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The Face of Revenge
The Colorado Springs Independent reports on revenge porn site Is Anybody Down. Attorney Marc Randazza has offered to help victims of the site pro bono. The article says of Randazza: As Randazza wrote on his blog, the issue here is consent. What Is Anybody Down? and sites like it profit from, he argues, is the exploitation of a person who
Finally, someone uses "IP Troll" properly
Lee Cheng, Chief Legal Officer of online retailer Newegg, said: “A troll is a type of entity that doesn’t sell a product, or transfer value of any sort. All they offer is the right to not be sued. It’s protection money. To put it bluntly, it’s extortion.” (source) Righthaven produced nothing but lawsuits. The term is properly applied to them.
First they came for the strip clubs
First they came for the strip clubs, and despite their First Amendment protected status, courts came up with all flavors of bullshit to justify zoning them out under the “adverse secondary effects” doctrine. Now, they’re coming for check cashing stores.
Updated: That "info" graphic about rape? Bend it over, slap its ass, and forcibly fuck it with facts
“I don’t know when, or where, but I can guarantee that every one of you will be raped.” -Deputy Trudy Wiegel, Reno 911 This “info” graphic is making the rounds. Too bad it is bullshit. Of course, it is not fashionable to ever pollute the “rape culture” discussion with facts. Facts are sexist. So Mark Bennett must be sexist, because
NY Highest Court Declines to Hear Appeal in "Gay Not Defamatory" Case
In June, we reported on a New York Appellate court decision that calling someone “gay” was no longer considered to be defamatory per se. (here). Reuters reports that New York’s highest court has declined to review the case, thus rendering the decision binding throughout the Empire State. (source) In Massachusetts, it’s not defamatory to call someone wicked queah neither. At
Elijah Young: Mormon
And you thought Mormons weren’t cool. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JPmowMGU5R4#!]
Blogger: 'Time to shine a light on it'
CNN spoke to blogger Alexandria Goddard and her attorney, Marc Randazza, about the Steubenville rape controversy. Watch the interview….
They can forcibly jam a tube up your dick to make sure they get their DUI conviction
We used to have this thing called the Bill of Rights. If you think that George Bush and the PATRIOT Act were where we lost it, you’re wrong. War on drugs? Wrong again. It really started to go to hell when a bunch of mothers, looking for meaning in their kids’ tragic deaths, decided that they would shriek until the
Racist Bastards! (Or are they?)
Take a look at the signs above – found at a Delaware elementary school. If you’re reading this, chances are, your eye is drawn to the one in English. Nothing strange there, right? My Spanish isn’t great, but if you look at the other sign, it essentially says “You need a permit to play in this field, or you will
The First Amendment, sucking baby penis, and a suggestion for how to handle circumcision laws
I find the whole idea of mutilating a baby’s genitals to be pretty fucked up. Doing it because you think your imaginary friend wants you too is majorly fucked up. I don’t think too much of any supernatural being who actually cares about baby dick, but the Abrahamic notion of “God” is a being with serious psychological disorders. Some “ultra-Orthodox”
A fair counterpoint on the Steubenville Case
Rogier Van Bakel, as usual, makes you think (whether you agree with him or not), in this post: All Rape is Created Equal, Or is It? Just like he made anyone with a brain re-examine their thoughts about sex offenders in this one.
January 4, 2013 – NOT the date that Marty McFly travels to in the DeLorean
Prior post was bullshit. A photo is making the rounds, claiming that today err…ummm yesterday is err… umm was the day that Marty McFly arrives at when he takes the DeLorean into the future. This is wrong. The real date is Oct. 21, 2015. Of course, what is REALLY funny about the original post is that I didn’t even realize
January 4, 2013
FYI: Today is the day that Marty McFly arrives at when he takes the DeLorean into the future. UPDATE: bullshit
Hello Officer, read my middle finger!!
By Andrew J. Contiguglia In a 14-page opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that the “ancient gesture of insult is not the basis for a reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation or impending criminal activity.” Read this: giving a cop the finger! This case all started when John Swartz flipped off an officer who was using a
Rest in Slack, Brother
In honor of Cliff Heller, who merged with the infinite on this day in 2006, the Legal Satyricon flag is lowered to half mast and there will be no posts today. If you happen to find yourself with a bottle of tequila nearby, I would like to invite you to take a shot (no salt) in his honor. If you
The Truth About John Lennon
NSFW, depending on your workplace: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0XNOWvzlU&w=560&h=315] H/T: Roosh
You Have Got to be Kidding
Hunter Moore: Amateur Craig Brittain: Lightweight Looks like posting compromising photos of unsuspecting victims is not enough. Someone, who obviously once sat on a copy of the nutshell on copyright and online speech to sit at the grown-ups table, decided that merely posting photos was insufficient. This vile person decided it was all hunky-dory to simply solicit photographs of so-called
