Scientology opposes Right to Repair - this is where I call it quits...

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  • Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
  • 00:00 - Intro
    00:12 - The DMCA isn't all bad
    00:30 - Section 1201, on the other hand, is horrible
    00:44 - What is section 1201?
    01:12 - Example of section 1201 screwing over repair
    02:08 - Example of section 1201 preventing technological progress
    02:44 - Section 1201 needs to go, and I'm trying to make that happen
    03:12 - Reading the scientology letter
    06:15 - The takeaway from this video - manufacturer does NOT OWN THE DEVICE POST-SALE.
    06:47 - An automotive analogy
    07:14 - Back to the scientology letter
    08:05 - Their asked edit makes this exemption useless since every manufacturer will include it in their EULA
    10:17 - These people scare me....
    10:54 - Scientology vs. the IRS
    12:08 - Scientology "fair game"
    13:01 - Disappearances
    14:01 - This is where I check out
    15:45 - merchandise!

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  • @rossmanngroup
    @rossmanngroup  11 місяців тому +313

    Mousepad: store.rossmanngroup.com/mr-clinton-schematics-or-die-mousepad.html
    Shirt: store.rossmanngroup.com/schematics-or-die-t-shirt.html

    • @Stripedspot
      @Stripedspot 11 місяців тому +25

      Ah yes, "Scientology". The fact they still exist is awful.

    • @emo666man122
      @emo666man122 11 місяців тому +26

      they know if they had to explain how their theaten meters work... they will be shown to be frauds.

    • @MStrong95
      @MStrong95 11 місяців тому +20

      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.

    • @originalfiremancancelled7303
      @originalfiremancancelled7303 11 місяців тому +1

      I would not shove that thing up your ass that would hurt.

    • @aaronmicalowe
      @aaronmicalowe 11 місяців тому +13

      Look at the bright side Louis - at least life isn't boring. 🤷‍♂

  • @MediaMunkee
    @MediaMunkee 11 місяців тому +10567

    Scientology opposing what you're doing is one of the surest signs that you're on the right track.

    • @pinkypromises714
      @pinkypromises714 11 місяців тому +39

      @@cowabunga2597 lmao.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 11 місяців тому +539

      Also, since scientology is a "religion", if the courts listens to them, it is a violation of your 1st amendment rights.

    • @dimon37
      @dimon37 11 місяців тому +21

      YES!!!!!!!!!!

    • @zeke7515
      @zeke7515 11 місяців тому +150

      Today I learned, "fight for what you believe in, until scientology says not to"

    • @xinshengbing5743
      @xinshengbing5743 11 місяців тому +34

      That would make the IRS on the right track...

  • @FireOccator
    @FireOccator 11 місяців тому +1944

    Imagine Scientology being destroyed because it got involved in the right to repair conflict.

    • @gamefan6142
      @gamefan6142 11 місяців тому +177

      That would be like the bonus item you get after a boss fight.

    • @trueriver1950
      @trueriver1950 11 місяців тому +110

      That would be even more ironic than Al Capone being inducted for tax evasion

    • @Disatiere
      @Disatiere 11 місяців тому

      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

    • @ekki1993
      @ekki1993 11 місяців тому +38

      The good ending

    • @bbhdd6181
      @bbhdd6181 11 місяців тому +18

      one can dream lol

  • @ShirokiMaki
    @ShirokiMaki 11 місяців тому +1089

    I've a terrible feeling if you pursue a noble endeavor long and hard enough in the US, you will ultimately run into scientology

    • @jamesocker5235
      @jamesocker5235 11 місяців тому +95

      Or some other ponzi scheme

    • @cezarcatalin1406
      @cezarcatalin1406 11 місяців тому

      @@jamesocker5235
      or into the invisible wall of wall street

    • @cezarcatalin1406
      @cezarcatalin1406 11 місяців тому +1

      @@jamesocker5235
      or into the invisible wall of wall street

    • @snowballtacoburrito8758
      @snowballtacoburrito8758 11 місяців тому

      ​@@jamesocker5235scientology isn't a simple Ponzi scheme, fuck that thing

    • @commando0110
      @commando0110 11 місяців тому

      eh, kind of. they are a mason proxy i would imagine. but yeah same enemy.

  • @mwbgaming28
    @mwbgaming28 11 місяців тому +941

    Scientology exists because even flat earthers need something to laugh at

    • @breezyillo2101
      @breezyillo2101 11 місяців тому +83

      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.

    • @snap-off5383
      @snap-off5383 11 місяців тому

      All religions are equally laughable.

    • @BSV518
      @BSV518 11 місяців тому

      They're using the birds, man,
      They are not real its just a drone system scientology uses to keep flat earthers down

    • @0011peace
      @0011peace 11 місяців тому

      @@breezyillo2101 not really teh real dager is anti vaxers and scientology

    • @wrongfootmcgee
      @wrongfootmcgee 10 місяців тому +5

      you joke
      but if you knew the whole story, the part in the desert, with the founder of the jpl....

  • @firetruck988
    @firetruck988 11 місяців тому +2066

    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.

    • @goldilox369
      @goldilox369 11 місяців тому +263

      These things are literally made by teenagers and children in Scientology. They get paid (at most) $47 a week.

    • @JNJNRobin1337
      @JNJNRobin1337 11 місяців тому +187

      we should get that investigated under child labour laws

    • @cericat
      @cericat 11 місяців тому +266

      @@JNJNRobin1337 you'll find that's protected under religious freedom, I wish I was kidding but it's come up before with CLLs.

    • @ozzieenkees
      @ozzieenkees 11 місяців тому +50

      The fact that you would see that it's all bs would also be a major threat to their business model.

    • @Z3r0Sk83r
      @Z3r0Sk83r 11 місяців тому

      ​@@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.

  • @schtoobs
    @schtoobs 11 місяців тому +1350

    Scientology opposing the disassembly of the Ohm meter is like magicians opposing "How to" magic books.

    • @stonent
      @stonent 11 місяців тому +68

      Both Scientology and Magic should be treated the same way. As something that people don't believe to be true.

    • @bubbles581
      @bubbles581 11 місяців тому +31

      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
      @fortheloveofnoise 11 місяців тому +58

      ​@@stonentMagic is more believable and has a stronger basis in reality. 😂

    • @TheCrazyCanuck420
      @TheCrazyCanuck420 11 місяців тому

      ​@stonent All religion should be treated like magic, in that both are horseshit.....

    • @IanM-id8or
      @IanM-id8or 11 місяців тому +59

      @@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

  • @mr.cauliflower3536
    @mr.cauliflower3536 11 місяців тому +774

    they should be legally classified as a criminal terrorist organisation and persecuted as such

    • @lcfflc3887
      @lcfflc3887 11 місяців тому +6

      charges?

    • @OWnIshiiTrolling
      @OWnIshiiTrolling 11 місяців тому

      @@lcfflc3887 They use the threat of violence to achieve political goals. That is literally terrorism.

    • @mjp121
      @mjp121 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @frankdrawsnear9995
      @frankdrawsnear9995 11 місяців тому

      ​@@lcfflc3887Kidnapping and murder(specifically for the current leader), blackmail, harrasment

    • @shamancredible8632
      @shamancredible8632 11 місяців тому +51

      ​@@lcfflc3887nah, fuck charges. Just get rid of them all

  • @bbhdd6181
    @bbhdd6181 11 місяців тому +679

    It honestly blows my mind that Scientology is just...allowed...to exist like this.

    • @bbhdd6181
      @bbhdd6181 11 місяців тому +1

      @@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.

    • @lcfflc3887
      @lcfflc3887 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @JMPERager
      @JMPERager 11 місяців тому +38

      @@housemousemain People can't find, but the government should be able to. Especially when it involves that level of tax evasion.

    • @tentaclesmod
      @tentaclesmod 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @roland8980
      @roland8980 11 місяців тому

      It's like the Mexican Cartels, you can't get rid of them they have too much power and money.

  • @MissFoxification
    @MissFoxification 11 місяців тому +1925

    Never in my life did I think I would see a Rossmann video talking about scientology. It's a strange world we live in.

    • @Dirge4july
      @Dirge4july 11 місяців тому

      He dismantles bullshit. And 99% of religion is BS . Seems on brand to me

    • @IngwiePhoenix
      @IngwiePhoenix 11 місяців тому +22

      Truely, the "odd one out" timeline.

    • @salty_deez
      @salty_deez 11 місяців тому

      Let alone fixing a cock ring on stream 😅

    • @sakatababa
      @sakatababa 11 місяців тому +58

      did you expect scientology to inject themselves in repair laws? i sure as heck didn't.

    • @abandoninplace2751
      @abandoninplace2751 11 місяців тому

      Scientology cannot fscking help themselves.

  • @snowdoggieii
    @snowdoggieii 11 місяців тому +858

    In the 16 minutes, the scientologists turned off your sun as a warning

    • @ukyoize
      @ukyoize 11 місяців тому +21

      I gueds in dire situation you can try and take asmany of them with you

    • @crusaderanimation6967
      @crusaderanimation6967 11 місяців тому +31

      ​@@ukyoize*KEEP YOUR RIFLE BY YOUR SIDE STARTS PLAYING*

    • @atlanticx100
      @atlanticx100 11 місяців тому +7

      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!

    • @Zippo_Allstar
      @Zippo_Allstar 11 місяців тому

      Lol fucking pegies

    • @SnuffitLabs
      @SnuffitLabs 11 місяців тому

      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).

  • @ReaperCH90
    @ReaperCH90 11 місяців тому +1083

    If Scientology is against you, you know you are on the right path.

    • @NootNooot
      @NootNooot 11 місяців тому +9

      it's basically with any religion

    • @jackskellington9570
      @jackskellington9570 11 місяців тому +16

      ​@@NootNoootnot even nearly the same. At least not with all

    • @NootNooot
      @NootNooot 11 місяців тому +9

      @@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

    • @epmcgee
      @epmcgee 11 місяців тому +1

      True, but it's going to be a short path.

    • @epmcgee
      @epmcgee 11 місяців тому

      ​@@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

  • @tommykarrick9130
    @tommykarrick9130 11 місяців тому +58

    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.

    • @Kycilak
      @Kycilak 10 місяців тому +6

      Truth is stranger than fiction....

  • @henryz4312
    @henryz4312 11 місяців тому +808

    The IRS never loses and yet they lost to scientology. We need louis alive. 😢

    • @onpoint2292
      @onpoint2292 11 місяців тому +26

      ​@@chlorhex6785yeah, but then Germany gave us Greta Thunberg😢

    • @johnduquette7023
      @johnduquette7023 11 місяців тому +40

      @@chlorhex6785 Scientology had the balls to go into the offices and threaten them.

    • @coweatsman
      @coweatsman 11 місяців тому

      The value of blackmail. Spying on adulterous IRS officers and other "insurance". Mafia mobsters.

    • @coweatsman
      @coweatsman 11 місяців тому +6

      @@onpoint2292 Who is Greta Thinners?

    • @coweatsman
      @coweatsman 11 місяців тому +84

      I've heard of Greta Thunberg of course but she is Swedish, not German.

  • @_DML_
    @_DML_ 11 місяців тому +1400

    Laws that would've prevented the advent of the IBM PC Compatible, should not exist.

    • @_MasterLink_
      @_MasterLink_ 11 місяців тому +152

      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.

    • @_DML_
      @_DML_ 11 місяців тому +69

      @@_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.

    • @snex000
      @snex000 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @GlitchedVision
      @GlitchedVision 11 місяців тому +50

      @@_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.

    • @terjeoseberg990
      @terjeoseberg990 11 місяців тому +14

      @@_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.

  • @RyviusRan
    @RyviusRan 11 місяців тому +181

    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.

    • @shamancredible8632
      @shamancredible8632 11 місяців тому +14

      And people call Christianity a cult

    • @richardh8082
      @richardh8082 11 місяців тому

      @@shamancredible8632 And it is (indoctrinate them when they are young)

    • @JMPERager
      @JMPERager 11 місяців тому +39

      @@shamancredible8632 There are levels to all insanity.

    • @KidCorporate
      @KidCorporate 10 місяців тому

      IN THIS MOMENT I AM EUPHORIC

    • @TheLifeLaVita
      @TheLifeLaVita 10 місяців тому

      @@coldspring2586scientology is not insanity though, it's a clever way to use people with problems to gain lots of money. Call them stupid...

  • @deadturret4049
    @deadturret4049 11 місяців тому +51

    You'd think after the black fax incidents, scientologists would love the right to repair their printers.

  • @havenbastion
    @havenbastion 11 місяців тому +909

    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.

    • @pptemplar5840
      @pptemplar5840 11 місяців тому +63

      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.

    • @falcie7743
      @falcie7743 11 місяців тому +21

      See every single car advertisement as an example, each claiming to be "#1"

    • @linsqopiring6816
      @linsqopiring6816 11 місяців тому +4

      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.

    • @ZeroB4NG
      @ZeroB4NG 11 місяців тому

      @@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.

    • @helljumper912
      @helljumper912 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@linsqopiring6816well that's just too damn bad then. You takes your freedoms, and you takes your consequences.

  • @LynxCarpathica
    @LynxCarpathica 11 місяців тому +794

    You showed them your weakness. Apple will be the first to hire a scientologist.

    • @ME98878
      @ME98878 11 місяців тому +38

      Will this revive Project Chanology 2.0?

    • @KevwePatani
      @KevwePatani 11 місяців тому

      @@ME98878 4chan arise

    • @iYoungxKhalifa
      @iYoungxKhalifa 11 місяців тому +15

      No matter how strong you are you can’t beat Scientology.

    • @MorrisDugan
      @MorrisDugan 11 місяців тому

      @@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.

    • @I.____.....__...__
      @I.____.....__...__ 11 місяців тому

      @@iYoungxKhalifa Scientology is waning fast. They're resorting to try to trick Africans now.

  • @Spencer-wc6ew
    @Spencer-wc6ew 11 місяців тому +129

    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
      @AvoxionYT 11 місяців тому +27

      HOAs need to be abolished as a concept.

    • @huskymcfluff
      @huskymcfluff 11 місяців тому +4

      @@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.

    • @AvoxionYT
      @AvoxionYT 11 місяців тому +28

      @@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.

    • @MoonLitChild
      @MoonLitChild 11 місяців тому +7

      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.

    • @Elrog3
      @Elrog3 11 місяців тому +8

      @@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.

  • @adamryan977
    @adamryan977 11 місяців тому +151

    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🤡".

    • @wrongfootmcgee
      @wrongfootmcgee 10 місяців тому

      an oversimplification based on a misconception
      you really think its all that simple?

    • @adamryan977
      @adamryan977 10 місяців тому

      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

    • @darniil
      @darniil 10 місяців тому +26

      Well, allegedly, Elrond the Hubbard once said that the best way to make money is to start a religion.

    • @debeb5148
      @debeb5148 10 місяців тому +33

      ​@@wrongfootmcgeeit is that simple. L Ron Hubbard was a failed Sci fi author

    • @commentingisawasteoftime7195
      @commentingisawasteoftime7195 10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @thecianinator
    @thecianinator 11 місяців тому +695

    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.

    • @bro.weaver1282
      @bro.weaver1282 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @BeagleLove13
      @BeagleLove13 11 місяців тому +81

      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.

    • @graydi66y
      @graydi66y 11 місяців тому +133

      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.

    • @TheInsaneupsdriver
      @TheInsaneupsdriver 11 місяців тому +28

      and now they're starting to go to prison for their actions

    • @donnamaco1
      @donnamaco1 11 місяців тому +26

      @@TheInsaneupsdriver Which Scientologist went to prison?

  • @nickpheonixify
    @nickpheonixify 11 місяців тому +479

    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.

    • @daedalus6433
      @daedalus6433 11 місяців тому +34

      Pretty sure EULAs are not legally binding tho

    • @snex000
      @snex000 11 місяців тому +17

      Print out the EULA when you agree to it and get it notarized.

    • @saybrowt
      @saybrowt 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@daedalus6433To the extent that they're within a nation's laws.

    • @BanazirGalpsi1968
      @BanazirGalpsi1968 11 місяців тому +5

      Eulas are illegal.

    • @matthewgagnon9426
      @matthewgagnon9426 11 місяців тому +20

      @@snex000 That's an utterly *ridiculous* thing to have to do. EULAs should just be illegal.

  • @yannik4889
    @yannik4889 11 місяців тому +120

    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!

    • @SmokeyPyro
      @SmokeyPyro 10 місяців тому +4

      we gotta stand up, athough its so hard to escape the shackles of consumerism/greed...

    • @Uncl3M3at
      @Uncl3M3at 10 місяців тому +4

      Hacktivists unite! We have to do the opensource revolution now to push back against the oppressor. Or forever lose our digital freedom

    • @fresanegra77
      @fresanegra77 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@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

    • @Uncl3M3at
      @Uncl3M3at 9 місяців тому +2

      @@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.

    • @fresanegra77
      @fresanegra77 9 місяців тому +1

      @@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.

  • @tuxuhds6955
    @tuxuhds6955 11 місяців тому +66

    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?

    • @lcfflc3887
      @lcfflc3887 11 місяців тому +11

      but it's for your own protection LOL

    • @tuxuhds6955
      @tuxuhds6955 11 місяців тому +1

      @@lcfflc3887 😂

    • @red---paulvanravenswaay2247
      @red---paulvanravenswaay2247 11 місяців тому +3

      Do not do buisness with amazon/ebay freaks, there are real people living in reality out there😁

    • @JaguarPanda
      @JaguarPanda 11 місяців тому +2

      hopefully people will learn their lesson and stop buying that crap

    • @debeb5148
      @debeb5148 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@JaguarPandathey won't

  • @karara5532
    @karara5532 11 місяців тому +237

    Imagine selling someone a car and not giving them a key, and when they try to open the lock they get arrested

    • @rodh1404
      @rodh1404 11 місяців тому +38

      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.

    • @lcfflc3887
      @lcfflc3887 11 місяців тому +2

      do you really think you own your cellphone? LOL
      you don't.

    • @makeitthrough_
      @makeitthrough_ 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@lcfflc3887I read that in Arnold's voice from the "you think this is the real Quaid? ...it is!" scene

    • @jonleiend1381
      @jonleiend1381 11 місяців тому +7

      Sounds like something BMW might do.

    • @chettonex
      @chettonex 11 місяців тому +10

      Dont give BMW this idea. They will charge you 5$/month to unlock fingerprint locks.

  • @werthersoriginal
    @werthersoriginal 11 місяців тому +22

    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.

  • @vincentclark5739
    @vincentclark5739 11 місяців тому +15

    They must’ve got dirt on the government if they got the IRS to back off

  • @MoonLitChild
    @MoonLitChild 11 місяців тому +20

    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.

    • @calistheticsmurdergeese
      @calistheticsmurdergeese 10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @navcenter77
    @navcenter77 11 місяців тому +579

    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.

    • @mikemiller659
      @mikemiller659 11 місяців тому +3

      Ooow touchy

    • @christopherleubner6633
      @christopherleubner6633 11 місяців тому +16

      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"

    • @Davide0033
      @Davide0033 11 місяців тому +2

      @@christopherleubner6633it's a goddamn ohm meater, how do you measure "clear"?
      and the only way i would be concerned was if it read low

    • @dylanherron3963
      @dylanherron3963 11 місяців тому +10

      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

    • @MorrisDugan
      @MorrisDugan 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@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."

  • @Sollace
    @Sollace 11 місяців тому +255

    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.

    • @lbochtler
      @lbochtler 11 місяців тому +82

      those terrorists need to be dealt with just like any other terror Organisation

    • @marvinmallette6795
      @marvinmallette6795 11 місяців тому +29

      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.

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage 11 місяців тому

      ​@@lbochtlerI dream of waking up one day to hear that the feds raid their headquarters in Florida.

    • @crisnmaryfam7344
      @crisnmaryfam7344 11 місяців тому

      @@lbochtler Not quite terrorists yet, but they are a Cult. They should be dealt with accordingly. Something like Waco Texas.

    • @Mindbulletz
      @Mindbulletz 11 місяців тому +6

      @@lbochtler Someone please tell me they possess any amount of oil.

  • @Raggaennight
    @Raggaennight 11 місяців тому +47

    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.

    • @codeym8070
      @codeym8070 11 місяців тому +9

      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

  • @creativeheadroom
    @creativeheadroom 11 місяців тому +46

    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.

    • @CausticPyro
      @CausticPyro 11 місяців тому +8

      You see, I dont want my guy to die. Cults are fuckin crazy man...

    • @Joy-zz8wz
      @Joy-zz8wz 11 місяців тому +2

      Cults are something else ._. Yeah

    • @armlesskirby
      @armlesskirby 10 місяців тому +1

      You know what they say about a cornered animal

  • @DjornNorthfield
    @DjornNorthfield 11 місяців тому +556

    Not a fan of RICO, but if ever it needed to be applied to a group, it should be applied to scientologists.

    • @jackrabbitping
      @jackrabbitping 11 місяців тому +64

      As a fan of RICO I can agree as well.

    • @CyFed_Republic_of_Kaltovar
      @CyFed_Republic_of_Kaltovar 11 місяців тому

      I don't count Scientology as a religion. It's more of a hostile intelligence agency operating on American soil.

    • @allconservativesarepedophiles
      @allconservativesarepedophiles 11 місяців тому +1

      As a fan of RICO too, I also agree with the 2 of you.

    • @KevinSorbo.
      @KevinSorbo. 11 місяців тому +23

      Huge fan of Rico all conspiracies are bad. Except the theories

    • @vel614
      @vel614 11 місяців тому +23

      I know RICO.. he's a good friend of mine

  • @Poldovico
    @Poldovico 11 місяців тому +306

    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.

    • @markfreeman4727
      @markfreeman4727 11 місяців тому +1

      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

    • @MorrisDugan
      @MorrisDugan 11 місяців тому +17

      They invite it, so it does start to happen, and then snowballs. They also start splintering internally, with different factions fair-gaming each other.

    • @durandle9226
      @durandle9226 11 місяців тому

      their concept of "fair game" defines the entire group as a terrorist orginization

    • @Jadebones
      @Jadebones 11 місяців тому +5

      Fair is fair....

    • @nzlemming
      @nzlemming 11 місяців тому +4

      ^^^THIS^^^

  • @floorpizza8074
    @floorpizza8074 11 місяців тому +9

    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.

  • @bunnybreaker
    @bunnybreaker 11 місяців тому +12

    I don't blame you for bowing out. You've done so much for the right to repair and your service is appreciated. 🖤

  • @MrTorment0r
    @MrTorment0r 11 місяців тому +122

    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 UA-cam and Apple. You have been fighting for the right to repair against them this entire time.

    • @mobilityproject3485
      @mobilityproject3485 11 місяців тому +10

      This video is more dangerous for him than anything he could actually do...

    • @MH_VOID
      @MH_VOID 11 місяців тому

      what removal??

  • @grimslade0
    @grimslade0 11 місяців тому +79

    I guess they don't want anyone repairing Tom Cruise 👁️👄👁️

    • @AngryGayPope
      @AngryGayPope 11 місяців тому +8

      He is beyond gone.

    • @ZeroB4NG
      @ZeroB4NG 11 місяців тому +1

      @@AngryGayPope Why? That Top Gun Movie was pretty good.

    • @max2themax
      @max2themax 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@ZeroB4NGHe's the biggest known Scientologist. He may seem like a nice actor, but he's deep in the inner circles of Scientology.

  • @OmegaGamingNetwork
    @OmegaGamingNetwork 11 місяців тому +4

    So sick of that cult.

  • @glenwaldrop8166
    @glenwaldrop8166 11 місяців тому +8

    Thanks for that, actually woke up the family laughing at "I didn't expect to test that".
    Carry on sir!

  • @maxon1672
    @maxon1672 11 місяців тому +357

    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.

    • @SlinkyD
      @SlinkyD 11 місяців тому

      Just don't buy. China finding out the hard way. If the world can do it to them, we can do it to corporations.

    • @HeroGuy3
      @HeroGuy3 11 місяців тому +57

      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

    • @modicool
      @modicool 11 місяців тому +19

      @@HeroGuy3 To me that's always what it meant, and always why it scared me.

    • @amandajean7738
      @amandajean7738 11 місяців тому +11

      A subscription house?! WTF! We cannot allow that to happen.

    • @maddog7012
      @maddog7012 11 місяців тому +31

      ​@@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...

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison5951 11 місяців тому +201

    Scientology opposes ‘Right to Repair,” yet charges devotees a fortune to “fix them” through courses. They believe they have a right to repair people…

    • @cymes82
      @cymes82 11 місяців тому +13

      They didn't managed to repair John Travolta's son.

    • @innisneill7510
      @innisneill7510 11 місяців тому +35

      They don‘t repair people, they break them. So being against right to repair is right up their alley.

    • @rgarito
      @rgarito 11 місяців тому +9

      They believe they have a right to own people, too...

    • @Arsenic71
      @Arsenic71 10 місяців тому

      Yeah but they are specially trained to do so. That makes it ok under their own definition.

    • @affsteak3530
      @affsteak3530 7 місяців тому

      Well, yeah. Opposing "Right to Repair" and brainwashing people both make Scientology money. Ideological consistency is for marks ready to be fleeced!

  • @BL4CK5M1TH0
    @BL4CK5M1TH0 11 місяців тому +6

    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

  • @Yuriel1981
    @Yuriel1981 11 місяців тому +26

    I love how Scientology is fighting this specifically so experts can't call out the e-meter for the BS it is. Lol

  • @Coldbird1337
    @Coldbird1337 11 місяців тому +208

    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

    • @MrMagnaniman
      @MrMagnaniman 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @rodh1404
      @rodh1404 11 місяців тому +24

      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.

    • @MrMagnaniman
      @MrMagnaniman 11 місяців тому

      @@rodh1404 The worst atrocities in history were entirely sanctioned by law and were carried out by those demanding adherence to "rule of law."

    • @JohnDoeWasntTaken
      @JohnDoeWasntTaken 11 місяців тому +16

      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.

    • @MrMagnaniman
      @MrMagnaniman 11 місяців тому +5

      @@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...

  • @adamloveland3198
    @adamloveland3198 11 місяців тому +388

    This overreach from these Scientology people is pure bs

    • @Meat88
      @Meat88 11 місяців тому +66

      I fell down the Scientology rabbit hole a few weeks ago, Louis barely scratched the surface on what Scientology does to people.

    • @Wooskii1
      @Wooskii1 11 місяців тому +4

      Scientologists reaching? Are we thinking about the same group?

    • @the_kombinator
      @the_kombinator 11 місяців тому

      Honestly, who cares what they think. Most people with an IQ greater than 85 and a BAC below 0.02 know better to avoid that shit.

    • @LillyAnarkitty
      @LillyAnarkitty 11 місяців тому +29

      It’s almost like scientology is pure bs

    • @archelonprime
      @archelonprime 11 місяців тому

      Scientology is a man made concoction, just like EVERY RELIGION IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH.

  • @23UAS
    @23UAS 11 місяців тому +3

    What i get from this is that we need a Church of Repair.

  • @moniquedelaney7958
    @moniquedelaney7958 11 місяців тому +1

    Hi Louis ,
    Just saw you on Aaron’s channel
    Fantastic content regarding the Scientology mail 🎉🎈🤩

  • @johnsmith8981
    @johnsmith8981 11 місяців тому +104

    Man I want him to buy an E-meter and tear that thing apart on stream so bad.

    • @theeccentrictripper3863
      @theeccentrictripper3863 11 місяців тому +26

      E-Meter Teardown Model Comparison video or we riot

    • @trevorhaddox6884
      @trevorhaddox6884 11 місяців тому +15

      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.

    • @synchro-dentally1965
      @synchro-dentally1965 11 місяців тому +19

      Louis *teardown and repairs trojan vibrator with no glove: no problem
      Louis *stares at e-meter: :[

    • @lbochtler
      @lbochtler 11 місяців тому

      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

    • @cericat
      @cericat 11 місяців тому

      @@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.

  • @JCOwens-zq6fd
    @JCOwens-zq6fd 11 місяців тому +41

    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.

  • @davidgoodnow269
    @davidgoodnow269 11 місяців тому +13

    The main fear from Scientology is induced cancer.
    When they were compiling their encyclopedia, they uncovered some things that are perhaps better lost.

    • @mrmouse-ol9pw
      @mrmouse-ol9pw 11 місяців тому

      What??

    • @davidgoodnow269
      @davidgoodnow269 11 місяців тому

      @@mrmouse-ol9pw If you know, _you know!_

    • @mrmouse-ol9pw
      @mrmouse-ol9pw 11 місяців тому

      @@davidgoodnow269 but I don't, and I really don't want to spend a week deep diving a cult so maybe a heads up?

    • @mrmouse-ol9pw
      @mrmouse-ol9pw 11 місяців тому

      @@davidgoodnow269 I am a scientist, a biologist, but a scientist nonetheless, so I do have some education. Ionized radiation is the only thing I know off hand that can cause "induced" cancer. No I'm not a Dr or physicist so maybe clue me in

    • @weatherman1504
      @weatherman1504 11 місяців тому +1

      Could you elaborate? I don't know and would be interested in knowing.

  • @tohrurikku
    @tohrurikku 11 місяців тому +5

    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.

  • @abavariannormiepleb9470
    @abavariannormiepleb9470 11 місяців тому +88

    They must like the monopoly on repairing those Thetan meters ;)

    • @connoisseurofcookies2047
      @connoisseurofcookies2047 11 місяців тому +9

      Literally my first thought. It would make deb00nking their crap even more trivial than it already is.

    • @kk-kb9jr
      @kk-kb9jr 11 місяців тому

      😂 Yes... 😅

    • @travelnc2g
      @travelnc2g 11 місяців тому +3

      They require recalibration by the cult every year. Not even repair. It's a grab for more money...

    • @Sekir80
      @Sekir80 11 місяців тому

      @@travelnc2g That's the latest model, isn't it?

    • @cericat
      @cericat 11 місяців тому

      @@travelnc2g it's always been about the money for them.

  • @EmceeJoseph
    @EmceeJoseph 11 місяців тому +39

    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.

  • @av3ng3r-49
    @av3ng3r-49 11 місяців тому +3

    Was nice knowing you Louis, make sure you leave instructions for the cat's welfare..

  • @Jakeski87
    @Jakeski87 11 місяців тому +3

    Their reputation was ruined long ago.

  • @MS-ig7ku
    @MS-ig7ku 11 місяців тому +128

    We need a system where a false DMCA request leads to a large punitive payment of damage to the victim.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 11 місяців тому +34

      And automatically establish the false dmca issuer as a vexatious litigant as well as automatically initiating a criminal indictment for attempted wire fraud.

    • @MH_VOID
      @MH_VOID 11 місяців тому

      remove the word "false" and it's even better. DMCA is an evil joke

    • @Gandhi_Physique
      @Gandhi_Physique 11 місяців тому +13

      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.

    • @ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr
      @ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr 11 місяців тому +1

      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?

    • @MH_VOID
      @MH_VOID 11 місяців тому

      @@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr it's automatically false, because DMCA is false.

  • @AngDeLuca
    @AngDeLuca 11 місяців тому +258

    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.

    • @skataskatata9236
      @skataskatata9236 11 місяців тому +12

      nope. wrong. a bad law should be abolished, not circumvented.

    • @normalminecraftletsplay
      @normalminecraftletsplay 11 місяців тому +5

      ​@@skataskatata9236it can be modified lol

    • @ShinyQuagsire
      @ShinyQuagsire 11 місяців тому +24

      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)

    • @normalminecraftletsplay
      @normalminecraftletsplay 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@ShinyQuagsiregive them some time until they realize you exist, good luck

    • @S0L4RE
      @S0L4RE 11 місяців тому +8

      @@normalminecraftletsplaythat’s why you need good opsec ;)

  • @whatsupinspace854
    @whatsupinspace854 8 місяців тому +2

    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.

  • @graffiti73
    @graffiti73 11 місяців тому +1

    I just ordered one of the mousepad to support you! I don't want to see you disappear either! I respect what you do.

  • @erutuon
    @erutuon 11 місяців тому +28

    I didn't realize Scientology was so evil. I thought it was just a laughingstock. They deserve to lose.

    • @javaskull88
      @javaskull88 11 місяців тому

      Attempted murder and possible actual murder aren’t bad enough?

    • @ME98878
      @ME98878 11 місяців тому +2

      Look up Project Chanology

    • @AgentExeider
      @AgentExeider 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @reversi_dovah4995
      @reversi_dovah4995 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @daexion
      @daexion 11 місяців тому

      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.

  • @BradAnderson-nb4hy
    @BradAnderson-nb4hy 11 місяців тому +68

    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.

    • @aldproductions2301
      @aldproductions2301 8 місяців тому +2

      Also since when are EULAs available prior to purchase? About every one I've seen requires you to purchase it before you see it.

  • @goupigoupi6953
    @goupigoupi6953 11 місяців тому +2

    I don't want to comment on the reputation of Scientology because I'd be breaking yet another law.

  • @neognostics
    @neognostics 11 місяців тому +13

    The long term PTSD and trauma effects from Scientology, is one of the worst of all the cults 😢

  • @GMAV3RICK
    @GMAV3RICK 11 місяців тому +166

    I feel you, Louie. Being a hero is nice and all but no-one wants to be a martyr.

    • @metamorphicorder
      @metamorphicorder 11 місяців тому +14

      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.

    • @decorumlopez9147
      @decorumlopez9147 11 місяців тому +4

      He has not yet reached his final form.

  • @no_rubbernecking
    @no_rubbernecking 11 місяців тому +495

    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?

    • @Gandhi_Physique
      @Gandhi_Physique 11 місяців тому +58

      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.

    • @no_rubbernecking
      @no_rubbernecking 11 місяців тому +51

      @@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. ✌

    • @optamis1989
      @optamis1989 11 місяців тому +33

      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.

    • @bubbles581
      @bubbles581 11 місяців тому +10

      @@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)

    • @fanman4230
      @fanman4230 11 місяців тому +10

      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?

  • @wektftw
    @wektftw 10 місяців тому

    either conform or be forced to conform, how sad. i wish you luck out there Louis your response is respectable.

  • @aurenkleige
    @aurenkleige 10 місяців тому +2

    We need the next Theodore Roosevelt to step up and start smashing monopolies and anti-right-to-repair laws left, right, and center.

  • @deegee9560
    @deegee9560 11 місяців тому +251

    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!

    • @CleoKawisha-sy5xt
      @CleoKawisha-sy5xt 11 місяців тому +5

      !

    • @cherryjuice9946
      @cherryjuice9946 11 місяців тому +30

      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.

    • @skataskatata9236
      @skataskatata9236 11 місяців тому +27

      yep. it simply measures DC electrical resistance if the skin, very dependant on sweat, that is an indicator of stress.

    • @RandomBogey
      @RandomBogey 11 місяців тому +37

      So, you’re telling me that my Apple Watch can measure my thetans, or no?

    • @AngryGayPope
      @AngryGayPope 11 місяців тому +11

      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.

  • @weignerg
    @weignerg 11 місяців тому +74

    We are with you Louis!
    You are popular enough that they can't touch you without all of us knowing.
    Schematics or die!

    • @TechnomancerTheWise
      @TechnomancerTheWise 11 місяців тому +7

      We would know, but what could we do

    • @TechnomancerTheWise
      @TechnomancerTheWise 11 місяців тому +4

      Besides all of us posting up to protect him 24/7...

    • @tiggy4591
      @tiggy4591 11 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @Nexalian_Gamer
      @Nexalian_Gamer 3 місяці тому

      @@TechnomancerTheWise Mail them a metal pipe filled with boom booms and a remote-activated fuse

  • @Akutukananu
    @Akutukananu 11 місяців тому +2

    Wow!!! 2700 litigation against the irs for tax evasion?!

  • @galgadsmith
    @galgadsmith 11 місяців тому +103

    Scientology needs to be shut down and make it illegal.

    • @AmauryJacquot
      @AmauryJacquot 11 місяців тому +36

      start with getting rid of tax exemption for churches...

    • @marcogenovesi8570
      @marcogenovesi8570 11 місяців тому

      @@AmauryJacquot those are two different issues. Also removing tax exemption means now you are "fair game" for each and every other christian-derived heretical cult. It will make the satanic panic look like a joke

    • @vyor8837
      @vyor8837 11 місяців тому +3

      @@AmauryJacquot you mean something scientology wants?

    • @AmauryJacquot
      @AmauryJacquot 11 місяців тому

      @@vyor8837 the sole reason they pretend being a church is to evade taxes…

    • @ZeroB4NG
      @ZeroB4NG 11 місяців тому +4

      @@vyor8837 if they want to pay taxes i say let them... ?!

  • @torinnbalasar6774
    @torinnbalasar6774 11 місяців тому +12

    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.

  • @richardbishop1916
    @richardbishop1916 11 місяців тому +6

    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!

  • @lord_haven1114
    @lord_haven1114 10 місяців тому +2

    They were probably the ones who put that letter in your mailbox as a veiled threat. “We know where you live” 😂

  • @tschak909
    @tschak909 11 місяців тому +77

    E-Meters can't even really be called Ohmmeters, they're just really badly designed Wheatstone bridges.

    • @unbroken1010
      @unbroken1010 11 місяців тому +2

      Wheat stone bridge ?

    • @tschak909
      @tschak909 11 місяців тому +32

      @@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.

    • @Meat88
      @Meat88 11 місяців тому

      Made with child labor.

    • @wayland7150
      @wayland7150 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @germanmosca
      @germanmosca 11 місяців тому +11

      @@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.

  • @user-jm8ho2hy8g
    @user-jm8ho2hy8g 11 місяців тому +123

    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.

    • @SlinkyD
      @SlinkyD 11 місяців тому +16

      Fat barrel & a smile.

    • @daineminton9687
      @daineminton9687 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@SlinkyDThat had me rotfl, you were quick with it, the wit i mean

    • @rustyhangerabortions
      @rustyhangerabortions 11 місяців тому

      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.

    • @Omnihilo
      @Omnihilo 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@daineminton9687 Can you explain the context/reference?

    • @CptJistuce
      @CptJistuce 11 місяців тому +3

      Where is David Miscavige's wife?

  • @MsJanaMac
    @MsJanaMac 10 місяців тому

    Oh this is great!! Thank you for posting this. Scientology is literally the worst!! But kudos to you for exposing this sick cult! I'm a new fan.

  • @ericstoverink6579
    @ericstoverink6579 11 місяців тому +2

    From what I've read on the subject, scientology has lost a lot of their teeth in the last few years. They are not nearly as fearsome as they once were.

  • @jr2904
    @jr2904 11 місяців тому +45

    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.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 11 місяців тому +21

      Sounds like a well defined target for an artillery barrage, or three...

    • @lbochtler
      @lbochtler 11 місяців тому +3

      @@SonsOfLorgar or a small tactical nuke or a few MOAB's

    • @Redhotsmasher
      @Redhotsmasher 11 місяців тому +3

      So the protesters just need a louder PA system?

    • @youkofoxy
      @youkofoxy 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Redhotsmasher Count with me, I know how to design PA.

    • @Mindbulletz
      @Mindbulletz 11 місяців тому

      ​@@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.

  • @paul_miller43
    @paul_miller43 11 місяців тому +83

    Didn't expect this to be the end boss of right to repair

    • @virtusetglorie
      @virtusetglorie 11 місяців тому +3

      I did!

    • @JARV9701
      @JARV9701 11 місяців тому +11

      The plot twist was unexpected, but, reasonable

    • @Theranthrope
      @Theranthrope 11 місяців тому +6

      "THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!"

    • @rustyhangerabortions
      @rustyhangerabortions 11 місяців тому +4

      Well, if we're lucky, maybe we can finally end Scientology for good.

    • @OdaSwifteye
      @OdaSwifteye 11 місяців тому +4

      This is actually a secret boss. If Louis can beat this one, he can get the good ending.

  • @walperstyle
    @walperstyle 11 місяців тому +1

    I'm glad you are still keeping up the fight, spite the fact that most politicians pander to some sort of monopoly (corporate or Union, matters not). I hope regulations relax enough to let little guys create options, especially in areas like EV's.

  • @quajay187
    @quajay187 11 місяців тому +2

    you aint kidding. I don't think people truly understand how ruthless the COS is

  • @FarhadAkbari
    @FarhadAkbari 11 місяців тому +26

    don't worry Louis if you start speaking good about scientology we will know it's a cry for help.

  • @mr.grotto
    @mr.grotto 11 місяців тому +56

    _Reads title_
    *Reads Title Again*
    ~Heads back to the Pond~
    *Asks fish to protect me from Scientology*

    • @erich1394
      @erich1394 11 місяців тому +4

      We, the fish, are here for you mr grotto

    • @First-Name_Last-Name
      @First-Name_Last-Name 11 місяців тому +2

      Praise the Almighty Koi

    • @penkshugar
      @penkshugar 11 місяців тому +1

      Quack quack quack

  • @burtmacklin6443
    @burtmacklin6443 11 місяців тому

    This new video space looks good on you. No idea if it's new or not, you just look healthier and happier. I'm happy you are doing well.

  • @uraniumu242
    @uraniumu242 11 місяців тому +2

    I just saw California is passing a right to repair bill supported (believe it or not) by Apple. You are a power to reckon with my friend!

  • @unchosenid
    @unchosenid 11 місяців тому +54

    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.

    • @Shadoufang
      @Shadoufang 11 місяців тому +4

      You can take up the challenge after him. It's fine. We will follow you too. We need you ¬‿¬

  • @mklpa123
    @mklpa123 11 місяців тому +28

    The reputation of the brand should never be considered more important than your freedom

  • @Robot-Overlord
    @Robot-Overlord 11 місяців тому +3

    We live in the stupidest time ever.

  • @JKJustSaying
    @JKJustSaying 11 місяців тому +4

    The unsafe method is to believe Scientology's instructions for use.

  • @Twothenines
    @Twothenines 11 місяців тому +33

    Louis is not suicidal.

    • @rossmanngroup
      @rossmanngroup  11 місяців тому +31

      I love life.

    • @matthew8153
      @matthew8153 11 місяців тому +2

      Rossmann did not kill himself. It was Oreo.

  • @Johncw87
    @Johncw87 11 місяців тому +11

    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.

    • @WDC_OSA
      @WDC_OSA 11 місяців тому

      These should be the only two sentences that the US Copyright Office sends in response.

  • @Entichen
    @Entichen 8 місяців тому

    as you said "on Camera" i lost it XD good video stay awesome

  • @mohammadsattar5488
    @mohammadsattar5488 11 місяців тому +2

    It must be really hard and taxing for one man to fight against these giants constantly and work and vlog too. We need to support people like this and do what we can to fully shut down this tyranny that is mega corp

  • @jedstanaland2897
    @jedstanaland2897 11 місяців тому +52

    Don't give up if you give up they win and then they have zero reason not to make you disappear.

    • @drewt1717
      @drewt1717 11 місяців тому +5

      Good point. He already crossed into fair game... too late to back out now

  • @vulcan0132
    @vulcan0132 11 місяців тому +120

    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.

    • @taiiat0
      @taiiat0 11 місяців тому +7

      but who watches the watchers?

    • @SlinkyD
      @SlinkyD 11 місяців тому +12

      Its called an adhesion contract. The internet has a plethora of honest info on how to nullify them.

    • @simontillson482
      @simontillson482 11 місяців тому +10

      @@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.

    • @SlinkyD
      @SlinkyD 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@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.

    • @taiiat0
      @taiiat0 11 місяців тому

      wth are you Talking about

  • @victorco.6308
    @victorco.6308 10 місяців тому

    Great job for the public.

  • @mydroid2791
    @mydroid2791 11 місяців тому +2

    Tech community vs Scientology... my bet would be on the world wide tech community!