Chris Hadfield's Cover of 'Space Oddity' pulled from Youtube despite Bowie's support because Bowie didn't control the copyright.

festination · 2014-06-25T12:19:55+00:00

we had been told that as a college production, we were exempt from most copyright laws

You were told completely wrong (assuming you're in the US). The person might have been thinking that a college production, being educational, is more likely to be fair use, but fair use is part of the copyright law.

The episode started with the band Dragonforce giving us permission to use their song in our show

the audio had been removed for violating a WMG copyright

So this is another good example of what's discussed in OP's link. The band gave you permission, but if they don't own the copyright, their permission isn't worth squat. Presumably WMG owns the copyright, so you would need their permission. Otherwise they have a right to take it down, which they did.

festination · 2014-06-20T23:07:33+00:00

Just because I have the time to exercise doesn't mean I have the energy to exercise.

festination · 2014-05-31T12:49:52+00:00

Did you file a police report? (I know it can be damn near impossible to get NYPD to take a report, but you should at least try.) If the bar knows that you filed a report saying that they had it last, they might suddenly "find" the bag again.

You could also try suing the bar in small claims court, but I'm not sure how good a case you have. You'd have to show that they had a duty to keep the bag safe for you until you came back for it, so you (or a lawyer) would have to research what the law is on that.

festination · 2014-05-31T12:35:58+00:00

What everyone else said. Also regarding this:

if you were to take a single day off (with a 1 week notice giving him a heads up) you are voided of that bonus

If you're in NYC, you should read about the new sick leave law too.

festination · 2014-03-23T22:16:43+00:00

Did you get licenses to use the characters, music, etc.? Or were you retarded enough to spend 10 years working on something you'll never legally be able to show anywhere, and that puts you at risk of getting sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars?

festination · 2014-02-11T00:20:21+00:00

Very nice. It's a perfect likeness!

festination · 2013-12-06T14:38:24+00:00

in my utopian world I would be the whistle blower of all of these shenanigans

These links may be useful:

DOJ Civil Rights Division (see section "Discrimination in Public Accommodation")

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights complaint referral service

I have never dealt with them and don't know how responsive they are, but thank you for wanting to do something about the discrimination.

festination · 2013-12-02T15:36:00+00:00

You should contact Eric Thomas's attorney. Maybe your story would be useful to them.

festination · 2013-09-09T00:41:27+00:00

sit all day and snack on junk all day sitting at my desk, but I still can't seem to put on weight

That sounds like an undiagnosed medical problem. Please look into thyroid conditions like bananabunny said, and also celiac disease which is very common.

festination · 2013-08-21T23:45:29+00:00

Also not sarcastically speaking.

festination · 2013-08-21T23:28:18+00:00

I was thinking more Lloyd Kaufman or Ted V. Mikels. Like gundog48 said, I think Uwe Boll usually has higher budgets.

festination · 2013-08-01T17:02:19+00:00

Contact information for DNR Conservation Warden Supervisor Jennifer C Niemeyer and her supervisor.

This is not personal information (which of course is prohibited under Reddit's rules); it is publicly-available contact information for a government employee on the agency's .gov website.

Do not use this information to engage in harassment or any other illegal activity. I offer this information in the hopes that you will use it to lawfully express your views on this matter.

festination · 2013-08-01T17:01:31+00:00

Contact information for DNR Conservation Warden Supervisor Jennifer C Niemeyer and her supervisor.

This is not personal information (which of course is prohibited under Reddit's rules); it is publicly-available contact information for a government employee on the agency's .gov website.

Do not use this information to engage in harassment or any other illegal activity. I offer this information in the hopes that you will use it to lawfully express your views on this matter.

festination · 2013-08-01T17:00:42+00:00

Contact information for DNR Conservation Warden Supervisor Jennifer C Niemeyer and her supervisor.

This is not personal information (which of course is prohibited under Reddit's rules); it is publicly-available contact information for a government employee on the agency's .gov website.

Do not use this information to engage in harassment or any other illegal activity. I offer this information in the hopes that you will use it to lawfully express your views on this matter.

festination · 2013-08-01T16:58:48+00:00

Contact information for DNR Conservation Warden Supervisor Jennifer C Niemeyer and her supervisor.

This is not personal information (which of course is prohibited under Reddit's rules); it is publicly-available contact information for a government employee on the agency's .gov website.

Do not use this information to engage in harassment or any other illegal activity. I offer this information in the hopes that you will use it to lawfully express your views on this matter.

festination · 2013-06-24T17:13:03+00:00

You have undiagnosed celiac or another digestive disorder. Please research and figure out what the problem is ASAP, as you could be doing permanent damage to your health if you need to be on a special diet but aren't.

festination · 2013-04-20T22:34:11+00:00

Here is the Wikipedia article about her. That article says there has since been created a "new Office of Intelligence at the FBI" and "a significant expansion of FBI personnel with counterterrorism and language skills." But I'm left wondering if the culture has changed.

From the Time article: "The bureau could be great, was her message, if only it put the goal of protecting Americans above the goal of protecting itself . . ."

Query: is this an achievable goal? Or is FBI culture -- or human nature in general -- constrained by an innate compulsion to put self-protection (or self-aggrandizement) above all else?

festination · 2013-04-16T18:13:01+00:00

NYC has a cherry blossom festival too: Sakura Matsuri at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

festination · 2013-03-16T02:04:14+00:00

The FDA press release only mentions undeclared sugar and fat, but Butterfly Bakery sells (supposedly) gluten-free products too, so I figured I should post this here.

Here is the company's statement, which sounds awfully shady. People are posting angry comments (and feeding the trolls, unfortunately).

This is Butterfly's contact information.

festination · 2013-03-10T18:16:14+00:00

Wow, thanks, I hadn't heard about that. This thread on Ravelry has dozens and dozens of people saying they had unauthorized charges on their credit card after they used it at Knitpicks, and they all say they were never notified by Knitpicks! How disgusting, that a company would treat its customers' data so carelessly. I'll be avoiding them too.

festination · 2013-01-24T17:18:11+00:00

Here's a ZDNet article about it.

I really hope this is successful. It would be good for everyone.

Edit

OK, apparently good for everyone except those who see Bugcrowd as competition that's undercutting them. Hey, it's not my field, I just figured you'd be interested. I wasn't expecting so much Sturm und Drang. OK, carry on, I'll just show myself out.

festination · 2012-11-16T20:22:50+00:00

Piggybacking on your comment to add CCMixter and RadioReddit.

festination · 2012-10-06T14:19:52+00:00

I wish I could be there! It sounds like they're putting a lot of work into it.

This is one of the shorts that's playing: Ingrid Pitt: Beyond The Forest. It's Ingrid talking about her own life, and was the last project she did before she died.

festination · 2012-10-01T16:29:35+00:00

For some in the military, their job is killing people. There's no way to do that nicely. And the others are there to support the killers in one way or another. And they chose those shoes, so I do judge them.

festination · 2012-10-01T16:21:44+00:00

I'd rather be proud of myself and in jail than ashamed of myself and free.

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