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• On the post: SOPA/PIPA Wakes Up Internet Giants To Realize They Need To Be More Engaged In DC

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 05:04pm

  divide & conquer

  I like the idea i read a while back (somewhere on techdirt, I believe) of Microsoft, Apple, and Google buying up the major music labels and then withdrawing them from the RIAA, since even their own self-serving interests are more in line with consumer interests than the interests of the labels. Then once the music labels are dealt with, focus on hollywood/MPAA!

• On the post: How Publishers Repeated The Same Mistake As Record Labels: DRM Obsession Gave Amazon Dominant Position

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2012 @ 10:51am

  They may be fine chess players, but they don't know the game they are paid to know.

• On the post: Movie Theaters' Top Lobbyist Resorts To Making Up Facts Concerning SOPA/PIPA

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:19pm

  Google=Internet

  I really think that many non-tech people equate the two. My mom will say "Let's Google it", then use the default Bing search without seeing any irony. A work associate was compaining that her "Google bill" went up; after asking her what she was paying Google for I finally determined that she meant her ISP. She has never heard of Google+, but regularly uses Facebook. She has Hotmail but not Gmail. And she had no clue that Google owns Youtube. So maybe when Fithian says "Google made its point", he really is saying "the internet made its point."
  
  But then again "the internet" do not have deep pockets for him to plunder like Google does, so he has to say "Google" even if he knows the difference.
  
  Sorry for any semantic satiation from reading the word "Google" 10 times in one post.

• On the post: Mocking Blackout Reactions Is Too Easy: Let's Learn From Them Instead

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2012 @ 05:20am

  llol

  "I've often thought SOPA/PIPA supporters are just mad because they were the last to find out about free movies."
  
  This made me literally laugh out loud.

• On the post: Is Monmouthpedia The Future Of Wikipedia?

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2012 @ 05:35am

  This was MY idea!

  Those thieving pirates stole my idea right out of my head. I thought of this months ago for my hometown, but just because I never bothered to figure out how to implement it or find someone to collaborate with who could implement it is no excuse. Someone owes me! I now no longer have this idea and will suffer grievous financial distress.

• On the post: Oh Look, I've Done 40,000 Techdirt Blog Posts

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2011 @ 07:35pm

  Re:

  I'm not sure whether to click on "insightful" or "funny."

• On the post: SOPA Is Not About Copyright, It's About Regulating The Internet

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2011 @ 01:14pm

  When even the BSA is against this, you know it can't be good. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/even-the-business-software-alliance-now-backpedaling-on-sopa-support.ars

• On the post: Netflix Kills Qwikster Before It Has A Chance To Live

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2011 @ 08:49pm

  Right department?

  Wasn't this actually from the "two-steps-back-one-step-forward" dept.?

• On the post: Homeland Security Says Homeland Security Hasn't Abused Airline Passenger Info

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2011 @ 08:50pm

  same old same old

  But...but...piracy!

• On the post: Accused Of Copyright Infringement For Reprinting Images Produced In 630 A.D.

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2011 @ 07:27pm

  Re:

  We've had the same problem with Wal-Mart. My wife took our daughter's senior pictures with a Kodak point and shoot, and Walmart didn't want to print the images for us because we couldn't prove we had the copyright on the photos we took. They eventually did, after I showed them the metadata showing that it was indeed a Kodak that they had in stock, and convinced them that no professional photographer would be using that to take pictures for sale.

• On the post: Newspaper Claims Satirical Blogger Mentioning Its Name Is Trademark Infringement

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2011 @ 07:03pm

  Re: Hold on there

  "Morons" refers to people with an IQ of 51-70, so these are obviously "imbeciles" (IQ of 26-50) or "idiots" (IQ of 0-25).
  
  Hurray! I finally used my psychology degree in the real world! You want fries with that?

• On the post: Modern Art: $5 Million Worth Of Unauthorized Downloads On A Hard Drive On Display

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2011 @ 04:57am

  [edit: "infringement"]

• On the post: Modern Art: $5 Million Worth Of Unauthorized Downloads On A Hard Drive On Display

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2011 @ 04:56am

  infirngment

  Is posting a photo of a drive with copied software also considrered infringement?

• On the post: The Advantage Of Copycat Startups: Will Rolling.fm Keep Turntable.fm Innovating?

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2011 @ 03:31pm

  Re: Re: Competition spurring improvement

  I'm using version 9 (although Yahoo and some other sites keep telling me I need to upgrade to 8!) I've tried compatibility mode with no luck. It does work with Firefox and Chrome; I just never have been a huge fan of those even after using each for several months. But even if I use turntable.fm with those, the plurality of users (and possibly the majority of facebook users) probably use some version of IE. The problem may be something unique to my system, but I have not found a place to report it as an issue (and the forum post I tried just turned to an IE bash, with nothing useful).
  
  At work we just finally upgrade to IE7 last year, so i guess no Google+ for me there. :) (As iff our web filter would let that pass anyway!)

• On the post: Mattel's Lawsuit To Claim Ownership Of Bratz Comes Back To Bite Big Time: Told To Pay $309 Million

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2011 @ 07:51pm

  Re: Re:

  edit: reaping

• On the post: Mattel's Lawsuit To Claim Ownership Of Bratz Comes Back To Bite Big Time: Told To Pay $309 Million

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2011 @ 07:50pm

  Re:

  Of course. Lawyers write and pass the laws, to enable them to keep raping in benefits like this.

• On the post: The Advantage Of Copycat Startups: Will Rolling.fm Keep Turntable.fm Innovating?

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 08:31pm

  Competition spurring improvement

  As Mike noted, turntable.fm is buggy. I have not used it enough yet to enjoy it, because I cannot get it to work with my browser of choice (which happens to be the browser with the largest market share, even if it is still in vogue to bash the browser, its company, and its users).

• On the post: New Missouri Law May Make It Illegal To Friend Your Former Teachers On Facebook

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 07:19pm

  This does not even mention the scariest part.

  According to the Kansas City Star, Sen. Jane Cunningham, who sponsored the bill, said "If social media are a pathway to sexual misconduct ? which we have found that they are ? then eventually (this law) is going to stop the whole problem."
  
  It scares the hell out of me that one of my legislators has her head so far in the sand that she thinks addressing this single supposed "pathway" is truly going to eliminate inappropriate teacher-student sexual relationships.
  
  http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/02/3053598/new-missouri-law-on-social-media.html#storylink=misearch

• On the post: New Missouri Law May Make It Illegal To Friend Your Former Teachers On Facebook

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 07:06pm

  Re: Leave it to the illiterate hicks in Missouri...

  "Missouri's legislators should probably stick to what they know best: supporting institutional racism and bigotry."
  
  Show links or admit you made this up. Missouri's legislators have made a lot of poor decisions in the last few years, including overturning the will of the voters on some laws and skating on some incredibly thin ethical ice on some issues, but I can't find a single instance of what you claim.

• On the post: Another View Of The Netflix Price Hike: It's Speeding Up The Shift To Online Streaming

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2011 @ 07:45pm

  I don't buy it (yet)

  The choices in the Netflix streaming catalog are not nearly as numerous or as current as their DVD offerings. If the catalogs were identical, I would believe it, and I would drop the DVD portion in a heartbeat (or as soon as I could convince my wife to, since the account is actually in her name). Although I then would not be able to watch movies/shows in my bedroom, since there is not a computer or any streaming device in there.

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