sitter, sibling or mother. But the racial merger thing doesn't come up here too much because we've got like 1 black person out of every 100,000 people in this state.

Editing note: when describing the name of her kids, it should be "respectively" not "respectfully."

Never heard of Lisa Frank or Lisa Frank Inc.

You know, I'm about done engaging you on this topic. You said that Jews were "over-represented in positions of wealth and power" because "many profiteered from slavery."

I didn't read the blurb on Wikipedia; I read several reviews of the book (including one on Foreign Affairs), the publisher's own summary, snippets on Google Books, reviews and snippets on Project MUSE, and elsewhere.

Trolling status confirmed. The book you cited takes exactly the opposite position you espoused, namely it argues that Jews had a minuscule and at most proportionate role in the Atlantic slave trade. Furthermore it states that the absence of the tiny number of Jews who owned slaves in the South would have made no…

Friends who are doctors, but don't trust your doctor because they are all in the pocket of big pharma? Your comments are all over the place. I'm sure there are comment sections on blogs aimed at your particular subset of ignorant conspiracy theorists, maybe you should stick to hanging out there?

Hmmmmm, maybe if you get attacked every time you bring it up there is a problem with your delivery. Perhaps you should include your follow-up disclaimer in your original pronouncement, just to tamp down the apparently inevitable flame war?