Los Angeles County just added a new category to the rule that allows it to declare property a public nuisance. Under this law…
The county retains the right to shutter a property for up to a year for [engaging in music/video piracy] and also gives local authorities the right to bring a civil action to “temporarily restrain, preliminarily enjoin, and/or permanently enjoin the person or persons intentionally conducting, or knowingly maintaining or permitting the public nuisance from further conducting, maintaining, or permitting such a public nuisance.”
They can shutter your house for up to a year because you downloaded a song? Seems a bit extreme, don’t you think?
This is asinine. Whatever happened to the punishment fitting the crime.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.
People don’t like being told what to do. We like to explore, change things around, and make a place our own. Hefty design challenges await the makers of websites where people feel free to engage; both with the system itself and with each other. Embrace the idea that people will warp and stretch your site in ways you can’t predict—they’ll surprise you with their creativity and make something wonderful with what you provide.
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The quote is about Flickr, but it also makes me think of Tumblr when I read it.
I’ll just take these Huggies, and whatever cash you got … (048/365) (via wiseacre photo).
A homage to a great movie.
