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• On the post: Trade Group Representing Many Large Companies Claims That Exceptions For The Blind Would 'Cast Aside' Copyright

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 20 May, 2013 @ 08:21am

  This is rich.
  
  These groups, which represent a minority of people, complain about conditions that affect them, and consistently seek help from the government and other entities are now trying to deny another small group of people governmental help?
  
  Talk about hypocritical.

• On the post: TV Syndication Company Attempts To Take Down Public Domain Content By Abusing Trademark Law

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 02 May, 2013 @ 01:08pm

  Re:

  So two wrongs make a right?

• On the post: Warner Bros., MGM, Universal Collectively Pull Nearly 2,000 Films From Netflix To Further Fragment The Online Movie Market

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 02 May, 2013 @ 01:00pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  "That's because they have knowledge and experience in such creations, and ventured capital up front as an investment in that content, believing it was desirable and would return its investment."
  
  So that's why they made 6 Fast and Furious movies.
  
  You also left out the part about them throwing money at politicians, that makes keeping their investments in tact consistent despite undermining the system of law.

• On the post: Bus Company Threatens Redditor With Lawsuit, Meets Ken White, Runs Away

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 02 May, 2013 @ 11:33am

  Re:

  I just had a moment where I envisioned him talking to a witness on the stand....
  
  Ken: So you say you saw the defendant walking into the grocery store...
  Witness: Yes, I saw him holding a gun and walking into the store at the time of the robbery
  Ken: Are you sure this is the man you saw
  Witness: I swear to GOD!
  Ken: SWEAR TO ME!!!

• On the post: Greenheart Games Trolls Pirates With Altered Cracked Version Of Game Dev Tycoon

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2013 @ 01:12pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Discussing the similarities between games is not a relevant subject for Techdirt...
  
  Not to say the subject isn't important, but if you're looking for that kind of a discussion there's plenty of gaming blogs out there.

• On the post: Greenheart Games Trolls Pirates With Altered Cracked Version Of Game Dev Tycoon

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2013 @ 01:02pm

  Re:

  I was discussing this issue with Hollywood on wired.com.
  
  They have the exact same mentality of big budget = great content.
  
  That's one more thing to add to the list of things that hurt Hollywood that aren't related to piracy.

• On the post: Governments Ramp Up Attempts To Censor Content Via Google

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2013 @ 11:15am

  Re: Just Google for "propaganda" and it'll recurse infinitely!

  Blue, do you have an opinion on corporate nationalism?

• On the post: Governments Ramp Up Attempts To Censor Content Via Google

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2013 @ 11:08am

  Re:

  This is the difficulty of running a business, and it's also their prerogative to do what they can to stay in business, which doesn't make it right, but if there's anything we can learn it's that the people running business will do what it takes to look out for the business and themselves.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Says The MPAA Loves Helping The Blind; It's Just Not Going To Weaken Copyright Protection To Do It

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2013 @ 09:57am

  Re: comments disabled

  At the MPAA, information flows one way.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Says The MPAA Loves Helping The Blind; It's Just Not Going To Weaken Copyright Protection To Do It

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2013 @ 09:40am

  It's interesting...this whole thing reminds me of what Harry G Frankfurt referred to in his book "on bullshit."
  
  He basically says that "bullshitting", particularly the kind done by politicians, is different and much more effective than lying because the person truly believes, to an extent, in what they're saying.
  
  Dodd is a perfect example of this with his background in politics.

• On the post: Fox Uses Bogus DMCA Claims To Censor Cory Doctorow's Book About Censorship

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2013 @ 09:02am

  Re: one for the lawyers

  "Does the presence of the string "Homeland" in a file name constitute a good-faith belief that the material is infringing?"
  
  Good point, and one thing it relates to is the constant bickering on how Google does not enforce removal of copyrighted content the same way it enforces the removal of child pornography.
  
  If these guys have such a hard time knowing what is, and isn't infringing, how is Google supposed to do it?

• On the post: CISPA Passes The House, As 288 Representatives Don't Want To Protect Your Privacy

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2013 @ 10:52am

  Re: Re:

  He's done that about a dozen times now.

• On the post: In The Long History Of Specious DMCA Claims, This Is Definitely One Of Them

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2013 @ 10:40am

  Re: Diet?

  Don't knock diet Dew...it diluted many a glasses of Old Crow scotch for me back in the day.

• On the post: EA Shuts Down Social Media Games Without Refunding Money

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2013 @ 10:05am

  Re:

  No, there was definitely no non-douchebag clause in the TOS, people were just hoping EA would practice the principle of being non-douchebags.

• On the post: EA Shuts Down Social Media Games Without Refunding Money

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2013 @ 09:58am

  Re: Re:

  Hrmm...I used to have playstation plus and was not able to play Warhammer 40k Marine without an internet connection after I moved.
  
  Maybe things have changed, but that was last August.

• On the post: Authors Guild Shuts Itself Off From Public Criticism, As People Realize It Represents Publishers, Not Authors

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2013 @ 07:33am

  Re: Re: As usual, Misleading Mike reads only what fits his template.

  If you think about it, it does make sense he's been "chasing Mike."
  
  I mean, the careful craft of blue's repressed bromance notes scream unrequited love.

• On the post: EFF On IsoHunt: Bad Facts Make Bad Law

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2013 @ 12:41pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: One from Big Search and one from its lobbyist lackeys

  Oh so this is a play on egos?
  
  Well, good luck with that.

• On the post: EFF On IsoHunt: Bad Facts Make Bad Law

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2013 @ 12:20pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: One from Big Search and one from its lobbyist lackeys

  Then why the hell are you arguing about his viewpoint and not that the law should be fixed to account for that loophole?

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Enforcer Degban Publishes Some Info-less Graphics Stating Atlanta Is File Sharingest Place On Earth

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2013 @ 12:19pm

  Re: Re: Re: Exciting reading, but I don't get your point.

  "...but this is the data that "they" will work with."
  
  This is the sad truth of how things are. Luckily, some people call these organizations on their bogus statistics as evidenced by one of the Ars Technica writers who examined some RIAA stats on musicians:
  
  http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/have-we-lost-41-percent-of-our-musicians-depends-on-how-you-the-riaa-count/

• On the post: EFF On IsoHunt: Bad Facts Make Bad Law

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2013 @ 10:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: One from Big Search and one from its lobbyist lackeys

  "... making excuses for these grifters making money off of content they haven't paid a dime to rebroadcast."
  
  Where exactly did he make excuses?
  
  I'm not being facetious, I'm just trying to wade through your bullshit.

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