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• On the post: Record Labels Pressure Spotify Into Being Worse; Driving Users Back To Piracy

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2011 @ 01:58pm

  Re:

  THEY OWN WHAT?

• On the post: Who Owns The Copyright On A Tattoo?

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2011 @ 07:51am

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  I am sure artists being human will react differently depending on their own beliefs. I had a piece of art created by N8 Van Dyke done a few years back. I sent him a picture of the tattoo and told him the truth.. the drawing appealed to me so strongly I had it permanently inked into my body ;) He was thrilled and actually sent me a large autographed lithograph of the piece.

• On the post: Is Tethering Stealing Bandwidth?

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2011 @ 11:24am

  Re: Re: Devil's advocate

  and how much more of this magical disappearing bandwidth gets used if I download a 120 MB file to my tethered computer vs downloading a 120 MB file to the memory card in my phone? I paid for the bandwidth.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Memorizing Bogus MPAA Talking Points; Says File Sharing Ruins Community Bonding

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2011 @ 06:35am

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  Ok I see it in the embedded file 'National Association of Theater Owners' and maybe the 3 hours of sleep I had lastnight is throwing me off :)

• On the post: Chris Dodd Memorizing Bogus MPAA Talking Points; Says File Sharing Ruins Community Bonding

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2011 @ 06:30am

  I usually do not nit pick the posts over things like acronyms but please tell me the NATO referenced here is N? A? Theater Owners. Although I can almost see getting the more famous NATO involved in Copyright matters if ICE doesn't step up its game and get more aggressive :)

• On the post: India's Plan To Block .xxx Shows The Pointlessness Of Specialized TLDs

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2011 @ 05:07am

  Re: UCAN(N) Register any TLD (at no cost)

  "Why do I need update my browser to view these domains?
  
  The update installs a small piece of freely available software, to upgrade internet browsers to recognise DASHWORLDS domain names."
  
  
  Dash-Fail

• On the post: Broadcasters To Sue Time Warner Cable For Making It Easier For People To See Their Shows & Ads

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2011 @ 10:15am

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  As far as Time Warner is concerned they believe they have the rights to allow their subscribers to access the content they have payed for using a display device that access this content over the network connection that they pay for. Jay's question is actually much more on point than the people bashing him.
  
  just saying

• On the post: Bath & Bodyworks Goes To Court To Explain To Summit Entertainment That The Word Twilight Existed Before The Movie

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 06:38am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hated?

  Franchise does not equal Film ticket sales there is more oney in the franchise than just the box office take.

• On the post: Bath & Bodyworks Goes To Court To Explain To Summit Entertainment That The Word Twilight Existed Before The Movie

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 06:37am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: hated?

  Franchise Films

• On the post: NY Times Lawyers Shut Down Blog Promoting The NY Times

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2011 @ 02:06pm

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  The BETTER business decision could have been to use those lawyers and their billable hours to draw up a license that would allow the blog to continue to promote the NYT website.

• On the post: Lazy TSA Agents Let Thousands Of Bags Through Unscreened (But They Gotta See Us Naked)

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2011 @ 09:35am

  Re: Why search for what is not there?

  Over there --> Right next to all the bombs the TSA has found

• On the post: Groupon Sued For Having Short Expirations On Coupons

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2011 @ 08:35pm

  Re: Not a coupon

  So what about coupon books like http://providence.entertainment.com/discount/home.shtml

• On the post: Groupon Sued For Having Short Expirations On Coupons

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2011 @ 07:24pm

  Groupon's stance on the matter seems fair to me -
  "A Groupon is good until its expiration date; at that time, the merchant will still have to honor what you PAID (NOT face value), for five years or in accordance with state law. It's five years in Illinois, and that's the most strict in the country, so that's what we ask merchants to abide by.
  
  So if I spend $20 to buy a $40 Groupon for one dozen roses at Flower Shop, when it expires the merchant owes me a $20 credit to their store. They don't have to give it to me in one dozen roses, but they do have to give me a credit (not cash) for what I paid."

• On the post: Massachusetts Apparently The First State To Let You Officially Register As A Pirate Party Member

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2011 @ 09:30am

  Re: Re: Disenfranchised yourself

  well to be fair In Massachusetts there really is only one party to choose from most of the time anyways ;) getting better slowly but not by much

• On the post: Massachusetts Apparently The First State To Let You Officially Register As A Pirate Party Member

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2011 @ 08:30am

  Re: Disenfranchised yourself

  So to avoid 'making the dumbest political choice you can make'
  You check a box that says Democrat. Primaries come around and the only candidate that is even close to aligning with your ideals happens to be a republican and loses in the primary that you couldn't vote in but the Democrat that you wanted to elect as sheriff got your primary vote. so much for that plan

• On the post: Judge Dumps Yet Another Mass Infringement Suit In Response To Single, Pro Se Motion To Quash

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2011 @ 07:03am

  Re: Re:

  Do not hold your breath. The whole point of these things is to scare people into sending money, not to actually bring the people in front of a judge and have the case heard.

• On the post: Hollywood Gone Mad: Complaining That Oscar Nominated Films Downloaded More

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2011 @ 08:16am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  "You cannot easily adjust a business model that is "selling X" when people are taking X for free."
  
  
  Who said it is supposed to be easy?

• On the post: The Debate Over Copyright Gets Loud At Digital Music Forum

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2011 @ 01:59pm

  Re: Re:

  That's odd. I am someone who visits this site several times a day and agrees with Mike (and other 'editors') more often than I disagree, yet I installed an ad blocker years ago and do not 'whitelist' any site including techdirt. So He does not get any revenue aside from my onetime 'insider' purchase from my traffic. I have never been pressured by him covertly or overtly to view the adds so if it 'hurts' it does not show.

• On the post: Is This The First DMCA Notice Over 3D Printer Plans?

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2011 @ 06:02am

  Re: They call it dirt for a reason

  Anonymous Coward,
  
  You once again attempt to fully engrace me with your presence, but with a weak lametroll attempt.
  
  Who informed you of the best place to get breaking news? Did you figure it out all by yourself? I ask because I want to give them a reference to work for my competitors.
  
  Keep up the good work (I think)

• On the post: JC Penney Feels The Wrath Of Google For Using Spammy Techniques To Get To The Top

  

  Shawn ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2011 @ 06:18am

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  Read the sentence you quoted and then explain how you turned that into what you think Mike is saying?

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