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• On the post: App Developer Hijacks Customer Twitter Accounts In An Attempt To Shame Pirates

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2012 @ 12:16pm

  http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/16/enfour-shares-more-details-about-app-piracy/
  
  "Unfortunately, says Enfour, some old code that shouldn't have been run did get run, and that's what caused the false positives to appear in the Twitter shaming."
  
  You'd think they'd do a little testing on this app before pushing it out to the public.

• On the post: Yes, A Domain Name Can Be Protected By The First Amendment

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2012 @ 08:50am

  Re: Re: Re:

  What about the dajaz1.com seizure? Wasn't that domain seized under the assumption that the site was engaged in criminal activity?
  
  If the accusation for infringement was true, then why was the domain name released?

• On the post: RIAA Prefers Customers Who Buy A Little To Pirates Who Buy A Lot

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2012 @ 01:16pm

  Re: Interesting Study - Invalid data points

  "The facts are that ALL industries affected by filesharing, economy, bad quality products are in some form of decline..."
  
  FTFY

• On the post: RIAA Prefers Customers Who Buy A Little To Pirates Who Buy A Lot

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2012 @ 01:13pm

  "Of course people interested in music buy more."
  
  This is the big disconnect Friedlander has with relating to the audience that is interested in music. He assumes they would rather buy than sample music.
  
  I'm not a music aficionado, but I imagine those who are have been burned out on the stockpile of crap music they've pushed through the air waves for the past decade, and are not willing to spend money on pop music they hear iterated over and over again.

• On the post: Stop Saying It's Okay To Censor Because 'You Can't Yell Fire In A Crowded Theater'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 10:44am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Confused

  Yes, the best multitasking ever.

• On the post: Stop Saying It's Okay To Censor Because 'You Can't Yell Fire In A Crowded Theater'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 09:33am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Are you telling me theaters do not have fire alarms?

• On the post: Stop Saying It's Okay To Censor Because 'You Can't Yell Fire In A Crowded Theater'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 09:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Confused

  "form coherent sentences during them."

• On the post: Stop Saying It's Okay To Censor Because 'You Can't Yell Fire In A Crowded Theater'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 09:29am

  Re: Re: Confused

  I don't know man, I've had my fair share of sriracha-related volcano poops and I can confidently say I have never been able to form coherent sentences.

• On the post: Stop Saying It's Okay To Censor Because 'You Can't Yell Fire In A Crowded Theater'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 09:20am

  Re:

  If you need someone to tell you a theater is on fire, then you probably deserve to DIAF.

• On the post: Epic's 'Music First' Approach: Delay Album Release; Drop Band When They Leak It

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 09:05am

  Re: Re: Music First is one of two things

  That sounds like Chuck Norris' new band.

• On the post: Epic's 'Music First' Approach: Delay Album Release; Drop Band When They Leak It

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 09:04am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I did some digging, and came up with this...
  
  Progressive Insurance was involved with a "twitter bot" SANFU - http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/14/technology/progressive-tweets/index.html.
  
  They apparently stepped up to defend a guy who ran a red light and killed another man's sister so they wouldn't have to pay out under an insurance policy to the victim's family.
  
  After the family hit the net with the story, they got bombarded with negative reactions and tried to calm the storm with one twitter post. That exact post was repeated in 6 replies as if it was a spambot re-posting the original message.
  
  It'd be poetic to see that happen to Epic.

• On the post: Epic's 'Music First' Approach: Delay Album Release; Drop Band When They Leak It

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 08:24am

  Re:

  It sounds like they really need to update these statements they spit out. Half the time, I feel like it's a bot writing these kinds of things, which may explain why the statements always presume no one knows what they're really after.

• On the post: Journalist Attempts To Silence Criticism Of Her Ethics By Brandishing The Club Of UK Defamation Laws

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 12:21pm

  That linked article brings out an interesting tidbit about Wainwright, which kind of only adds ruin to her already tarnished rep.
  
  She claims she never "reviewed" products for Square Enix (despite consulting for them), yet they link numerous articles written by her calling Square's take on Tomb Raider "fresh" and "innovative" and commenting on how "fantastic" they look. What irks me about these kind of "preview" articles is that they seem to cultivate hype in people. For example, I've seen IGN preview a number of titles commenting on how exciting and good they look only later to give the game a depressing review.
  
  That kind of journalism smacks of subtle bias to me.

• On the post: John Mellencamp: Thou Shalt Not Permit The Internet To Derail Our Gravy Train

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 10:32am

  Re: Hahahahaha

  Not to mention his false authority fallacy. That seems to be a huge issue with musicians, and they keep repeating the mantra that piracy is doing this and that without providing any concrete evidence.

• On the post: The Internet Didn't 'Kill' Carly Rae Jepsen's Career

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 09:24am

  Re: Re:

  I hadn't heard of her either until I watched the Breaking Bad rendition of "Call Me Maybe."
  
  I had to google the song,and later regretted it, to get the context of the joke.

• On the post: The Internet Didn't 'Kill' Carly Rae Jepsen's Career

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 09:15am

  Wow, I didn't know Carly Rae Epsen was 26, she looks like she's 15.
  
  I find it funny too that this lady refers to Epsen's latest album as the best pop album of the year.

• On the post: The Proof That Movies Won't Get Made Any More Is That… More Movies Are Being Made Today

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 06:39am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I guess that's what happens when you inflate the market artificially and then expect it to remain that way for years on end.
  
  I feel like these people have been making movies for so long, they live in a goddamn fantasy world.

• On the post: MoviePass Offers 'Unlimited' Movie Tickets For $29.99 A Month — But Can It Ever Hope To Turn A Profit?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 06:16am

  Is it just me or does this seem like a middleman to the middleman kind of thing?

• On the post: The Proof That Movies Won't Get Made Any More Is That… More Movies Are Being Made Today

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 06:15am

  Re: Please stop

  Hrm, maybe that's why Out of the blue is always so surly...

• On the post: The Proof That Movies Won't Get Made Any More Is That… More Movies Are Being Made Today

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 06:14am

  Re:

  Bah, should have read the linked article. So much more to add.
  
  One problem I see is the general attitude of these panelists worrying about over-saturation of the indie movie market. IT sounds like they're complaining that indie movies used to be filtered, but now that the cost to make them has dipped, more and more people are doing it.
  
  So why is it a bad thing that other people get to pursue their dream and Bruce Willis doesn't get paid 20 million a movie anymore?

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