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• On the post: RIAA Still Can't Figure Out How To Use Google's DMCA Tools, Blames Google

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2013 @ 07:49am

  There should be a system similar to how the DMV handles senior drivers, except it would involve testing senior executives for their aptitude with technology.

• On the post: Google Looks To Cut 'Funding' To 'Illegal' Sites It Doesn't Fund In The First Place

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2013 @ 11:55am

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  "Google does what's good for Google"
  
  This is the prerogative of every business.
  
  With Google in particular, people can claim they're facilitating piracy but the connection is vague at best. For example, some people liken Google to a transportation service. In the real world, you can't prevent a cab company from delivering someone to a drug dealer's house. It'd be in the best interests of the cab company, however, to avoid doing that, but attempting to discern where a drug dealer lives when the front of his house looks like every other house on the block is almost impossible (Google has also stated that it's difficult to tell if certain content is "unauthorized").
  
  To be honest, this one of my biggest complaints about what Hollywood is doing. They claim Google is helping spur on piracy and it's costing them so much money, yet they expect other companies to lose money/consumers to help them out.

• On the post: Music Publishers: We Need Strong Copyright Laws Because We Don't Like The Consumer Electronics Association

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2013 @ 07:45am

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  Good point and it seems like most dissenters who comment here are completely comfortable with the weight corporations carry into manipulating law.
  
  But hey, insulting Mike Masnick is way important.

• On the post: Obama Administration, Once Again, Says $222,000 For Sharing 24 Songs Is Perfectly Reasonable

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2013 @ 07:24am

  Re: Uh, that's why it's called punishment

  You're missing the bigger picture bob. Speeding tickets and copyright fines were implemented differently. Both act as deterrents, but copyright fines were pushed by corporations.
  
  So tell me, is it okay that an entity, which cares for nothing more than a steady revenue, has the ability to influence law?

• On the post: Canadian Chamber Of Commerce Wants To Legalize Spyware Rootkits To Help Stop 'Illegal' Activity

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2013 @ 11:45am

  Re: Re: Interestingly enough...

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw3G80bplTg

• On the post: Beyonce Meet Streisand: Publicist Tries To Remove 'Unflattering' Beyonce Photos From The Internet

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2013 @ 06:46am

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  Haha nope, my own little Photoshoop diddy, but I should post it to Reddit.

• On the post: Teri Buhl Responds To Our Story; Still Confused About The Internet And The Law

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2013 @ 10:40am

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  Apparently AJ doesn't like the whole aspect of free speech here.

• On the post: European Court Of Human Rights: No, Copyright Does Not Automatically Trump Freedom Of Expression

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2013 @ 08:08am

  Re: Uh, freedom of expression has nothing to do with copyright

  You should be happy Bob, this ruling is actually a good thing for artists like Jimmy Page and Robert Plant who are having such a hard time making a dime by copying the "expressions" of others.
  
  Now, they can just repeat it word for word.

• On the post: Beyonce Meet Streisand: Publicist Tries To Remove 'Unflattering' Beyonce Photos From The Internet

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2013 @ 10:47am

  I can see why she didn't want some of those images getting out ;)
  
  http://imgur.com/9bZjOmo

• On the post: Harper's Magazine Publisher Shakes Verbal Fist At Google; Romanticizes Own Profession; Quotes Teletubbies

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2013 @ 10:24am

  Maybe he's trying to hide the lack of citations for his article with a pretentious wall of text and the emotional turmoil of being a hack journalist.

• On the post: How Much Does HBO Pay MarkMonitor To Send DMCA Notices Removing Its Official Content From Google?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2013 @ 01:12pm

  Re: And so what if there are glitches?

  " Like a false rape conviction means we should stop prosecuting rape."
  
  No, but false convictions end up requiring a change in the system. They did this with DNA testing and a lot of people who were initially "guilty" went free.
  
  There's the issue, bob, you have a flawed system that could be improved to avoid targeting false positives.

• On the post: CBS Bans Commercial That Disparages Coke & Pepsi, But Lets Them Disparage Each Other

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 10:40pm

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  bu what about the shame/?

• On the post: CBS Bans Commercial That Disparages Coke & Pepsi, But Lets Them Disparage Each Other

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 10:38pm

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  ha, maybe iv is the way to go but yeah cant drink like use to!

• On the post: CBS Bans Commercial That Disparages Coke & Pepsi, But Lets Them Disparage Each Other

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 10:38pm

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  ha, maybe iv is the way to go but yeah cant drink like use to!

• On the post: CBS Bans Commercial That Disparages Coke & Pepsi, But Lets Them Disparage Each Other

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 02:22pm

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  But...my stomach can't handle that spicy booze!

• On the post: CBS Bans Commercial That Disparages Coke & Pepsi, But Lets Them Disparage Each Other

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 02:07pm

  I may have to buy one of these...so I stop having to resort to apple juice and whiskey.

• On the post: Copyright Alliance Invents New History (And New Meanings For 'Big' And 'Little') To Condemn Antigua

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 11:22am

  It would be hilarious if, as a taunt, they created an Antiguan version of allofmp3.com

• On the post: Former RIAA VP Named 2nd In Command Of Copyright Office

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 12:50pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: And this is why....

  "More albums are being made now."
  
  This is one more contributing factor to the decline in sales.
  
  There has been an absolute saturation of music into the market since it's become easier and cheaper to make it. I think that this is problematic because you have a lot of similar sounds out there, but I think it encourages artists to try and be more unique and creative in their approach to music, which could be considered a bad or good thing.

• On the post: Former RIAA VP Named 2nd In Command Of Copyright Office

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 11:45am

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  Yes, in the comments there have been, but that's the beauty of opinion.

• On the post: Former RIAA VP Named 2nd In Command Of Copyright Office

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 11:43am

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  "piracy is a reality"
  
  What really surprises me about the people who believe that piracy is equivocal to crime, is that they seem to miss the fact that enforcement methods for offline criminal activities do not prevent all crime from occurring.

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