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• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Alana ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 07:59pm

  Re: Re: As usual, the FUNNY here is what you don't see:

  By jove! Are you trying to suggest OOTB is a pathological liar? How particularly quaint of you, sir! Preposterous, even!

• On the post: Obama Plans Cosmetic Surveillance Changes After All, Will Set Up Pretend Fight Over NSLs

  

  Alana ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 07:20pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I guess they're just Biden' their time...

• On the post: DailyDirt: Nature Creates Some Cool Stuff

  

  Alana ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 08:00pm

  We need nature-rays just so we can run around and shoot people screaming "GET SOME NATURE IN YOU, BOY."

• On the post: Yahoo Users Hit By Malicious Ads

  

  Alana ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 07:55pm

  People still use Yahoo?

• On the post: AT&T's 'Sponsored Data' Program An Admission That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion

  

  Alana ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 07:52pm

  How about AT&T just pays for everyone's internet?

• On the post: Court Decision Exempts Secret Memo From FOIA, Sets Stage For Future Secret Laws To Go Unchallenged

  

  Alana ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 07:35pm

  I'm sorry, you can't view this post, it's been deemed as a secret, FOIA-Immune posting that only those in our secret clique of post viewers can reply to and use as reference to those who know nothing. But we can't say what it contains so people can reply properly.

• On the post: Court Says LA Police Warrantless Access Of Hotel Records Is 'Unconstitutional'

  

  Alana ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 07:32pm

  "And we would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those pesky kids, and that mangy constitution!"

• On the post: Rep. Peter King Says NSA Should Spy On Congress, Because They Might Be Talking To Al Qaeda

  

  Alana ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 07:20pm

  Spy on Congress to find out who's spying on Congress.
  
  There's no way this could go wrong!

• On the post: Techdirt 2013: The Numbers.

  

  Alana ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2014 @ 12:21am

  Re: Re: Oooh, you've got some "Numbers"! Most would brag of substance,

  Change, OOTB.
  
  Dear god, change.

• On the post: Techdirt 2013: The Numbers.

  

  Alana ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2014 @ 12:20am

  Re: Re:

  I have to up my game...

• On the post: Dan Bull Takes On YouTube's ContentID Changes, Stolen Revenue, With A Diss Track

  

  Alana ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2014 @ 07:29pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: With all the shitty comment and channel changes...

  If you want your post to be heard, do not use the handle of a well known troll who hurls nothing but bile and has no worth of his own that the community has been growing tired of for months.
  
  Solution:
  
  Pick a different handle.

• On the post: DOJ Releases Some Megaupload Evidence; Actually Shows Difficulty Of Running Cloud Service

  

  Alana ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2013 @ 06:35pm

  Re: Pirate Mike defends Pirate Kim. In other news, water is wet.

  "censored"
  
  You are an idiot.

• On the post: Viral Satire Over Student Suspended For Saying 'Merry Christmas' Leads To Real Problems For Elementary School

  

  Alana ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2013 @ 01:10pm

  I think christians jumped on this story because they wanted to use it as something to bash atheists with.

• On the post: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town… And EMI Is Keeping The Copyright

  

  Alana ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2013 @ 01:07pm

  Re: I've never paid a cent of royalty for it.

  "who are fine with the illegal extension"
  
  Please, read the fucking article.

• On the post: IBM Sued By Shareholders For Cooperating With The NSA… Decimating Sales In China

  

  Alana ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2013 @ 11:53pm

  So, another lawsuit trying to argue "lost profits"?

• On the post: 59 Bootleg Beatles Tracks Released Officially — For All The Wrong Reasons

  

  Alana ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2013 @ 02:10pm

  Re: In all fairness

  No, this would be a good result in SPITE of copyright law's intended purposes.

• On the post: YouTube Fails In Explaining Flood Of Takedowns For Let's Play Videos

  

  Alana ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2013 @ 02:02pm

  It's not just Let's Play videos. It's ANYONE who posts footage of a game, period. Reviewers, too. Angry Joe is pissed.

• On the post: Canadian Government Rolls Out National Cyberbullying Legislation And, No Surprise, It's Problematic

  

  Alana ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 01:45pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  I never once said I was in support for this method of dealing with it, just that doing nothing wasn't an answer.

• On the post: MPAA 'Settles' Another 'Victory' Against Hotfile For $80 Million That No Artists Will Ever See

  

  Alana ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2013 @ 09:52pm

  Re: Re:

  Megaupload, yeah.

• On the post: Canadian Government Rolls Out National Cyberbullying Legislation And, No Surprise, It's Problematic

  

  Alana ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2013 @ 09:04pm

  Re:

  Because "just ignoring it" doesn't make it go away? it doesn't make you appear any stronger or more sure of yourself? In effect, the mentality only promotes bullying, and is usually used by people who just don't want to deal with a problem.

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