Latest Techdirt Comments http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c205 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:18:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c205 Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c447 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:18:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c447 @ AC: there are two kinds of pedophiles. There is the dictionary definition, "those who LOVE children" and the media-definition of the word; "a child molester". Not all pedophiles are child molesters. In fact, I once knew a pedophile who loved children so much, that he would have rather killed himself than harmed a child in a sexual way. your conflation between the two definitions is very common amongst the public, but the crux of the matter is that you are stereotyping the people based on only the bad examples of pedophilia. not to mention the fact that for most of the human existence, pedophilia was not only common amongst us as a species, but it was actively ENCOURAGED as a result of the short lifetimes that our ancestors had.

I'm sure you and your pedophile friend are very gratified to have Techdirtbag Nation rally to your cause. At least they understand you.

Please excuse me while I go and vomit.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c353 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:17:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c353 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c438 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:15:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c438
"Obscenity", without being rooted in an actual crime involving a victim, such as genuine photographic child pornography, is nothing more than an idea or expression that may make someone "emotionally uncomfortable".


Criminal law has no business wading into the wildly subjective world of feelings.

.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c545 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:12:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c545 Once again Government shows its... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c329 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:08:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/18383623114/your-word-against-ours-how-fbis-no-electronic-recording-policy-rigs-game-destroys-its-credibility.shtml#c329
"The excuse that this policy was "logistically necessary" because of technological limitations was ridiculous in 1990, much less 16 years later. "
What the government can't figure out to do, Insurance companies, help desks and many others around the world figured out how to do about 30 years ago.

That's right, if you are in an accident the insurance company will want to take a RECORDED statement. Almost any help desk will record at least random calls and many record them all.

Also it is funny that they can't figure out the logisitcs to tape your interrogation, but they have no problems figuring out how to tap your phone, track your car, put of cell towers to process all your cell phone activity...

Just a bit selective I should think.]]> Re: Re: hold down the power button dork http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1449 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:06:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1449 Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c190 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c190
You argue Collateral Damage is OK. You Obviously have never suffered from Collateral Damage.]]> Re: Re: So, anyone who still believes that "1984" is fiction? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c534 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:03:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c534 You're like someone who thinks reading People every day makes them an expert is sociology.


Gave you an insightful AND a funny - for that line alone.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c173 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c173 The Logical Conclusion of This: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c525 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c525 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c630 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:59:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16464823123/swedish-prosecutor-claims-registrar-se-domains-being-accomplice-infringement-because-pirate-bay-domain.shtml#c630 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20130508/06065623001/new-hope-how-going-free-to-play-brought-redemption-to-star-wars-mmo.shtml#c580 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20130508/06065623001/new-hope-how-going-free-to-play-brought-redemption-to-star-wars-mmo.shtml#c580 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c428 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:53:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c428 it still seems quite worrying when a court can decide what kind of stories are legal or illegal.

Then who should make that decision? Or do you believe there's no such thing as "obscene"?]]> Re: Re: Re: So, anyone who still believes that "1984" is fiction? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c505 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:53:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c505
OOTB may not be too far off the mark here.

Google may not be doing the mining for the feds, but if I were the NSA, I'd have taps on all of Google's fiber and reading every last damned query.

This is NO different than feeding telephonic audio streams to farms of supercomputers and listening for threshold keywords which would then get the call popped onto the stack for a wetware analyst to listen to it.

.]]> A New Hope: How Going Free To Play Brought Redemption To Star Wars MMO http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20130508/06065623001/new-hope-how-going-free-to-play-brought-redemption-to-star-wars-mmo.shtml#c571 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20130508/06065623001/new-hope-how-going-free-to-play-brought-redemption-to-star-wars-mmo.shtml#c571
I wouldn't be surprised if the reason SWTOR is more profitable now is because most F2P players are speding some extra cash to have a little bit more than the bog standard, which is at best annoying.

Now, I'd pay real money if SWTOR, or any MMO for that matter, were to decide to do away with the "Can't get There From Here" syndrome. If you play MMOs, you'll get it.

~Woad]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20130508/06065623001/new-hope-how-going-free-to-play-brought-redemption-to-star-wars-mmo.shtml#c558 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20130508/06065623001/new-hope-how-going-free-to-play-brought-redemption-to-star-wars-mmo.shtml#c558 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c414 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:50:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c414 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c504 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:49:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c504 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c170 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:48:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c170 'I'm sure these were all just more "accidents"'

you've got to be freakin' kiddin me! there is about as much chance of that as of me being a spaceman!!

You did notice the quotation marks, right?]]>