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  • On the post: BBC Thinks Only It Can Have TV Shows About People Dancing; Sues Berlusconi For 'Porn' Version

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2011 @ 05:02pm

    Format Rights?

    I think this will come down to the format rights for the shows. If the Italian show infringes on the BBC's format rights then the BBC could have a case. As dumb as that sounds. I think the BBC are being really stupid here.

  • On the post: Court Says Woman Can Sue Toyota After Being Tricked Into 'Agreeing' To Be 'Stalked' In Ad Campaign Gone Really Wrong

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2011 @ 03:27pm

    Just when I thought ad campaigns couldn't get any dumber than Microsoft's. I'm proven wrong.

  • On the post: Developers Urging Boycott Of Apple & Google Until They 'Deal With' Patent Trolls

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2011 @ 03:45pm

    Maybe they should move?

    I think maybe all these little developers should move to a country where copyright is considered sufficient to protect original software works. Maybe then the US and other countries where software patents are problematic will get a clue.

  • On the post: UNC Requiring Any Student Who Wants To Use File Sharing Software To Apply For A 'Hall Pass'

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2011 @ 02:24pm

    Have the TechDirt staff been taking stupid pills lately? I don't think anybody calls e-mail "file sharing software". I think we know what sort of applications this university are talking about. Torrent clients and the like.

    It's also not a bad thing to get people to learn about copyright, what is or isn't infringement. Isn't that part of what you guys try to do here. Make people aware?

  • On the post: Internet Troll Jailed In The UK For Being A Jerk Online

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2011 @ 12:53pm

    This is not a violation of free speech.

    If someone was running around a cemetery kicking over headstones wouldn't people expect the police and the courts to do something about it?

    Defacing a memorial is just wrong no matter where it's done.

  • On the post: UK Proposal Would Allow Police To Seize Domain Names Without A Court Order

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2011 @ 02:38pm

    Re: Thin end of wedges

    Simple fact of the matter is Nominet has always reserved the right to discontinue your domain name if you don't play by their rules. This is nothing new. Domain names so far as I know are effectively rented for a minimum of 2 years.

    So who makes the final decision? Likely Nominet in the first instance. However they are a British company operating under British law. Which means they must abide by certain trading standards.

    Now if the Police take improper action and pressure Nominet to take down a site without sufficient evidence purely on the say so of the MPAA. The you could conceivably complain to the Police Complaints Commission.

    Where I find ICE particularly controversial, which is what the article seems to be comparing this policy review by Nominet to, is that ICE seems to operate beyond USA borders. Which is actually more of a case for each country managing it's own registries than it is an anti-IP case.

  • On the post: UK Proposal Would Allow Police To Seize Domain Names Without A Court Order

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2011 @ 03:01pm

    The UK is not the USA. Our Police aren't nearly as trigger happy as in the US. And technically speaking domain names could probably already be seized if there was evidence to support the seizure. This is not a new law or the establishment of a new body. This is an existing company reviewing it's policies to formalise what they're already doing.

    Considering Nominet have stated civil requests should be excluded. Meaning the record industry can't just ask Nominet to do a seizure and they're considering an appeals process and have excluded requests that would suppress free speech. I think we should wait until the screw up before we shoot them.

    I also think a few more people here should actually read the PDF.

    "Draft recommendations ? key principles
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    Nominet should have an abuse policy that specifically addresses criminal activity in its terms and conditions.
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    Nominet should be able to act under an expedited process to suspend domain names associated with serious crime when requested by a law enforcement agency.
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    An expedited procedure to suspend domain names should only be available where a) it is the last resort in dealing with the domain name, following requests with registrar, ISPs etc in the first instance or b) it is the most viable option to prevent imminent or ongoing serious consumer harm.
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    The policy should exclude suspension where issues of freedom of expression are central aspects of the disputed issue.
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    Nominet should consider establishing a registrant appeal mechanism.
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    When the policy is operational, Nominet should set up an independent panel to review how the policy is working.
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    Nominet should exclude civil or third party requests from this policy (which is focused on criminality), but these merit further discussion under the policy process.
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    Nominet should communicate the outcome of its policy development to Government to inform its own deliberations in this field."

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Don't Drink The Water?!

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2011 @ 12:35pm

    You normally know when you need a drink.

    Most of the water we need comes from our food. Anybody who actually drinks 8 pints of water everyday will likely suffer from water on the brain. Which can be fatal or leave lasting damage.

    Play it safe and pay attention to your body. You normally know when you need a drink. Because you're thirsty!

  • On the post: If Your Business Strategy Relies On Suing Others, You're Not A Business, You're A Leech On The System

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2011 @ 12:31pm

    Capitalism has always been broken.

    Capitalism has always been broken. Capitalism in practice doesn't operate on the premise of doing enough to survive and grow at a sustainable rate. It operates on the principle of greed. Grab as much as you can, as fast as you can, from whomever you can.

    It's the same flaw that brought the Soviet Union to it's knees. The only difference in a capitalist culture is the masses are kept in the dark by filling their brains with meaningless drivel on TV and pressure to always have the next upgrade.

    The majority are so distracted by trivial material concerns they can't see the majority of the worlds wealth being concentrated increasingly in the hands of a minority of very, very few individuals.

    By the time the world wakes up. It will be too late.

  • On the post: Wasn't The PATRIOT Act Supposed To Be About Stopping Terrorism?

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2011 @ 10:55am

    Drugs and Priracy Fund Terrorism

    Drugs and Piracy fund terrorism. So clearly we must cut off the funding. So expect for searches of everybody's houses. Terrorists blend in and are thus indistinguishable from people. So every body is now guilt until proven not guilty yet. Innocent has been dropped as a verdict. We're all guilty of something.

  • On the post: Printing Error Shows Flaw In 'Lock-It-Up' Video Game Business Model

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2011 @ 01:54pm

    "In the end, it makes you wonder how, after 30+ years of printing registration codes inside PC games, such a system could fail so badly when translated to console games. "

    Because consoles are so much easier to use than PCs?

  • On the post: Can Someone Block Google From Passing Along A DMCA To ChillingEffects?

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 12:10pm

    I think the question that seems to have been over looked is, has Google removed the copyrighted content as requested by the copyright holder? Surely if they ignore that part of the request they would be liable?

    Now from what I've read here it seems Google hasn't actually refused to comply with the request to remove copyrighted content. All they've refused is a request not to publish the DMCA.

  • On the post: Secretly Snapping Naked Pics Of The Woman Who Ended Up With A Stolen Laptop Might Just Be Illegal

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2011 @ 12:07pm

    Wet wipes!

    With every used laptop or PC you buy always remember to invest in some wet wipes.

  • On the post: Our Response To Arthur Alan Wolk's Threat To Sue Us

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2011 @ 03:47pm

    Ah yes. The very poor who can't even afford proper medical insurance, if any, will be able to stump up a bond if they ever need to sue anybody.

    Eat today or sue tomorrow? It's a question of priorities really.

  • On the post: Should Doctors Who Put Their Names On Ghostwritten 'Journal' Articles For Big Pharma Be Sued For Fraud?

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2011 @ 12:24pm

    If this issue is affecting the peer review process then it should clearly not be allowed. But then again what you expect to happen in a privet healthcare system?

  • On the post: Confirmation That Record Labels Wanted ISPs To Spy On Users And Report Infringement To RIAA

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 03:41pm

    Re:

    You get arrested for supplying a controlled substance. Actually the police use the thermal imaging camera on their helicopters to spot unusually warm houses they can target for raids.

  • On the post: Confirmation That Record Labels Wanted ISPs To Spy On Users And Report Infringement To RIAA

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 03:38pm

    Re:

    That's the point. They want the law changed.

  • On the post: Apple Continues To Scream To The World How Competitive Samsung's Tablet Is By Getting It Banned In Australia

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 02:46pm

    Re:

    Hitler advocated men should have at least three wives. Doesn't seem so bad unless you were wearing beer goggles when you chose them.

  • On the post: Is Google Antitrust Investigation Simply A Repeat Of Wasteful Microsoft Antitrust Effort?

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2011 @ 04:58pm

    I thought everybody knew the Google anti-trust investigation was just Microsoft pulling string trying to harm Google? So yes, it's a waste of time.But it's nothing like the Microsoft anti-trust investigation.

    "If you use anything Google, you are tracked. Google is involved in so many different projects, in so many different things, and appears on so many websites in so many ways that it is all but impossible to keep from doing business with them, even if you don't want to."

    So you think nobody else is tracking your movements?

  • On the post: Feds Say They Can Search Bradley Manning's Friend's Laptop Because They Can

    aikiwolfie ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2011 @ 04:02pm

    The USA steals your laptop at the border and the government there wonders why the USA's economy is crap?

    This actually means doing business with the USA almost by default increases the TCO of a laptop since you need to by a spare in the event the first one gets confiscated. But at the same time since you can't afford to lose your data to ICEbaby you'll keep everything in the "cloud" and make do with a cheapo laptop anyway lowering your TCO of a laptop.

    America is a very confusing place to be. It's better to stay at home.

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