IanM’s Comments

• Nov 17th, 2011 @ 11:51am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Apples and Oranges

  on As Expected, RIAA Threatens Site That Claims To Let You Sell Used MP3s

  uh... http://www.mrlandlord.com/pages/lease.html

• Nov 17th, 2011 @ 10:36am

  Re: Re: Re:

  on Thoughts On The House Judiciary Committee's Hearings On SOPA

  Yeah, and the representatives in congress speak for their constituents too ... or at least the one who can pay enough.

• Nov 17th, 2011 @ 9:19am

  Re: Re: Re:

  on A Question For SOPA Supporters: How Will You Gauge SOPA's Success?

  But they're being helpful! They're just ensuring that the file is rewound ready for the next time you watch it.

• Nov 16th, 2011 @ 6:05am

  Re: Let it pass.

  on House Judiciary Committee SOPA Hearings Stacked 5 To 1 In Favor Of Censoring The Internet

  This.
  
  Every time an ISP or carrier is forced to blacklist a site, they should blacklist both the site (complying with the law), and the requestor's site too (in the case of the RIAA and the MPAA, they could blacklist both that site, and a randomly chosen member of the association) - 'We decline to transport your data'.
  
  A bit of cooperation between say VISA and Google could have a similar effect for payments too - you block via VISA, Google declines to include your site in its search spider, and therefore its search results. You block via Google, Google declines to include you in its search spider.
  
  I wonder how long this nonsense would last if someone like Sony or Viacom got wiped off the UK or US Internet landscape for a few weeks.

• Jul 25th, 2011 @ 2:20pm

  Re: Re: It's obvious that violent video games de-sensitize.

  on And Here Comes The Video Game Backlash Due To The Norway Tragedy

  Tom and Jerry

• Jul 6th, 2011 @ 1:21am

  Re: Re: Idiots

  on Iran Declares Victory Over Internet-In-A-Suitcase

  Why didn't you just finish the sentence?
  
  'Who's your Daddy!'
  
  or
  
  'Sean. I AM your father.' ... 'Noooooooo!'

• Jun 11th, 2011 @ 10:03am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  on Ideas Do Matter, But That Has Nothing To Do With 'Intellectual Property'

  Was it really really so difficult to read the first sentence that you couldn't go on to the second?
  
  Replying to just the first sentence isn't a valid argument either.

• May 14th, 2011 @ 7:53am

  Re: Re:

  on PROTECT IP Would Gut Parts Of The DMCA's Safe Harbors [Updated]

  I think you're actually right, but I'd bet that an offer of a reasonably-sized donation would get him on the right side damned quick