[QUOTE=Batalov;395448]Whatever gave you that idea? [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli_trial"]Bernoulli trial[/URL]: after every page, half of the readers stop reading.
Homework: calculate how many did read it through. Use any conventional definition of a page (e.g. 1500 or 2000 characters per page).[/QUOTE]

I hope we're not talking about version cosmo4.txt, because it's pretty good.

If you mean you stopped reading cosmo3.txt before the end, well I can't say I entirely
blame you, its ordering / logical structure left something to be desired.
But cosmo4.txt saw a big improvement, and is worth reading through.

(By your Bernoulli slack off, no one but me read it, which isn't true.)

[QUOTE]
[URL="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/bug-causes-music-group-to-bombard-google-with-bogus-dmca-takedowns/"]“Bug” causes music group to bombard Google with bogus DMCA takedowns[/URL]
Total Wipes requests removal of download pages for Ubuntu, Skype, Pidgin and Tor.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Total Wipes, which represents 800 international labels, said in an e-mail statement to Ars that the latest notices were a result of a glitch.

[QUOTE][B]Due to several technical servers problems on the first February week (from the 2nd to the 8th) our script sent hundreds DMCA to hundreds domains not related at all with any copyrights of our contents. Taking a look at [url]https://www.chillingeffects.org/notices/10420406[/url] is pretty clear that for a few hours only the word "download" has been used by the script and that caused several illegal and wrong DMCA requests[/B]. It was our fault, no doubts about it. The DMCA is a serious issue and it must be carefully managed. Google rejected most of these DMCA but we totally understand the damage of it for small and medium companies that have to remove and manage them manually. It was a bug just on that week and this is not our daily routine, 99% of our found/removed links are about people that steal music and make moneys illegally. However, our Anti-piracy system has been taken down a week ago in order to add more improvements and avoiding further trouble about the DMCA sending.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]
My bold

[QUOTE=only_human;396186]My bold[/QUOTE]

Please explain? There certainly are issues in the software / data domain
and its relationship to the rest of the world regarding intellectual property.
I'm not an expert on this.

[QUOTE=davar55;399915]Please explain? There certainly are issues in the software / data domain
and its relationship to the rest of the world regarding intellectual property.
I'm not an expert on this.[/QUOTE]
I placed in bold text what I considered a reckless abuse of the DCMA Take Down process.

Is "hate speech" undefinable?

If it is definable, should it be allowed as free speech, limited, or proscribed?

[URL="http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-happy-birthday-20150729-story.html"]Will 'Happy Birthday' song be free to use soon? A judge is deciding[/URL]
[QUOTE]A 1922 copy of "The Everyday Song Book," containing lyrics to "Happy Birthday" is part of litigation to free the often used song from copyright claims because it was published in 1922 -- sans copyright notice -- before it was registered with the copyright office in 1935.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The ubiquitous song, sung at countless birthday celebrations over the last 120 years, started out as “Good Morning to All.” Sisters Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill wrote the song for their kindergarten students. Its original lyrics were: "Good morning to you / Good morning to you / Good morning, dear children / Good morning to all."

That song eventually evolved into "Happy Birthday to You."[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]As it stands, Warner can charge anyone who wants to sing or play "Happy Birthday to You" as part of a profit-making enterprise. This most often occurs with stage productions, on TV, in movies, in ringtones or in greeting cards. But even those who want to sing it publicly as part of a business, such as restaurant owners giving out free birthday cake, technically have to pay for permission to use the song.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=only_human;396186][QUOTE]
[URL="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/bug-causes-music-group-to-bombard-google-with-bogus-dmca-takedowns/"]“Bug” causes music group to bombard Google with bogus DMCA takedowns[/URL]
Total Wipes requests removal of download pages for Ubuntu, Skype, Pidgin and Tor.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Total Wipes, which represents 800 international labels, said in an e-mail statement to Ars that the latest notices were a result of a glitch.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]
I suggest this outfit change its name to 'Total Asswipes'. Do I have anyone willing to second the motion?

[QUOTE=only_human;406825][URL="http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-happy-birthday-20150729-story.html"]Will 'Happy Birthday' song be free to use soon? A judge is deciding[/URL][/QUOTE]

Notice the connotation of 'progress' here being 'freeing that which should never have been un-freed to begin with.'

[QUOTE=ewmayer;406848]I suggest this outfit change its name to 'Total Asswipes'. Do I have anyone willing to second the motion?
[/QUOTE]
Ya got it!

[QUOTE=kladner;406849]Ya got it![/QUOTE]
Motion seconded. All in favor?
AYE. [I]Aye[/I] [B]Aye[/B].

Motion carried.

[QUOTE=only_human;406850]AYE. [I]Aye[/I] [B]Aye[/B].[/QUOTE]

Aren't those the lyrics that come right after the 'All Aboard' and evil laughter in Ozzie Osbourne's [i]Crazy Train[/i]? You, my friend, have just committed egregious copyright infringement. Please surrender all of your hard rock albums, CDs, concert tapes and T-shirts to the nearest copyright enforcement authorities, post haste. And that includes the signed lipstick you caught when the lead singer of Ratt tossed it to the front rows back in that concert in Dubuque. You know the one I'm talking about.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;406853]Aren't those the lyrics that come right after the 'All Aboard' and evil laughter in Ozzie Osbourne's [i]Crazy Train[/i]? You, my friend, have just committed egregious copyright infringement. Please surrender all of your hard rock albums, CDs, concert tapes and T-shirts to the nearest copyright enforcement authorities, post haste. And that includes the signed lipstick you caught when the lead singer of Ratt tossed it to the front rows back in that concert in Dubuque. You know the one I'm talking about.[/QUOTE]
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aye-aye#Social_systems[/url]
[QUOTE]Like many other prosimians, the female aye-aye is dominant to the male. They are not typically monogamous, and will often challenge each other for mates. Male aye-ayes are very assertive in this way, and sometimes even pull other males away from a female during mating. Males are normally locked to females during mating in sessions that may last up to an hour. Outside of mating, males and females interact only occasionally, usually while foraging.[citation needed] The aye-aye is thought to be the only primate which uses echolocation to find its prey.[/QUOTE]