http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/2127/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/paralyzed_man_loses_high_court_right_to_die_case <p>"A man paralysed from the neck down has lost his High Court case to allow doctors to end his life without fear of prosecution."</p> <p>Even if you disagree with the idea of being assisted in taking ones own life, we should also realize that it is his own body, and no state or entity has the right to decide what he is allowed to do with his own body.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/paralyzed_man_loses_high_court_right_to_die_case#comments euthanasia legal murder News Article Nicklinson Self Ownership Tony Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:22:58 +0000 rawsteel 22961 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_copyright_group_sues_lawyer_aiding_bittorrent_defendants <p>This particular story hosted on OSNews, a popular site for emerging OS information troubled me so much, I had to create an account here to share this. Evidently, The US Copyright groups suing torrent users for allegedly downloading movies from bit-torrent sites, is now suing a lawyer for providing effective legal defense for Innocent victims of US Corporate hit squads. Evidently, the Legal firm representing Big Media threatened to double the fine of anyone who tries to defend themselves. Is this not the definition of Extortion?</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_copyright_group_sues_lawyer_aiding_bittorrent_defendants" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_copyright_group_sues_lawyer_aiding_bittorrent_defendants#comments bittorrent corporate corruption corporate greed Corporate power Intellectual Property legal News Article pirating movies Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:22:31 +0000 Info-Seeker 8348 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/cnn_host_calls_crackdown_bloggers_wake_sherrod_incident <p>Anchors Kyra Phillips and John Roberts discussed the "mixed blessing of the internet," and agreed that there should be a crackdown on anonymous bloggers who disparage others on the internet.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/cnn_host_calls_crackdown_bloggers_wake_sherrod_incident#comments anonymous anonymous bloggers anonymous blogging bloggers blogs CNN crackdown Free Speech freedom of speech illegal internet John Roberts Kyra Phillips legal news News Article regulation sherrod Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:06:01 +0000 Takeshi Kovacs 6110 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/charge_service_fee_your_restaurant_menu_go_jail <p>Charge a service fee on your restaurant menu, go to jail?</p> <p>A year in custody is the maximum penalty North Park restaurateur Jay Porter could face in the wake of legal action the San Diego City Attorney’s Office is planning against his popular Linkery restaurant for allegedly violating the state’s unfair-competition laws.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/charge_service_fee_your_restaurant_menu_go_jail" target="_blank">read