Google's Information On DMCA Takedown Abuse 217
Binestar writes "According to a PC World article, Google has submitted a brief to New Zealand about its proposed copyright law (section 92A). "In its submission, Google notes that more than half (57%) of the takedown notices it has received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998, were sent by business targeting competitors and over one third (37%) of notices were not valid copyright claims.""
Re:Note to summary writer... (Score:1, Funny)
"It's" == "It is"
"Its" == (possesive)
Re:Are those overlapping percentages? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Note to summary writer... (Score:5, Funny)
U r right, it really dusnt matter how u spell. Its not like their are standards to maintain. Or that its just plane irritating to sea.
(Pedants aside, a large proportion of Slashdot readers are programmers whose brains sound an alarm bell when a sentence doesn't parse correctly.)
Re:Note to summary writer... (Score:4, Funny)
Good point. I never thought of things that way- it's just needless formatting. I mean, taking things one step further now, I guess it doesn't really matter if you don't
haveanyspacesat
allinyoursenten
ces.Iguessyoudo'
n'treallyneedth
oseafterall,ori
nfactorevenpunc.
tuationatallorc
apitallettersim
eanalltheconten
tisthereandther.
estisjustformat
tingdesignedtom'
akethesentencee
asiertoreadandr
emoveambiguitie
sbutimeanheyify
oucouldntbeboth-
eredspendingthe
typetypingoutyo.
ursentenceaccur
atelyandmakingi
teasytoreadwhys
houlditaketheti
metoreadit-
Edit: Even the filter won't let me post sentences like this without putting in some junk.
Re:Note to summary writer... (Score:5, Funny)
I get that wrong all the time even though I'm fully aware that the possessive of "it" is "its". It's not that I'm bad at English, I just don't give a fuck about that particular apostrophe.
In fact, if it wasn't for the squiggly red lines I wouldn't care to correct my mistyping. I just can't stand those awful squiggles, it's like they're Satan rising up from ashes to haunt me with the terror of a thousand mad-libs...
Re:Note to summary writer... (Score:5, Funny)
Now show me one sentence where the meaning becomes different depending on which way you spell it(')s. Any sentence. Don't have one? Still feel like you know something important?
I feel it's nuts.
Re:In Ancient Times (Score:5, Funny)
Have you ever copied sheet music by hand? It's a pain in the ass.
You're doing it wrong.
Re:Note to summary writer... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Note to summary writer... (Score:5, Funny)
And believe you me, it was not easy finding a way of phrasing that that gave me the opportunity to mess them both up. =P
Re:more importantly: (Score:1, Funny)
100% of those get modded troll when they post.
...and the other half (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Note to summary writer... (Score:1, Funny)
I just don't give a fuck about that particular apostrophe
It's called an elevated comma. Jeez don't you no good English?.