A Legal Theory with Teeth, and Pizzaz
Somebody needs to light a fire under Congress about the entertainment industry's abuse of takedown notices under the Copyright act. The current strategy -- which is to hold lawyers to a good faith belief standard, while also permitting them to collect fees for asserting meritless claims -- is as ridiculous dismissing any tort claim where the defendant asserts that she was "careful." Law is about power and the good faith of the powerful has never been an effective check.
That's why I love the spirit of the folks at PirateBay.com:
That's why I love the spirit of the folks at PirateBay.com:
posted by Patrick Bageant at 8:53 AM
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Query: who is Pope Gregory, and why did he make me come to school today?
It's been three years and I still don't know the answer to that question.
Pope Gregory is Gregory XIII, aka Ugo Boncompagni, from Bolgna, Italia.
The Gregorian Calendar is named for him, and the switch to the calendar required some day-shifting, (the day after Oct 4 became Oct 15 that year) so when Boalt gives us an extra Monday class to make up for missed days for MLK, Jr and the Presidents, they call it a Pope Gregory Day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIII
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_Calendar
why not go with "Ugo Day"? Pronounced, "you go." HIstorically accurate and has a nice double meaning.
They should not do that, in order to avoid a cease and desist letter from the defunct car manufacturer.
I knew who Pope Gregory was, but I have never been able to figure out whether naming our make-up days after him is supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek injoke, or if we are actually paying homage to him in some way. I hope its the former.
I asked Uncle Zeb about that today, so we should know soon.
@McWho: I'm not completely sure I agree with that..
As it was a joke, you probably shouldn't.
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