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• On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 01:35pm

  Re: Re: Re: What I want to know is where are the artists that do support the MPAA and RIAA?

  "If you don't like it, move to Somalia where there are no laws. How many great films or bands have you seen come from there lately?"
  
  Actually bob, if people don't like it they'll invest in VPNs. Then the RIAA/MPAA can spend the next decade trying to make those illegal.

• On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 01:26pm

  Re: Re:

  "any artists that put their work up for sale and then turn around and go "nah, just go ahead and take it illegally"."
  
  That really makes no sense. Logically if you were selling a product, why would you then turn to offer it for free?
  
  Ohhhhh, wait I get it...you're creating an argument based on exaggerated information to make an ad hom attack on Masnick.
  
  How very classy of you ;)

• On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 01:22pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Wow Joe, you have entirely too much focus on Masnick...it's reminiscent of a fan's passion and devotion to a celebrity.
  
  That's why I made you this Mike MAsnick Tiger Beat poster:
  
  http://i45.tinypic.com/2chq906.png

• On the post: If You've Already Lost A SLAPP Suit, Perhaps Don't Threaten Someone For Writing About You Losing Your SLAPP Suit

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 12:55pm

  I just saw a picture of the lady on that linked blog.
  
  I think her and Charles Carreon need to meet for drinks.

• On the post: Time Warner Cable Suddenly Forced To Compete In Kansas City; Complains Google Has 'Unfair Advantage'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2012 @ 11:50am

  Re:

  "but if you can 'bog down' a 50mps connection ..."
  
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they're using dark fiber, which is pretty sturdy for data transmission. It's also interesting that the wikipedia article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_fibre - mentions how economic fiber optics is with the transmission of data doubling every nine months, which in turn leads ot lower costs for actually doing the transmitting.
  
  http://www.voip-news.com/articles/voip-blog/whats-google-doing-with-all-that-dark-fiber-51966/
  
  This has some interesting theoretical tidbits to Google's plans which may involve SaaS (software as a service) and would package nicely with a massive cloud computing network.
  
  I think we can all agree, Skynet should be up and running in the next decade or so.

• On the post: Time Warner Cable Suddenly Forced To Compete In Kansas City; Complains Google Has 'Unfair Advantage'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2012 @ 11:38am

  Re: Re: 'seems to misunderstand what the word "incentive" means'

  "Google isn't a saint. It's a large corporation. But it's one of the lesser of many such evils. "
  
  Words of insight, though I disagree that any business is inherently "evil." They do what they must do to survive, and some companies like Google tend to do it smarter instead of sitting on their hands like TWC.

• On the post: The MPAA's Problem In A Nutshell: Views Relationship With The Public As One Way

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 12:49pm

  Re: Re: I'm a little confused,too.

  Hey, that's a good deal as long as she doesn't talk.

• On the post: Justice Department Calls Megaupload Case A Success; Hands Out Cash To Cops To Do More Bogus Takedowns

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 09:44am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I'm betting he's one of those people who thinks the sites that point out the holes in Meagupload's arrest are pirate apologist havens.

• On the post: Justice Department Calls Megaupload Case A Success; Hands Out Cash To Cops To Do More Bogus Takedowns

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 09:33am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  "Mr Wormald said he was told by the FBI that Dotcom "carried a device with him to delete servers around the world". Earlier evidence stated no such device was ever found"
  
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10826176
  
  This is opinion?

• On the post: The MPAA's Problem In A Nutshell: Views Relationship With The Public As One Way

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 08:52am

  The majority of Hollywood's efforts have resulted in how many different services?
  
  I remember the article a while back discussing one author's problem with finding a way to watch Thor online.
  
  The MPAA ignored the author's aggravation over there not being any way to rent the movie, but rather pointed him to Netflix which requires a subscription fee.
  
  If they actually listened, they'd know he didn't want to pay $8 to see one movie when there already exists a way to rent online movies for half that price.

• On the post: WIPO Scared Of The Pirate Party; Won't Give It Observer Status Due To Objections Despite Meeting Criteria

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 08:44am

  Re: Re:

  "...and not nearly enough is being done to capitalize on it."
  
  It's the idiots claiming that this is a pirate apologist blog that completely miss each time Mike says that these labels need to do exactly this.
  
  If that AC was smart, he'd have read the entire article and paid extra attention to the part where Gregory Head says he's excited to reveal this information so that the labels can use to to better serve their customers.

• On the post: Justice Department Calls Megaupload Case A Success; Hands Out Cash To Cops To Do More Bogus Takedowns

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 08:04am

  Re: Re:

  http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-believed-kim-dotcom-had-doomsday-device-capable-022531860.html
  
  So the FBI, which is based in the USA, did not make the mistake of lying to the NZ authorities abotu a magical device?

• On the post: WIPO Scared Of The Pirate Party; Won't Give It Observer Status Due To Objections Despite Meeting Criteria

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 07:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Uh, the name is part of what they stand for

  "Their view of righting what is wrong is to just take the hard work of the artists and declare that it's all been nationalized."
  
  Citation?

• On the post: WIPO Scared Of The Pirate Party; Won't Give It Observer Status Due To Objections Despite Meeting Criteria

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 07:21am

  Re: Re: Re: Uh, the name is part of what they stand for

  The RIAA and MPAA turned the words "Pirate" and "Piracy" into loaded language like a politician would do when he's trying to get his way. The Pirate Party is taking it and running with it, and I'm pretty sure they understood the risks of doing so.
  
  The other thing is, bob, that if the WIPO has a valid reason for not giving observer status to the Pirate Party, they should state it or they're making themselves look scared, and that's not encouraging for the public or for creating a rapport.

• On the post: WIPO Scared Of The Pirate Party; Won't Give It Observer Status Due To Objections Despite Meeting Criteria

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 06:42am

  Re: Uh, the name is part of what they stand for

  Spinal Tap would be proud of your reality distortion field, Bob, the fact that it goes up to 11 is staggering.

• On the post: Chris Dodd: Hollywood's Most Predictable Dissembler

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 06:34am

  Re: The Hurt Locker

  "The real story is that the movie was under promoted."
  
  I don't know how it was for anyone else, but I only ended up finding out about this movie after I looked up Kathryn Bigelow's filmography on wikipedia.

• On the post: Band Gives Away Latest Album After Label Attempts To Shelve It Until 'Sometime Next Year'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 06:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You have literally done nothing to prove you do, except engage in obscene amounts of asshattery (as pointed out above).
  
  Then again, since us "shills" can smell our own, you must be a poster boy for the labels since you're undying loyalty has you ignoring the facts.

• On the post: Band Gives Away Latest Album After Label Attempts To Shelve It Until 'Sometime Next Year'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2012 @ 06:28am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Hey man, it's okay I know you're asshurt because you're not one of the many bands suing the labels over the royalty percentage issue.
  
  Though that may be because you're too stupid to see it as an issue, but hell, it's your loss.

• On the post: Band Gives Away Latest Album After Label Attempts To Shelve It Until 'Sometime Next Year'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2012 @ 01:45pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  He's complaining about the payout to us because we as "pirates" apparently control the huge licensing fees that the labels impose on services like Spotify or Itunes.
  
  Oh yeah, it's also our fault the labels still payout 12% royalties on digital goods distribution even though there's hardly any overhead to justify it.

• On the post: Band Gives Away Latest Album After Label Attempts To Shelve It Until 'Sometime Next Year'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2012 @ 01:35pm

  Re:

  "Read his bio. He's a tech dork."
  
  Tech dorks can't read label contracts?
  
  "I most certainly have more experience in the music world and music business than he does lol."
  
  Face value it is then. Even if you did, you never backed up any of your claims, so your points are kind of worthless.
  
  "Have a nice day."
  
  Toodles.

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