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• On the post: French Intelligence Agency Forces Wikipedia Volunteer to Delete Article; Re-Instated, It Becomes Most-Read Page On French Wikipedia

  

  someone ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 07:23am

  Re:

  "Next: DCRI tries to censor the Streisand Effect."
  
  In other news, Barbra Streisand is reported missing during her recent trip to France.

• On the post: Irish Newspapers Budge Slightly: Now Say Links Don't Require Payment, But Snippets…

  

  someone ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2013 @ 03:44pm

  Re:

  Obviously they do not want you to visit their site by clicking a link about something that interests you.
  
  Now that corporations are people it looks like they have also figured out how to commit suicide......

• On the post: Senator Ron Wyden's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  someone ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2012 @ 05:54pm

  Thanks

  Thanks for taking time to discuss these important issues with us. May screen shots of this page appear in your campaign commercial resulting in your re-election.
  
  With one post you have provided me with more information concerning these issues than my own Senators and Rep here in Ohio.
  
  Sherrod Brown responded with doublespeak
  Rob Portman never responded
  Steve Austria never responded

• On the post: Public Petitions The White House To Investigate Chris Dodd & The MPAA For Possible Bribery

  

  someone ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 01:33pm

  Re: Re: This could be fun...

  hepatitis ?
  
  --sent from my iPad

• On the post: MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought

  

  someone ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2012 @ 02:58pm

  Re: Fight back

  One day and almost 10k signatures already!

• On the post: Astrolabe Claims It Holds Copyright On Timezone Data; Sues Maintainers Of Public Timezone Database

  

  someone ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2011 @ 05:45pm

  Re:

  I was thinking nearly the same thing, but you did miss the association:
  
  astrolabe
  astrolube
  
  I do agree that astrolabe will need lots of astrolube when this is done!

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  someone ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2011 @ 02:27pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I own the patent on using frivolous patents to extort money from others, so pay me!

• On the post: Police Try To Bring Wiretapping Charges Against Woman Who Filmed Them Beating A Man

  

  someone ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2011 @ 09:45am

  Re:

  They also can not say things like "You don't want any trouble, so keep this between me and you, you know what I'm saying" when you have a video camera.
  
  So instead they try to use the law to intimidate you.
  "Stay out of this or I'll charge you with illegal wiretapping"

• On the post: Mattel's Lawsuit To Claim Ownership Of Bratz Comes Back To Bite Big Time: Told To Pay $309 Million

  

  someone ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2011 @ 06:35pm

  Mattel paid $400mil to lawyers, Bratz lawyers got $137mil so $537mil to lawyers.
  
  Seems the only people who won were the lawyers......

• On the post: Google, Microsoft, Patents… And How To Dupe The Press With Out Of Context Statements

  

  someone ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2011 @ 06:52am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Google could give Motorola/HTC/etc a license to the patents.
  But Motorola/HTC/etc could not use them to counter sue Microsoft or Apple if they also own the same patent.
  
  Apple, Microsoft, etc would simply sue Motorola/HTC using other patents.
  
  The only way the patents help Android is if Google/Motorola/HTC/etc can use them against Apple, Microsoft, Oracle.
  
  Maybe if it spelled out you will get it.
  
  Mutually Assured Destruction works like this:
  If Google solely owned the patents:
  MS to Moto: We will sue you for patent A
  Moto to MS: We will counter sue you for B that Google licensed to us
  MS and Moto agree not to bother one another.
  
  If Google/MS both own the patents:
  MS to Moto: We will sue you for patent A
  Moto to MS: We will counter sue you for B that Google licensed to us
  MS to Moto: We also own patent B, sorry but we own you!
  Moto to MS: How much to license patent A?

• On the post: Google, Microsoft, Patents… And How To Dupe The Press With Out Of Context Statements

  

  someone ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 05:01pm

  Re: Now wait a minute...

  If both Google and Microsoft jointly own the patents Microsoft can still sue Motorola, HTC, etc for patent infringement from using Android and Google can not stop them.
  
  Only if Google has the sole rights to those patents can Google ensure they are not used to harm Android.

• On the post: Appeals Court Says Genes Are Patentable, Because They're 'Separate' From Your DNA

  

  someone ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2011 @ 09:05am

  Response to: Anonymous Coward on Jul 29th, 2011 @ 11:37pm

  Your DNA was created by your parents, they hold the copyright.
  
  Your parents were able to do so because their work (you) was transformative.

• On the post: TSA May Announce New Behavior Screening Plans Soon

  

  someone ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2011 @ 07:20pm

  Re: I'm screwed

  You will be ok with your attitude.
  
  The terrorist would be unlikely to act that way as s/he would not want to draw attention.

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Lawyer John Steele Caught Copying Content From Other Anti-Piracy Lawyer

  

  someone ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2011 @ 08:24am

  Re:

  Those with the gold make the rules

• On the post: Guy Who Claims To Have Come Up With Kung Fu Panda Loses In Court

  

  someone ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 05:56am

  Here is an Idea called personal responsibility

  If you have a great idea, assemble a team and bring it to market.
  
  Fail to do that and there is only one person to blame, yourself.

• On the post: Comcast Hijacks Mac Firefox Users' Homepage; Offers Blame Game And Faux Apology In Return

  

  someone ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 03:56pm

  Re: Re:

  You are right tcp/ip is all that's needed.
  
  When they insist on installing crap on my machine I inform them I use linux, suddenly the software is not needed.
  
  Fun when I call tech support too, their scripts are useless so they send a tech out and the squirrel chewed cable line gets fixed much faster.

• On the post: Lodsys Strikes Again: Sues Rovio For Patent Infringement Over Angry Birds

  

  someone ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 03:37pm

  Is this patent non-obvious?

  If so many companies are doing the same thing the idea must have been obvious.
  
  I wonder if the fact they are suing so many companies could be used against them to get the patent invalidated.

• On the post: Lodsys Strikes Again: Sues Rovio For Patent Infringement Over Angry Birds

  

  someone ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 03:33pm

  Re: Re: Rovio? In a court in Texas?

  Shame that people talk about leaving the land of the free so they can be free.

• On the post: How Cisco & The Justice Department Conspired To Try To Destroy One Man's Life For Daring To Sue Cisco

  

  someone ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 11:17am

  Re: Re:

  openBSD invented CARP to handle failover of devices because the industry standard methods to do so were patent encumbered by Cisco.
  
  So you can even make redundant routers/firewalls with automatic failover using open source.
  
  I have replaced all of my Cisco border routers with off the shelf hardware and openBSD.
  I use openBGPD too, works great!
  
  Hardware is cheaper, performance is better, configuration is easier and everything is more reliable.
  
  I am very happy without Cisco gear!

• On the post: TSA Agrees To Take The Naked Out Of Naked Scanners

  

  someone ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 07:00am

  Re: Priorities?

  When your junk falls off from too much radiation you can no longer complain about them looking at it. Maybe that was their plan all along...

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