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• On the post: If People Won't Pay A Monthly Fee For Facebook, Why Would They Pay For Newspapers?

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 30 May, 2012 @ 03:28am

  Re:

  ... except that no-one "must" read the news. Sure, it's handy for conversation, but you can live without it.
  
  Come to think of it, the same argument could be said about the internet. So what was your point again?

• On the post: Spotify In A Box: Why Sharing Will Never Be Stopped

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 26 May, 2012 @ 08:56am

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  Yes, because infringing copyright is as bad as shooting someone with an assault rifle.

• On the post: Resetting The Balance To Save Copyright (Part III)

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 26 May, 2012 @ 04:22am

  2 things:
  
  1 - Anyone who know Happy Tree Friends will know that piranha attack will not end well at all.
  
  2 - It seems to suggest that mashups/remixes/derivatives are not legitimate forms of creativity. As as mashup producer myself, I find that a little insulting.

• On the post: No, The RIAA Is Not Asking For $72 Trillion From Limewire (Bad Reporters, Bad)

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 25 May, 2012 @ 12:28am

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  Oh heavens no. It's quite sad that they'd just jump all over the headline in an excuse for a good story without bothering to check the date of the sources. Don't get me wrong, I think it'd be a great story.. a year ago. Now though, there's no excuse :/
  
  (BTW, in my previous post, I, of course, meant the Stuff.co.nz article, not the NME one. God I'm stupid this morning)

• On the post: Olympics Can't Handle An Official Parody Twitter Account, So Twitter Takes It Down

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 25 May, 2012 @ 12:21am

  No, the thing that gets me about London 2012 is that they've installed SAM (surface-to-air missile) sites around the arena place. Fucking SAMs. As if they think some terrorist is going to fucking crash a plane into the arena. Jeez, over-reaction much? Loosen up..

• On the post: How Copyright Extension Undermined Copyright: The Copyright Of Parking (Part I)

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 22 May, 2012 @ 01:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Blame Game

  I make music. Sometimes I make music good enough that people share it with others and they want to download it for free. I let them. Hell, I *want* them to.
  
  What was your point again?
  
  "you are all apparently creative enough to make your own music and film, so why take ours without our permission?"
  
  Now that doesn't make sense. You're assuming that people would never want anything but their own stuff?

• On the post: European Parliament Member Marietje Schaake's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 01:27pm

  The thing that I don't get about these 'favourite articles of the week' posts is that they aren't so much 'favourites', more like 'every article posted this week, summarised by a guest'.
  
  While I do enjoy other people posting here (especially someone as esteemed as Schaakes), the title is somewhat confusing. Something like 'Marietje Schaakes reviews this weeks Techdirt posts' would possibly be better, I think.
  
  Don't get me wrong, I do like them, it's just the title that niggles me :/

• On the post: Hollywood Talent Turns To Kickstarter To Escape 'Institutional Censorship'

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 08:13am

  Re: Re: Fresh

  http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSevenBasicPlots

• On the post: Hollywood Talent Turns To Kickstarter To Escape 'Institutional Censorship'

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 08:07am

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  They're on Kickstarter - probably the most successful crowdsourcing site around. Hardly 'not adapting' to it.

• On the post: Canadian Politician Claims That Ripping A CD To Your iPod Is Like Buying Socks & Stealing Shoes To Go With Them

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 05:30am

  Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on May 17th, 2012 @ 3:44pm

  "one day I sued it to prop a door open"
  
  Sorry, I just have this image of you wanting to prop open a door with the massive amounts of cash you'd get from your PS3..

• On the post: Even The Copyright Office Won't Obey Rules That Don't Make Sense In Reality

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 05:22am

  Re: Re: You Realize ...

  If there was a fire, the door would be closed, shutting off oxygen supply to the fire and reducing its spread.
  
  That said, it's conceivable that the door has to be propped open sometimes - say, for example, you're carrying several heavy/cumbersome items through it and it's nonsensical to close and open it every time. Or, perhaps there's people either side of the door and need to communicate effectively and the closed door prevents that.
  
  In short, yeah, it's probably safer to keep it closed. But sometimes, it's just inconvenient.

• On the post: Microsoft-Funded BitTorrent Disruptor Won't Make Pirates Pay, But Might Break The Law

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 05:01pm

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  Anonymous - people who care about the open internet and the freedom to have a dissenting opinion.
  
  The 'companies' - only care about their profits.
  
  Exactly the same, yes.

• On the post: Microsoft-Funded BitTorrent Disruptor Won't Make Pirates Pay, But Might Break The Law

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 02:51pm

  Re:

  I don't recall anyone advocating DDoS attacks.. >_>

• On the post: FAA Warns Guy Who Filmed Birds Striking Plane Engine

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 08 May, 2012 @ 05:35am

  Presumably the FAA hasn't heard of Airplane Mode then?

• On the post: Apple Rejecting Apps That Use Dropbox Because *Gasp!* Users Might Sign Up For Dropbox Accounts

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 02 May, 2012 @ 12:15pm

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  Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of my DRM-free files being played on whatever the fuck player I want them to be.

• On the post: UK Tabloid Known For Publishing Naked Photos Complains About The Harm Of Porn Online

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 02 May, 2012 @ 06:49am

  http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BritishNewspapers
  
  Scroll down to the Daily Mail section.
  
  Suffice to say, I read it just to laugh at it.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2012 @ 12:21pm

  Huh. Not sure what to make of that either. Sorry for hogging the top space, guys >_>

• On the post: 'Almost Anybody Can Have An Idea' — Linus Torvalds

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2012 @ 03:39am

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  I find it funny that you imply and seem to honestly believe that copying = taking.

• On the post: Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2012 @ 03:48pm

  Well, shit.

• On the post: What Do You Get When You Strip Patent Illustrations From All Context?

  

  hfbs ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2012 @ 03:07pm

  Re: Re:

  I could (and will) argue that the pictures themselves aren't patented, just what they represent.

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