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• On the post: Oklahoma Cops Debut Tool That Allows Them To Drain Pre-Paid Cards During Traffic Stops

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2016 @ 08:49am

  Oklahoma!? Trump's proposed wall isn't north enough...

• On the post: Oil Industry Group Claims Copyright On Oil Pricing Data, Gets Twitter To Delete Tweets

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2016 @ 01:22pm

  I thought you couldn't copyright an API.
  
  (ba-dum ching!)

• On the post: Sean Parker's New Service Offers Theaters A New Revenue Stream But All They Can See Is Business Model Intereference And Piracy

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2016 @ 12:10pm

  the purchase price of the single, suprisingly-expensive viewing also includes two tickets for the same film non-moviegoers just watched at home.

  
  
  Wow. That makes it cheaper than just buying the tickets alone!

• On the post: Guy Who Pretends He Invented Email Whines At Every Journalist For Writing Obit Of Guy Who Actually Helped Create Email

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2016 @ 07:54am

  Re: Re: What's next?

  Oh. Like what J. K. Rowling claimed? I guess it's okay then.

• On the post: Guy Who Pretends He Invented Email Whines At Every Journalist For Writing Obit Of Guy Who Actually Helped Create Email

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2016 @ 07:27am

  Wait... I thought Maxwell Sheffield invented Email.

• On the post: Guy Who Pretends He Invented Email Whines At Every Journalist For Writing Obit Of Guy Who Actually Helped Create Email

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2016 @ 02:30pm

  Re:

  I thought Microsoft invented that thing where you have a hole in the side of your house that you can't exactly walk through, but you sure can see through.

• On the post: Guy Who Pretends He Invented Email Whines At Every Journalist For Writing Obit Of Guy Who Actually Helped Create Email

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2016 @ 12:25pm

  What's next?

  He'll be claiming to have invented grave robbing?

• On the post: California Legislator Says Encryption 'Threatens Our Freedoms' Calls For Ban On Encrypted Cell Phones

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2016 @ 10:23am

  Citizens say idiots 'threaten our freedoms,' call for ban on idiot legislators.

• On the post: As Law To Backdoor Encryption Stalls, Congress Tries Backup Stupid Plan To Backdoor Encryption

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2016 @ 11:20am

  I can just imagine future math courses if a stupid law like this makes any sort of headway.
  
  Student: "Why do we have to show our work?"
  Teacher: "To give it to the NSA in case you're a terrorist."

• On the post: Democrats Screw Over Larry Lessig To Keep Him Out Of The Debates; Forces Lessig To Drop His Campaign

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2015 @ 12:06pm

  Anybody else reminded of Kasparov's run for President?

• On the post: Mad Max Fury Road Re-Edit Taken Down Because Of Course It Was

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2015 @ 05:23am

  It would probably still be up if Steven Soderbergh had done it instead...

• On the post: Texas Police Arrest Kid For Building A Clock

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2015 @ 09:19am

  I wonder how this would have been resolved if his name was Adam Miller (or some similar white-ish name) instead.

• On the post: Australian Court Orders Homeowners To Physically Alter Exterior Of 'Infringing' House

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2015 @ 06:52am

  Off topic, but...

  You know, the funny thing is, if people could actually download houses, cars, food, etc., they probably would, and wouldn't feel very bad about doing it.
  
  (And yes, I know the original argument isn't actually "You wouldn't download a car.")

• On the post: Happy Birthday Copyright Bombshell: New Evidence Warner Music Previously Hid Shows Song Is Public Domain

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2015 @ 06:02am

  Surprised

  I'm surprised it took this long. A simple Google Books search yielded a few pre-1923 examples of this song.
  
  E.g., https://books.google.com/books?id=VngxAQAAMAAJ&q=%22happy+birthday+to+you%22&dq=%22happy+birthday+to+you%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBDgKahUKEwieuOSb8P3GAhXB1IAKHXfKDT4 (1922)
  
  and https://books.google.com/books?id=TfoaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=%22happy+birthday+to+you+happy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMI9OXzgfH9xgIVyJiACh3AiAig#v=onepage&q=%22happy%20birthday%20to%20you%20happy%22&f=false (1911)
  
  Can I get a cut of the legal fees? I think I spent about 2 minutes looking that up.

• On the post: South Carolina Massacre Results In Apple Going Flag-Stupid In The App Store

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 01:08pm

  Re: From the "lets up the ante" party

  While they're at it, they should rename Yankee Stadium. I take offense to that term, as the British used it as a derogatory term for Americans (or whatever they were called back then), and is nowadays used as a derogatory term for "Northerner" in the South.

• On the post: South Carolina Massacre Results In Apple Going Flag-Stupid In The App Store

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 12:30pm

  Re: CRAP!

  At least I can still get Valkyrie...

• On the post: South Carolina Massacre Results In Apple Going Flag-Stupid In The App Store

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 01:10pm

  Future Headline

  "Belt Buckle Sales Face Historic Low"

• On the post: South Carolina Massacre Results In Apple Going Flag-Stupid In The App Store

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 12:27pm

  CRAP!

  I was just about to buy the complete The Dukes of Hazzard series.

• On the post: Sun-Owning Lady Sues eBay Because They Wouldn't Let Her Sell 'Plots' Of 'Land' On 'Her' Sun

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 05:41am

  Re: Re:

  At the very least, she needs to file a Form 720 (Report of Foreign Assets).

• On the post: Sun-Owning Lady Sues eBay Because They Wouldn't Let Her Sell 'Plots' Of 'Land' On 'Her' Sun

  

  aethercowboy ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2015 @ 08:22am

  Re: Re:

  Also, at least in the US, there's that whole "supernatural authors" not being eligible for copyright protection thing.

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