tangentstar

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by tangentstar 2y ago
Not if the damages are presumed (e.g., if the false defamatory statement published to a third party consists of a claim that the plaintiff has a venereal disease, is unfit for their profession, or is a sexual deviant). Then, damages are pre
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by tangentstar 2y ago
Well, I’m glad at least I know the things that make you lose in court now. I’m appreciative for the lesson.
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by tangentstar 2y ago
I interpret it completely differently given that the voice actor does not sound like SJ. 1. OpenAI wants to make a voice assistant. 2. They hire the voice actor. 3. Someone at OpenAI wonders why they would make a voice assistant that doesn’
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by tangentstar 2y ago
Carbon Robotics has a tractor attachment system that burns weeds with lasers. Pests can’t be far behind.
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by tangentstar 2y ago
If anyone at Spotify is reading this, I just cancelled my account. You guys deserve considerably less money than you have now, but this is the best I can do.
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by tangentstar 2y ago
Heck, you could do it with a pair of alligator clips at a punch down panel. The telco was fun before everything went digital.
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by tangentstar 2y ago
1. Advance medical directive 2. Plan for guardianship/conservator ship as appropriate 3. House owned by joint tenancy w/ right of survivorship or jusrisdiction’s equivalent 4. Transfer on death / payable on death beneficiary
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by tangentstar 2y ago
You’re right that a random person’s voice is not IP, but SJ is not a random person. She’s much more like Mr. Waits or Ms. Milder than you or I. I don’t believe the burden would be to prove that the voice actor was impersonating, but that sh
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by tangentstar 2y ago
The insurance company-driven model for industry specific safety improvement that worked so well for fire safety and auto safety has proven impossible because of three factors: 1. Cryptocurrency allows for unimaginably huge untraceable ranso
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by tangentstar 2y ago
The software company would argue that the lawbreaking hacker was a supervening cause, while the consumer would argue the criminal was foreseeable. In the case of security software, the consumer might have a point. In practice such a claim i
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by tangentstar 2y ago
Fifty state insurance commissioners could make this more or less happen overnight, except to the extent firms are using something other than cyber coverage to pay ransoms. In my eyes, this would do almost as much to improve cybersecurity as
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by tangentstar 2y ago
Nothing quite like a contract’s consideration consisting solely of a pre-existing obligation. I wonder what they were thinking with that?
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by tangentstar 2y ago
The “dial” on a rotary phone broke the connection in rapid sequence a number of times corresponding to the number dialed. If your dial broke, you could place calls by “flashing” the “hook” the right number of times with pauses between.
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by tangentstar 2y ago
The first distinction I can think of is, “Who has agreed to the terms of service of the site being visited?”
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by tangentstar 2y ago
No, voices can be exclusive. One good example is Bette Midler, who sued Ford in tort for misappropriation of voice and won on appeal to CA9. 849 F.2d 460.
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by tangentstar 2y ago
Defamation is false speech published to others without requisite care for the truth. Libel is written defamation. Slander is spoken defamation.
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by tangentstar 2y ago
In some jurisdictions, there is the concept of a limited purpose public figure. Libeling a CEO for his work as CEO might fall therein, while libeling him in the context of pro wrestling might not.