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• On the post: The Copyright Act Explicitly Says Disruptive Innovation Should Be Blocked

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 03:24pm

  Re:

  All it took was one damn online search in order to find a source for the vast majority of my music. Of course, not everything is as easy to find. A person has to get out there and dig for indie gems, but many people just don't want to. That's part of the problem. People have to be told what they're going to like, and they have to be told in such a way that is the most appealing to them. They don't want to have to actively work to find entertainment that isn't from one of the majors. Everything from movie trailers to best seller lists, it's all right there in the consumers' face.

• On the post: Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 10:44am

  Re: Re: Why this sympathy for libraries?

  Pirate Leigh in the pockets of Big Jaws!

• On the post: Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 10:16am

  Re: ebook pricing

  As far as I know, all ALA is doing is decrying the decision.

• On the post: First HADOPI Victim Convicted, Not For His Own Infringement, But Because His Wife Downloaded Songs

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2012 @ 01:15pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I'd watch it on Youtube. :)

• On the post: Judge Disqualified From Case Because He's 'Facebook Friends' With The Prosecutor

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2012 @ 06:08pm

  Perhaps someone can explain how this is worse than a RIAA lobbyist becoming a judge.

• On the post: Don't Focus On Why People Pirate; Focus On Why They Don't Buy

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2012 @ 01:15pm

  Re: Re:

  Funny how those with that attitude never let us know exactly what they produce. They think we should go without, and yet, are completely unwilling to allow us to choose to avoid their work.

• On the post: The Legacy Entertainment Industry's Business Model: Charge A Ridiculous Markup On The 'Copy File' Command

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 10:36am

  Re: Re: Re: WRONG-- property itself is a government granted monopoly

  No. Why don't you share with us a link to your work? I personally would like to know so I can avoid it in every possible way. I don't want to buy it, download it, stream it, or read it. What's the problem with that? Don't you think I should be able to actively avoid doing business with someone? Or is this what you're truly afraid of--that people will bypass your content completely?

• On the post: The Aftershock Of Stupidity: Lendink Reopens Only To Receive Trolling DMCA Notices

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 08:02am

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  I would prefer they just post a link to their own work.

• On the post: We Ask The Supreme Court To Clarify If It's Legal For Virginia To Bar Techdirt From Filing Freedom Of Information Requests

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 04:45pm

  Online only and not a resident.
  
  Sounds like passive-aggressive "get off my lawn" to me.

• On the post: New Zealand Court Releases $4.83 Million To Kim Dotcom

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 03:05pm

  Re: Re: Where are?

  Hmmm, budget cuts for RIAA and MPAA?

• On the post: HBO Go Goes Everywhere… Except Your TV Set

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 02:49pm

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  I disconnected the cable cord from my tv and stopped watching over 2 years ago. Unfortunately, the people I live with still subscribe. Drives me insane to constantly be hearing someone's tv blaring.

• On the post: The Aftershock Of Stupidity: Lendink Reopens Only To Receive Trolling DMCA Notices

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 05:00pm

  Re:

  This article is about Lendink. What is Lendink doing that is hurting others?

• On the post: GOP Platform May Include Internet Freedom Language… But Also Wants Crackdown On Internet Porn

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 10:42am

  Every time I read a Techdirt article about porn, there are always 69 comments by the time I start reading them. What the heck. ;)

• On the post: Guilty Until Proven Licensed: FACT Shuts Down Torrent Tracker Despite Cooperation

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2012 @ 07:09pm

  Re: User generated is possible-- if the user actually does the work

  So, would you mind posting a link to your work, bob?

• On the post: Authors Guild Continues To Battle The Present; Attacks Another Legal Service As 'Infringing'

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2012 @ 09:17am

  Please, not Lendink all over again.
  
  I hope readers are taking note of the utter disdain authors show at not being able to control every single use of their product. All because copyright law says so, but from the comments above, it seems to be unclear.

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

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2012 @ 04:53pm

  Re: eh?

  Perhaps only the ones who were all "Pirate Mike, y u no debate me!"

• On the post: Help Us Expand The Insider Shop By Voting On Ideas For New Techdirt Gear

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2012 @ 05:47pm

  Re:

  Seconded.

• On the post: Apparently The Purpose Of Copyright: Keeping Our Ancestors' Promise To Noah Webster

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2012 @ 02:02pm

  Re: Something much more valuable than dollars

  Well said. What copyright holders like to believe is that they have a right to dictate to others what content people should have access to. Promoting the progress by being given the legal right to stop someone else from progressing? Nope.
  
  As an individual it is my natural right to decide for myself what knowledge or entertainment I acquire. No one else decides for me and I don't recognize anyone as having the right to do so. I am not breaking into anyone's home or business and taking physical things. I am not hacking/cracking into anyone's computer and lifting the contents of their hard drive. I don't have a device that's able to break into the mind of a creator to "steal" their thoughts and ideas.
  
  Show me an artist who doesn't want me acessing their work in a way most convenient to me, and I'll show you lost potential fan. Not that I'd want to anyway if they belong to a major label, a big six publisher, or simply hate that people can choose not to support them.
  
  I've largely stopped listening to RIAA-label represented music, stopped going to the theater, and read free ebooks made available directly from the writers. And there's still no shortage of content. All without file sharing a single byte. Imagine.

• On the post: The DVD Is Dying. Hollywood's Plan? Do Nothing And Cede Ground To File Sharing

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 04:42pm

  My small handfull of DVDs still have value to me. Extra features, the main reason I ever bought them to begin with. Ah, those were the days. But I'll never again buy a new one. I stopped doing that, as well as going to movies, renting, and no more Netflix. So yeah, they've lost my business.

• On the post: Fifteen Years Ago Today, Techdirt Was Born

  

  MahaliaShere ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 04:14pm

  15? Wow. Congrats. I would sing Happy Birthday, but you know... infringement and all that.

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