tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post855386131371379421..comments2023-10-10T03:56:09.086-05:00Comments on Notes from the Cab: News You Can Use This Fine Saturday MornBartender Cabbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623813045706584212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-1886216637074265372012-01-21T23:56:36.362-06:002012-01-21T23:56:36.362-06:00The arrests were made in NZ at the request of the ...The arrests were made in NZ at the request of the US, and the arrestees will be extradited to the US. The property confiscated was almost entirely in the US. Note that the property was confiscated based on the <i>charge</i> of copyright infringement, not conviction in a court of law.<br /><br />A car which is pulled over and the driver arrested for <i>"possession with intent to distribute"</i> will be impounded and may be sold by the arresting agency, with the agency keeping the proceeds of the sale. If the person is later found not guilty the car and/or proceeds of the sale is not returned. If the car is owned by someone else, the owner is shit out of luck.<br /><br />Is this a great country, or what?Jayhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756807802218022043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-44589427139581213852012-01-21T16:30:54.697-06:002012-01-21T16:30:54.697-06:00Good Point last paragraph. It is interesting that ...Good Point last paragraph. It is interesting that the arrests took place in NZ. One would think that the authorities there would just tell us to get out of town.Bartender Cabbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623813045706584212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-30466554567349012322012-01-21T11:13:59.359-06:002012-01-21T11:13:59.359-06:00"but do we need to discount the possibility o...<i>"but do we need to discount the possibility of intelligent life from somewhere else making a visit?"</i><br /><br />Discount it? Probably not. Likely? Also probably not. Think logically. Why would they lurk around watching us for decades and not reveal themselves? People, really. We are not that interesting.<br /><br /><i>"Now I am glad the whole "online piracy" thing has been, at least for now, stopped in its tracks."</i><br /><br />Not so much. The government shut down Megaupload and confiscated all of the company assets based on the <i>accusation</i> that some copyright violation was occuring at that site. No court order, no trial, no conviction, merely the charge made and the website is gone and the company and all of its bank accounts are gone.<br /><br />The government no longer needs the rule of law in order to act.Jayhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756807802218022043noreply@blogger.com