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• On the post: YouTube Wins Yet Another Complete Victory Over Viacom; Court Mocks Viacom's Ridiculous Legal Theories

  

  Ben (profile), Apr 19th, 2013 @ 12:29pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So Masnick has taken a postion on copyright?

  I read this in a Russian accent

• On the post: Deep Dive: Prenda Law Is Dead

  

  Ben (profile), Apr 2nd, 2013 @ 1:19pm

  
  

  Re:

  Robe? Hammer? Otis Wright is THOR!!

• On the post: Rep. Gohmert's Record For Stunning Technological Ignorance Is Broken By... Rep. Gohmert

  

  Ben (profile), Mar 21st, 2013 @ 12:35am

  
  

  Scotland

  This guy should move to Scotland, where a 'series of tubes' can mean a group of stupid people.

• On the post: Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?

  

  Ben (profile), Mar 20th, 2013 @ 6:32am

  
  

  Excellent article

  Thanks Tim.

• On the post: United Airlines Kicks Travel Writer Off Of Plane For Photographing His Seat

  

  Ben (profile), Mar 16th, 2013 @ 1:22am

  
  

  Re: ridiculous

  Because you have to use a voice command :)

• On the post: Prenda Law Tries To Close The Barn Door After The Horse Has Lawyered Up

  

  Ben (profile), Mar 16th, 2013 @ 1:10am

  
  

  Re: Magna What?

  Similar to the Magna Carta, but with more bullshit?

• On the post: Over 400 Groups, Representing 15 Million People, Demand 'New Direction' From USTR In TPP Negotiations

  

  Ben (profile), Mar 7th, 2013 @ 11:56pm

  
  

  TPP

  Trans-Parent Partnership it aint

• On the post: Game Of Thrones Director: I'm 100% Opposed To The Piracy I Just Said Helps My Show Survive

  

  Ben (profile), Feb 28th, 2013 @ 1:57pm

  
  

  Re:

  Sounds like his twitter got hacked by On Press Inc

• On the post: The Worst Article You Might Ever Read About 'Cybersecurity'

  

  Ben (profile), Feb 27th, 2013 @ 12:52pm

  
  

  Yippeekayay

  "Recent cyber-attacks have illustrated the ability of terrorist groups and foreign governments to cause havoc on the Internet"
  
  Sounds like someone got drunk and mistook Die Hard 4.0 for the evening news

• On the post: White House Petition Concerning Legality Of Unlocking Phones Passes The Magic 100,000 Mark

  

  Ben (profile), Feb 21st, 2013 @ 12:25pm

  
  

  Re: And we all know what Mike's Step 2 is! (New here? See below.)

  Step 3: Profit!

• On the post: Bizarre 'Attribution' Troll Bullies Twitter Users Into Compliance With Baseless Legal Threats

  

  Ben (profile), Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:01am

  
  

  Re:

  1) Be a dumbass on the internet
  2) ?
  3) Profit!

• On the post: Bizarre 'Attribution' Troll Bullies Twitter Users Into Compliance With Baseless Legal Threats

  

  Ben (profile), Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:56am

  
  

  Re: Re:

  This comment on a post which touches on someone having multiple online personalities defending each other? How deliciously ironic :o)

• On the post: FCC Boss Tired Of Having To Put His iPad Away For Takeoff, Tells FAA To Fix It

  

  Ben (profile), Dec 16th, 2012 @ 12:53pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Actually, it picks the strongest tower.
  
  And for others interest, cell tower switching is mostly a passive event. The phone and tower only actively communicate if the tower is in a new town/subdivision or country!

• On the post: The DVR That Watches You Back: Verizon Applies For 'Ambient Action' Detecting Device Patent

  

  Ben (profile), Dec 8th, 2012 @ 12:22am

  
  

  Lets hope it comes with an Incognito mode

• On the post: Early-Morning Raid Sent To Confiscate 9-Year-Old's Winnie The Pooh Laptop For Downloading Music

  

  Ben (profile), Nov 26th, 2012 @ 5:51am

  
  

  Sweet delight

  A classic example of a Honey-Pot trap

• On the post: Dancing Baby Video Fight Heads Back To Court: Will A Bogus Takedown Finally Get Punished?

  

  Ben (profile), Oct 16th, 2012 @ 11:21am

  
  

  Re:

  My thoughts exactly

• On the post: Hilarious Attack Ad In Florida Suggests That Legalizing Autonomous Vehicles Puts Old People At Risk

  

  Ben (profile), Aug 17th, 2012 @ 1:11am

  
  

  Re: History repeats itself

  "HORSES DONT DRINK DRIVE" that should be

• On the post: Hilarious Attack Ad In Florida Suggests That Legalizing Autonomous Vehicles Puts Old People At Risk

  

  Ben (profile), Aug 17th, 2012 @ 12:47am

  
  

  History repeats itself

  I remember the political scaremongering around horseless carriages.
  
  "HORSES DONT DRIVE DRIVE!"
  
  "Horses: lowering your carbon hoofprint"
  
  "Cruise control: more dangerous than a demented horse!"
  
  "Horses: biodegradable"
  
  "1 Horse = 1 horse power. None of these funny metric units here"

• On the post: DC Police Chief Lays Down New Cell/Camera Policy: 'Don't Seize. Don't Delete. Don't Interfere.'

  

  Ben (profile), Jul 25th, 2012 @ 10:24am

  
  

  Hmm

  I look forward to the TSA rolling this out too

• On the post: UK Ministry of Defence Close To Gaining Patent On Key GPS Technology; US Not Amused

  

  Ben (profile), Jul 9th, 2012 @ 4:35am

  
  

  and

  Cue the US staging an invasion of the UK to 'liberate' us
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