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• On the post: House Republicans: Copyright Law Destroys Markets; It's Time For Real Reform

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2012 @ 01:54am

  Re: Re: Re: Obama administration: "Piracy is flat, unadulterated theft"

  Yes, because IP is pure capitalism.
  
  Under the current system, most creators sign their rights away (which should be non-transferrable in the first place) to "creators" such as BMG Sony, NBCUniversal and NewsCorp. Who, y'know, don't come up with the ideas.

• On the post: Unsealed Megaupload Seizure Warrants Reveal Use Of Flawed Logic… And An 'Undercover Computer'

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2012 @ 01:51am

  Re: Protecting the investigation

  I'm surprise dit hasn't been set-up for an assassination yet. Plausible deniability and all that jazz.

• On the post: House Republicans: Copyright Law Destroys Markets; It's Time For Real Reform

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2012 @ 01:50am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Dear Shills

  I love the sockpuppetry. It's quite hilarious.
  
  You've not been caught out at all.

• On the post: Unsealed Megaupload Seizure Warrants Reveal Use Of Flawed Logic… And An 'Undercover Computer'

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2012 @ 01:48am

  Re: Re:

  Mine is wearing a balaclava and is wielding a switchblade, cloak clock and a screensaver that matches its surroundings.
  
  Oh, and it keeps trying to stab me in the back.

• On the post: Electronic Versions Of Textbooks Spy On Students As They Read Them

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2012 @ 08:49am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Definitely the latter.

• On the post: Electronic Versions Of Textbooks Spy On Students As They Read Them

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2012 @ 06:14am

  Re:

  1/4-1/2 of your tuition
  
  You're being optimistic in the highest order.

• On the post: Thailand To Join TPP Negotiations; Access To Medicines Likely To Suffer As A Consequence

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2012 @ 04:55am

  Re:

  No, it's clearly correctly acronymed - Trade Protectionist Partnership.

• On the post: At SEC: Porn Surfing Down, Waste Up, Stunning Disregard For Basic Computer Security

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2012 @ 04:53am

  New slogan for Apple?

  "Safer than the SEC!"

• On the post: Harvard Research Scientist: Sharing Discoveries More Efficient, More Honorable Than Patenting Them

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2012 @ 11:46pm

  Re: That said...

  Well, considering that over 40% of medical patents are based on techniques/drugs developed at universities, FUCK THAT SHIT.

• On the post: RIAA Prefers Customers Who Buy A Little To Pirates Who Buy A Lot

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2012 @ 02:05pm

  Re: Interesting Study - Invalid data points

  ...and? Technology has disrupted the business model. This has gone on since the times of Ebrahem and Isaac. Ethics diesn't even come into it, unless you virulently despise people infringing your works, but it's "an honest mistake" when you infringe on others work.
  
  And by the way, the likelihood that you're infringing approaches 100%.

• On the post: Microsoft Sued Because It Overloaded Surface Tablet With Pre-Installed Apps

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2012 @ 10:06am

  Re: Whole things needs reform

  If that's the case, you HDD formatting is awful. Mine has 931GB after the OS install.

• On the post: Microsoft Sued Because It Overloaded Surface Tablet With Pre-Installed Apps

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2012 @ 10:04am

  Re: Re: If Microsoft is at fault; then why not other Mobile manufacterers?

  I think it's less that it happens, and more the scale that is the issue here: remember that this isn't even the full version of Windows 8 and bloatware that's taking up that much space on the SSD. You're paying ?400 for 16GB of storage out-of-the-box. Aplle offers slightly less than that with their 16GB offering (last, I checked, it was 15.4GB formatted.)

• On the post: Microsoft Sued Because It Overloaded Surface Tablet With Pre-Installed Apps

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2012 @ 07:32am

  What's really hilarious is that this is priced at a similar point to the 16GB iPad for similar actual disk space out-of-the-box. And it costs nearly twice the price of the Nexus 7 for similar disk size (but not disk space out-of-the-box.)

• On the post: Democrats & Republicans Should Come Together To Support A Future Of Abundance

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 11:52pm

  Re: Require the executive branch?

  You've clearly never worked in a bureaucracy.

• On the post: German Court Sees Through The DOJ Fairy Tale, Rejects Attempt To Seize Megaupload Assets

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 02:30pm

  Re: Re:

  Well, frankly, I think that the US gopvernment is a masochistic Spaghetti Monster decrying the incoming Enterpocalypse.

• On the post: Homeland Security Spent $430-Million To Tune Its Radios To A New Frequency, And Failed

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 01:40pm

  Re: Re: Not the Way It Works

  There is a reason that people "fail upwards" in large-scale businesses.

• On the post: Three Strikes Is Out? UK Judges Rule Internet Ban Is 'Unreasonable', Even For Sex Offenders

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 12:00pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Good

  Those are now called 'moron holes'. Didn't you get the memo?

• On the post: Copyright Maximalism: Turning Satirical Works Into Ridiculous Reality

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 01:14am

  Re: Re:

  A phrasew a friend came up with years ago, inresponse to the Birther movement:
  
  "It's like they just rolled in a turducken of stupid."

• On the post: Will Brazil's 'Anti-ACTA' Marco Civil Be Subverted By Copyright Lobbyists At The Last Moment?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 01:11am

  Re:

  All this kind of shit amkes me want to do is trample all over "creator's rights". After turnabout is fair play, and these laws clearly won't affect any "accidents" made by those parasites.

• On the post: 'Revenge Porn' Site Owners Escalate Their Failure, Going From Bogus DMCA Notices To Bogus Legal Threats

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2012 @ 03:52pm

  Re: Re:

  Wait, you aren't an egotistical misfit?!
  
  MY LIFE IS OVER! REALITY FAILED!!!

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