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• On the post: Thinking Of Copyright As Property Is As Natural As Thinking Of Smells As Property

  

  cc ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 10:47am

  You know how the Japanese judge ruled on the case, right?
  
  "The judge resolved the matter by ordering the student to pass the money he had in one hand to his other and ruling that the price of the smell of food is the sound of money."
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Coka_Tadasuke#Famous_cases

• On the post: Guess What? Copying Still Isn't Stealing

  

  cc ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:06am

  http://sendthemyourmoney.com/
  
  A drawing of a spider may also suffice!

• On the post: 'Don't Get SOPA'd' Is The New Mantra On Capitol Hill

  

  cc ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2012 @ 10:45am

  I love the fact that Reddit is putting together an anti-Lamar Smith PAC. Apparently, they already have enough to put up a billboard.
  
  If you are an American voter, help them out:
  
  http://testpacpleaseignore.org/

• On the post: Key Techdirt SOPA/PIPA Post Censored By Bogus DMCA Takedown Notice

  

  cc ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2012 @ 01:50pm

  Also:
  
  250. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-plot-thickens-was-woman-drinking-with-captain--or-an-innocent-aboard-6292246.html
  
  251. http://www.piedmont-digital-graphics.com/

• On the post: Sony Says Raising Prices On Whitney Houston Music Was A 'Mistake'

  

  cc ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2012 @ 05:51am

  If they're so sorry, surely they'll be happy to give their ill-gained profits to charity, RIGHT?

• On the post: People Rushing To Give Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Just Hours For Brand New Adventure Game

  

  cc ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 02:56am

  Mind you, the connection to Notch isn't accidental!
  
  http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-07-doublefine-tim-and-markus-are-talking-about-psychonauts-2

• On the post: Evidence Shows That Megaupload Shutdown Had No Real Impact On Infringement

  

  cc ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 12:56am

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  "The MPAA re---sents artists."
  
  Ah, that's where things started going wrong!

• On the post: Beach Boys Lyricist Goes After Artist Who Dared To Paint Works Inspired By Beach Boy Songs

  

  cc ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2012 @ 12:15pm

  Re: Re: Bitch Boys

  I'm not really criticising the quality of his art (though personally I think it's horrible), I'm pointing out that his art wasn't just inspired by the songs, some of it actually contains copyrighted lyrics.
  
  That doesn't justify Parks's reaction, of course (I think he's being a prick), but at least there may be legal grounds for it.

• On the post: Beach Boys Lyricist Goes After Artist Who Dared To Paint Works Inspired By Beach Boy Songs

  

  cc ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2012 @ 10:38am

  Bitch Boys

  The artist's name sounds Dutch, so US fair use may not apply. Also, this is what his art looks like, apparently: he wrote the songs' lyrics on a piece of canvas using trippy colours...

• On the post: The Sky Is Rising: The Entertainment Industry Is Large & Growing… Not Shrinking

  

  cc ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2012 @ 07:45am

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  They should call it the Immunising Necessary Technological Entrepreneurship by Reinforcing our Networks against External Threats bill.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  cc ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 06:02pm

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  I think I have a fair understanding.
  
  What I'm saying is that the data shows that only one of the main originators of subprime loans was subject to that regulation, while the rest were exempt but did it of their own accord.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  cc ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 04:54pm

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  "The idea that just because you take a job away from the Federal Government that it just stops getting done is ridiculous, naive and plain stupid.
  
  There are LOTS of NGOs that do WAY better than their federal counterparts at doing almost everything, they just dont get funding because 'the government already does that'."
  
  What's the point of taking jobs out of the government if your goal is not to increase efficiency (ie., "doing it way better" like you say)? Newsflash: increasing efficiency means doing the same thing with fewer jobs. What's more, many (if not most) government jobs exist to keep the government's own bureaucracy running.
  
  "Using starvation as an attack Libertarianism is a straw man argument of the worst variety."
  
  It's not a strawman, you just have no counterargument because it's true: if there are no safety nets, some unlucky people WILL make mistakes and end up in absolute poverty. There is no way to dispute that.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  cc ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 04:37pm

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  You are wrong. The bad loans originated almost entirely from banks that were NOT subject to those regulations. The problem was lack of regulation, plain and simple. Fact:
  

  Subprime Lenders were (Primarily) Private: Only one of the top 25 subprime lenders in 2006 was directly subject to the housing laws overseen by either Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or the Community Reinvestment Act.

  The Community Reinvestment Act is the law you say "forced" the banks to make subprime loans.
  
  Source: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/11/charts-facts-economic-crisis/

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  cc ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:52pm

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  "I think you'd be surprised how easy it would be to get a job if the tax rates were near zero."
  
  I'd definitely be surprised. If you reduce the size of government, will the sacked government workers not need new jobs? Tell me, where will those come from? And also, by reducing those people's purchasing power, you are effectively cutting jobs in other areas. The overall result would be even more unemployment.
  
  "I think you'd be surprised how easy it would be to get an education - a whole education, not a McEducation - without the DOE."
  
  It's a matter of supply and demand. If your libertarian fantasy-land were to happen and there was a "truly free jobs market", then the supply of educated people would strive to meet the demand. No more and no less.
  
  The DOE was giving loans so more people could get complete educations than there was demand -- in other words, cutting it would make it harder to get an education.
  
  "The think one of the things people miss about the libertarian philosophy is how spectacularly motivating it is to be without so many safety nets."
  
  People starving in the streets would be very motivating indeed, huh?

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  cc ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 02:22pm

  "this appears to be a major miscalculation on the part of Democratic party leadership -- potentially losing an entire younger generation of voters to the Republicans"
  
  If the discussions I've been seeing all over the internet are in any way representative of the bigger picture, many younger Americans are completely fed up with the Donkey vs Elephant politics.
  
  The Democrats may have lost the younger generation, but I don't think the younger generation went to the Republicans...

• On the post: Blocking The Net 'Not The European Option' — EU Commissioner Reding

  

  cc ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 06:59am

  Christian Engstrom, Pirate MEP, kind of disagrees:
  http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fchristianengstrom.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F01%2F19%2Flankar-om-eus-svar-pa-sopapipa%2F
  
  (Google translate from Swedish)

• On the post: DH's Love Child's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  cc ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2012 @ 01:58pm

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  Are you playing chess or battleship?

• On the post: DH's Love Child's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  cc ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2012 @ 01:57pm

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  It doesn't work? Well it depends on what its goals are, doesn't it?
  
  The War on Drugs, the War on Terrorism, the War on Piracy all have something in common: they can't be won, but they can still turn a country into a police state.

• On the post: Clay Shirky: Why SOPA's Not Going Away

  

  cc ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2012 @ 08:13am

  Re: Congratulations Freetards, You've Let The Copyterrorists Win

  "the price of vigilance is eternal liberty"
  
  You, sir, win two internets.

• On the post: DOJ Gives Its Opinion On SOPA By Unilaterally Shutting Down 'Foreign Rogue Site' Megaupload… Without SOPA/PIPA

  

  cc ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 02:14pm

  Re: Re: Re: time to put a stop to this

  Instead we're all speaking English. Traded one evil empire for another. Whoop dee doo.

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