Maybe this is why Apple is supporting the right to repair laws in California. Maybe Apple thinks it's worth risking themselves just to mess with Scientology. Probably not but could be an explanation.
This shit is why we need more people like Reckless Ben who just have no self preservation instincts. Man literally made a religion called "Scientology Sucks" and infiltrated them
I believe what they are opposing is cracking the DRM on the newest models that would allow splinter groups to use them. Original versions were just simple meters similar to an ohm meter. The last 3 versions have microprocessors and the latest version added DRM.
@@fortheloveofnoise Also, magicians don't stalk you and try to ruin your reputation if you say they aren't really doing something that defines the laws of physics
For context, scientology sells the "e-meter" for about $5000 (it costs maybe $50 to make). These things break, and have to be returned to scientology for repair. Right to Repair is a MAJOR threat to this business model for obvious reasons.
@@goldilox369they've been around for years and an amazing legal team is one of the first things they invested in. To give you an idea: they straight up murdered at least two people and got of scot free.
@@jackskellington9570 the way, religion holds lower over business and politics. Being invulnerable. Yes they definitely can do all the same kind of crap to us
@@NootNoootcertain subsects of religions, sure. But that's because they're basically the same as scientology, a business masquerading as a religion taking advantage of the vulnerable
Thankfully flat-earthers don't understand maps. The thought of them gathering together in one place and becoming as organized as the Church of Scientology is terrifying.
That's an amazing take on this actually! Excellent viewpoint. You're absolutely right, would these laws be put into place, evolution of tech in the way we are taking for granted every day, wouldn't have been possible at all. If IBM was to have been the only PC manufacturer, PC's could have evolved even slower, as it was clones that loved pushing the limits and using even more capable parts, for affordable prices. Once the legal clones came out (no copied IBM ROM's), IBM was forced to be competitive, which ALSO forced Apple to need to step up their game at many points as well when competition between all got fierce. Had laws been in place that prevented this kind of thing from happening, who knows where technology would be today. For one if it was just two companies still battling it out, we wouldn't be *as* evolved as we are now, the competition caused that boom. We would honestly be behind in technology, in my opinion.
@@_MasterLink_ Exactly. That reverse engineering project was one of the most important projects in the history of computing, and it came at a critical time. Without it, the world as we know it may look profoundly different.
And yet you guys likely support the current 20,000 some pages of regulations out there that prevent countless things from existing that you can't even possibly know about.
@@_DML_this whole argument right here is why IP and copyright are both extremely dumb as a concept. To block similar works is to block competition and prevent the natural evolution of ideas just because of the fear that your idea might be too similar to someone else's who has the money to protect theirs. We can't move forward if we aren't legally allowed to just because some bigwig with money wants to keep making money off an idea that should be made obsolete. We can't improve because we legally aren't allowed to. information and thought should be free to share and consume as one wishes as there are no material components to thought, artificial scarcity laws should not apply, and IP/copyright are a form of placing artificial scarcity on thought. This being said, I do feel people should be respected and aknowledged for their ideas and creations but that shouldn't stop the free flow of ideas that our society has been based on since the dawn of society itself. We are only getting in our own way for sake of greed.
@@_MasterLink_, Actually, if nobody was allowed to make an IBM PC clone, there would me many more different types of computers today. Back in the days we had IBM, Apple, Commodore, Amiga, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, and many others.
Eh. The followers come across a bit crazy, but as an institution the're only mildly worse than most organized religion- most religions avoid the IRS by convincing the government that they should be tax exempt.
@@housemousemain ok well first of all, chris chan *is* a monster lol. and secondly obviously i don’t have the power to stop them but institutions will billions of dollars of backing are likely taking some money under the table from Scientology which is why it’s allowed to exist. If that corruption didn’t exist, i doubt it would have been allowed to continue the way it has been.
well what do you think? they black mail and infiltrate law enforcement agencies, this staff works, ask ANTIFA and BLM, they only been doing it for a few years so they get to exist. i wonder what is their Link with the illuminati, or maybe they are all one as the same.
Yeah, when you get to the kind of shenanigans that scientology does, you should not be appeased, you should have instead the FBI shoving up their noses up every crevase and even the CIA investigating and sabotaging you. This is an organization that has seeked to infiltrate and subvert gubernamental bodies, they threathen the American sovereignty, and the American government looks like a clown when they allow such a thing to happen.
I never thought I would see Scientology step into the fray. It’s like the writer ran out of relevant villains for the arc and just started pulling out random bad guys.
@@iYoungxKhalifa Actually, they're in decline. They're so nasty that they attract attacks from even nastier entities, plus they're at the "Decline" stage of their natural life-cycle.
Yeah, sorry Louis. You're probably going to be declared a "Suppressive Person". Scientology really doesn't want the few members they have left to go into the "guts" of their E-meters. They actually have a subscription system to even keep them working. That way the "apostates" they boot out can't have a working e-meter (even though they pay thousands of dollars for them).
For a company to have control over their reputation means their reputation cannot be legitimate. It becomes just another kind of advertisement, and we know how true they are.
You're lumping all types of control together and that's a mistake. There are some legitimate concerns and controls for brand reputation that warrant protection for example selling altered products as new with the same brand.
@@linsqopiring6816 That would be a "refurbished" product and if the seller does not declare it as such i'm almost sure that there are laws and fines in place to slap them around with. Steam is currently selling refurbished Steam Decks at a discount for example. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. In fact it keeps stuff out of the E-Waste piles which should be the Nr. 1 priority over any copyright and intellectual property concern.
My dad was into Scientology starting in the late 1970s. He got my mom to try some classes in the early 1980s, but she thought it was stupid and quit in 1983. Despite moving many times throughout her life, she still received mail from them over 30 years later. Thankfully my parents were never rich so they didn't get too far into the classes, which continue to get exorbitantly more expensive as you climb the levels. Even though my mom only took a few classes, they still kept track of her.
It's great that you mentioned David Miscavige's wife because that's actually the precise reason you DON'T need to fear lawsuits from them (currently). Scientology hasn't sued anyone in years, despite open provocation, precisely because they cannot risk having David Miscavige deposed in court.
They sued the ¨Cult Awareness Network¨(and won) which was a Government phyops operation that was used against the Branch Dravidians, giving the FBI all those memetic lies perpetrated on the public.
the funniest part about product EULAs is that they are automatically agreed to by using the item you purchased and can be retroactively modified in the digital age. Imagine you read and accept an original document with a single clause saying you won't use your lawnmower as an improvised woodchipper, only to later get in trouble for mowing your lawn. when you bring up the single-line contract you find out it's expanded to a hundred pages of restrictions. Now the funny part is that people think this is an acceptable business practice.
I usually don't comment much anywhere.. But thank you for bringing this to people's attention! I'm working as a 3D Concept Designer for products and advertisement. For a few years now, my software and hardware products have been tightening the choke hold they got me in. - Disney Pixar pushed it so far: That I can't even calculate two 3d images at the same time. According to their licensing system: If I want to keep working while a calculation is ongoing.. I'm supposed to buy a 2nd license full price! Making the matter worse is that when purchasing, the license is described as a "node locked" license per workstation. Which specifically implies that it should in NO WAY restrict how many images I work on from that workstation! - Sony is NOT pushing new software features to my 5000€ camera, which it could technically run - So I have to buy the almost identical newer model! While at the same time locking my device, so I can't install or setup 3rd party tools to get the job done! - Autodesk forces me to install companion software which, even after uninstalling all of their products.. keeps auto starting and reinstalling itself, just like a virus. I'm fed up with it!
@@Uncl3M3at even with all of the efforts of hackers around the world, I think it would end up where we are now, or even worse, since companies will probably cry victim to the governments and get help from them
@@fresanegra77 You're right, we have to pressure politicians, corporations and media as well. It is a huge endeavor but we may prevail if we keep fighting the good fight on all those fronts.
@@Uncl3M3at that would be a very hard thing to do, specially when more than one government gets involved and the other fields (like media) is corrupt as well. The companies that cause harm to the consumer's pockets have pockets too deep to get a hold on understanding it, and that money will be spent on making sure consumers get crushed beneath their feet But, nevertheless, it's a cause worth fighting with our teeth and nails if needed.
They give them the key. But they might take that key away later on, or you might lose it. And anyone who helps you get back into YOUR car without being authorized by the manufacturer to do so will go to jail. So will you, if you try to DIY.
Scientology recently started losing lawsuits to keep their victims quiet, so it may just be a matter of biding you time and you may not have to take them on.
The "Right to Repair" bill is on a timeline much more strict than any possible depletion of finances of the "Scientology" organization. Taking them on may be necessary. Apparently, Leah Remini is suing them for harassment, and reports are that David Miscavige is on the run. They may indeed be weak and vulnerable. Hopefully, any move against Louis Rossman by the Scientology organization would result in the dismantling of the organization proper.
I really don't see why any organization with a concept such as "fair game" should not be subject to their own policy by literally the entirety of the rest of society.
they've figured out their the only ones in society with a set of fangs sure the government does but their used to bullying people who can't really fight back
They invite it, so it does start to happen, and then snowballs. They also start splintering internally, with different factions fair-gaming each other.
I just thought of something horrifically dystopian… The success of Right To Repair almost necessitates the proliferation of subscription services. From Adobe software to cars and houses, the disgusting greed of corporations will not stop without change on the consumer level. Legislation can be worked around. We must keep fighting, and change public sentiment in the process!! I believe it can be done. Keep it up Louis.
I always thought the phrase "you will own nothing" implied that I wouldn't have any capital with which to buy things I never thought it meant there would be nothing to buy This is so much worse
@@HeroGuy3it has always meant you will not have ownership of things in your possession, but will be allowed to use them based on your social credit score, and those allowances can be taken away at any time. But your life will be simpler and you won't need to worry about such things as maintenance or care, so you will be happy...
I can't get over the fact that a unsuccessful science fiction author relabeled his work as religion and thousands of crazy people started giving him all their money to increase their "tetan level🤡".
Your right: catching desperate people with false promises, aggressive spying and blackmailing of important people, indoctrination of the young and death threats against members trying to leave are also important parts of this business. You could say it's a mix between bad science fiction and mafia mob.@@wrongfootmcgee
He was a master manipulater who managed to freeload off his rocket scientist best friend all the white banging said best friend's wife in occult sex magick rituals.
I knew many people who took and stood up to the "church of Scientology" when Tom put his interview video online and removed it. Do us all a favor, Louis, do not "Puss out" and push forward. Because they have their hands in all companies and platforms, even TH-cam and Apple. You have been fighting for the right to repair against them this entire time.
That "reputation" argument sounds a lot like the "it will hurt property value" argument people use to stop their neighbors from treating their house like a home.
@@AvoxionYT Not to get into an argument that lasts weeks, but you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater, here. If your neighbor has broken down cars parked in their front yard, that will absolutely wreck your home value. Curb appeal is a real thing. An HOA can protect against stuff like that. That said, _some_ HOAs go above and beyond to the point of tyranny. A friend and his wife wanted to redo their bathroom, and their HOA said "no". That, to me, is _absurd_. The whole notion of freedom in USA is that people are free to swing their fists about as much as they like, right up until one of their fists reaches the tip of your nose. There's a huge difference between renovating your kitchen vs. refusing to mow your lawn for two years. There's nuance to the problem and the solution, and reducing it to a boolean value isn't reasonable. I do think there should be limits imposed on HOAs, but anyone who wants to act in complete disregard for their neighbors' wellbeing should not be living in a neighborhood period, regardless of whether or not there's an HOA.
@@huskymcfluff @huskymcfluff I would completely disagree, actually. Any property you purchace should be your own to do whatever you wish with. Homes, cars, electronic devices. One should have the right to paint their home bright pink if they so desire. If it doesn't induce actual, tangible problems such as casting a shadow, interfering with water, causing smells and etc., no governing body other than the city itself should be allowed to tell you what you can do with your house. A home should be one's perfect place for living, not a landscape for somebody's investment. Telling people that if they want a home that actually belongs to them, they should move out of the city, in a world of 8 billion people is ridiculous. It might be a "slightly controversial" opinion that I have, however I believe homes should not be an investment all in the first place. The only place where a HOA makes sense is in an apartment complex.
We had a guy move onto our street a while a ago, he was fine at first but recently he started treating our street like there was an HOA-- complaining about things like: school busses, mail, and trash pick-up. Not exaggerating. He apparently wanted to live somewhere where there were none of those services because he didn't like the traffic and addressed our entire street as "his driveway" it was. insane. I don't know what snapped in this dude's brain to put those specific ideas in his head and I don't *want* to know. Never seen anything like it before in my life.
@@huskymcfluff The examples you gave that you think should be allowed are already handled at the city level. If there's an HOA it means they are going beyond that.
Congratulations Louis you are officially an Honorary Electrical Engineer for being able to identify an "Ohm-meter" from a schematic that has existed since the 1930's.
It gets worse, they also have different metals for the electrodes used for "auditing" so they can force a high reading so you will never measure "clear"
The internet is an amazing place where people can take relatively niche information and lather it with the thick lard of pedantic sarcasm and imply that "everyone knows this" what a good ride
@@dylanherron3963 It's also an amazing haven for trolls who use ambiguity to evade accountability for throwing around self-aggrandizing insults. Almost everyone watching this channel will know what an ohmmeter is, or be curious enough to look it up. Same with the pseudo-esoteric profit center known as the "E-meter."
Just repaired my mom's Dell laptop today by myself with only a screwdriver, a $15 part (that arguably shouldn't have broken in the first place), the manual, and my bare hands and want to still be able to do that years from now. Don't give up but try not to die either, Louis.
I'm with a lot of people here in saying that if you're getting under Scientology's skin then you're on the right path, but picking your battles is important. You, personally, do not have to go head to head with these psychopaths. There's other people out there willing to. Do what you can, in the scope you feel safe doing it. I've watched a few of your videos over the years and your passion has always inspired me to push the idea of right to repair anywhere I go. I live in an insanely rural area where people are under the yoke of John Deere and their ilk and it's disgusting seeing what they try to do to people, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with picking your battles. I wish you luck in the battles you choose to pursue going forward. From one R2R warrior to another.
Yes lets tell louis giving up is a good thing. The same as signing those apple contracts and crying in his chair at his house that wahhh some new yowkew is buwwying mwe. This piece of shit can't even fight his battles he starts anymore.
And automatically establish the false dmca issuer as a vexatious litigant as well as automatically initiating a criminal indictment for attempted wire fraud.
The problem it that it has to be proven and not everyone can afford to go to court. But I do think people that abuse DMCA should get an equivalent, or worse punishment than people that do break DMCA rules.
The channel Playing With Junk tore down an E-meter. There's another video (maybe also him?) that tore down a huge rack mounted version and found nonsense components inside like some coils wrapped around a vile of plant juice and covered in epoxy.
tear apart, reverse engineer, explain every function of it in a video, possibly file a bullshit report to the patent office for allowing such a bullshit patent and ideally destroy the entire bullshit terrorist Organisation known as Scientology
@@synchro-dentally1965 Trojan are not as trigger happy with their lawyers as the CoS is. Even dad didn't mess with them, and fucking with cults was his raison d'etre after his second marriage.
Being made a target of a cult that has CIA ties isnt exactly a cake walk but it is a sure sign that this is a worthy fight & the right thing to do or they would not oppose it.
Do you think he has faith that his fans will actually have his back in a meaningful way? After all just cheering or existing as a crowd only goes so far. He'd need a large enough team helping physically, legally, and economically to not just get stomped out if they choose to target him. In the end a crowd is just a loud ignorable noise if they don't do anything but shout.
I've had this idea for a long time, that EULA's and TOS's need to be heavily regulated, and need to be approved before being allowed to be functional, and that they can't simply update these things when ever the wind blows. They essentially want these things to be as good as written law, and I think that they should be allowed to be thrown out if common sense need arises.
@@SlinkyDyou’re totally right, also it’s interesting how often that when EULAs are challenged in court, they’re deemed to be unenforcible under contract law, or just plain unlawful.
@@taiiat0two of his movies applicable to today's problems. iRobot highway scene is the future of self drving cars. Will Smith was assassinated on international TV & all we got was some stupid memes.
License agreements are never "negotiated" prior to the purchase. They are imposed upon the purchaser and typically unknown prior (and usually after, cause no one reads them, and people who read them typically cannot fully understand them) to attempting to use the product or software.
I live 15 minutes from "Gold Base" which is the actual headquarters for scientology, they are absolutely insane. They have wrought iron fences with the spikes curved inward rather than out. They do this to keep people in. They also have tried to choose the road that bisects their property, thankfully the county rejected it. They do however, have cameras that watch all cars driving on the road. When protesters set up on their property they call the sheriff and play a very loud tri tone on loudspeakers so that drivers can't hear the protesters.
@@youkofoxy As for your design goals, it doesn't need to be able to output sound longer than a handful of wavelengths at max volume; it just needs to be loud enough to effectively overcome the problem in all foreseeable scenarios.
If you would allow a population to fix or even create their own stuff, you would have a highly tech savvy population...and this would lead to huge progresses in technology, I think.
and you think big tech companies want that? hahahahahaha you've just stumbled onto exactly why they don't want to allow consumers to even understand their own property
Its a galvanometer actually! They were sold at radioshack as a lie detector at one time! They were sold as stress or mood meters as well! Now the same electronic circuits are used in fitbit, galaxy, and apple watches as stress meters!
Wouldn't an ohm meter be the same thing in the configuration in which they're using this? For instance, to measure ohms, an ohm meter injects a small voltage, and measures the little current that's returned, thus providing a measurement of ohms. In the schematic that Louis showed, the person is supposed to grab two sponge type handles. Clearly, the person is not supplying the current. One side (right side sponge) appears to get the voltage directly from a tap on the resistors tied to the supply. The other (the hand that's the return path) is connected to the grid of the first vacuum tube and this is what is being measured. So, while this device measures the returned current, it is this device that is supplying it. Even though this doesn't give a read out in ohms, it is measuring a persons resistance. Technically, not a true ohm meter, but it's doing the same thing. Rather than show a scale with ohms, they might have used number of past life's or something.
Technically it is a reverse ohm meter. The harder you squeeze the cans the more the needle moves one way. So of course they don't let you see the needle.
When Scientology starts routinely using their flying robot army to target weddings, hospitals, and school buses, I'll start fearing them more. Or spying on literally every person in the entire world. The government set the bar pretty high, so Scientology still has quite a ways to go to catch up. And until then, I won't be lamenting any lack of power that those psychos have.
It's almost like organizations that operate by the rule of law (however messed up that law might be) are less scary than organizations that operate outside the law.
I mean, devil's advocate, it's actually the opposite. I'd rather fear a cult known for using underhanded and criminal methods to get what they want at any cost, than fear my own government which should exist to serve me. You're only saying that because you actually want the government to have some teeth and stamp out that evil cult, which is understandable, but between a cult and the government it should be expected that the cult ends up being more dangerous when they have never been known as particularly rational groups of people. When you have the manpower of scientology all united for one goal and brainwashed to carry out risky business, any government would have a hard time stamping it out save for an armed raid on their HQ and arresting the leader.
@@JohnDoeWasntTaken I think my comments have been hidden. You're exactly right. The abuses and crimes of government extend far beyond anything Scientology has done. In fact, much of the wrong-doing committed by Scientology has been permitted by law, or even happened with active participation from the legal system. It's also worth noting that trying to differentiate between cults and political parties is just a matter of scale right now. And I wish I was exaggerating. People just don't see it as the same thing because they're caught up in it...
Hi Louis. This section of the DMCA is fucking absurd. In my opinion, even though it is “technically illegal,” people should act in spite of it anyway. As a security researcher and reverse engineer myself, it’s becoming incredibly tempting to fight these practices offensively. You and your content are a breath of fresh air, cheers.
yeah I made my Wii U modchip open source specifically to spite Nintendo on the off chance I got nastygram'd. Only requires a $5 RP2040, good luck stopping that lol (tbh I don't think anyone cares about Wii U tho)
Louis, thank you for all you do for right to repair and fighting for our right to own the tech we buy. It means a lot. I'm an artist and a tech enthusiast. I am feeling the pressure of my right to ownership being stepped on from all angles. But people such as yourself give me hope. Thank you for all you do, and all you stand for.
I can verify that. Scientologists are pussies that talk big. The only way they can get any power over you is if you give it to them, by joining the cult.
Just another example of how you can't fight stupid, Louis, but we sure appreciate you trying. How the business of Scientology is able to disguise itself as a "religion" is stupidity defined.
David's wife was seen a long time ago at a scientology property near Big Bear California, but that's it; that was years ago now and even then, she was being held captive. Even high up "church" officials have been locked up in a trailer at Gold Base when they messed up. David miscavig apparently made low level members stand in front of his windows all night, to help block out traffic noise. That bit came from Micheal Headley and his book "Blown For Good".
I tinkered with a stolen e-meter (some who escaped the 'church' took it) back in 2009. It is a cheap, plasticky, over glorified ohmmeter. The church would usually do street meter readings on any passersby to try and recruit people, they got very bothered when we set up next to them and did the exact same thing, just with dumber questions.
Oh they are evil as hell, just research the Sea Org. They have ships with slaves on them, and these aren't randos, like their actual followers are the slaves on these ships. it's totally f**ked.
My dog, Scientologists mentally physical and sexually abuse members, raided the IRS offices, murdered people, stock and harass their opposition, traffic humans, use child labor, drive most of their members into crippling dept, buy police protection, and defame ex members. They are textbook evil and this is before we even get into their fake medical treatment.
They have a really bad reputation for being worse to former employees and former members than the mob ever was. They literally turned the court system into a weapon for decades and had a small "army" of people and lawyers they used to ruin peoples's lives that spoke out against them. Some people had to go into hiding to get away from Scientology it was that bad.
It's hilarious that Scientology is trying to protect their bootleg ohmmeter. I often volunteer for a science center that slapped an old multimeter and a pair of metal plates to a piece of plywood, we use it to teach people that the human body is conductive and carries a charge. Somehow I've only ever heard one person make the connection and point out it's similarities with what Scientology makes. Which I guess is a good accomplishment, since unlike them, we're using it to demonstrate actual science rather than quantify mystical energy.
If Scientology is getting involved, now is the time to put that non-profit money to work and step on the gas. Their resistance is a sign you're succeeding. The fact that they're getting into the fight just means they're afraid of you. They're afraid that if they don't step in, they will lose to an angry man with a soldering iron and a bunch of cats. Don't give up now, push on.
I thought shrink wrap warranties that they mention were illegal. It was something about how the packaging warranty did not provide enough details that a consumer could make an informed decision. You need specialised training to convince someone that an ohm meter is actually showing something of value and make them pay money for the service. Finally Scientology not sued anyone for a nearly a decade. it is a result of the case they lost. It was about the time South Park made their episode on them. They can't afford to keep losing cases like that. Partly financial cost and partly due to discovery. Scientology does not want people digging around in their records for any reason.
This makes me sad on a depressive level. I feel like every avenue i take is being changed or became inaccessible. They want us to have nothing... this makes my chest hurt cause as a tech im struggling to find a job. This makes it so hard. Like a spit to face. I pray we get positive changes
@@unbroken1010 a core component of an ohm meter, but not a complete ohm meter in and of itself. the e-meter is a Wheatstone bridge, with some extra bullshit junk around it, a case of hacking backwards from a desired conclusion.
Badly designed if it's supposed to give you a resistance value, which it's not. It's supposed to amplify CHANGES in skin resistance so the auditor can detect stress. An ohmmeter no matter how well 'designed' does not do that. You'd hardly notice any changes in resistance, it would be useless as an e-meter.
@@wayland7150 It's supposed to bullshit you. That is what it's doing. You can repeat the Scientology crap as much as you want, it won't change the fact what the E-Meter really is.
I like that if you put all of their behaviors in a list without a label and asked people if that described gangsters, or a church, you'd probably hear gangsters way more as an answer.
I love this video! I was a Scientologist from 1966 until 1975. I left because I'd had it with the church. Now then, from 1984 until 1987 I was in the Navy, and I was an ET (electronics Tech). I didn't know much about electronics before the Navy, but when I got out of the Navy, since I now knew something about the subject, having used the 'E-meter' when I was in Scientology, I thought I'd look at one of the schematics. And man, Lou, that was the FIRST thing I noticed, the Emeter is an Ohmmeter!
Did you stop at the first thing you noticed? You realises it's purpose is not to measure ohms but to amplify the change in body resistance which occurs when the person has stressful thoughts and when they recover from those thoughts. We're not testing the value of a resistor we're reading the strength of an emotion.
@@wayland7150imagine being tricked by a change in name and some flavor text. You are measuring resistance. That's what the tool is designed to do. The fact that you use a tool designed to measure something under less than ideal conditions is irrelevant
Discussing "Fair Game", 30+ years ago, i had a housemate who was being hunted by the Scientologists. They ended up going underground to avoid the Scientologist's constant harassment. They are still being chased 30+ years later.
As a Christian, i recently gave up on the idea that copyright law could ever be done fairly when i discovered that printers of scripture are now being allowed to copyright THE ENTIRE BIBLE as long as they make an edit somewhere in the text that they copied from an older source, and that all the major printers are now doing so. At that point, regardless of one's religion, how can anyone possibly take the concept of copyright seriously?
That's weird. No part of it should be copyrightable, except if they are explaining the verses in their own words. To be fair, I highly doubt most of the people putting a copywrite on it are able to copyright most of it.
@@Gandhi_Physique Well, the point is, the government is not implementing it fairly, and this incident made me realize that this is because the very idea is flawed. It's not just being done with the Bible, but all over and the Bible was just the extreme example that opened my eyes. ✌
You are very mistaken. Every single modern bible translation has a copyright. The only one that doesn't have a copyright is the KJV. @@Gandhi_Physique Edit, unless you are in the UK and use the Cambridge edition which has a perpetual copyright, but also unlimited use since the crown cannot die. Otherwise, anywhere else it is completely public domain.
@@optamis1989absolutely! It costs a TON to produce a new translation, especially ecumenical translations where you have to pay a bunch of linguists and cultural experts. Naturally they want to copyright the translation in order to recoup those costs. (personally I don't believe in copyright at all - but I do understand why people think its a good thing)
Do that often enough and the book would have no resemblance to the original text. Using this logic the whole of the bible could be rewritten as a repair manual for a lawn mower. How is that allowed and who in their right mind thinks it's OK to do this?
It's funny to me that the Church of Scientology is making the argument about harming the reputation of the manufacturer. That would require that the manufacturer had a good reputation to begin with.
In other words, the Scientologists have made themselves look like 🤡s and can't really be taken seriously on this matter. No compromise, no confrontation. Just let the organization watch from the sidelines. How constitutional is Section 1201?
Yes. Clowns. Clowns everywhere holding knives in the middle of the night, or in the backseat of your cars. Silly clowns. Funny is what they are. Ha.. haha.. silly... silly clowns.
A"wellness check" could be invoked for that woman !,and as a Canadian Postman (Now retired ,20 yrs service (78-98 )we used to laugh at "Hubbernetics" ,(stupid materials they mailed)and knew the victims on our routes! (then came the "Time Magazine "Article ;" Scientology ...Cult of Greed" (interesting read) thanks agian Louis...just for being here later dood!
You're right to be concerned about those people. You never know what crazy people are going to do. Crazy people with money AND power are the scariest people on earth.
The best way to fight scientology is to attack their income, aka educate people that fantasy energies do not exist. Anybody you know who is into scientology, do your best to get them off it
@@housemousemain They didn't counter 4chan effectively at all, and it resulted in a bit of a public awakening in the cult's illegal activities. This bunch of terrorists needs to be handled with force.
Dude, you can't give up. We NEED you. Don't let them scare you. As my black friend who open carries, who is often stopped by the cops likes to say; Go ahead and arrest me, I could use the money. Do you really think all your 1.6 MILLION minions can't scare those bastards? Lawfare works both ways, and the LAST THING Scientology wants is to be in the news and in the light of day.... The people are on the side of right to repair, right to own. Period. In your own words Scientology gave into public pressure. Where are you living now? Get a freaking gun and train how to use it, especially situational awareness... Hell, I'll come to you and train you myself! They should not put fear into you, you should put fear into them, and enjoy the ride.
I have to point this one out to you: 4:10 "we're not talking about heavy industrial equipment.." Yes, actually... You are. Specifically what comes to mind is John Deere farm equipment (Tractors / Harvesters). Many farmers in the midwest US are unable to use their insanely expensive harvesters for one computer fault or another, costing them tens of thousands of dollars in transport, repair, and down time in addition to the potential for crop loss. Considering staple crops are a critical national strategic resource, there was at least one group I had heard about trying to get right to repair passed under the DPAS statues (Defense Priorities and Allocations System programs) Edit: So this video popped up in my feed at random. Finally pay attention to a video or three, and decide I am not against Mr. Rossmann, check his channel and DOH! 2 weeks ago he puts out a John Deere video... point of Irony... I actually learned about the John Deere BS trying to work on a old International.
Back in ancient times, the 1990's, I was first exposed to Scientology by the fact that they and TSR - the makers of Dungeons & Dragons, were both sueing almost the entirety of the Internet.
One of my friends knows someone that was involved in Scinetology 40+ years ago. The cult STILL to this day continues to mail this person literature. They have moved multiple times and without fail, the cult finds her via public record and keeps harassing her. That blows my mind that they won’t let this poor lady go.
So they want "you have this right unless we decide you don't"... to protect the reputation of their... electronic snake oil... I really hate the world we live in sometimes
this is ridiculous, and they are ridiculous lol. i mean imagine this applied to regular door locks, if your key breaks off you just arent allowed in your house anymore or youll be breaking the law, locksmiths are illegal, drilling the lock is illegal, breaking the door is illegal, climbing in the window is illegal, you just have to accept that you cant live there anymore
? Is door locks required? I do think they are for insurance. Anyways the point is that with a house you can avoid installing locks completely. It is a house. Like that is the difference. The thing stopping you fixing the broken lock is just laws if it brakes. If you never invite something that stupid to your home the problem is gone right? To bad everything is screwed up nowadays. Best bet is to keep computers and anything "smart" out of your home. And live somewhere you do not need to lock your doors. I live in a place like that right now! Mom and dad and there mom and dads left every key to the vehicles in the ignition up until around like 2002! 1940-2000. :) I wounder what changed. Like they even left the keys in the car when I was not even able to reach the wheel and pedals safely. Ho needs a lock if society is sane.
@@TheDiner50 the difference in what? they could choose to just not put locks on technology too, they could trust that its safe just as easily as i could. like you said who needs a lock if society is sane and can make good decisions for themselves. also i left my key in the ignition too, for years long after 2002 lol, and i can remember a time when companies didnt feel the need to lock you out of fixing things and i survived it, didnt kill me, companies still made money, so why cant we live in a place where we can fix the things we own?
A few ex-scientologists claim that the cult lost it's sharp claws in the past few years, so you may not have to worry too much about them being a threat.
When a group that is based on the belief that alien spirits that live in a volcano somewhere oppose your legislation, you've now entered the Twilight zone.
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Ah yes, "Scientology". The fact they still exist is awful.
they know if they had to explain how their theaten meters work... they will be shown to be frauds.
Maybe this is why Apple is supporting the right to repair laws in California. Maybe Apple thinks it's worth risking themselves just to mess with Scientology. Probably not but could be an explanation.
I would not shove that thing up your ass that would hurt.
Look at the bright side Louis - at least life isn't boring. 🤷♂
Scientology opposing what you're doing is one of the surest signs that you're on the right track.
@@cowabunga2597 lmao.
Also, since scientology is a "religion", if the courts listens to them, it is a violation of your 1st amendment rights.
YES!!!!!!!!!!
Today I learned, "fight for what you believe in, until scientology says not to"
That would make the IRS on the right track...
Imagine Scientology being destroyed because it got involved in the right to repair conflict.
That would be like the bonus item you get after a boss fight.
That would be even more ironic than Al Capone being inducted for tax evasion
This shit is why we need more people like Reckless Ben who just have no self preservation instincts.
Man literally made a religion called "Scientology Sucks" and infiltrated them
The good ending
one can dream lol
Scientology opposing the disassembly of the Ohm meter is like magicians opposing "How to" magic books.
Both Scientology and Magic should be treated the same way. As something that people don't believe to be true.
I believe what they are opposing is cracking the DRM on the newest models that would allow splinter groups to use them.
Original versions were just simple meters similar to an ohm meter. The last 3 versions have microprocessors and the latest version added DRM.
@@stonentMagic is more believable and has a stronger basis in reality. 😂
@stonent All religion should be treated like magic, in that both are horseshit.....
@@fortheloveofnoise Also, magicians don't stalk you and try to ruin your reputation if you say they aren't really doing something that defines the laws of physics
I've a terrible feeling if you pursue a noble endeavor long and hard enough in the US, you will ultimately run into scientology
Or some other ponzi scheme
@@jamesocker5235
or into the invisible wall of wall street
@@jamesocker5235
or into the invisible wall of wall street
@@jamesocker5235scientology isn't a simple Ponzi scheme, fuck that thing
eh, kind of. they are a mason proxy i would imagine. but yeah same enemy.
For context, scientology sells the "e-meter" for about $5000 (it costs maybe $50 to make). These things break, and have to be returned to scientology for repair. Right to Repair is a MAJOR threat to this business model for obvious reasons.
These things are literally made by teenagers and children in Scientology. They get paid (at most) $47 a week.
we should get that investigated under child labour laws
@@JNJNRobin1337 you'll find that's protected under religious freedom, I wish I was kidding but it's come up before with CLLs.
The fact that you would see that it's all bs would also be a major threat to their business model.
@@goldilox369they've been around for years and an amazing legal team is one of the first things they invested in.
To give you an idea: they straight up murdered at least two people and got of scot free.
Never in my life did I think I would see a Rossmann video talking about scientology. It's a strange world we live in.
He dismantles bullshit. And 99% of religion is BS . Seems on brand to me
Truely, the "odd one out" timeline.
Let alone fixing a cock ring on stream 😅
did you expect scientology to inject themselves in repair laws? i sure as heck didn't.
Scientology cannot fscking help themselves.
If Scientology is against you, you know you are on the right path.
it's basically with any religion
@@NootNoootnot even nearly the same. At least not with all
@@jackskellington9570 the way, religion holds lower over business and politics. Being invulnerable. Yes they definitely can do all the same kind of crap to us
True, but it's going to be a short path.
@@NootNoootcertain subsects of religions, sure. But that's because they're basically the same as scientology, a business masquerading as a religion taking advantage of the vulnerable
Scientology exists because even flat earthers need something to laugh at
Thankfully flat-earthers don't understand maps. The thought of them gathering together in one place and becoming as organized as the Church of Scientology is terrifying.
All religions are equally laughable.
They're using the birds, man,
They are not real its just a drone system scientology uses to keep flat earthers down
@@breezyillo2101 not really teh real dager is anti vaxers and scientology
you joke
but if you knew the whole story, the part in the desert, with the founder of the jpl....
Laws that would've prevented the advent of the IBM PC Compatible, should not exist.
That's an amazing take on this actually! Excellent viewpoint. You're absolutely right, would these laws be put into place, evolution of tech in the way we are taking for granted every day, wouldn't have been possible at all.
If IBM was to have been the only PC manufacturer, PC's could have evolved even slower, as it was clones that loved pushing the limits and using even more capable parts, for affordable prices. Once the legal clones came out (no copied IBM ROM's), IBM was forced to be competitive, which ALSO forced Apple to need to step up their game at many points as well when competition between all got fierce.
Had laws been in place that prevented this kind of thing from happening, who knows where technology would be today. For one if it was just two companies still battling it out, we wouldn't be *as* evolved as we are now, the competition caused that boom. We would honestly be behind in technology, in my opinion.
@@_MasterLink_ Exactly. That reverse engineering project was one of the most important projects in the history of computing, and it came at a critical time. Without it, the world as we know it may look profoundly different.
And yet you guys likely support the current 20,000 some pages of regulations out there that prevent countless things from existing that you can't even possibly know about.
@@_DML_this whole argument right here is why IP and copyright are both extremely dumb as a concept. To block similar works is to block competition and prevent the natural evolution of ideas just because of the fear that your idea might be too similar to someone else's who has the money to protect theirs. We can't move forward if we aren't legally allowed to just because some bigwig with money wants to keep making money off an idea that should be made obsolete. We can't improve because we legally aren't allowed to. information and thought should be free to share and consume as one wishes as there are no material components to thought, artificial scarcity laws should not apply, and IP/copyright are a form of placing artificial scarcity on thought. This being said, I do feel people should be respected and aknowledged for their ideas and creations but that shouldn't stop the free flow of ideas that our society has been based on since the dawn of society itself. We are only getting in our own way for sake of greed.
@@_MasterLink_, Actually, if nobody was allowed to make an IBM PC clone, there would me many more different types of computers today. Back in the days we had IBM, Apple, Commodore, Amiga, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, and many others.
they should be legally classified as a criminal terrorist organisation and persecuted as such
charges?
@@lcfflc3887 They use the threat of violence to achieve political goals. That is literally terrorism.
Eh. The followers come across a bit crazy, but as an institution the're only mildly worse than most organized religion- most religions avoid the IRS by convincing the government that they should be tax exempt.
@@lcfflc3887Kidnapping and murder(specifically for the current leader), blackmail, harrasment
@@lcfflc3887nah, fuck charges. Just get rid of them all
It honestly blows my mind that Scientology is just...allowed...to exist like this.
@@housemousemain ok well first of all, chris chan *is* a monster lol. and secondly obviously i don’t have the power to stop them but institutions will billions of dollars of backing are likely taking some money under the table from Scientology which is why it’s allowed to exist. If that corruption didn’t exist, i doubt it would have been allowed to continue the way it has been.
well what do you think? they black mail and infiltrate law enforcement agencies, this staff works, ask ANTIFA and BLM, they only been doing it for a few years so they get to exist.
i wonder what is their Link with the illuminati, or maybe they are all one as the same.
@@housemousemain People can't find, but the government should be able to. Especially when it involves that level of tax evasion.
Yeah, when you get to the kind of shenanigans that scientology does, you should not be appeased, you should have instead the FBI shoving up their noses up every crevase and even the CIA investigating and sabotaging you. This is an organization that has seeked to infiltrate and subvert gubernamental bodies, they threathen the American sovereignty, and the American government looks like a clown when they allow such a thing to happen.
It's like the Mexican Cartels, you can't get rid of them they have too much power and money.
I never thought I would see Scientology step into the fray. It’s like the writer ran out of relevant villains for the arc and just started pulling out random bad guys.
Truth is stranger than fiction....
You showed them your weakness. Apple will be the first to hire a scientologist.
Will this revive Project Chanology 2.0?
@@ME98878 4chan arise
No matter how strong you are you can’t beat Scientology.
@@iYoungxKhalifa Actually, they're in decline. They're so nasty that they attract attacks from even nastier entities, plus they're at the "Decline" stage of their natural life-cycle.
@@iYoungxKhalifa Scientology is waning fast. They're resorting to try to trick Africans now.
In the 16 minutes, the scientologists turned off your sun as a warning
I gueds in dire situation you can try and take asmany of them with you
@@ukyoize*KEEP YOUR RIFLE BY YOUR SIDE STARTS PLAYING*
I know that my browser is in dark mode. But even I had to wind it back to make sure I was not seeing things. Nice jump cut!
Lol fucking pegies
Yeah, sorry Louis. You're probably going to be declared a "Suppressive Person". Scientology really doesn't want the few members they have left to go into the "guts" of their E-meters. They actually have a subscription system to even keep them working. That way the "apostates" they boot out can't have a working e-meter (even though they pay thousands of dollars for them).
For a company to have control over their reputation means their reputation cannot be legitimate. It becomes just another kind of advertisement, and we know how true they are.
This.... they want the right to maintain echo chambers and they think that is more valuable than anyone's right to have... basic ownership of goods.
See every single car advertisement as an example, each claiming to be "#1"
You're lumping all types of control together and that's a mistake. There are some legitimate concerns and controls for brand reputation that warrant protection for example selling altered products as new with the same brand.
@@linsqopiring6816 That would be a "refurbished" product and if the seller does not declare it as such i'm almost sure that there are laws and fines in place to slap them around with.
Steam is currently selling refurbished Steam Decks at a discount for example. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
In fact it keeps stuff out of the E-Waste piles which should be the Nr. 1 priority over any copyright and intellectual property concern.
@@linsqopiring6816well that's just too damn bad then. You takes your freedoms, and you takes your consequences.
My dad was into Scientology starting in the late 1970s. He got my mom to try some classes in the early 1980s, but she thought it was stupid and quit in 1983. Despite moving many times throughout her life, she still received mail from them over 30 years later. Thankfully my parents were never rich so they didn't get too far into the classes, which continue to get exorbitantly more expensive as you climb the levels. Even though my mom only took a few classes, they still kept track of her.
And people call Christianity a cult
@@shamancredible8632 And it is (indoctrinate them when they are young)
@@shamancredible8632 There are levels to all insanity.
IN THIS MOMENT I AM EUPHORIC
@@coldspring2586scientology is not insanity though, it's a clever way to use people with problems to gain lots of money. Call them stupid...
The IRS never loses and yet they lost to scientology. We need louis alive. 😢
@@chlorhex6785yeah, but then Germany gave us Greta Thunberg😢
@@chlorhex6785 Scientology had the balls to go into the offices and threaten them.
The value of blackmail. Spying on adulterous IRS officers and other "insurance". Mafia mobsters.
@@onpoint2292 Who is Greta Thinners?
I've heard of Greta Thunberg of course but she is Swedish, not German.
It's great that you mentioned David Miscavige's wife because that's actually the precise reason you DON'T need to fear lawsuits from them (currently). Scientology hasn't sued anyone in years, despite open provocation, precisely because they cannot risk having David Miscavige deposed in court.
They sued the ¨Cult Awareness Network¨(and won) which was a Government phyops operation that was used against the Branch Dravidians, giving the FBI all those memetic lies perpetrated on the public.
That’s why they use extreme measures to keep the Keebler elf in charge from being served in the lawsuits they have been hit with recently.
They've sued and lost (lol) plenty of lawsuits in the last few recent years. A bunch involve them trying to keep ex members quiet about what they do.
and now they're starting to go to prison for their actions
@@TheInsaneupsdriver Which Scientologist went to prison?
the funniest part about product EULAs is that they are automatically agreed to by using the item you purchased and can be retroactively modified in the digital age. Imagine you read and accept an original document with a single clause saying you won't use your lawnmower as an improvised woodchipper, only to later get in trouble for mowing your lawn. when you bring up the single-line contract you find out it's expanded to a hundred pages of restrictions. Now the funny part is that people think this is an acceptable business practice.
Pretty sure EULAs are not legally binding tho
Print out the EULA when you agree to it and get it notarized.
@@daedalus6433To the extent that they're within a nation's laws.
Eulas are illegal.
@@snex000 That's an utterly *ridiculous* thing to have to do. EULAs should just be illegal.
I usually don't comment much anywhere.. But thank you for bringing this to people's attention!
I'm working as a 3D Concept Designer for products and advertisement. For a few years now, my software and hardware products have been tightening the choke hold they got me in.
- Disney Pixar pushed it so far: That I can't even calculate two 3d images at the same time. According to their licensing system: If I want to keep working while a calculation is ongoing.. I'm supposed to buy a 2nd license full price! Making the matter worse is that when purchasing, the license is described as a "node locked" license per workstation. Which specifically implies that it should in NO WAY restrict how many images I work on from that workstation!
- Sony is NOT pushing new software features to my 5000€ camera, which it could technically run - So I have to buy the almost identical newer model! While at the same time locking my device, so I can't install or setup 3rd party tools to get the job done!
- Autodesk forces me to install companion software which, even after uninstalling all of their products.. keeps auto starting and reinstalling itself, just like a virus.
I'm fed up with it!
we gotta stand up, athough its so hard to escape the shackles of consumerism/greed...
Hacktivists unite! We have to do the opensource revolution now to push back against the oppressor. Or forever lose our digital freedom
@@Uncl3M3at even with all of the efforts of hackers around the world, I think it would end up where we are now, or even worse, since companies will probably cry victim to the governments and get help from them
@@fresanegra77 You're right, we have to pressure politicians, corporations and media as well. It is a huge endeavor but we may prevail if we keep fighting the good fight on all those fronts.
@@Uncl3M3at that would be a very hard thing to do, specially when more than one government gets involved and the other fields (like media) is corrupt as well.
The companies that cause harm to the consumer's pockets have pockets too deep to get a hold on understanding it, and that money will be spent on making sure consumers get crushed beneath their feet
But, nevertheless, it's a cause worth fighting with our teeth and nails if needed.
Imagine selling someone a car and not giving them a key, and when they try to open the lock they get arrested
They give them the key. But they might take that key away later on, or you might lose it. And anyone who helps you get back into YOUR car without being authorized by the manufacturer to do so will go to jail. So will you, if you try to DIY.
do you really think you own your cellphone? LOL
you don't.
@@lcfflc3887I read that in Arnold's voice from the "you think this is the real Quaid? ...it is!" scene
Sounds like something BMW might do.
Dont give BMW this idea. They will charge you 5$/month to unlock fingerprint locks.
If they're allowed to dictate how I use my purchased product, then I should be allowed to dictate how they use the money I exchanged for said product.
Scientology recently started losing lawsuits to keep their victims quiet, so it may just be a matter of biding you time and you may not have to take them on.
those terrorists need to be dealt with just like any other terror Organisation
The "Right to Repair" bill is on a timeline much more strict than any possible depletion of finances of the "Scientology" organization. Taking them on may be necessary. Apparently, Leah Remini is suing them for harassment, and reports are that David Miscavige is on the run. They may indeed be weak and vulnerable. Hopefully, any move against Louis Rossman by the Scientology organization would result in the dismantling of the organization proper.
@@lbochtlerI dream of waking up one day to hear that the feds raid their headquarters in Florida.
@@lbochtler Not quite terrorists yet, but they are a Cult. They should be dealt with accordingly. Something like Waco Texas.
@@lbochtler Someone please tell me they possess any amount of oil.
You'd think after the black fax incidents, scientologists would love the right to repair their printers.
I really don't see why any organization with a concept such as "fair game" should not be subject to their own policy by literally the entirety of the rest of society.
they've figured out their the only ones in society with a set of fangs
sure the government does but their used to bullying people who can't really fight back
They invite it, so it does start to happen, and then snowballs. They also start splintering internally, with different factions fair-gaming each other.
their concept of "fair game" defines the entire group as a terrorist orginization
Fair is fair....
^^^THIS^^^
I just thought of something horrifically dystopian… The success of Right To Repair almost necessitates the proliferation of subscription services. From Adobe software to cars and houses, the disgusting greed of corporations will not stop without change on the consumer level. Legislation can be worked around.
We must keep fighting, and change public sentiment in the process!! I believe it can be done. Keep it up Louis.
Just don't buy. China finding out the hard way. If the world can do it to them, we can do it to corporations.
I always thought the phrase "you will own nothing" implied that I wouldn't have any capital with which to buy things
I never thought it meant there would be nothing to buy
This is so much worse
@@HeroGuy3 To me that's always what it meant, and always why it scared me.
A subscription house?! WTF! We cannot allow that to happen.
@@HeroGuy3it has always meant you will not have ownership of things in your possession, but will be allowed to use them based on your social credit score, and those allowances can be taken away at any time. But your life will be simpler and you won't need to worry about such things as maintenance or care, so you will be happy...
Scientology opposes ‘Right to Repair,” yet charges devotees a fortune to “fix them” through courses. They believe they have a right to repair people…
They didn't managed to repair John Travolta's son.
They don‘t repair people, they break them. So being against right to repair is right up their alley.
They believe they have a right to own people, too...
Yeah but they are specially trained to do so. That makes it ok under their own definition.
Well, yeah. Opposing "Right to Repair" and brainwashing people both make Scientology money. Ideological consistency is for marks ready to be fleeced!
I can't get over the fact that a unsuccessful science fiction author relabeled his work as religion and thousands of crazy people started giving him all their money to increase their "tetan level🤡".
an oversimplification based on a misconception
you really think its all that simple?
Your right: catching desperate people with false promises, aggressive spying and blackmailing of important people, indoctrination of the young and death threats against members trying to leave are also important parts of this business. You could say it's a mix between bad science fiction and mafia mob.@@wrongfootmcgee
Well, allegedly, Elrond the Hubbard once said that the best way to make money is to start a religion.
@@wrongfootmcgeeit is that simple. L Ron Hubbard was a failed Sci fi author
He was a master manipulater who managed to freeload off his rocket scientist best friend all the white banging said best friend's wife in occult sex magick rituals.
This overreach from these Scientology people is pure bs
I fell down the Scientology rabbit hole a few weeks ago, Louis barely scratched the surface on what Scientology does to people.
Scientologists reaching? Are we thinking about the same group?
It’s almost like scientology is pure bs
Scientology is a man made concoction, just like EVERY RELIGION IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH.
Scientology is nothing but control. Of every aspect of their members life. Forced abortions, ruining families, trafficking.
Not a fan of RICO, but if ever it needed to be applied to a group, it should be applied to scientologists.
As a fan of RICO I can agree as well.
I don't count Scientology as a religion. It's more of a hostile intelligence agency operating on American soil.
As a fan of RICO too, I also agree with the 2 of you.
Huge fan of Rico all conspiracies are bad. Except the theories
I know RICO.. he's a good friend of mine
I knew many people who took and stood up to the "church of Scientology" when Tom put his interview video online and removed it. Do us all a favor, Louis, do not "Puss out" and push forward. Because they have their hands in all companies and platforms, even TH-cam and Apple. You have been fighting for the right to repair against them this entire time.
This video is more dangerous for him than anything he could actually do...
what removal??
That "reputation" argument sounds a lot like the "it will hurt property value" argument people use to stop their neighbors from treating their house like a home.
HOAs need to be abolished as a concept.
@@AvoxionYT Not to get into an argument that lasts weeks, but you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater, here. If your neighbor has broken down cars parked in their front yard, that will absolutely wreck your home value. Curb appeal is a real thing.
An HOA can protect against stuff like that.
That said, _some_ HOAs go above and beyond to the point of tyranny. A friend and his wife wanted to redo their bathroom, and their HOA said "no". That, to me, is _absurd_. The whole notion of freedom in USA is that people are free to swing their fists about as much as they like, right up until one of their fists reaches the tip of your nose. There's a huge difference between renovating your kitchen vs. refusing to mow your lawn for two years.
There's nuance to the problem and the solution, and reducing it to a boolean value isn't reasonable.
I do think there should be limits imposed on HOAs, but anyone who wants to act in complete disregard for their neighbors' wellbeing should not be living in a neighborhood period, regardless of whether or not there's an HOA.
@@huskymcfluff @huskymcfluff I would completely disagree, actually. Any property you purchace should be your own to do whatever you wish with. Homes, cars, electronic devices. One should have the right to paint their home bright pink if they so desire. If it doesn't induce actual, tangible problems such as casting a shadow, interfering with water, causing smells and etc., no governing body other than the city itself should be allowed to tell you what you can do with your house. A home should be one's perfect place for living, not a landscape for somebody's investment. Telling people that if they want a home that actually belongs to them, they should move out of the city, in a world of 8 billion people is ridiculous. It might be a "slightly controversial" opinion that I have, however I believe homes should not be an investment all in the first place. The only place where a HOA makes sense is in an apartment complex.
We had a guy move onto our street a while a ago, he was fine at first but recently he started treating our street like there was an HOA-- complaining about things like: school busses, mail, and trash pick-up. Not exaggerating. He apparently wanted to live somewhere where there were none of those services because he didn't like the traffic and addressed our entire street as "his driveway" it was. insane. I don't know what snapped in this dude's brain to put those specific ideas in his head and I don't *want* to know. Never seen anything like it before in my life.
@@huskymcfluff The examples you gave that you think should be allowed are already handled at the city level. If there's an HOA it means they are going beyond that.
Congratulations Louis you are officially an Honorary Electrical Engineer for being able to identify an "Ohm-meter" from a schematic that has existed since the 1930's.
Ooow touchy
It gets worse, they also have different metals for the electrodes used for "auditing" so they can force a high reading so you will never measure "clear"
@@christopherleubner6633it's a goddamn ohm meater, how do you measure "clear"?
and the only way i would be concerned was if it read low
The internet is an amazing place where people can take relatively niche information and lather it with the thick lard of pedantic sarcasm and imply that "everyone knows this" what a good ride
@@dylanherron3963 It's also an amazing haven for trolls who use ambiguity to evade accountability for throwing around self-aggrandizing insults.
Almost everyone watching this channel will know what an ohmmeter is, or be curious enough to look it up. Same with the pseudo-esoteric profit center known as the "E-meter."
I feel you, Louie. Being a hero is nice and all but no-one wants to be a martyr.
I mean some martyrs do. Thats a thing. Im not saying like its good or anything, but some people do want to be a martyr.
He has not yet reached his final form.
Just repaired my mom's Dell laptop today by myself with only a screwdriver, a $15 part (that arguably shouldn't have broken in the first place), the manual, and my bare hands and want to still be able to do that years from now. Don't give up but try not to die either, Louis.
I'm with a lot of people here in saying that if you're getting under Scientology's skin then you're on the right path, but picking your battles is important. You, personally, do not have to go head to head with these psychopaths. There's other people out there willing to. Do what you can, in the scope you feel safe doing it. I've watched a few of your videos over the years and your passion has always inspired me to push the idea of right to repair anywhere I go. I live in an insanely rural area where people are under the yoke of John Deere and their ilk and it's disgusting seeing what they try to do to people, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with picking your battles. I wish you luck in the battles you choose to pursue going forward. From one R2R warrior to another.
Yes lets tell louis giving up is a good thing. The same as signing those apple contracts and crying in his chair at his house that wahhh some new yowkew is buwwying mwe. This piece of shit can't even fight his battles he starts anymore.
I guess they don't want anyone repairing Tom Cruise 👁️👄👁️
He is beyond gone.
@@AngryGayPope Why? That Top Gun Movie was pretty good.
@@ZeroB4NGHe's the biggest known Scientologist. He may seem like a nice actor, but he's deep in the inner circles of Scientology.
We need a system where a false DMCA request leads to a large punitive payment of damage to the victim.
And automatically establish the false dmca issuer as a vexatious litigant as well as automatically initiating a criminal indictment for attempted wire fraud.
remove the word "false" and it's even better. DMCA is an evil joke
The problem it that it has to be proven and not everyone can afford to go to court.
But I do think people that abuse DMCA should get an equivalent, or worse punishment than people that do break DMCA rules.
and what if it's not actually false? do I have to pay a bunch of money to go to court to fight the fact that i shouldn't have to pay?
@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr it's automatically false, because DMCA is false.
Man I want him to buy an E-meter and tear that thing apart on stream so bad.
E-Meter Teardown Model Comparison video or we riot
The channel Playing With Junk tore down an E-meter. There's another video (maybe also him?) that tore down a huge rack mounted version and found nonsense components inside like some coils wrapped around a vile of plant juice and covered in epoxy.
Louis *teardown and repairs trojan vibrator with no glove: no problem
Louis *stares at e-meter: :[
tear apart, reverse engineer, explain every function of it in a video, possibly file a bullshit report to the patent office for allowing such a bullshit patent and ideally destroy the entire bullshit terrorist Organisation known as Scientology
@@synchro-dentally1965 Trojan are not as trigger happy with their lawyers as the CoS is. Even dad didn't mess with them, and fucking with cults was his raison d'etre after his second marriage.
They must’ve got dirt on the government if they got the IRS to back off
Being made a target of a cult that has CIA ties isnt exactly a cake walk but it is a sure sign that this is a worthy fight & the right thing to do or they would not oppose it.
They must like the monopoly on repairing those Thetan meters ;)
Literally my first thought. It would make deb00nking their crap even more trivial than it already is.
😂 Yes... 😅
They require recalibration by the cult every year. Not even repair. It's a grab for more money...
@@travelnc2g That's the latest model, isn't it?
@@travelnc2g it's always been about the money for them.
We are with you Louis!
You are popular enough that they can't touch you without all of us knowing.
Schematics or die!
We would know, but what could we do
Besides all of us posting up to protect him 24/7...
Do you think he has faith that his fans will actually have his back in a meaningful way?
After all just cheering or existing as a crowd only goes so far. He'd need a large enough team helping physically, legally, and economically to not just get stomped out if they choose to target him.
In the end a crowd is just a loud ignorable noise if they don't do anything but shout.
@@TechnomancerTheWise Mail them a metal pipe filled with boom booms and a remote-activated fuse
I remind you all that we live in a world where Amazon can legally lock a person out of his own *owned* house controls.
When will it end?
but it's for your own protection LOL
@@lcfflc3887 😂
Do not do buisness with amazon/ebay freaks, there are real people living in reality out there😁
hopefully people will learn their lesson and stop buying that crap
@@JaguarPandathey won't
I've had this idea for a long time, that EULA's and TOS's need to be heavily regulated, and need to be approved before being allowed to be functional, and that they can't simply update these things when ever the wind blows. They essentially want these things to be as good as written law, and I think that they should be allowed to be thrown out if common sense need arises.
but who watches the watchers?
Its called an adhesion contract. The internet has a plethora of honest info on how to nullify them.
@@SlinkyDyou’re totally right, also it’s interesting how often that when EULAs are challenged in court, they’re deemed to be unenforcible under contract law, or just plain unlawful.
@@taiiat0two of his movies applicable to today's problems. iRobot highway scene is the future of self drving cars.
Will Smith was assassinated on international TV & all we got was some stupid memes.
wth are you Talking about
License agreements are never "negotiated" prior to the purchase. They are imposed upon the purchaser and typically unknown prior (and usually after, cause no one reads them, and people who read them typically cannot fully understand them) to attempting to use the product or software.
Also since when are EULAs available prior to purchase? About every one I've seen requires you to purchase it before you see it.
I live 15 minutes from "Gold Base" which is the actual headquarters for scientology, they are absolutely insane. They have wrought iron fences with the spikes curved inward rather than out. They do this to keep people in. They also have tried to choose the road that bisects their property, thankfully the county rejected it. They do however, have cameras that watch all cars driving on the road. When protesters set up on their property they call the sheriff and play a very loud tri tone on loudspeakers so that drivers can't hear the protesters.
Sounds like a well defined target for an artillery barrage, or three...
@@SonsOfLorgar or a small tactical nuke or a few MOAB's
So the protesters just need a louder PA system?
@@Redhotsmasher Count with me, I know how to design PA.
@@youkofoxy As for your design goals, it doesn't need to be able to output sound longer than a handful of wavelengths at max volume; it just needs to be loud enough to effectively overcome the problem in all foreseeable scenarios.
If you would allow a population to fix or even create their own stuff, you would have a highly tech savvy population...and this would lead to huge progresses in technology, I think.
and you think big tech companies want that? hahahahahaha you've just stumbled onto exactly why they don't want to allow consumers to even understand their own property
Its a galvanometer actually! They were sold at radioshack as a lie detector at one time! They were sold as stress or mood meters as well! Now the same electronic circuits are used in fitbit, galaxy, and apple watches as stress meters!
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Wouldn't an ohm meter be the same thing in the configuration in which they're using this? For instance, to measure ohms, an ohm meter injects a small voltage, and measures the little current that's returned, thus providing a measurement of ohms. In the schematic that Louis showed, the person is supposed to grab two sponge type handles. Clearly, the person is not supplying the current. One side (right side sponge) appears to get the voltage directly from a tap on the resistors tied to the supply. The other (the hand that's the return path) is connected to the grid of the first vacuum tube and this is what is being measured. So, while this device measures the returned current, it is this device that is supplying it. Even though this doesn't give a read out in ohms, it is measuring a persons resistance. Technically, not a true ohm meter, but it's doing the same thing. Rather than show a scale with ohms, they might have used number of past life's or something.
yep. it simply measures DC electrical resistance if the skin, very dependant on sweat, that is an indicator of stress.
So, you’re telling me that my Apple Watch can measure my thetans, or no?
Technically it is a reverse ohm meter. The harder you squeeze the cans the more the needle moves one way. So of course they don't let you see the needle.
It's a sad state when you fear a cult more than you do the government, because it means one is more effective than the other
When Scientology starts routinely using their flying robot army to target weddings, hospitals, and school buses, I'll start fearing them more. Or spying on literally every person in the entire world. The government set the bar pretty high, so Scientology still has quite a ways to go to catch up. And until then, I won't be lamenting any lack of power that those psychos have.
It's almost like organizations that operate by the rule of law (however messed up that law might be) are less scary than organizations that operate outside the law.
@@rodh1404 The worst atrocities in history were entirely sanctioned by law and were carried out by those demanding adherence to "rule of law."
I mean, devil's advocate, it's actually the opposite. I'd rather fear a cult known for using underhanded and criminal methods to get what they want at any cost, than fear my own government which should exist to serve me. You're only saying that because you actually want the government to have some teeth and stamp out that evil cult, which is understandable, but between a cult and the government it should be expected that the cult ends up being more dangerous when they have never been known as particularly rational groups of people. When you have the manpower of scientology all united for one goal and brainwashed to carry out risky business, any government would have a hard time stamping it out save for an armed raid on their HQ and arresting the leader.
@@JohnDoeWasntTaken I think my comments have been hidden. You're exactly right. The abuses and crimes of government extend far beyond anything Scientology has done. In fact, much of the wrong-doing committed by Scientology has been permitted by law, or even happened with active participation from the legal system.
It's also worth noting that trying to differentiate between cults and political parties is just a matter of scale right now. And I wish I was exaggerating. People just don't see it as the same thing because they're caught up in it...
Hi Louis. This section of the DMCA is fucking absurd.
In my opinion, even though it is “technically illegal,” people should act in spite of it anyway.
As a security researcher and reverse engineer myself, it’s becoming incredibly tempting to fight these practices offensively.
You and your content are a breath of fresh air, cheers.
nope. wrong. a bad law should be abolished, not circumvented.
@@skataskatata9236it can be modified lol
yeah I made my Wii U modchip open source specifically to spite Nintendo on the off chance I got nastygram'd. Only requires a $5 RP2040, good luck stopping that lol
(tbh I don't think anyone cares about Wii U tho)
@@ShinyQuagsiregive them some time until they realize you exist, good luck
@@normalminecraftletsplaythat’s why you need good opsec ;)
I don't blame you for bowing out. You've done so much for the right to repair and your service is appreciated. 🖤
Louis, thank you for all you do for right to repair and fighting for our right to own the tech we buy. It means a lot. I'm an artist and a tech enthusiast. I am feeling the pressure of my right to ownership being stepped on from all angles. But people such as yourself give me hope. Thank you for all you do, and all you stand for.
@@Yourlastgoodbye663 not very silent anymore, and I can't say I've been waiting. I think most people just comment and move on
As someone that has dealt with this group before. They are only as powerful as you allow them to be. They are easier to deal with than you think.
Fat barrel & a smile.
@@SlinkyDThat had me rotfl, you were quick with it, the wit i mean
I can verify that. Scientologists are pussies that talk big. The only way they can get any power over you is if you give it to them, by joining the cult.
@@daineminton9687 Can you explain the context/reference?
Where is David Miscavige's wife?
Yes I have been saying for years, you paid for it, you own it and the manufacturer has no right telling you that you cannot repair it when it brakes.
Correct! It's not a rent, it's a purchase. You own it, if you can break it, you can fix it as well.
@@alankelter9416 and if it was a rental, I expect it to be a hell of a lot cheaper, and for accidental breakage to be repaired by you pro bono
Just another example of how you can't fight stupid, Louis, but we sure appreciate you trying.
How the business of Scientology is able to disguise itself as a "religion" is stupidity defined.
David's wife was seen a long time ago at a scientology property near Big Bear California, but that's it; that was years ago now and even then, she was being held captive. Even high up "church" officials have been locked up in a trailer at Gold Base when they messed up. David miscavig apparently made low level members stand in front of his windows all night, to help block out traffic noise. That bit came from Micheal Headley and his book "Blown For Good".
I tinkered with a stolen e-meter (some who escaped the 'church' took it) back in 2009.
It is a cheap, plasticky, over glorified ohmmeter.
The church would usually do street meter readings on any passersby to try and recruit people, they got very bothered when we set up next to them and did the exact same thing, just with dumber questions.
Don't give up if you give up they win and then they have zero reason not to make you disappear.
Good point. He already crossed into fair game... too late to back out now
Thanks for that, actually woke up the family laughing at "I didn't expect to test that".
Carry on sir!
I didn't realize Scientology was so evil. I thought it was just a laughingstock. They deserve to lose.
Attempted murder and possible actual murder aren’t bad enough?
Look up Project Chanology
Oh they are evil as hell, just research the Sea Org. They have ships with slaves on them, and these aren't randos, like their actual followers are the slaves on these ships. it's totally f**ked.
My dog, Scientologists mentally physical and sexually abuse members, raided the IRS offices, murdered people, stock and harass their opposition, traffic humans, use child labor, drive most of their members into crippling dept, buy police protection, and defame ex members. They are textbook evil and this is before we even get into their fake medical treatment.
They have a really bad reputation for being worse to former employees and former members than the mob ever was. They literally turned the court system into a weapon for decades and had a small "army" of people and lawyers they used to ruin peoples's lives that spoke out against them. Some people had to go into hiding to get away from Scientology it was that bad.
The reputation of the brand should never be considered more important than your freedom
It's hilarious that Scientology is trying to protect their bootleg ohmmeter.
I often volunteer for a science center that slapped an old multimeter and a pair of metal plates to a piece of plywood, we use it to teach people that the human body is conductive and carries a charge.
Somehow I've only ever heard one person make the connection and point out it's similarities with what Scientology makes. Which I guess is a good accomplishment, since unlike them, we're using it to demonstrate actual science rather than quantify mystical energy.
If Scientology is getting involved, now is the time to put that non-profit money to work and step on the gas. Their resistance is a sign you're succeeding. The fact that they're getting into the fight just means they're afraid of you. They're afraid that if they don't step in, they will lose to an angry man with a soldering iron and a bunch of cats. Don't give up now, push on.
You see, I dont want my guy to die. Cults are fuckin crazy man...
Cults are something else ._. Yeah
You know what they say about a cornered animal
don't worry Louis if you start speaking good about scientology we will know it's a cry for help.
I thought shrink wrap warranties that they mention were illegal. It was something about how the packaging warranty did not provide enough details that a consumer could make an informed decision.
You need specialised training to convince someone that an ohm meter is actually showing something of value and make them pay money for the service.
Finally Scientology not sued anyone for a nearly a decade. it is a result of the case they lost. It was about the time South Park made their episode on them. They can't afford to keep losing cases like that. Partly financial cost and partly due to discovery. Scientology does not want people digging around in their records for any reason.
Hence the reason EVERYBODY should be poking at them trying to get them to sue.
Imagine going against Scientology and suddenly Tom Cruise knocks on your door. That's a thing you want to avoid at all costs.
Why, are you afraid of the midget.
tom cruise is a loser
😆
If you looked through the spyhole you'd never see him.
imagine making your point on youtube without asking people to imagine it. (scientology is shit tho)
This makes me sad on a depressive level. I feel like every avenue i take is being changed or became inaccessible. They want us to have nothing... this makes my chest hurt cause as a tech im struggling to find a job. This makes it so hard. Like a spit to face. I pray we get positive changes
They need the state to keep people from opening up their devices so they can’t see that they’re bs
It's waaaay too complicated for a laymen. Look it up, there is a teardown video on youtube of not the latest design.
E-Meters can't even really be called Ohmmeters, they're just really badly designed Wheatstone bridges.
Wheat stone bridge ?
@@unbroken1010 a core component of an ohm meter, but not a complete ohm meter in and of itself.
the e-meter is a Wheatstone bridge, with some extra bullshit junk around it, a case of hacking backwards from a desired conclusion.
Made with child labor.
Badly designed if it's supposed to give you a resistance value, which it's not. It's supposed to amplify CHANGES in skin resistance so the auditor can detect stress. An ohmmeter no matter how well 'designed' does not do that. You'd hardly notice any changes in resistance, it would be useless as an e-meter.
@@wayland7150 It's supposed to bullshit you. That is what it's doing. You can repeat the Scientology crap as much as you want, it won't change the fact what the E-Meter really is.
I like that if you put all of their behaviors in a list without a label and asked people if that described gangsters, or a church, you'd probably hear gangsters way more as an answer.
Hi Louis ,
Just saw you on Aaron’s channel
Fantastic content regarding the Scientology mail 🎉🎈🤩
_Reads title_
*Reads Title Again*
~Heads back to the Pond~
*Asks fish to protect me from Scientology*
We, the fish, are here for you mr grotto
Praise the Almighty Koi
Quack quack quack
I love this video! I was a Scientologist from 1966 until 1975. I left because I'd had it with the church.
Now then, from 1984 until 1987 I was in the Navy, and I was an ET (electronics Tech). I didn't know much
about electronics before the Navy, but when I got out of the Navy, since I now knew something about the subject, having used the 'E-meter' when I was in Scientology, I thought I'd look at one of the schematics.
And man, Lou, that was the FIRST thing I noticed, the Emeter is an Ohmmeter!
Did you stop at the first thing you noticed? You realises it's purpose is not to measure ohms but to amplify the change in body resistance which occurs when the person has stressful thoughts and when they recover from those thoughts. We're not testing the value of a resistor we're reading the strength of an emotion.
@@wayland7150 Cultist spotted!
@@TomNook. Knobhead spotted.
@@TomNook. it's his personal harasser, he's been on the case since '75
@@wayland7150imagine being tricked by a change in name and some flavor text.
You are measuring resistance. That's what the tool is designed to do. The fact that you use a tool designed to measure something under less than ideal conditions is irrelevant
Discussing "Fair Game", 30+ years ago, i had a housemate who was being hunted by the Scientologists. They ended up going underground to avoid the Scientologist's constant harassment. They are still being chased 30+ years later.
Cult is as cult does. Nothing good happens when you get involved with Scientology in any capacity.
What i get from this is that we need a Church of Repair.
As a Christian, i recently gave up on the idea that copyright law could ever be done fairly when i discovered that printers of scripture are now being allowed to copyright THE ENTIRE BIBLE as long as they make an edit somewhere in the text that they copied from an older source, and that all the major printers are now doing so. At that point, regardless of one's religion, how can anyone possibly take the concept of copyright seriously?
That's weird. No part of it should be copyrightable, except if they are explaining the verses in their own words.
To be fair, I highly doubt most of the people putting a copywrite on it are able to copyright most of it.
@@Gandhi_Physique Well, the point is, the government is not implementing it fairly, and this incident made me realize that this is because the very idea is flawed. It's not just being done with the Bible, but all over and the Bible was just the extreme example that opened my eyes. ✌
You are very mistaken. Every single modern bible translation has a copyright. The only one that doesn't have a copyright is the KJV. @@Gandhi_Physique Edit, unless you are in the UK and use the Cambridge edition which has a perpetual copyright, but also unlimited use since the crown cannot die. Otherwise, anywhere else it is completely public domain.
@@optamis1989absolutely! It costs a TON to produce a new translation, especially ecumenical translations where you have to pay a bunch of linguists and cultural experts. Naturally they want to copyright the translation in order to recoup those costs.
(personally I don't believe in copyright at all - but I do understand why people think its a good thing)
Do that often enough and the book would have no resemblance to the original text. Using this logic the whole of the bible could be rewritten as a repair manual for a lawn mower. How is that allowed and who in their right mind thinks it's OK to do this?
It's funny to me that the Church of Scientology is making the argument about harming the reputation of the manufacturer. That would require that the manufacturer had a good reputation to begin with.
These should be the only two sentences that the US Copyright Office sends in response.
In other words, the Scientologists have made themselves look like 🤡s and can't really be taken seriously on this matter. No compromise, no confrontation. Just let the organization watch from the sidelines.
How constitutional is Section 1201?
Is there anyone anywhere that takes them serioisly? They have Tom Cruise.
Yes. Clowns. Clowns everywhere holding knives in the middle of the night, or in the backseat of your cars. Silly clowns. Funny is what they are. Ha.. haha.. silly... silly clowns.
@@roygalaasen Ahhh yes Tom Cruise... with the Iq of a Pea.
Not clowns, Scientology essentially operates like the Mob.
Their lawyers work by running the target out of money.
A"wellness check" could be invoked for that woman !,and as a Canadian Postman (Now retired ,20 yrs service (78-98 )we used to laugh at "Hubbernetics" ,(stupid materials they mailed)and knew the victims on our routes! (then came the "Time Magazine "Article ;" Scientology ...Cult of Greed" (interesting read) thanks agian Louis...just for being here later dood!
You're right to be concerned about those people. You never know what crazy people are going to do. Crazy people with money AND power are the scariest people on earth.
Damn. Thats the look of the guy who ain't getting paid enough to deal with crazy.
If manufacturers would make their products easy to repair, and anyone could repair what they make, that would make a good reputation for them.
I love how Scientology is fighting this specifically so experts can't call out the e-meter for the BS it is. Lol
Why don't we all do to Scientology what they do to us? Use their harassment methods against them. That ought to even things out.
It's been done for decades.
The best way to fight scientology is to attack their income, aka educate people that fantasy energies do not exist. Anybody you know who is into scientology, do your best to get them off it
@@housemousemain They didn't counter 4chan effectively at all, and it resulted in a bit of a public awakening in the cult's illegal activities. This bunch of terrorists needs to be handled with force.
Dude, you can't give up. We NEED you. Don't let them scare you. As my black friend who open carries, who is often stopped by the cops likes to say; Go ahead and arrest me, I could use the money. Do you really think all your 1.6 MILLION minions can't scare those bastards? Lawfare works both ways, and the LAST THING Scientology wants is to be in the news and in the light of day.... The people are on the side of right to repair, right to own. Period. In your own words Scientology gave into public pressure. Where are you living now? Get a freaking gun and train how to use it, especially situational awareness... Hell, I'll come to you and train you myself! They should not put fear into you, you should put fear into them, and enjoy the ride.
You can take up the challenge after him. It's fine. We will follow you too. We need you ¬‿¬
I have to point this one out to you:
4:10 "we're not talking about heavy industrial equipment.."
Yes, actually... You are. Specifically what comes to mind is John Deere farm equipment (Tractors / Harvesters). Many farmers in the midwest US are unable to use their insanely expensive harvesters for one computer fault or another, costing them tens of thousands of dollars in transport, repair, and down time in addition to the potential for crop loss.
Considering staple crops are a critical national strategic resource, there was at least one group I had heard about trying to get right to repair passed under the DPAS statues (Defense Priorities and Allocations System programs)
Edit:
So this video popped up in my feed at random. Finally pay attention to a video or three, and decide I am not against Mr. Rossmann, check his channel and DOH! 2 weeks ago he puts out a John Deere video... point of Irony... I actually learned about the John Deere BS trying to work on a old International.
Back in ancient times, the 1990's, I was first exposed to Scientology by the fact that they and TSR - the makers of Dungeons & Dragons, were both sueing almost the entirety of the Internet.
Didn't expect this to be the end boss of right to repair
I did!
The plot twist was unexpected, but, reasonable
"THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!"
Well, if we're lucky, maybe we can finally end Scientology for good.
This is actually a secret boss. If Louis can beat this one, he can get the good ending.
One of my friends knows someone that was involved in Scinetology 40+ years ago. The cult STILL to this day continues to mail this person literature. They have moved multiple times and without fail, the cult finds her via public record and keeps harassing her. That blows my mind that they won’t let this poor lady go.
Register a home under a trust or llc, makes it harder to find you.
Good tip. Thankfully I have not been associated with them in any way and never plan to.
a good lawyer can stop that also its considered harrassment so theres laws for that. your friend seems like a coward.
@@tronalddump8776 that’s not always full proof and they may have already done that.
@@LostPlaytester it is full proof if there is a judgement made.
So they want "you have this right unless we decide you don't"... to protect the reputation of their... electronic snake oil...
I really hate the world we live in sometimes
either conform or be forced to conform, how sad. i wish you luck out there Louis your response is respectable.
this is ridiculous, and they are ridiculous lol. i mean imagine this applied to regular door locks, if your key breaks off you just arent allowed in your house anymore or youll be breaking the law, locksmiths are illegal, drilling the lock is illegal, breaking the door is illegal, climbing in the window is illegal, you just have to accept that you cant live there anymore
? Is door locks required? I do think they are for insurance. Anyways the point is that with a house you can avoid installing locks completely. It is a house. Like that is the difference. The thing stopping you fixing the broken lock is just laws if it brakes. If you never invite something that stupid to your home the problem is gone right? To bad everything is screwed up nowadays.
Best bet is to keep computers and anything "smart" out of your home. And live somewhere you do not need to lock your doors. I live in a place like that right now! Mom and dad and there mom and dads left every key to the vehicles in the ignition up until around like 2002! 1940-2000. :) I wounder what changed. Like they even left the keys in the car when I was not even able to reach the wheel and pedals safely. Ho needs a lock if society is sane.
@@TheDiner50what the fuck are you talking about?
@@TheDiner50 the difference in what? they could choose to just not put locks on technology too, they could trust that its safe just as easily as i could. like you said who needs a lock if society is sane and can make good decisions for themselves.
also i left my key in the ignition too, for years long after 2002 lol, and i can remember a time when companies didnt feel the need to lock you out of fixing things and i survived it, didnt kill me, companies still made money, so why cant we live in a place where we can fix the things we own?
They're whole shtick is to try to repair your soul; of course they won't let you repair your damn phone!
Glad to see the Church of Scientology provide their roundabout endorsement of Right to Repair.
It's the exact opposite of an endorsement for right to repair
@@TechnomancerTheWise yes often you chuck a U-turn at roundabouts
A few ex-scientologists claim that the cult lost it's sharp claws in the past few years, so you may not have to worry too much about them being a threat.
When a group that is based on the belief that alien spirits that live in a volcano somewhere oppose your legislation, you've now entered the Twilight zone.
DMCA isn't going to stop me from doing what I want with my devices.
...or software.
Really well said. Feelings that many share. Another reason to support Leah in her lawsuit because it is intended to stop these actions completely.