California judge rules early cell phone termination fees illegal

In one of the most significant legal rulings in the tech industry this year, a Superior Court judge in California has ruled that the practice of charging consumers a fee for ending their cell phone contract early is illegal and violates state law.

The preliminary, tentative judgment orders Sprint Nextel to pay customers $18.2 million in reimbursements and, more importantly, orders Sprint to stop trying to collect another $54.7 million from California customers (some 2 million customers total) who have canceled their contracts but refused or failed to pay the termination fee.

While an appeal is inevitable, the ruling could have massive fallout throughout the industry. Without the threat of levying early termination fees, the cellular carriers lose the power that's enabled them to lock customers into contracts for multiple years at a time. And while those contracts can be heinously long, they also let the carriers offer cell phone hardware at reduced (subsidized) prices. AT&T's two-year contract is the only reason the iPhone 3G costs $199. If subsidies vanish, what happens to hardware lock-in? Could an era of expensive, but unlocked, hardware be just around the corner? It's highly probable.

Of course, the carriers aren't going to take this lying down. Early termination fees are seen as critical to business, so carriers are expected to look for ways to reclassify the fees (such as by calling them "rates," part of the arcane set of laws that covers the telecommunications industry). The industry is also pushing for the federal government to step in and claim oversight over the early termination fee issue, which would invalidate any state ruling. The FCC is generally more tolerant of such fees, though Chairman Kevin Martin has proposed a plan whereby the fees are decreased the closer you are to the end of your contract.

The FCC may also buy the argument that, since carriers are nationally based (and consumers can use their phones anywhere in the country), that a single policy should apply across the nation, rather than creating a patchwork of legislation that could lead to confusion and chaos caused by having 50 different policies.

Is the early termination fee dead? Not yet, but it's looking a little haggard.

WEED HEADS !!!! THE LAW IS ON OUR SIDE NOW

Supreme Court Rules Marijuana Smell in Vehicle Not Enough to Arrest/Search

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The Washington Supreme Court ruled July 17 that police cannot arrest passengers simply for being in a car that smells of marijuana. The unanimous decision overturned a 29-year-old precedent allowing police to search or arrest passengers if they smelled pot near a car.

The case, State v. Grande, began with a 2006 traffic stop in Skagit County. Driver Lacee Hurley and passenger Jeremy Grande were arrested by a state trooper during a traffic stop after he smelled pot coming from their car. The trooper searched the pair, finding a pipe and a small amount of pot on Grande. Both were charged with drug offenses. At a pretrial hearing, Grande's judge ruled there was no specific probable cause for his arrest and suppressed the evidence. But the Skagit County Superior Court overturned that ruling, citing a 1979 appellate court ruling saying the smell of pot smoke coming from a car was probable cause to arrest all the occupants.

But the state Supreme Court said federal case law since 1979 has eroded the legal footing of that decision. Officers need additional evidence that each passenger broke the law, the court held.

"Our cases have strongly and rightfully protected our constitution's protection of individual privacy. The protections... do not fade away or disappear within the confines of an automobile," Justice Charles Johnson wrote for the court.

"We hold that the smell of marijuana in the general area where an individual is located is insufficient, without more, to support probable cause for arrest. Where no other evidence exists linking the passenger to any criminal activity, an arrest of the passenger on the suspicion of possession of illegal substances, and any subsequent searches, is invalid and an unconstitutional invasion of that individual's right to privacy," the opinion concluded.

The ruling won quick praise from drug reformers and civil libertarians. "As a general statement, it's a step back from the direction that our government has been going as we're veering into a sort of surveillance society," Alison Holcomb of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington chapter told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "It strikes me as refreshing that the court has reaffirmed the values that our constitution calls for."

Seattle Hempfest organizer Vivian McPeak told the newspaper it was not uncommon for people to be arrested, jailed, stigmatized, and have their property seized simply for being in a vehicle with someone carrying or smoking pot. "A lot of people have gone down because of these vehicle offenses," he said. "Being in a car used to be one of those wrong-place, wrong-time kind of situations."

Grande's attorney, David Zuckerman, cheered the ruling, but added it was "unfortunate" it took so long to overturn previous state case law on drug-smell arrests. "I think it's led to an awful lot of innocent people getting handcuffed by the side of the road just because they happened to be in a car that smells of marijuana," Zuckerman

Margarito stuns Cotto for welterweight crown

LORD-ICEMAN's UNOFFICIAL SCORECARD
Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
Miguel Cotto	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	L
Antonio Margarito	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	TKO

ROUND 1
Crowd is resoundingly favoring the challenger, Antonio Margarito, as fight begins. Kenny Bayless is the referee. The judges are Glen Hamada, Jerry Roth and Dave Moretti, all veterans. Cotto opens with a bunch of jabs. Cotto misses a hook. Margarito is moving forward but not throwing. Double jab by Cotto connects. Good combination to the head by Cotto. Left hook by Margarito. Right hand by Cotto lands. Margarito needs to get busy. Halfway through the round and he’s only thrown a handful of shots. Another hard combination lands by Cotto. Right to the body by Cotto. Four-punch combination by Cotto. Margarito lands a hook that backs Cotto to the corner. Straight right by Margarito. Left hook by Cotto to chin. Chopping right by Margarito. Left hook by Cotto. Cotto is looking good. Cotto warned for a low blow. Double jab by Cotto lands.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto

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ROUND 2
Right hand by Cotto connects. Cotto flicks a jab. Margarito bouncing on his toes. Jab and then a four-punch combination by Cotto. Margarito misses badly over the top. Right to the head and left to the body by Margarito. Jab-right hand by Cotto. Cotto lands hard off the rope sand then a big uppercut. Margarito smiles. Right by Margarito. Action is fast now. Margarito backs Cotto to a corner with a right. Jab-right by Margarito. Good right counter by Cotto. Cotto’s nose is bleeding. Combination to the body by Margarito. Bayless warns Margarito about low blows. Big right hand by Cotto. Good round. Left to the body by Margarito. Combination by Cotto. Big left hook from Cotto just before the bell. Close round.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto

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ROUND 3
Cotto lands two shots to the head as the round starts. Margarito lands a right. Hook inside by Cotto. Four-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Left hook inside by Cotto as Margarito lands a right. Hook to the body by Margarito. Left to the ribs by Cotto. Uppercut by Cotto connects. Cotto is utilizing a lot of movement. Lead right by Cotto. Margarito warned for a low blow again. Counter left by Cotto. Margarito lands on the hip, warned for a third time. Cotto is angry. Left hook by Cotto. Good flurry in the corner.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto

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ROUND 4
The crowd is really into it. It’s been a good action fight so far. They exchange in the center. Chopping right by Margarito lands. Hard right uppercut by Cotto. Counter left by Cotto. Left uppercut by Margarito. Right to the body by Margarito. Cotto’s nose is bleeding again. Hard jab by Cotto. Three-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Bayless urges them to watch the head butts. Right by Margarito. Left hook by Cotto. Hard left to the body by Margarito. Good counter to fight off the ropes by Cotto.
Iole scores it 10-9, Margarito

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ROUND 5
They exchange jabs to open the round. Hard jab by Cotto. Left hook by Margarito and then a straight right hand. Good uppercut by Cotto. It’s a good punch for him in this fight. Double jab by Cotto. Right to the body by Margarito. Three-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Double jab by Cotto. Jab by Cotto. Left hook and hard right behind it by Cotto. Another left uppercut by Cotto. They trade rights. Good right by Cotto on the ropes.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto

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ROUND 6
Jab by Cotto. Left hook by Cotto and a right by Margarito. Margarito has swelling around his left eye. Hard shots to the body by Margarito. Right inside by Margarito. Right hand by Cotto. Four-punch combination to the head by Cotto. They’re trading on the ropes. Right to the head and left to the body by Cotto. Right and then an uppercut by Cotto. Cotto lands another hard uppercut. Two lefts inside by Margarito. Left-right by Cotto. Double shot to the body and then a shot to the head. Margarito lands a right in the corner.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto

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ROUND 7
Margarito lands a jab and then a right. Cotto lands a combination. Margarito throws a lot of punches on the ropes, but Cotto blocks most. Left uppercut by Margarito. Hard lead right by Cotto. Double uppercut by Margarito. Cotto holds on. He may be hurt. Cotto fires a left and Margarito lands three shots. Right inside by Margarito. Left and then a right by Margarito. Cotto is hanging on. Cotto moves to the center and Margarito lands a left. Right and then a jab by Cotto. Short left hook inside by Cotto. Margarito lands a good left in the corner. Cotto’s face is bloody, mostly from his nose. Left to the body and right to the head by Margarito. Jab-right hand by Cotto. Left and and then a right by Margarito. Big round for Margarito.
Iole scores it 10-9, Margarito

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ROUND 8
Both fighters’ faces are showing the wear of a hard fight. Hard jab by Cotto, who is circling. Margarito doing a good job of cutting off his exit. They trade on the ropes. Uppercut by Cotto. Left hook by Cotto. They’re warned for using their heads. Jab by Cotto. Right hand by Cotto. Right by Margarito. Left hand by Cotto. Margarito keeps coming. Right and then a good left by Margarito. Cotto lands a left, but Margarito lands a combination that pushes Cotto into the ropes. Left inside by Margarito. Left and a right by Cotto and a right by Margarito.
Iole scores it 10-9, Margarito

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ROUND 9
Left and a right by Cotto. Margarito slips. Jab by Cotto Good right by Cotto. Combination by Cotto. Left hook and right hand by Cotto. Sharp right by Margarito. Good body work by Margarito on the ropes. Two lefts and a right by Margarito. Cotto appears weary. Right hand by Cotto. Cotto is spitting blood. Combination by Margarito as Cotto backs to the ropes. Three-punch combination to the head by Cotto, but nothing seems to bother Margarito.
Iole scores it 10-9, Margarito

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ROUND 10
Hard jab by Cotto to open the round. They trade ineffective punches in the corner. Jab and right hand by Cotto. Left-right by Cotto. Two rights and then a left by Cotto. Left hook inside by Cotto. Shots inside by Cotto. Margarito lands a right. Three-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Double hook to the body and then right to the head by Cotto. Left by Cotto. Two shots to the body by Margarito. Left and then a right by Margarito wobble Cotto. Margarito lands a left and Cotto comes back with a right. Margarito’s rally makes this a very difficult round to score.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto

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ROUND 11
Left hook by Cotto. Margarito lets fly a combination. Margarito lands a right. Good counter right-left by Cotto. Left hook by Margarito. Margarito lands a left. Cotto seems to be hurt. Right uppercut and Cotto takes a knee. Cotto is cut by the left eye. Cotto is in big, big trouble. There’s a minute left. Cotto is down again from a combination. Cotto’s corner stops it at 2:05.
Margarito is the new WBA welterweight champion.

KiT:R Results - 7/12/2008

1st thru 3rd - ATL Split $740 (Anakin was undefeated, Clint & Wing Zero both had 1 loss and were in the loser's finals)

4th - Devil Jim
t-5th - Ryry
t-5th - fightingGM
t-7th - frodo-san
t-7th - IEATBAMBOO
t-9th - MeRedATL
t-9th - jio
t-9th - spero
t-9th - theexalted
t-13th - gene (memphis)
t-13th - ares=tilt=
t-13th - lilmajin
t-13th - kodeevu
t-17th - trickyling
t-17th - arcade man (taz)
t-17th - trung
t-17th - trav (ATL)
t-17th - drew (bristol)
t-17th - deathstar931
t-17th - CodEZ
t-17th - Vandy / WoTmanX
t-25th - liljohn (manchester)
t-25th - LCD
t-25th - Ravenlord
t-25th - Corydunson
t-25th - Matt P
t-25th - KOR
t-25th - KDX
t-25th - Edward E (?)
t-33rd - Andrew (?)
t-33rd - Thrillerman
t-33rd - Big Majin
t-33rd - Deadman
t-33rd - BCD

** The Tekken 5: DR Team Tournament winner is -- ATL **

Tekken Tag (8)
1st - deviljim
2nd - jinogre
3rd - fistsoffury
(I'm pretty sure that was the results... I packed the bracket away last night, but I haven't found it yet)

GGXX: Accent Core (16)
1st - lilmajin
2nd - Shinblade
3rd - AzurePhoenix? General?
(full results pending)

Third Strike (13)
1st - frodo-san
2nd - ssj george bush
3rd - Gene
4th - DreamTR
t-5th - RyRy
t-5th - David M
t-7th - Eugene
t-7th - Ron
t-9th - Taufiq
t-9th - Juan
t-9th - Alphakami
13th - LCD

SSBB Doubles (16 teams)
1st - Nice1/Reflex
2nd - Iori/Chad
3rd - Peru/Rafael
4th - KO/Kevin
t-5th - Max/Evan
t-5th - Marcus/JIO
t-7th - Alex/Handorin
t-7th - Cordy/Trung
t-9th - JMOAN/Casey
t-9th - Milln/Seth
t-9th - Chris/Anthony
t-9th - Noah/Edward
t-13th - Taufiq/Imran
t-13th - Jon/Jason
t-13th - Vandy/CodEZ
t-13th - Beely/Trickyling

SSBB Singles (47)
1st - Reflex
2nd - DarkIori
3rd - Rafael
4th - Shinblade
t-5th - KOkingpin
t-5th - Nice1
t-7th - BigRice
t-7th - Captain N
t-9th - JMOAN
t-9th - Noah
t-9th - Handorin
t-9th - HolySnap
t-13th - Cordy
t-13th - Edward
t-13th - Trung
t-13th - Taco Man
t-17th - Peru
t-17th - Eugene
t-17th - Kevin Russ
t-17th - Taufiq
t-17th - Milln
t-17th - Andrew (Tullahoma)
t-17th - Beely
t-17th - Evan
t-25th - 6th Kazekage
t-25th - Sushi
t-25th - Glutin
t-25th - David
t-25th - Nick N.
t-25th - Imran
t-25th - Jon
t-25th - Rafael Hero
t-33rd - Chris P
t-33rd - Kevin
t-33rd - Jamal
t-33rd - Corey Max
t-33rd - Seth
t-33rd - Kodi
t-33rd - Ron
t-33rd - Taylor
t-33rd - TrickyLing
t-33rd - JIO
t-33rd - Vandy
t-33rd - Josh M.
t-33rd - Anthony S.
t-46th - CodEZ (lulz)
t-46th - Casey

MySpace Whore Exposed: Neni (Exposed On BangBus!!!) Story Included

Here's the latest "MySpace Whore" to be exposed, and this is probably one of th best, and craziest occasions of a myspace whore getting exposed.

here's the story

"The chick had a fiancee' ...he broke off with her right before the marriage because she was fucking some other dude ...she started dating the other guy that guy dumped her ass ...then she tried to reconcile with the fiancee ...during the reconciliation she got on BangBus ....the fiancee's boy saw the video and alerted his friend ...by sending him the video .... they the fiancee splt up with her again and has shown her whole family the vids ..and posted it on her myspace page..."

now here's the good part click MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/41835935 to see her Myspace, read her headline it says.

"Some stupid looser hacked in my Page!!! For those who saw that crazy mess.So sorry.I did a mistake ...Dont we all??? But fuck it life goes on!!! Someone is just trying to ruin my life.But that wont happen!!! Nothing will bring me down! "
and if that was good enough, look at her URL "MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/41835935", i guess Fafi was her fiance and she "luvs" him so much that she got fucked on bangbus.

So of course, here's her bangbus Episode to dowload, along with the official description from the Bang Bros site (she used a fake name for BangBros)
Hello everybody and welcome back to our community. I always ask myself what do I have to do so every girl on the street would come up and talk to me. Thats what I always ask myself. But never respond this question cause usually I don't hear what I ask myself. What a dilemma. Anyway since the percentage of the the chicks who is willing to talk to us on the street is not even close to a hundred I figured what if I do a little test to see how people react. I simply started offering to everyone a hundred dollars for just a few seconds of theirs time. And what do you think? I still had bunch of a brads refusing to even stop so I can hand them a bill. What the hell? That shit was driving me crazy. Fortunately not all of them were that stupid so we got some action going lately. In about an hour we saw this hottie walking down the street and offered her to come join us. For a hundred dollars of course. Then she realized that she can make some money if she would let herself go a bit farther. This time for a few hundred dollars. So I had to find a guy which I did right after she agreed to fuck. This dude was meant to be a porn star. Out hundred people on the street I picked the right guy for this mission. Damn. When this guy was nailing that pussy the bus was jumping like a scared kangaroo. Check this shit out and you'll understand what I'm talking about.


http://www.zshare.net/video/9308888ba4f119/

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※ Kobe Bryant Commercials: Genius, Aston Martin, Snakes ※

These commercials are so freegin funny, genious even, congrads to Kobe, great marketing, check out some fo the youtube postings ladies and gentlemen

Batman: Gotham Knight Trailer

The new trailer for the upcoming Batman: Gotham Knight DVD is out and is presented below.
Batman is my one favorite hero (I'am a heel so I like villans more), I also liked the original Green Lantern but that was only because he whooped SUPERMAN's ass, then buried the rings to prove to the punk boy scout he was nothing... but that's a story for a later date lol !!!

Title	Batman: Gotham Knight
Year	2008
Length	75 minutes
Language	Thai
Country	USA, Japan
Genres	Animation, Action
Plot	Anime-inspired direct-to-DVD anthology film. Comprised of six short stories, from diverse creators,...
Director	Yasuhiro Aoki
	Futoshi Higashide
Producer	Toshi Hiruma
	Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Cast	Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
	Gary Dourdan as Crispus Allen (voice)
	David McCallum as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
	Jason Marsden as Thomas Wayne / Doctor / Cop / Youth 2 (voice)
	Alanna Ubach as Dander (voice)

The caped crusader is getting the royal treatment these days. First with the upcoming Dark Knight film and now with this straight-to-video anthology of six anime shorts. The anthology will be entitled Batman: Gotham Knight and will directed by Bruce Timm, producer and co-creator of television’s long running Batman: the Animated Series and will take place between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Twitch is reporting that Satishi Kon of Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress may be directing one of the segments. The anthology is being written by David Goyer (writer of Blade and Batman Begins), Josh Olson, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka, Jordan Goldberg and Alan Burnett.

This is very cool but the great part about this is who will be responsible for the animation. Madhouse, Studio 4°C and Production I.G. of Japanese Manga and anime fame are partnering with DC Comics to bring their unique visions of Batman to life. I have been waiting to see Batman brought to life through anime for a long time. From the above video, this looks very good. I can’t wait to see that Deadshot segment. If you don’t know your anime, check back later this week for our Anime Starter-Kit. There will be a movie on that list beginning and ending with the letter A. Take a guess as to which film that is in the Comments section below.

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