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• On the post: Since The RIAA & MPAA Say That A Copy Is Just As Valuable As The Original, Send Them A Copy Of Money

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 06:17pm

  Bitches love DRM

  If everyone's worried about the legality of a hi-res single-face scan of the dollar bill, just open MSPAINT and scribble "DRM 4 EVA" on the image. Then send that. I'm sure they'll appreciate someone who understands them.

• On the post: Since The RIAA & MPAA Say That A Copy Is Just As Valuable As The Original, Send Them A Copy Of Money

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 05:59pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  /me shrugs
  works in bash

• On the post: Since The RIAA & MPAA Say That A Copy Is Just As Valuable As The Original, Send Them A Copy Of Money

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 03:25pm

  carrot, stick, cliff

  I somehow imagine someone at the MPAA trying to figure out how to convert this newfound stream of front-face dollar bill images into real cash. Too bad this bait can't be laid in a proper trap.

• On the post: Since The RIAA & MPAA Say That A Copy Is Just As Valuable As The Original, Send Them A Copy Of Money

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 02:39pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Aaand not knowing that it's not criminal counterfeiting makes it criminal?

• On the post: Since The RIAA & MPAA Say That A Copy Is Just As Valuable As The Original, Send Them A Copy Of Money

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 02:37pm

  Re: Re:

  for i in {1..100}; do
  cp dollar.jpg dollar$i.jpg;
  done
  zip IOU.zip dollar*.jpg
  
  # then attach and mail

• On the post: Why Anti-Circumvention Laws Are Evil: Hollywood Gets To Veto DVD Jukebox, Despite Complete Lack Of Infringement

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 02:28pm

  the start of something big

  I imagine this is only the beginning. In the end, I don't think SOPA or snooping legislation will be necessary. All the state has to do is terrorize the private sector and people into giving up their rights voluntarily.

• On the post: Why Anti-Circumvention Laws Are Evil: Hollywood Gets To Veto DVD Jukebox, Despite Complete Lack Of Infringement

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 02:14pm

  Re: Re: Re: Hollywood's remaining life

  Jesus christ don't say shit like that out loud. That actually sounds like something they'd do.

• On the post: Why Anti-Circumvention Laws Are Evil: Hollywood Gets To Veto DVD Jukebox, Despite Complete Lack Of Infringement

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 02:02pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Whether you should or not is immaterial since you have no right to be respected. As a seller of screwdriver licenses, I assume that all screwdriver users are dirty criminals and probably stole the screwdrivers too. That said, it's only right that I treat custo-- criminals with no common respect.

• On the post: Does Anyone Who Develops New Products In Hollywood Ask 'Would I Ever Actually Use This?'

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 01:23pm

  we all know how much they like exclusivity

  But this is platinum. It's exclusive! And if that's not enough, well uh.... PLATINUM!

• On the post: Does Anyone Who Develops New Products In Hollywood Ask 'Would I Ever Actually Use This?'

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 01:19pm

  maybe some people like wasting time

  Also: how many people compulsively scan QR codes? I don't even have a capable phone at the moment, but i wouldn't unpocket it to tediously visit some unknown website on my phone. That makes as much sense as visiting the URLS on my cereal boxes or random image links dumped to an IRC channel... using my old 133 MHz PowerBook.

• On the post: Does Anyone Who Develops New Products In Hollywood Ask 'Would I Ever Actually Use This?'

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 01:11pm

  i'm sure some morons would actually try it too

  I'm just waiting for their next 'legitimate alternative' to actually involve physical hoops.

• On the post: Celebrating 20 Years Of Patent-Free Email Attachments

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 12:38pm

  Innovation produced by patent lawyers benefits no one.

  It seems to me that the actual sources of creation (the artists and engineers) are often on the right side of the IP fence. If that observation is correct, the whole "IP law protects innovation" argument needs to be set aflame, pushed out to sea and forgotten forever.
  
  Oh wait, that was already obvious.

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 09:16pm

  Re: Legal defence

  We integrate them into our beloved American culture!
  i.e. they get added to the celeb gossip grinder that is our news.

• On the post: Guess What? Copying Still Isn't Stealing

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 04:11pm

  an hour later

  Holy crap. I read the headline and had avoided reading the comment thread because I knew what would happen. The only way a conclusion could ever be made in these "copying != stealing" threads is if the discussion were executed with baseball bats.
  
  I have to go outside now. This is bad for my BP.

• On the post: Author's Guild Boss On E-Book Price Fixing Allegations: But… But… Brick-And-Mortar!

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 03:28pm

  Re:

  Now that's what I call added value.

• On the post: Author's Guild Boss On E-Book Price Fixing Allegations: But… But… Brick-And-Mortar!

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 03:24pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: But...but...how will I know what's good?

  I've seen them higher too, but it's never $10 books I'm shopping for. Usually the books are retailing in the $100-300 range. When the ebook prices are still in the vicinity of the physical copy price at that PP, something is seriously wrong.
  
  If you ask me, when a glue-bound hardback sells domestically for $250+ and the exact same book comes from the same presses, has a sticker put on it and is sold overseas and is still available for $60 shipped back from Qatar, something leads me to distrust every word a publisher shill might say to defend the domestic market value of these products.

• On the post: European Commission Blames Social Networks For ACTA Failure; Worried About Its Imminent Directive On Copyright Enforcement

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 02:59pm

  Re:

  It's not just that it's easy or convenient communication. Phones are convenient and global. It's the fact that internet communities and social media have the capacity to supplant a state/corp controlled media. It might not be all the way there yet, but I'm surprised they haven't been shitting themselves in horror before now.

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 02:50pm

  a fitting death

  You made me smile today. Good job.

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 02:44pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Considering the crap that's been going around, it's not enough to avoid the intentional use of copyrighted material. Capture a song in the distance or a sign in a recording? Create something completely new that too closely resembles something someone else has created or thought about creating before? Well now you're in the same deep water. The only winning defensive move is to not perceptibly exist.

• On the post: European Commission Blames Social Networks For ACTA Failure; Worried About Its Imminent Directive On Copyright Enforcement

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 01:04pm

  Re:

  Certainly both are threats to a corrupt ruling body, but I imagine something so singular as facebook would be a convenient target to destroy. Besides, it's not like these people to think beyond "us versus scapegoat".

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