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• On the post: Candidates Starting To Turn SOPA Into A Campaign Issue: Karen Kwiatkowski Goes After Bob Goodlatte

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2011 @ 03:37pm

  I gave $50 to Karen K

  I hope Karen Kwiatkowski wins her campaign. At the very least, it tells the elected corporate shills that they are on notice to the consequences of their lackey laws trying to stifle free speech and the internet.

• On the post: Hulu's Owners Unable To Find Idiots Willing To Overpay To Take Hulu Off Their Hands Before They Kill It

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2011 @ 08:55pm

  Shocker! Commercial free torrents kick-ass over streaming commercials

  The cable-cutters that I know despise streaming with commercials. Torrents on the player of their choice with no commercials wins big with the home crowd and works for much of the mobile crew.
  
  RIP, ya dumb bastards!
  
  For a model that works for artists, check out http://www.gocomics.com/.

• On the post: Freak's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2011 @ 12:28pm

  Liked the personal intro

  I liked Freak's personal introduction about himself. It gave a sense of perspective and made it more of a human interest story.

• On the post: Is Google Antitrust Investigation Simply A Repeat Of Wasteful Microsoft Antitrust Effort?

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2011 @ 12:20am

  Google anti-trust

  The politicians got what they wanted from M$ -- massive donations from new hi-tech PACs. Now it is Googles turn to hire a bunch more ex-pol lobbyists.
  
  Now if the pols ever figure out how monetize the patent wars, the cash will really pour like tidal wave.

• On the post: Microsoft Wants To Make It Illegal To Buy From An Overseas Company That Uses Unauthorized Software

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 11:16am

  Re:

  Open Office was forked to Libre Office after Oracle (nee Sun) fell out with the original OO people.
  
  http://www.libreoffice.org/

• On the post: Someone Should Tell The State Dept That The State Dept Is Hosting World Press Freedom Day

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2010 @ 05:22pm

  Maybe the guy actually supports freedom of the press and wanted to point out the hypocrisy of the US gov.

• On the post: Finally: People Speaking Up About How Censoring Craigslist Helps 'Pimps, Child Traffickers & Other Abusive Scumbags'

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2010 @ 01:30pm

  State AGs are grandstanding on a flimsy soapbox

  State AGs go after CL as a high profile easy target without the resources to fight back. Newspapers love writing bad things about CL since CL cleaned their greedy clock by publishing ads for free.
  
  CL only started charging for adult services after being forced into it by State AGs. Now State AGs argue that CL is making too much money off the ads--that they forced CL into charging for.
  
  Prostitution is one issue. Trafficking in UA children for sex crimes is another. Free speech is a fundamental right given by the US Constitution.
  
  Considering that State AGs are the highest profile example of their profession in every state, it clearly shows why lawyers are held in such low regard. They are collectively willing to trample the Constitution to further their careers.

• On the post: The Number of People Giving Up TV for the Web Is Slowly Gaining Pace

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2010 @ 04:02am

  die! die! die!

  I have been off the cable grid for 11 months living on Netflix, torrents and Hulu. I saw my first commercial in 10 months last week. It was a surprise to realize how long it had been since my last commercial and how good it was to not have to watch them.
  
  My cable provider is "Ygnition" which is essentially a re-biller for Direct-TV targeted for apt complexes. Ygnition is 2x the price of Direct-TV. Direct-TV is clearly in collusion with Ygnition since they will not provide service at an Ygnition served complex.
  
  It is great to be able to watch an entire series back-to-back. The last few days it was the PBS/Ken Burns saga of WWII - WAR. No commericals, no pledge drives and watching it whenever I want--such as now at 4 AM.

• On the post: Williams Sonoma Nastygrams Blogger Who Helps People Build Their Own Furniture

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2010 @ 09:46pm

  Re: Thanks for the Support

  I am not going to do any woodcrafting projects, but I totally support you to keep teaching others how make nice furniture/projects for themselves. Keep on teaching! Schooling WS is not a bad thing either.

• On the post: Law Professor (?!?) Claims Copyright Infringement Because Blog Uses Faculty Photo In Blog Post [Update]

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 11:40am

  I hope this blows up in his face in a big way. What does the UofMiami Law School have to say about their faculty not understanding fair use?

• On the post: Copyright Cops Go After Town For Creating Little Mermaid Statue

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2009 @ 11:29pm

  We had a Mermaid of Copenhagen statue in our front yard since I was a kid in the 1960s. Never entered our minds that it would be a copyright violation 40 years later.
  
  When will the madness stop?

• On the post: Band Actually Promotes The Fact That Its Album Was Leaked (Against Its Wishes)

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2008 @ 08:12am

  Re: A tale of two responses

  I am going to go check out The Dears right now. That was a great response they put out after finding out their new material was leaked.
  
  Bummer for Stephanie. She can continue to torture her loyal fans until she loses them for all I care. That was a great example of a bad response.

• On the post: Sites Freak About A Feature Google Has Had For Years

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2008 @ 06:07pm

  site:

  I use that at work on my own companies website. site:xyz.com is a much better search than anything my company has available by a country mile.

• On the post: Mr. Google Goes To Washington

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2006 @ 07:03am

  lessons learned

  My simplistic observation of what happened to Microsoft is that before the attack by the government, they did not have much by way of lobbyists or spending going in DC. Now they do. Lawsuit over.
  
  Google is simply being pro-active and ahead of the learning curve. Good for them, somebody has to counterbalance the re-grouped Telcos.

• On the post: RIAA Turns Its Money Extractor Ray On Satellite Radio

  

  wheels4me2 ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2006 @ 08:02am

  Re: Fight Back!

  Seems like this has got to fall somewhere near the RICO laws - sounds like racketeering and extortion to me. No, not Congress, I meant the RIAA!
  Kevin