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• On the post: Apparently Veoh Isn't Dead Enough For Universal Music; Asks For Rehearing Of Its Bogus Copyright Lawsuit

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2012 @ 01:28pm

  Re: Re: Countersue

  Then get Wyden to stick it in the bill at about 2:00am, the night before the vote.

• On the post: Apparently Veoh Isn't Dead Enough For Universal Music; Asks For Rehearing Of Its Bogus Copyright Lawsuit

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2012 @ 01:24pm

  Re: Countersue

  They need to add some text to whatever they call the next censorship bill, allowing criminal charges for bogus copyright claims.

• On the post: Patrick Leahy Still Doesn't Get It; Says Stopping PIPA Is A Victory For Thieves

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2012 @ 01:36pm

  Dodd doh!

  Nicely written. So glad it went the right way this time. There's hope for the future. Now we know how powerful the internet can be right here in the USA. Just in time.

• On the post: Surprise! AT&T Admits Defeat, Withdraws T-Mobile Takeover Attempt, Pays $4 Billion Breakup Fee

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2011 @ 04:00am

  Blast

  I own stock in AT&T, I wanted to own T-Mobile too. I wanted to be part of the 1%. Oh well, back to the park.

• On the post: Author Puts Article Online, Insists That Due To Copyright, You Cannot Link To It

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2011 @ 06:03am

  REs

  There's enough REs on here to choke a Darryl.

• On the post: Sanctions Sought Against Righthaven's Lawyers For Not Dismissing Remaining Cases

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2011 @ 04:37am

  Re: "Will we finally see the end of Righthaven?"

  I love Righthaven like the sun loves skin.

• On the post: What Happens When The Company Backing Up Your Passwords In The Event of Your Death Itself Dies?

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 04:15am

  Dead

  If they were monitoring my Facebook and Twitter accounts for activity, then I would have been dead for years.

• On the post: As Countries Sign ACTA, Many Finally Admit Their Copyright Laws Will Need To Change

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2011 @ 07:51am

  Re:

  Some Copyright Maximalist Weasel words:
  
  Freetards
  Helping Artists
  Saving 3 billion jobs
  Losing 400 billion dollars in lost sales
  Helping terrorism

• On the post: As Countries Sign ACTA, Many Finally Admit Their Copyright Laws Will Need To Change

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2011 @ 07:46am

  Re:

  I got this Mike. Piracy is not OK because it's impossible to stop. It's impossible to stop because the RIAA and MPAA cannot for the life of them, lower the price, make it easy to use or opt in to the 21st century.

• On the post: Success Of Mixtapes Finally Making Major Labels Realize That 'Free' Can Be Useful Marketing

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 06:00am

  Hell hath frozen over

  This is only an anomaly. Don't get your hopes up.

• On the post: Entertainment Industry Now Shaking Down People At $10 Per Infringement

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 04:33am

  Make up in volume? What a novell idea!

  So if they realize volume sales at a lower price works for trolling, why not music purchases? Lower the price of movies and music and the volume of sales skyrockets, piracy drops. Too easy?

• On the post: Puerto 80 Explains How Rojadirecta Domain Seizures Violated The First Amendment

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2011 @ 08:42am

  Re:

  More like the government removed the name from the front of the building the printing press was housed in. Do that to some restaurants in New York and see what happens.

• On the post: Are Any Of The Patents Google Got With Motorola Mobility Any Good?

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2011 @ 11:02am

  Re: Just more money to waste...

  "This acquisition will not change our commitment to run Android as an open platform. Motorola will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. We will run Motorola as a separate business. Many hardware partners have contributed to Android?s success and we look forward to continuing to work with all of them to deliver outstanding user experiences."
  
  http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/supercharging-android-google-to-acquire.html
  
  Google didn't buy the patents to only protect themselves. They are protecting the entire Android ecosystem.

• On the post: Would We Have Art Without Copyright Law?

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2011 @ 09:16am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  How do you explain Bollywood?
  
  Will original art still be worth more than copies?
  
  Explosions in innovation occur when an idea is free and others can build on it.
  
  Everything is a remix in the music world and yes the musicians should have to perform their entire life to continue to make a living.
  
  How long does copyright last right now? Justify this.

• On the post: Jay-Z & Kanye Accused Of Infringement… On Album They Worked So Hard To Stop From Leaking

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2011 @ 08:53am

  Yikes!

  Jay-Z & Kanye have terrorist ties?

• On the post: Verizon Moneymaking Plans: Low Bandwidth Caps + New High Bandwidth Services = Profits?

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2011 @ 06:06am

  Mac 128k

  They tell you that very few people use more than 200mb of data/month.
  
  This number actually changes daily as people discover services and streaming that gobble bandwidth. Still they quote this number like it's static. I remember when PCs had 128k of ram, and that was "more than anyone would need".

• On the post: Clear & Concise Explanation Of The Problem With Patents

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2011 @ 04:58am

  Obvious

  Why is it that congress can't see this clearly? It won't be noticed by the average Joe on the street until everything is locked up, and you have to pay to breathe.

• On the post: Clear & Concise Explanation Of The Problem With Patents

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2011 @ 04:55am

  Re:

  You mean the comments on this blog? Yeah, I think you do.

• On the post: FCC Investigating Whether BART Cell Service Shut Off Was A Violation Of Federal Law

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2011 @ 10:07am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  If a website critical of the government was being used to organize a protest, and it was taken off line by an ISP acting on the government's behalf, would that violate the constitution? The ISP is not obliged to provide the technical tools to make it easier.
  If a printing press prints anti-government pamphlets, is that providing technical tools to make it easier for the protestors? The activists can still use bullhorns after all.

• On the post: Patent Holders Trying To Drag 3rd Parties Into Patent Disputes

  

  Howard the Duck ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2011 @ 06:41am

  Re: Patent,Trademark, Copyright, License

  Later, Google is sued by the world in a class action for suggesting "Obama" in a search using "Hope and Change".

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