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• On the post: A Dozen Bad Ideas That Were Raised At The Copyright Office's DMCA Roundtables

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 18 May, 2016 @ 10:49am

  Obligatory skynet comment

  But someone from a lobbying group for the legacy copyright players pulled out the "you're all so smart, nerd harder" card by saying that if Silicon Valley can build a self-driving car, surely it can build a technology that can determine what is and what is not fair use.

  And on the day that they turned on the technology that can determine what is and is not fair use, it looked at humanity and despaired. And then blew it all up. The end.

• On the post: HBO Abuses The DMCA Process In The Name Of Game Of Thrones Spoilers

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 11 May, 2016 @ 12:48pm

  Re: Perfect case for 512(f)?

  No one has successfully won damages on a false DMCA claim yet. At this point, it is doubtful it will ever happen.

• On the post: HBO Abuses The DMCA Process In The Name Of Game Of Thrones Spoilers

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 11 May, 2016 @ 12:44pm

  Re: Re: Novels = spoilers?

  Yes and no. The wall portion is beyond the novels, but the Iron Islands are way behind. One of my (many) gripes with the show is how much it has screwed up the timeline of things.

• On the post: David Patraeus, Who Leaked Classified Info To His Mistress, Says Snowden Should Be Prosecuted

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 09 May, 2016 @ 11:27am

  Patraeus uses Hypocrite! It's not very effective...

  Patraeus is just unbelievable. He should be rotting in prison, and instead of being happy that he isn't, he's holding court with the press?

• On the post: Homeland Security Wants To Subpoena Us Over A Clearly Hyperbolic Techdirt Comment

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 06 May, 2016 @ 01:15pm

  Re:

  Agreed. Didn't see your comment before I posted, but it looks like it's time for one.

• On the post: Homeland Security Wants To Subpoena Us Over A Clearly Hyperbolic Techdirt Comment

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 06 May, 2016 @ 01:14pm

  Just curious

  Where is Techdirt's warrant canary located?

• On the post: UC Davis 'Apologizes' For The Reputation Management Industry's Hyperbole And Your Misunderstanding

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2016 @ 06:06am

  Re: Re: Less sympathy...

  Yep, I learned this from the current news iteration. I didn't even know about that aspect in 2011.

• On the post: UC Davis 'Apologizes' For The Reputation Management Industry's Hyperbole And Your Misunderstanding

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2016 @ 06:04am

  Re:

  Or, put a different way, "Sorrynotsorry."

• On the post: Police Officer Attempts To Set Record For Most Constitutional Violations In A Single Traffic Stop

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2016 @ 11:17am

  Re: Re: Re:

  and damn proud of his officer's anal probing skills.

• On the post: Ignorant Anti-Encryption Law Enforcement Groups Made A Logo And A Hashtag… And It All Backfired

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2016 @ 11:15am

  Re: Re: Re: Crowdsourced!

  #ROT26isGoodEnough

• On the post: Ignorant Anti-Encryption Law Enforcement Groups Made A Logo And A Hashtag… And It All Backfired

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2016 @ 10:59am

  Re: Re: When voyeuristic desires are given more importance than privacy and security

  Nice, #YourDigitalPapersPlease really resonates.

• On the post: FBI Director James Comey Continues To Be The 'Fringe Candidate' Of The Encryption Debate

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2016 @ 01:01pm

  Re:

  The experts that he finds (pays) to say it can be done.

• On the post: Over 7,800 Prosecutions Questioned After NJ Lab Tech Caught Faking Drug Test Results

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2016 @ 12:51pm

  Re: New saying

  Tell me about it. Every single person convicted where this "evidence" was of primary value should have their convictions overturned. They should also be able to pursue this ass for damages.
  
  No, I don't care that it may have been "only this once". This is a situation where zero tolerance really does make sense.

• On the post: Burr And Feinstein Release Their Anti-Encryption Bill… And It's More Ridiculous Than Expected

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2016 @ 01:50pm

  Re:

  Pardon my crudity, but...
  

  Watching politicians writing security legislation is like watching dogs poop.

  FTFY

• On the post: ISPs Now Charging Broadband Users A Steep Premium If They Want To Avoid Usage Caps

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2016 @ 11:47am

  Oxymoron

  profitable enough

  There. Right there, Karl, is what you don't get. There is no such phrase in the religion of capitalism.

• On the post: FCC Commissioner: Gov't Should Never Interfere In Private Markets…Unless ISPs Have A Chance To Mock Netflix

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2016 @ 01:33pm

  Re:

  What should really be investigated is MONOPOLIES IN EVERYTHING BUT NAME held by cable, DSL, and phone companies.
  
  I can't count how many times I've heard the old "I'm sorry, we don't service that area." It's freaking collusion and it's bullshit. Also:

  O'Rielly argues at great lengths that government should simply stay out of the affairs of the private sector...

  Hey O'Rielly, how about getting rid of these pseudo-monopolies and let the market REALLY sort out some issues? Let them compete on price and service? No? Then screw you, you lying hypocrite.

• On the post: DMCA's Notice And Takedown Procedure Is A Total Mess, And It's Mainly Because Of Bogus Automated Takedowns

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2016 @ 01:20pm

  Youtube is proactive

  From what I've been reading, Youtube has already implemented "notice and staydown".

• On the post: Senator Wyden Warns That The Justice Department Is Lying To The Courts; Also Still Worried About Secret Law

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2016 @ 11:17am

  Re:

  I'm going to need a citation here. I cannot recall ever seeing anything that reported Wyden saying that he would voluntarily break the law in order to reveal classified information, even for the good of the American public.
  
  Also, unless you want to escape to and then live in Russia for the rest of your life, it's probably not a great idea to do this. Expecting a politician to have the bravery, courage, and expertise to pull it off is unreasonable.

• On the post: France Still Thinks It Regulates Entire Internet, Fines Google For Not Making Right To Be Forgotten Global

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2016 @ 11:09am

  Re: A simple yet costly solution for a complex problem.

  Honestly, I doubt it would be that costly. What reasonable percentage of Google's income is likely to come from France? 3%? Maybe 2%? It would be well worth it in the longer run, if it got rid of all the extra hoops Google has to jump through to appease these luddites.

• On the post: DOJ To Court: Hey, Can We Postpone Tomorrow's Hearing? We Want To See If We Can Use This New Hole To Hack In

  

  Almost Anonymous ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2016 @ 09:33am

  Re: This is actually bad news

  And they'll know the communications were encrypted because they set the whole thing up.

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