As I tried to make clear in my original post, seizure and forfeiture are two separate things. A seizure is the taking of the item by the government, while forfeiture is the legal process by which the government takes ownership.
Yes, the government could have seized the servers. But Carpathia and Cogent would have fought the forfeiture, and probably would have won. They were simply leasing server space to what they thought was a legitimate company. They can't be expected to be responsible for every file stored on their servers by their clients. That's like holding the bank responsible for what someone keeps in their safety deposit box. In the end it wasn't in the government's best interests to seize all of the servers and store them only to give them back later.
I was talking more about my experience on the federal level, so I'm not sure how state and local laws work on the issue.
I think you're a bit confused. The government could have legally seized the servers for the duration of the trial. Whether or not they could have forfeited them is another matter. The fact that they're owned by an innocent third party would have made the forfeiture difficult. In the same way you can't forfeit a leased house or apartment being used for drug trafficking, you can't forfeit a leased server. Still, without their equipment for an extended period of time those companies are toast.
Instead they seized the data on some of the servers; most likely what they needed to prove their case. At the end of the trial they simply delete that data and never have to go through any forfeiture proceedings. The companies keep their equipment and can lease it to someone else.
In other words, it's nothing at all like pirating content.
It's things like this that make me wonder why any businesses stay in California in the first place. Companies like Google and Apple could probably build a new facility and pay to move all of their employees and still come out ahead in a year or two if they moved to a place like South Carolina. Not to mention the lower cost of living could probably save them even more on salaries.
How about start by voting out the people who are in favor of things you oppose?
Have you ever actually quit smoking? I'm sure everyone is different but I felt like a crackhead looking for his fix after a day of cold turkey. That's not psychological, that's a physically ill feeling I had for the first few days.
I made it 14 months after using Chantix and had absolutely no desire to have a cigarette. It completely took the edge off of those first weeks of quitting, and I had no desire to start back after I finished the prescription. Then, like an idiot, I had one cigarette and was hooked again.
What scares me is that your vote cancels out my vote.
Most cell phone bans have a law enforcement exception built into them. I'm almost positive New York's law does at least
Without getting into the political aspects of your comments, I'll just point out that Congressional offices and campaign offices are supposed to be two separate entities. In other words, you shouldn't be receiving donation solicitations just because you've written to his Congressional office. More than likely your name and address ended up on that list for other reasons.
But she had perfected kneeling and getting on all fours, which explains a lot
It's actually the law under McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform
If it really is just an artifact caused by post-processing (and I have no reason to think it's anything but that), there should be other examples, right? This can't be the first time a CME has been captured on film flaring all the way to Mercury.
Yes, because I'm sure football players are held to those rigorous standards.
It's not always a matter of not thinking ahead. If you have a job that often calls for working extra hours with almost no notice beforehand, like I do, you get wary of throwing something in the fridge that may sit there for a few days.
By investing the money they make back into the team rather than investing it in their pockets?
Why do you have pipes with holes drilled in them?
If it makes me less of a man in your eyes to not change my own oil, I can live with that. I also don't hunt my own food, or build my own shelter. Does that make me less of a man too?
I'm sure I could set some arbitrary benchmarks of manhood that I live up to and you don't, but what's the point? The fact is there are people out there that do certain things faster than I can for almost nothing more than what it would cost me for the materials. It would be foolish of me not to take advantage of that situation. But I guess it's not manly to actually use my brain and figure out how much better off I am that there are people out there that will change my oil for a nominal fee, saving me the time and effort spent on something I have no desire to do.
I'm sure I could set some arbitrary benchmarks of manhood that I live up to and you don't, but what's the point? The fact is there are people out there that do certain things faster than I can for almost nothing more than what it would cost me for the materials. It would be foolish of me not to take advantage of that situation. But I guess it's not manly to actually use my brain and figure out how much better off I am that there are people out there that will change my oil for a nominal fee, saving me the time and effort spent on something I have no desire to do.
Hugo Chavez's government funds FARC, the Colombian narco-terrorist group. How do you think they found these guys so fast? They're probably on the government payroll. They just chose the wrong target this time
Following policy does not always mean that you did nothing wrong. If a sexual assault is reported to you by an eyewitness, the right thing to do is to call the police and let them sort it out. And don't think it's a coincidence that Sandusky left the coaching staff right after the first allegation. Everyone, including Joe Pa, knew this guy was a child molester and looked the other way.
