They’re looking for people who can “complete” chains of title that were irreparably ruptured during the securitization craze, so they can proceed with foreclosures.
Source: Mortgage Companies Seek Time Travelers to Find Missing Documents
Category: Ignorant or unreasonable
AMC threatens spoiler site over what Walking Dead comics already say | Ars Technica
EFF: “Copyright probably doesn’t cover revealing a single fictional detail.”
Source: AMC threatens spoiler site over what Walking Dead comics already say | Ars Technica
Dad of student slain in Paris terror massacre sues Google, Twitter, Facebook for their ‘material support’ of ISIS • The Register
No tweets, no YouTube, no likes, no killings, court told
Non-US encryption is ‘theoretical,’ claims CIA chief in backdoor debate
No choice but to use American gear, grins spymaster
Source: Non-US encryption is ‘theoretical,’ claims CIA chief in backdoor debate
Oklahoma Cops Debut Tool That Allows Them To Drain Pre-Paid Cards During Traffic Stops | Techdirt
[T]he Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in your bank account or on prepaid cards.It’s called an ERAD, or Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine, and state police began using 16 of them last month.Here’s how it works. If a trooper suspects you may have money tied to some type of crime, the highway patrol can scan any cards you have and seize the money.
Source: Oklahoma Cops Debut Tool That Allows Them To Drain Pre-Paid Cards During Traffic Stops | Techdirt
Spies In Denial: GCHQ Boss Says Snowden Didn’t Kick Off Debate Over Surveillance | Techdirt
No, Edward Snowden had not sparked a global debate about privacy – that had been under way already – but terrorist targets GCHQ had been tracking had learned from his revelations with heavens knows what consequences, he said.
Source: Spies In Denial: GCHQ Boss Says Snowden Didn’t Kick Off Debate Over Surveillance | Techdirt
Web Sheriff Accuses Us Of Breaking Basically Every Possible Law For Pointing Out That It’s Abusing DMCA Takedowns | Techdirt
Remember Web Sheriff? That’s the wacky firm that claims it will send DMCA takedowns on your behalf or protect your online reputation by taking down stuff you don’t like. The company is somewhat infamous for being a joke and not doing its job particularly well. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the company abusing the DMCA to try to get Google to delist stories relating to that “celebrity threesome” media injunction in the UK that has been making news for a few months. We highlighted just how ridiculous this was on many accounts, including using a copyright takedown notice on an issue that wasn’t about copyright at all. And they even tried to take down the company’s own Zendesk request to remove content from Reddit.
European Patent Office blocks staff reading critical articles at work • The Register
Read this while you can, EPO bods
Source: European Patent Office blocks staff reading critical articles at work • The Register
U.N. Quickly Removes Saudi-Led Coalition From Its List of Child Killers
The coalition bombing Yemen had been listed under “parties that kill or maim children,” and “parties that engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals.”
Source: U.N. Quickly Removes Saudi-Led Coalition From Its List of Child Killers
Shkreli smirks through eighth “not guilty” as lawyer successfully delays trial | Ars Technica
Unbothered by new criminal charge, the former CEO periscopes his way out of court.
Source: Shkreli smirks through eighth “not guilty” as lawyer successfully delays trial | Ars Technica