Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of 2013 At Techdirt
from the happy-new-year! dept
Happy new year, everyone! As you can tell, we’re taking a break from regular posts today — so it seems like a perfect time to run down the top comments of 2013. Instead of just two winners, we’ve got the top five from each category. Looking forward to another year full of great comments!
Insightful
- Akari Mizunashi on the post ICE Starts Raiding Mobile Phone Repair Shops To Stop Repairs With Aftermarket Parts:
“Immigration & Custom’s Enforcement (ICE)”
Uh, sorry, but that’s not what it stands for.Industry & Corporate Enforcement.
Please make note of this in the future, for accuracy. 😉
- silverscarcat on the post Guy Who Wrote Legal Memos Defending US Torture Defends NSA Because It Takes Too Long To Obey The Constitution:
There’s one thing John Yoo missed
the terrorists have already won.
After all, Bin Laden said that he didn’t have to do anything anymore after 9/11, since America would destroy itself.
He was so right.
- Anonymous Coward on the post Bizarre ‘Attribution’ Troll Bullies Twitter Users Into Compliance With Baseless Legal Threats:
I enjoy the irony of someone being a complete jerk regarding a quote about being polite and civil.
- Rikuo on the post London Police Order Registrars To Shut Down A Bunch Of Websites Without Any Legal Basis; Threaten Registrars If They Don’t Comply:
Before certain people come in and vomit their usual idiocy, be aware of these facts.
This is a police body issuing orders to parties to shut down and censor other parties all WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. Not only that, but in the case of EasyDNS, it’s a BRITISH police body demanding action from a CANADIAN domain registrar to redirect a website based in SINGAPORE (I did a WHOIS search) to competing websites based in LONDON, or the police would complain to ICANN, a body based in the USA. Again, no courts involved.
- rw on the post Former DHS Official Says Boston Bombing Proves ACLU & EFF Are Wrong About Surveillance And CISPA:
And what about all the (self-created)terrorist plots the FBI keeps breaking up. A real one comes along and they miss it completely.
Funny
- Gareth on the post DJs’ ‘Dihydrogen Monoxide’ April Fool’s Prank Results In Suspension And Possible Felony Charges:
Hardly surprising, given:
A) It’s Florida, and
B) It’s a Country station.
Not exactly a Venn diagram that would contain a lot of smart listeners.
- Double win! Second place for Funny is the anonymous comment on the post Bizarre ‘Attribution’ Troll Bullies Twitter Users Into Compliance With Baseless Legal Threats that won third place for Insightful.
- Cowards Anonymous on the post Lawsuit Filed To Prove Happy Birthday Is In The Public Domain; Demands Warner Pay Back Millions Of License Fees:
Happy Lawsuit To You!
Happy Lawsuit To You!
This Song Is Public Domain,
Happy Lawsuit To You!(To the tune of Good Morning To You)
- Arsik Vek on the post Did Paul Duffy’s Wife Admit That He Was Engaged In Interstate Extortion On Facebook?:
Duffy’s next comment: “I’m not sure who that woman is. She may or may not be my wife, but I have no direct knowledge of any relationship.”
- Anonymous Coward on the post Teri Buhl Responds To Our Story; Still Confused About The Internet And The Law:
Re: TLDR
Hey everybody, I didn’t read the article but here’s a stinging critique anyway!