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• On the post: Chinese Junk Patents Flood Into Australia, Allowing Chinese Companies To Strategically Block Innovation

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2013 @ 07:16am

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  Actually, we here in the U.S. have a patent, trademark, and copyright on "Spending the economy into the ground". You'll be hearing from the AG shortly...
  
  /s

• On the post: DOJ Admits It Had To Put Aaron Swartz In Jail To Save Face Over The Arrest

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2013 @ 09:55am

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  You've got that wrong...
  
  Winter is coming!
  - Ned Stark

• On the post: Six Strikes Officially Begins On Monday

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2013 @ 12:42pm

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  Good to know where you stand on forcible rape...
  
  BTW - I never sailed the seven seas... but I did stay in a Holiday Inn express!

• On the post: Six Strikes Officially Begins On Monday

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2013 @ 08:52am

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  So we shouldn't protest at all??? Just take it in the ass like a good little plebe eh?

• On the post: Pure Scamming Copyright Troll Implies It's A Gov't Agency And That You Will Face Jail Time If You Don't Pay Up

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2013 @ 10:02am

  Perhaps they have it backwards... I believe impersonating a federal agent is a *real* crime. Whereas copyright violations are a civil courts matter. But in todays world of bought and paid for lawmakers... who the f**k knows?!?

• On the post: White House Petition Concerning Legality Of Unlocking Phones Passes The Magic 100,000 Mark

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2013 @ 12:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: And we all know what Mike's Step 2 is! (New here? See below.)

  I'm really dirty... filthy in fact...

• On the post: Armed UK Police Raid House Over Facebook Picture Showing Toy Weapon In Background

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2013 @ 08:14am

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  Marked as funny - 'cuz... ummm.... yeah... you missed Zombies!!

• On the post: Supreme Court Set To Hear Case On Whether Or Not Planting Legally Purchased Seeds Infringes On Monsanto Patent

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2013 @ 11:21am

  The sad fact of the matter is - RR seeds won't matter very much anyway. I wonder if Monsanto (evil corp) will try and sue God for making weeds that are now Roundup resitant? These 'superweeds' are already becoming very prevalent, and will soon be the dominant weed on the farms that use Roundup - at that point, using Roundup (a Monsanto product) will effectively do nothing, and the farmers will very quickly realize RR seeds are worthless...

• On the post: Obama Administration, Once Again, Says $222,000 For Sharing 24 Songs Is Perfectly Reasonable

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2013 @ 09:18am

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  IANAL - just an ordinary guy on the street. This seems to an incredibly lopsided judgement. In a day and age when somebody murders another, cops a plea and is out of prison is less than 5 years... How is this award at all proportional to the "crime" committed? To me - remember IANAL - this entire judgement rings hollow. Regardless of what the law says - if most people believe that sharing files is akin to jaywalking, then handing out a judgement that effectively puts another person into indentured servitude for the rest of their natural life (and perhaps their decendants too) is morally reprehensible. The law may say they can, but it doesn't make it right.
  
  
  If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass ? a idiot." -- Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

• On the post: Congress Apparently Uninterested In 'Aaron's Law' To Reform CFAA

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2013 @ 07:51am

  Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Feb 12th, 2013 @ 7:17am

  says the anonymous coward...

• On the post: Congress Apparently Uninterested In 'Aaron's Law' To Reform CFAA

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2013 @ 07:49am

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  They have all those hookers... and blow... That's WAY more important than something stupid, like actually running the damn country...

• On the post: Oakland Raiders Hack NFL Blackout Rules In Real Life By Shrinking Stadium

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2013 @ 07:46am

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  As a life long Lions fan... At least you have a team that could possibly, at some point in the future, when they're lucky, with the wind under their sails... NOT SUCK ASS!
  
  grrr!

• On the post: If You Want Two-Thirds Of Americans To Agree That Violent Video Games Are More Dangerous Than Guns, All You Have To Do Is Ask The Right Americans

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2013 @ 08:52am

  I'm certain somewhere out there, Samuel Clemens is giving the world a giant /facepalm

• On the post: Canadian Schools Ban WiFi Based On Bad Science

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2013 @ 07:45am

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  show me on this doll where Mr. Edison's snake touched you...

• On the post: How Much Does HBO Pay MarkMonitor To Send DMCA Notices Removing Its Official Content From Google?

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2013 @ 06:22am

  Re: Re: Re: And so what if there are glitches?

  I wish I had more insightful buttons to click. Bravo!

• On the post: Former RIAA VP Named 2nd In Command Of Copyright Office

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 07:05am

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  So tell me something... when did you stop beating your dog?? When did you stop taking your meds? Does your mother know your using her computer?

• On the post: Former RIAA VP Named 2nd In Command Of Copyright Office

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 06:57am

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  I think you've worn that question out... Just like "Why won't you debate me" before it... You've wrung every last scrap of patience out of it.
  
  Please - for the love of god! Take your meds!

• On the post: Obama Administration Considers Joining Publishers In Fight To Stamp Out Fair Use At Universities

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 09:06am

  This is why our schools turn out idiots that "WANT TO DEBATE ME" - unbelievable...
  
  Schools - "we need to cut back our costs"
  Publishers - "PAY US MOAR!!"
  Schools - "Well then we'll have to cut back our curriculum"
  Publishers - "PAY US MOAR!!!"
  
  I weep for the future... because of our present...

• On the post: Redditor Points Out The Flaws In SimCity's Online-Only DRM, Gets Banned By EA For His Troubles [UPDATED]

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 05:08pm

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  What happens if my modem breaks?

• On the post: Redditor Points Out The Flaws In SimCity's Online-Only DRM, Gets Banned By EA For His Troubles [UPDATED]

  

  Jeff ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 09:55am

  Re: Re: Re: And this is why....

  The points awarded for quest completion leave a lot to be desired... been doing quests for 40 odd years, and still have yet to level up...

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