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Swedish ISP punishes Elsevier for forcing it to block Sci-Hub by also blocking Elsevier
[...] Unfortunately for Swedes and for science, the Swedish Patent and Market Court (which never met a copyright overreach it didn't love) upheld the order, and Bahnhof, a small ISP with limited resources, decided not to appeal (a bigger, richer ISP had just lost a similar appeal).
Instead, Bahnhof now blocks attempts to visit Sci-Hub domains, and Elsevier.com, redirecting attempts to visit Elsevier to a page explaining how Elsevier's sleaze and bullying have allowed it to monopolize scientific publishing, paywalling publicly funded science that is selected, reviewed and edited by volunteers who mostly work for publicly funded institutions.
To as[sic] icing on this revenge-flavored cake, Bahnhof also detects attempts to visit its own site from the Patent and Market Court and redirects them to a page explaining that since the Patent and Market Court believes that parts of the web should be blocked, Bahnhof is blocking the court's access to its part of the web.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 05 2018, @02:16PM (2 children)
A well regulated militia
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 05 2018, @04:24PM
The Founders are saying that in order to keep a state free, you need to be able to form not only a militia, but a militia that is well equipped with high-quality weapons composed of regular, industrial parts. You can't rely on farmers with pitchforks.
Ergo, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
That is, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Why? Because a well regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 05 2018, @06:09PM
it's not an restriction it's a goddamn explanation. also, the "well regulated" had nothing to do with regulation by the federal gov either. it meant well trained and ran (by citizens). all you cowardly authoritarians like to talk about not needing "assault weapons" for hunting and that's more dishonesty. the founders would have shot you in the ass for even suggesting something so stupid, as the 2a was for protecting your right (and duty) to rebel against treacherous government and they meant "of current military and police use", and they said so. hunting and self defense were considered givens. they never imagined the slaves calling themselves citizens that we have today and the need to explain that you should be able to bag your own game without begging for a license from some parasite in the state capital. if you traitors win seats and pass gun laws that go too far, you're going to find out what the 2a is for.