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• On the post: Senate Lets Copyright Lobby Set Up Shop In Senate Building During PROTECT IP Debate

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 08:59am

  Education

  How about an Education Education about Education in Education? So lawmakers and visitors can be educated about Education and how that differ's from propaganda.
  
  Remember when words used to have meanings?

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

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2011 @ 02:25pm

  Editor

  Reading this reminds me. I need to find a full time copy editor, willing to work for free, to proof read everything before I hit 'submit'

• On the post: Why Does The Authors Guild Hate Education So Much? Sues Five Universities For Providing Access To Orphan Works

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2011 @ 06:46am

  Future

  Can we just let the future come already? I've check the history books and the future wins 100% of the time.

• On the post: Federal Court Invents A New Intellectual Property Right: The Money Makes It So Exclusive Right To Record

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2011 @ 10:45am

  Public has become the "Smurf" of the legal world

  Just like the way Smurf's use the word "smurf" to mean everything and thus nothing, so has the word Public no become.
  
  I for one think this is public, and will public anyone who tries to say differently. If they don't like it, they can go public themselves in the public.

• On the post: This Post Is Not About Steve Jobs

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2011 @ 11:44am

  This Comment is NOT about Mike Masnick

  What Mike Masnick doesn't know about me is have I have ten toes but only 9 toe nails.

• On the post: Feds Say They Can Search Bradley Manning's Friend's Laptop Because They Can

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2011 @ 08:18am

  Because I said so.

  "Your Honor, I'll like to reference the case of Your Mother v You, which clearly states that 'Because I said so' is a valid defense"

• On the post: Fair Use Or Fairly Useless?

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2011 @ 06:58am

  Fair Use is a Defense

  "Fair use is a defense, not a right" says Copyright Holder with a gun.

• On the post: Adam Wins… A Free Lesson In How Section 230 Protects Service Providers

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2011 @ 06:39am

  Duh Winning

  http://goo.gl/Z3VwH
  
  The Charlie Sheen of Lawyers

• On the post: Do You Have Property Rights Over Your DNA?

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 01:00pm

  Incentive

  Without DNA property rights, what incentive would I have to create my DNA?

• On the post: Associated Press Carelessness Reaches Boiling Point

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 01:59pm

  air pressure

  Water will boil at 100?F, IF the air pressure were low enough. So maybe they are trying to alert us to falling air pressures.

• On the post: Trolls: The Town Drunks Of The Internet

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2011 @ 10:03am

  Remember

  Friends don't let friends drive anonymous

• On the post: Washed Up On The 'Jersey Shore': The 'Original DJ Paulie' Sues DJ Pauly D

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2011 @ 04:33am

  Reverse

  What I fine interesting is that the 'confusion' here isn't Original DJ Paulie? potential customers mistakingly contacting DJ Pauly D for business. But people looking for DJ Pauly D, contacting Original DJ Paulie? thinking he was on the Jersey Shore.
  
  Isn't the the opposite of what Trademark is supposed to protect? And the fact that people are finding him, if only to mistake him for the upstart DJ Pauly D, undermine his claim he can't be found because DJ Pauly D flooded the internet?
  
  My brain just exploded a little.

• On the post: Dear Musicians: Once Again, Politicians Can Probably Play Your Songs At Events Without Your Permission

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2011 @ 02:49pm

  Why?

  Why not find some musicians who support them and use their music?
  
  Because at some point even Republicans tire of Toby Keith.

• On the post: Google Tried Bidding Geeky Numbers For Nortel Patents; How About $3.14159 Billion?

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2011 @ 07:20am

  better phones

  How does this get us better phones?

• On the post: Judge Who Doesn't Understand Technology Says WiFi Is Not A Radio Communication

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 12:40pm

  Also

  Also coming after ECPA: HDTV broadcast. So anyone tapping into those "electronic communications, watch out"

• On the post: NBA Deletes Evidence Of Players From All Team Websites Due To Intellectual Property

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 12:23pm

  Re:

  I don't think this is IP issue, just a contractual one. CBA probably says something like "outside this agreement owners may not use players likeness for profit."
  
  Where it gets close to issues seen in IP is answering the question "Can one sign away their free speech rights?"

• On the post: If The Gov't Wants To Stop Hactivists, It Should Look At Its Policy Choices First

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 04:36am

  but... but...

  but... but... hackers

• On the post: As Pandora Goes Public, How Come No One Is Pointing Out That It Misled The Press About Being Profitable?

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2011 @ 05:49am

  Don't worry

  Don't worry folks, if Pandora fails, it will be because we are "promoting the progress".

• On the post: Former Obama Advisor Says Wikileaks Is Wonderful For The US Government

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2011 @ 05:50am

  but... but...

  but ... but... LEAKS!!!!!!!

• On the post: Can 'Reality' Be Copyrighted?

  

  johnjac ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2011 @ 03:34pm

  If ever

  If ever there were a group that I'd like to raise their cost by locking up IP rights, I would say "Reality TV" might be it.
  
  I say we don't stop them from going down this road, and hopefully their IP cost will rise so high they stop producing this stuff.

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