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• On the post: EA COO: We Get Votes For 'Worst Company' Because We're Awesome And Voters Are Homophobes

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 12:31pm

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  "People have heard of EA because they make games that lots of people have played"
  
  That or they buy up companies that make great games and subsequently ruin the game franchise by being greedy i.e. mass effect 3.

• On the post: EA COO: We Get Votes For 'Worst Company' Because We're Awesome And Voters Are Homophobes

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 12:28pm

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  Dumping perceived "non-essentials" seems to be a really bad habit for larger corporations.
  
  The same thing happened to several of the big record labels when they cut the promotions and artist development departments. I don't think it's a coincidence that at the same time, music quality began to decline as well.

• On the post: Veoh Still Not Dead Enough For Universal Music; Asks Court To Rehear Case Yet Again

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 11:53am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Mike downplays key point of "red flag" knowledge.

  "Not really true..."
  
  That's a huge assumption. If a company like Veoh takes down authorized content without knowing they're liable to get sued.
  
  As a side note, your analogy of Sam's Club fails because Sam's Club doesn't operate on user-generated content.

• On the post: Veoh Still Not Dead Enough For Universal Music; Asks Court To Rehear Case Yet Again

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 08:09am

  Re: Re:

  Or they're really trying to set a precedent to ruin the DMCA safe harbors. That would mean they could go back to padding their wallets with lawsuit money instead of, you know, creating quality content.

• On the post: French Intelligence Agency Forces Wikipedia Volunteer to Delete Article; Re-Instated, It Becomes Most-Read Page On French Wikipedia

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 06:45am

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  If it doesn't function as easily as waving a white flag, then the french military won't even try to use it.

• On the post: EA COO: We Get Votes For 'Worst Company' Because We're Awesome And Voters Are Homophobes

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 12:03pm

  At least they didn't do what Comcast did and make their employees vote for them on the poll.
  
  Then again, I can imagine them actually doing that.

• On the post: Georgia State Court Issues Censorship Order Blocking Free Speech On Anti-Copyright Troll Message Board

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2013 @ 09:58am

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  I agree and good point.
  
  Chan was quoted as saying: "To be honest with you, I made some stupid posts," Chan told us. "It was certainly unprofessional. I'll be the first to admit it" (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/i-made-some-stupid-posts-anti-troll-site-gagged-after-threats-against-poet/), which was certainly big of him to do.
  
  Though that doesn't change his original comments, Ellis' escalated response was completely unnecessary. She basically used the courts to file a restraining order and have the content taken down.I don't think that is it's intended use.

• On the post: Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 06:49am

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  Yes, it's a lot of instances of infringement, but that doesn't mean those instances resulted in lost sales. That's my point, but you missed it because you're tangled in your anti-techdirt agenda and refuse to see the details.

• On the post: Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 12:42pm

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  "The woman spelled out in no uncertain terms the economic hardships caused by piracy..."
  
  Here's a tidbit from one of her Huffington Post Articles:
  
  "Those who finance films generally don't view LGBT storylines as box office winners. As a result, filmmakers who want to tell these stories often turn to creative forms of financing. The process can be a long and brutal one."
  
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-wolfe/piracy-profiteers-time-to_b_1210132.html
  
  So using your logic of just "assuming shit", I could say she's losing money from the possible scenarios:
  
  a. Indie filmmakers are experiencing economic hardships like everyone else
  b. Indie filmmakers are not going to her to have their films released
  c. Popularity of LGBT movies is in decline
  d. Wolfe Releasing is losing money to piracy
  
  Any one of these things could be happening and they all effect her business. There may even be a combination of events, but piling it all on piracy is asinine, especially when it feeds your anti-techdirt agenda.

• On the post: Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 12:26pm

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  Wow, you're an idiot. Then again, it makes sense as you seem to completely believe her claim on piracy.
  
  Then again, that's easy enough, right? You don;t have to improve anything if you can blame the downturn of your revenue on something you can;t control.

• On the post: Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 12:13pm

  Re: Re: Re: If only DMCA notices were easy to send

  Yeah bob because treating matters that could be used in litigation "easy" is a smart move for a company that's already been sued by Viacom for copyright infringement.

• On the post: Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 12:02pm

  Re: Re: To Tim it's academic: to her and employees, it's LOST income.

  "without the take down effort I would be out of business."
  
  Without any evidence to back this up, I'd more willing to assume she's just having financial issues...like every other company.
  
  It seems like piracy is just an easy excuse.

• On the post: Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 12:00pm

  Re: If only DMCA notices were easy to send

  "You can flag objectionable content with one click but not copyright infringement. No. That would hurt the bottom line."
  
  Oooh right...you're the one who doesn't in the abuse of the current DMCA system.

• On the post: How Hollywood's Own Pirates Must Inform The Future Of Copyright

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 10:31am

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  You could really prove your point if you actually provided evidence.

• On the post: How Hollywood's Own Pirates Must Inform The Future Of Copyright

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 10:21am

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  "Chicken shit" sounds like an emotional response.
  
  He must have torn down his Mike Masnick tiger beat poster in a fit of rage.

• On the post: How Hollywood's Own Pirates Must Inform The Future Of Copyright

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 09:35am

  It's interesting, I found this article - http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/178689/mpaa-still-blocking-consumers-from-ripping-the-dvds-they-own/- that vaguely mentions a certain DMCA exemption that allows people to rip CDs to their computers (may explain why the RIAA has never taken a position on whether or not ripping to your computer and ipod is making an "unauthorized copy").
  
  It also mentions how the MPAA has been fighting to prevent DVDs from entering into an exemption for copying (I'm guessing because DVDs were or still are a big chunk of their revenue), which is pretty two-faced given that the ones signing their checks are doing that exact thing.

• On the post: The Internet Is For Baseless Legal Threats: Popehat, Greenfield And Volokh Triple-Streisand Edition!

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 08:51am

  It's a little off topic, but Time I like your writing style. one for sure way I can tell you're the writer without looking at the left side of the title is if there is any clever reference of porn.

• On the post: DRM Strikes Again: Digital Comics Distributor JManga Closing Down… And Deleting Everyone's Purchases

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2013 @ 10:12am

  Re: Re: ROOT PROBLEM IS STILL PIRACY.

  Posting from 1974?
  
  That may explain why we never see a decent rebuttal from out_of_blue...it's all being posted in the past.

• On the post: Nielsen Finally Realizes That TV Viewers Are Cord Cutting, Calls It 'Interesting Consumer Behavior'

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 09:48am

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  I'm wondering how they determined the 5%. I thought Nielsen reports were based off of monitoring technology installed in a specific number of households, not every home that has a television connection.

• On the post: Warner Bros. Lets Veronica Mars Crew Prove Demand For A Movie Via Kickstarter

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 01:29pm

  ...and somewhere, in Southern California, Jon Taplin is slowly getting butthurt.

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