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• On the post: China Extends Its Censorship To Australian Books, Written By Australian Authors For Australian Readers

  

  athe ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2019 @ 01:18am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ...the first stone.

  "Most Chinese are taught about Tianenmen by word of mouth" Ah, yes. Chinese whispers, right? We know how garbled the message gets in the end.

• On the post: China Extends Its Censorship To Australian Books, Written By Australian Authors For Australian Readers

  

  athe ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2019 @ 01:15am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Most of those things don't go too well with a paperback book, either...

• On the post: Peanuts Rights Holder Shuts Down Peanutweeter, Pisses Off Fans For No Reason At All

  

  athe ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2011 @ 03:52pm

  Re: Re:

  It's not parody, it's satire
  
  You might want to look up the definition of parody sometime:
  
  ?noun
  1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing

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

  

  athe ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 03:36am

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  On a final note, those who may post here who practice law may appreciate that Mozilla's counsel may have exposed himself to problems under the rules of practice that govern those who are members of the bar. If his client wants to stand on a soap box so be it. But as counsel this was a poor move.
  
  I'd suggest that the counsel to DHS in recent times is probably poorer...

• On the post: Unsealed Righthaven Agreement Has Other Judges Questioning Legitimacy Of Righthaven's Lawsuits

  

  athe ( profile ), 02 May, 2011 @ 04:18pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Copyright is something abstract, it is NOT a property. Intellectual property on the other hand is covered by copyright, amongst other things.

• On the post: Royal Family Bans Satirical Coverage Of The Big Wedding

  

  athe ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2011 @ 07:28pm

  Re: Re:

  Would you really want to take footage of the Queen and use it for a "spoof" though?

• On the post: White House Threatens Blog For Accurately Using White House Logo

  

  athe ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 06:17pm

  Re: Ah. My taxes put to good use.

  They are working on fixing corruption - fixing it so that all politicians are corrupt. It's just that Wyden wont tow the "company" line...

• On the post: Details Of Apple's Lawsuit Against Samsung Revealed; And It's Even More Ridiculous

  

  athe ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2011 @ 03:56pm

  Talk about throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks...
  
  Can't wait to see what Samsung comes back at them with - I can't believe that they wouldn't have something.
  
  I'm guessing that the iPhone 5 wont be very innovative if this is the tact that Apple are taking now.

• On the post: TSA Gropes 6-Year Old Girl: Says It's Okay Since It Followed Standard Operating Procedure

  

  athe ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2011 @ 03:12am

  Re: Re: Re:

  And if you're on a plane currently being threatened by by terrorists, that gets hit by an asteroid, you really gotta wonder if someone has it in for you...

• On the post: Journalists Are Aggregators Too (And That's A Good Thing)

  

  athe ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2011 @ 08:12pm

  Re: Aggregators vs. journalists

  It would seem fair that those people that "aggregate" other peoples work should compensate those people that created the work in the first place.
  
  
  Then doesn't it also then seem fair that those creating the news should be paid by those reporting on it?
  
  
  If the aggregators are driving more traffic the way of the newpapers, how can that be bad? I think tha they just need to find a better way of monetising that.

• On the post: More Stories Of People Arrested For Making Joke Threats On Social Networks

  

  athe ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2010 @ 07:39pm

  Re: Re: Re: Good Job NYPD

  No, but the investigation probably should...

• On the post: Appeals Court Destroys First Sale; You Don't Own Your Software Anymore

  

  athe ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2010 @ 11:42pm

  For physical media

  One option for second hand sales of physical media that I can think if is, advertise the license as free, but you just happen to be charging $80/$4000/whatever for the physical media itself.

• On the post: Groups Still Slamming Craigslist

  

  athe ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2010 @ 05:17pm

  Re:

  Yes, it seems a lot like there may be exploitation on both sides.

• On the post: Does Steven Levitan Also Want A Cut Every Time You Buy A TV?

  

  athe ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2010 @ 04:59pm

  Oh Well

  I really enjoyed Modern Family, and was planning on buying it when it was released on DVD. No more.
  
  Of course I realise that the masses would have no idea who this guy is, and it'll still probably still sell really well, but, I just can't bring myself to.

• On the post: Treasure Trove Of Jazz To Be Blocked, Perhaps Forever, Thanks To Copyright

  

  athe ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2010 @ 03:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Leverage the scarcity

  There's a chance that they'd hear zero songs they represent, and still collect from this museum...

• On the post: FBI Prioritizes Copyright Issues; Not So Concerned About Missing Persons

  

  athe ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2010 @ 04:48pm

  Re: well

  You'll need to pay $200K per copy, and every copy will need to be erased...

• On the post: Can We Please Stop The False Dichotomy Of 'Creators' vs 'Consumers' When It Comes To Copyright?

  

  athe ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2010 @ 06:57pm

  Re: "Most people are both creators and consumers at the same time" WRONG !!

  I'm thinking of categorising this as "funny", because surely you can't be serious...

• On the post: Patents Getting In The Way Of Saving Lives; Fabry Disease Sufferers Petition US Gov't To Step In

  

  athe ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2010 @ 03:58pm

  Re: Re: Re: Only Genzyme can produce the drug?

  But it never should have been a private right or property. The research was tax payer funded.

• On the post: Australian Gov't Says ISPs Should Spy On Users… At The Same Time It's Trying To Attack Google For Doing Less?

  

  athe ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2010 @ 05:42pm

  Here's a link to the original article

  Couldn't seem to see one Mike's article above, so here it is: http://www.zdnet.com.au/govt-wants-isps-to-record-browsing-history-339303785.htm

• On the post: Lady Gaga Says No Problem If People Download Her Music; The Money Is In Touring

  

  athe ( profile ), 24 May, 2010 @ 10:24pm

  Re: Re: Re: I download your music, and burn a new CD, to replace the broken one. Do you think this should be allowed?

  Didn't really answer the question there, did ya?

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