DMCA Takedown Notice For a Fake ID 563
TrippTDF writes "Rachel Hyman, an artist and bartender in New York City, maintains a blog where she regularly posts images of fake IDs she confiscates from would-be underage drinkers, along with a description of the confiscation. Recently, one of her posts (Google cache) was taken down when the owner of the fake ID invoked the DMCA against Blogspot. Can one claim a forged document as a copyrighted work of art?"
land of opportunity? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Rachel is cool (Score:5, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, Hyman busts YOU!
Here's to you, obnoxious girl with the fake ID... (Score:4, Funny)
(hum the theme song as you click the link, folks...)
http://www.google.com/search?q=ashley+heyer [google.com]
I'm conflicted (Score:5, Funny)
Re:hm (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Power trip more like it (Score:3, Funny)
Look upon me and behold the mighty barkeeper... Give the damn idiot his fake back and let them be on their merry way... Posting fakes behind bars or at liquor stores I mean I buy that, its a deterrent but posting it on your blog... doesn't serve anything except self gratification.
I agree completely.
Also laws may differ, but just because your id is fake doesn't mean I can steal it from you
Laws may differ about "stealing" (I would say taking) the fake ID but I think it all comes down to one question:
"I can take this fake ID, refuse you entrance, and you can be on your merry way or I can call the cops, which do you choose?"
I know I would have chosen to lose the ID when I was underage over having the police get involved and I think 99% of the people using fake ID's would make the same decision. Plus, if you just give them the fake back it really is not much of a deterent while losing a $100 fake ID will make you think twice about getting one and using it again. Personally I think the drinking age should be lowered to 18 or 19 but that is another conversation and I don't feel like getting into that now.
Re:Rachel is cool (Score:1, Funny)
Lyrics!
Re:Of Course (Score:5, Funny)
Re:land of opportunity? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It was all my idea (Score:3, Funny)
The girl is lame for not just accepting this as a life lesson and moving on, and the bartender is a sad, pathetic, grisled individual who gets off by busting people who use fake IDs. They both need to get a life.
Here we are, dissecting the whole mess on Slashdot, and you think they need to get a life?
Re:Rachel is cool (Score:3, Funny)
Sweet Memories (Score:3, Funny)
1) The 1st time I was in the bar I was confused by the huge array of beer and asked for a pint with a bit of everything in it - "Er, can I have some of that mild, and er some Bass and some of this one too please ? No, just in the one glass"
2) We would spend numerous nights in the pub once we'd collectively ran out money sharing half a lager between 8 of us and leaving an inexplicable pile of cans on the floor under the table.
3) Celebrating the 18th birthday of various members of our group in fine style in the same bar.
The funniest thing though was on a school camping holiday where we drank in the same bar most nights for 2 weeks, half way through the holiday someone was shouting the police were outside and about to raid the pub so my friend got very nervous ( and was drunk ) and said to the barmaid - "Oh my god, I'm only 16 where can I get out ? Help ! Help !". When he came in the next night and tried to buy a drink from the same bar maid he was very surprised when she refused to serve him. They still let the rest of us buy him drinks though.