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• On the post: Megaupload Indictment Shows That Google Does Actively Police Against Its Ads Showing Near Infringement

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 05:02pm

  Re:

  Nurr...
  Google is the number one site to go to for finding anything.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:12pm

  Re:

  If his viability is merely suffering from lack of visibility, we can fix that. This is the internet.
  
  One thing I've noticed, people waffle over the other cadidates, but Ron Paul supporters are spectacularly solid.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:09pm

  Re: Replace the government

  "2. Make it illegal for politicians to get donations from lobbyists and super-packs during election periods; running must use their personal fortune."
  "3. Limit how much all political candidates can spend on advertizement."
  
  Congratulations, you've just elected Hollywood for your government. I'd think your format assures that already established personalities will have a massive advantage.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:04pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  I think you'd be surprised how easy it would be to get a job if the tax rates were near zero.
  
  I think you'd be surprised how easy it would be to get an education - a whole education, not a McEducation - without the DOE.
  
  The think one of the things people miss about the libertarian philosophy is how spectacularly motivating it is to be without so many safety nets.

• On the post: The Internet Begins Discussing What To Do With Its New Found Powers

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:00pm

  Re: another propostion create a cyber culture to be a wall against corporate greed

  tl;dr
  
  Actually, couldn't read. Your lack of paragraphs causes my eyes to glaze over.
  
  @Anydbody who read this : Was there a good idea in there somewhere?

• On the post: The Internet Begins Discussing What To Do With Its New Found Powers

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 01:51pm

  Fact Based Policy Building Website

  "Any regulation that impacts the internet needs to be data driven rather than faith-based."
  
  We need to start here. See the link to Scott Adams' random-idea-vomit below. Not the 'constitutional convention' bit, but the expert information website.
  
  I'd do it myself if I had the slightest idea how to start.
  
  http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/constitutional_convention/

• On the post: OK, So SOPA And PIPA Are Both On Hold: Where Do We Go From Here?

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2012 @ 11:12am

  Re: But how

  I've had my eye on politics and these kinds of bills just for the last fifteen years or so, but I know they keep coming back with this toxic stuff year after year.
  There's an inherent problem with the 'long game' in that the 'protest' side of any movement mostly wants to be left alone, and invariably - absolutely invariably - gets tired of the fight first. For us fighting these kinds of battles means taking time out of the life we've already got, for the pro-legislative side it's just a day in the life. Wrangling the public is what they do. There's a reason that guys like Lamar exist.
  
  One of these tech groups or freedom groups is going to have to actually draft legislation that does these things we always suggest and yell about. Fixing Copyright. Fixing Patents. Codifying internet rights and freedoms in no uncertain terms. And we're going to have to get behind that effort and do all this over again.
  
  SO... anybody got a bill? The sooner the better, or everybody's going to have forgotten this skirmish.

• On the post: OK, So SOPA And PIPA Are Both On Hold: Where Do We Go From Here?

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2012 @ 10:54am

  Re: Too true

  I think you're referring to the White House's "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" (NTISC)
  
  It's so much harder to fight these things when they don't have catchy names.

• On the post: Google Goes Big With Its SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2012 @ 12:02am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: hey

  Wait... do I detect honesty?
  
  No fair, man!

• On the post: SOPA Delayed; Cantor Promises It Won't Be Brought To The Floor Until 'Issues Are Addressed'

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 06:16pm

  Re: Re: Re: White House response to anti-PIPA/SOPA petitions

  Quite. Which would be why, when I try to explain copyright issues to friends and family, I tend to use the term 'legal fiction' a lot.
  
  I run into more agreement than I expect, actually.

• On the post: White House Comes Out Against The Approach In SOPA/PIPA In Response To Online Petition

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 06:01pm

  Re: Re: Re: Hey, it is almost like a discussion now

  Erm...
  A public that *decides* copyright is no longer useful can rewrite or revoke it.

• On the post: White House Comes Out Against The Approach In SOPA/PIPA In Response To Online Petition

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 05:52pm

  Re: Re: Hey, it is almost like a discussion now

  It's not 'easy' to infringe on copyright. It's effortless. It's the very easiest thing to do, of all the options available.
  
  The internet had made 'Content' of any sort drastically less valuable because everyone is producing content of some sort, and copying is effortless.
  
  Copying is currently a crime, but the number of people who don't think it should be suggests to me that in another twenty or thirty years it might not be. A public that copyright is no longer useful can rewrite or revoke it.
  
  I think that's a pretty good idea. No idea what that world would look like, but there are a few industries without copyright that we can look to. Fashion and Recipes are the two that some to mind. No lack of content there.

• On the post: White House Comes Out Against The Approach In SOPA/PIPA In Response To Online Petition

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 05:30pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Starved? For content? Have you been on the internet? If you removed every single instance of content that vaguely violated somebody's copyright, I'd still be able to spend my entire life fairly well entertained.

• On the post: White House Comes Out Against The Approach In SOPA/PIPA In Response To Online Petition

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 05:15pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Trying.
  Have a nice millennium :)

• On the post: White House Comes Out Against The Approach In SOPA/PIPA In Response To Online Petition

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 04:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Bad -> Illegal
  Illegal -> Bad
  Looped Reference Deleted.

• On the post: White House Comes Out Against The Approach In SOPA/PIPA In Response To Online Petition

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 04:55pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Those were the terms dictated. It isn't entirely infeasible for the tech industry and the public to send the following response:
  
  No.
  
  Difficult to say, maybe, and hard for a politician's mind to comprehend, but it is a valid response. Especially considering that there are plenty of people who think the existing 'legal tools' are already too much.

• On the post: SOPA Delayed; Cantor Promises It Won't Be Brought To The Floor Until 'Issues Are Addressed'

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 09:12am

  Re: White House response to anti-PIPA/SOPA petitions

  You know, I've seen politicians and media statements refer to "the very real threat of online piracy". I think maybe they know that an awfully large chunk of the public doesn't believe it.
  
  And actually, I think maybe that's the larger issue. Piracy isn't a 'very real' threat - it's an imaginary threat. It's a bogeyman.

• On the post: SOPA Delayed; Cantor Promises It Won't Be Brought To The Floor Until 'Issues Are Addressed'

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2012 @ 08:55am

  Re: SOPA Delayed

  Left Hand and Right Hand have met. Left Hand called Right Hand a competitor and tried to break his knuckles with a hammer. Right Hand continues to be a suck-up, but Leftie doesn't seem to be listening to anybody right now.
  
  Of course, the Other Other Hand is perfectly capable of making content on it's own. Granted, there are a lot of dick jokes involved, but we don't mind that too much. So really, Left Hand and Right Hand can both go fly kites and we'll all be just fine here.

• On the post: SOPA Supporters Learning (Slowly) That Pissing Off Reddit Is A Bad Idea

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2011 @ 05:23pm

  Re: Re: Hmm...

  I hadn't heard that. Did they? It'd be interesting to confirm whether they're making posts disappear.

• On the post: SOPA Supporters Learning (Slowly) That Pissing Off Reddit Is A Bad Idea

  

  David Evans ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2011 @ 03:59pm

  Hmm...

  Seeing what's going on at Reddit, I immediately got curious whether anything similar is happening on digg.
  
  There's a spectacular amount of *nothing* about SOPA on digg. Even in their political page. Is it just me, or is that kinda weird?

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