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• On the post: Red Green Show Thrives Thanks To The Internet And A Whole Lot Of Duct Tape

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2012 @ 06:54am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I've been over Cops, Doctors, and Lawyers for years.

• On the post: Apple Using Special New Screws So You Can't Open Your iPhone

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2011 @ 01:28pm

  Re: Suddenly this is a big deal?

  You are missing the point. If I need my sleep button repaired, and I go to an Apple Store, they take out my PERFECTLY WORKING phillips screws, and replace them with pentalobes. Why? Why is there a need to take an affirmative action that PREVENTS me from repairing the device on my own in the future? If my home button breaks, I can fix that easy. Well, except in my above example, they removed the screws I could remove, and replaced them with ones I cannot. That is the definition of a jerk move.

• On the post: Taking The Long View: App Developer Happy That Piracy Doubled His Sales

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2011 @ 01:47pm

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  It's easy enough: The same way the app used to beg you to buy, then shut down, it now just pings the author and says, "Another unique copy has been bootlegged boss!"

• On the post: Did AT&T Really Threaten A Customer With Legal Action For Emailing Feedback To CEO? [Updated]

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2010 @ 11:37am

  Re: Re:

  Most large companies have an entire team dedicated to just this activity.

• On the post: The Death Of Paid WiFi

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2009 @ 11:03am

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  I went to the airport in NJ, and the WiFi was at cost. I ignored it, and was unhappy. In Japan, the WiFi was free. I was happy. In the Philippines, the WiFi was free, and I was happy.
  
  WiFi is such a small thing, but opens the door to so much. On many occasions, I ate at the restaurant that offered free WiFi, even if the price may have been higher/selection was less. I will never choose a place that sells WiFi over one that does not offer it; offer it for free and you pretty much have my business locked up already.

• On the post: History Lesson: Newspapers Haven't Charged For News In 180 Years

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2009 @ 06:12pm

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  "Your cause would be much advanced if you made arguments that didn't involve repeating the same points over and over again."

  I don't dispute anything in your post, but huh?
  
  He should make the same arguments using points other than the salient ones? Just change his points to things like, "Because I friggin say so!" "Because the sky is blue!" "Because I'm a writer, not a surgeon!"
  
  Or he should use the same points in different arguments? "CwF+RtB = where babies come from!"

• On the post: Associated Press Tries To DRM The News

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2009 @ 09:29am

  Re: A.P. Cracks Down on Unpaid Use of Articles on Web

  “If someone can build multibillion-dollar businesses out of keywords, we can build multihundred-million businesses out of headlines, and we’re going to do that,” Mr.[Tom] Curley, [A.P.’s president and chief executive] said. The goal, he said, was not to have less use of the news articles, but to be paid for any use.

  I'm going to let that breathe for a minute......
  OK, nice goal, now please proceed directly to fail. Good luck with staying solvent.

• On the post: If You're Going To Meter Or Cap Broadband, Shouldn't You Provide A Meter?

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2009 @ 06:23am

  Re:

  If by level, you mean tilt firmly in their own direction, I wholeheartedly agree.

• On the post: CwF + RtB = Techdirt

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2009 @ 02:30pm

  Re: Re: T-Shirts !!!!!

  I'll take a "I argued with Weird Harold over the course of 200 articles and all I got was this lousy t-shirt (which Mike made me buy" t-shirt, myself.

• On the post: Hey Newspaper Guys: Google's Not Making Money From News

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2009 @ 09:21pm

  Re: Re:

  The internet isn't going anywhere. why not google a clue?

• On the post: Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2009 @ 11:40pm

  Re: Re: you don't get it because you don't want to

  I disagree with you on one point Mike:
  
  "transformative" is not valid excuse for misappropriation of someone his work.
  
  "Actually, the laws says it is.
  Why would you suggest otherwise?"
  
  It isn't "mis-"appropriation, it is properly lawful appropriation. Semantics, of course, but the law is the law, until it isn't anymore :)

• On the post: Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2009 @ 05:18am

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  I don't have time to fact check, too busy disputing Anonymous Cowards.
  
  Speaking of which, OF COURSE we fact check around here!!!

• On the post: Mary Kay Sues Yahoo For Inserting Ad Links In Emails

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 04:57am

  Re: Mary Kay is the Victim

  If we look at how many people read this article, and that their takeaway was that MARY KAY uses yahoo email, clearly, Mary Kay has the winning hand. Even these morons, who I assume aren't in a hurry, aren't drawing the correct conclusions from what they see before their eyes.

• On the post: Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 04:50am

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  Wow, a Mike criticism I almost actually agreed with. Except for the fact that the Obama poster was *also* transformative, so the issue isn't whether Manny's pic was transformative, or whether Mike summarily dismissed him, but whether or not transformative works should be hamstrung by copyright. Nice try there.

• On the post: Mary Kay Sues Yahoo For Inserting Ad Links In Emails

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 07:45pm

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  Thank you for making no effort whatsoever to understand the issues at hand. Great job with not reading for comprehenson, the article, or the comments. Carry on in anonymity, and ignorance, you excel at both, it seems.

• On the post: Mary Kay Sues Yahoo For Inserting Ad Links In Emails

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 04:36am

  Re: What is the problem?

  If you signed a contract stating it was ok for them to randomly hyperlink to kiddie porn and hate crime inciting propaganda, would they be able to show that contract to a judge and make it all ok?
  
  I am not saying Mary Kay is right, but they are arguing that Yahoo is infringing on THEIR trademark, not YOUR email.

• On the post: Mary Kay Sues Yahoo For Inserting Ad Links In Emails

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 04:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Yahoo! TOS

  And you missed mine. ILLEGAL CONTRACTS ARE UNENFORCEABLE. A little bit illegal is like a little bit pregnant. Which means Yahoo could not hide behind the contract if it was illegal, they couldn't even hide behind the contract if it was just enforceable.

• On the post: Mary Kay Sues Yahoo For Inserting Ad Links In Emails

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 02:40am

  Re: Yahoo! TOS

  No. Illegal contracts are unenforceable. Signing up to an email service that sent Jimmy Bones to your house to slap your wife if you didn't click these stupid hyperlinks would get that provider in a bunch of trouble after the very first assault on your Mrs.

• On the post: Mary Kay Sues Yahoo For Inserting Ad Links In Emails

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 02:19am

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  Sure I would, if it meant that I could get anything I wanted shipped to me for free, and could send all the overnight express delivery packages I wanted, for free, and it was only machines and never people doing the opening, and I AGREED to the service.
  
  Try to make your analogies just a little closer to the realities, thanks.

• On the post: The No Responsibility Society: Suing Because Your Daughter Is Texting So Much She Didn't Notice The Open Manhole

  

  Jiminy Cricket ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2009 @ 09:24am

  Re: Re: What next...

  Actually, most municpalities have maximum AND minimum speed restrictions. Drive 15 miles an hour on the freeway and see what the cops think if you don't believe me.

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