Comments | cleolinda: Just a couple of things...

cleolinda

Just a couple of things...

Jan 04, 2008 20:09

... because I like the updating streak I have going. Mom's still weak, but doing better. Shelby seems a little pitiful, but we can't tell if that's because she's worried about Mom (when Meko was really sick there at the end, before she rallied for a few weeks, Sam was really pitiful about that as well). So right now, Shelby's curled up on Mom's lap ( Read more... )

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Comments 18

thansunshine January 5 2008, 02:28:55 UTC

Hope your mother feels better :)

And asdfjkl; I love ontd. Hostage Brituation lols.

Oh dear at that plagiarizing ): I'm always scared to death someone will steal something I write but then I'll never find out about it.

crumpeteer January 5 2008, 02:29:54 UTC

Well, I suppose since the Jamie Lynn thing Britney felt a need to up the ante, but PLEASE. Someone. Help this girl! She's just bid the last of her marbles adieu so SOMEONE force her to get some help. Can we not get her on that Intervention show?

daiseechain January 5 2008, 02:34:42 UTC

I'm confused.

LJ can ban journals for posting pictures which possibly don't break any copyright or obscenity laws without even contacting anyone involved, but they can't stop the wholesale plagiarism of a dead woman's journal without permission from the family of the dead woman?

Ummm... Is it just me, or does that argument make no sense whatsoever?

sucrelefey January 5 2008, 02:39:25 UTC

It's not just you.
It's one of those paradoxes of law against common sense.

snacky January 5 2008, 03:03:00 UTC

It has to do with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), not just LJ. To file a plagiarism complaint, the person who has been plagiarized has to do it, and since the person is dead, in this case, it has to be a family member.

cmdr_zoom January 5 2008, 02:35:54 UTC

"page of comments every 30 seconds"? JEEZ.

notsohip January 5 2008, 02:57:18 UTC

Dear Cleo,

Hope your mom regains her pep quickly.

I'm not sure if you're familiar with the community blog MetaFilter, but I thought I'd pass this along because I know you enjoy a dashing tale of sockpuppetry unmasked:

The fun starts here: http://ask.metafilter.com/79762/Finding-a-highperformance-charity#comment

Moves over to here: http://metatalk.metafilter.com/15547/GiveWell-or-Give-em-Hell

And is summarized here: http://mssv.net/wiki/index.php/Givewell

Happy New Year and thanks for all the fun and info you've shared.

cleolinda January 5 2008, 03:36:29 UTC

Oh, I love a good tale of sockpuppetry!