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

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2012 @ 03:10pm

  Re:

  Wow! what a deal!
  And here, i normally spend so much on purchasing tards at market rates.

• On the post: Open Offer To Chris Dodd & Cary Sherman: Meet The Internet Online And In The Open

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2012 @ 02:35pm

  Re: Here's an idea

  Too bad "the net" is the one of the few ways we can crucify them.
  It'd be nice to have them publicly condemned on their own turf.
  Otherwise it's almost just masturbatory.

• On the post: Always A Gatekeeper: RIAA Backs .music Proposal… If It's Only Limited To 'Accredited' Musicians

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2012 @ 05:44pm

  Re: dotBlackHole

  That is a totally unrealistic picture you paint.
  320 x 240 is much too large a thumbnail for them
  Why, you might be able to read some words...
  Without paying to remember them!

• On the post: Always A Gatekeeper: RIAA Backs .music Proposal… If It's Only Limited To 'Accredited' Musicians

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2012 @ 05:36pm

  Re:

  We all know they have no idea what value is, but i'm somehow sure that they'd understand that a .riaa TLD is less than worthless.

• On the post: Always A Gatekeeper: RIAA Backs .music Proposal… If It's Only Limited To 'Accredited' Musicians

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2012 @ 05:15pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I don't think anybody needs or intends to contest your statement of pride in willful ignorance.

• On the post: Iranian Filmmaker Banned From Filmmaking… Makes Documentary Via His iPhone About His Plight

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2012 @ 12:12pm

  Re:

  Which might take a few hundred years, but surely the guy won't mind. Artists like to struggle. It gives them street cred.

• On the post: Open Offer To Chris Dodd & Cary Sherman: Meet The Internet Online And In The Open

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 06:09pm

  Re: An Alternative Suggestion

  That depends if their willingness to speak out against their masters outweighs the risk of punishment.
  
  But really, i'd like to hear from the artists they claim to protect.

• On the post: Major Label-Owned Vevo Caught Publicly Streaming NFL Game Off Of 'Rogue Site'

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 05:29pm

  Re: High Court/Low Court "Justice"

  Agree, but i'd like to add that it likely doesn't need to even be swept under the rug at all. In general, these forces have enough influence in the the government and enough control over what people see and hear, I imagine they're quite confident they can operate in open violation. The only force universal may have to reckon with would be the NFL.

• On the post: RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 11:05pm

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  Yes. Yes they are.
  It's not reasonable for them to assume that they'll get several hundred thousand or a few million from an individual. Their litigation serves two purposes:
  
  1: It's a public crucifixion. Organized criminals maintain control by threat of annihilation.
  2: It serves to erode the sensibility of caselaw. Throw that shit at the wall until anything sticks.

• On the post: Lamar Smith: Enemy Of The Internet? Defends Internet Snooping Bill

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 06:07pm

  Re: Re: oh this finally showed up

  Ah, that makes more sense. I only showed up here in december.

• On the post: Yet Another (Yes Another!) Study Suggests Hollywood's Problem Is Dumb Release Windows That Cost It Money

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 06:02pm

  Re: Re:

  Yeah, i can see it now, WB gets declared a rogue studio and gets shut down pronto. People would be sitting in theatres waiting for the show to start only to be greeted with a message from ICE/DOJ

• On the post: Lamar Smith: Enemy Of The Internet? Defends Internet Snooping Bill

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 10:38am

  Re: To be fair

  Well of course some of the congresstooges back off now after the SOPA publicity. That doesn't mean Smith and others won't run with it.
  
  Some criminals prefer to run and hide when you catch them in the act. Other criminals will redouble their efforts and focus directly on you. Just because some of the stooges are 'runners' doesn't mean we don't have an infestation of cheap criminals.
  
  That said, the bill does seem a bit too ridiculous for them. This doesn't mean it's not a hazard.

• On the post: Lamar Smith: Enemy Of The Internet? Defends Internet Snooping Bill

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 10:27am

  oh this finally showed up

  I was wondering when you guys would catch wind of this one. When i first heard about it, i figured it might be a joke. After all, it's such an absurd convergence of Lamar smith, a near-orwellian bill designation, and Orwellian intent conspicuously disguised as an anti-child-porn bill. Why are these fraudsters taken seriously?
  
  Make no mistake. Lamar Smith et al are not mere enemies of the internet. These criminals are enemies of the public.

• On the post: Movie Studios Jump In Late: Sue LimeWire And Demand Cash From Dead Site

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 12:28am

  Re:

  I don't know how anybody could overlook the oldest reason for their litigation tactics. Of course it's about making the public fearful and obedient. They're burning down the corner deli.
  
  Of course, i'm sure they also thrive on bad caselaw this shit generates. It's win-win for them. Their money came easy.

• On the post: Movie Studios Jump In Late: Sue LimeWire And Demand Cash From Dead Site

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 10:55pm

  it works for dvds, i'm sure!

  Well, it is the MPAA. They probably just assumed that there was some unreasonably long, arbitrarily agreed-upon delay before they could sue. Obviously they'd make more money the longer they waited, right?

• On the post: Hollywood Wants To Kill Piracy? No Problem: Just Offer Something Better

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 10:37pm

  talking to the wall

  1: They don't care about anything but striking deals. Your position as a 'valued customer' is a farce. They value nothing about their relationship with you.
  
  2: Their ideal business model does not rely on an exchange of valuable goods/services for money. Their goal is a unilateral, unbounded growth in their returns. The existence of a product is merely a ruse.
  
  3: Having 'sales' would defeat all they've attempted in the pursuit of higher returns on lower volume via artifical scarcity.
  
  4: Again, choice and post-sale value erodes the functionality of an artifical scarcity.
  
  and on
  and on
  
  These people cannot be reasoned with. The only thing you can do is conquer them.

• On the post: The NFL Issues Takedown For Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 10:06pm

  Re: Re: Screenshot

  Yeah, in the future it may be disallowed to discuss the football commercials as well

• On the post: The NFL Issues Takedown For Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 10:00pm

  Re: Re:

  Just wait until hollywood produces a movie about funny cats and unintelligible cellphone images. Then they'll lay claim to the remainder.

• On the post: Watch Out: Widespread Protests Against ACTA Spreading Across Europe

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2012 @ 12:41am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  A question remains, for even if this is sarcasm, it rests on a knowledge of political cultures less prone to reason.
  
  That is: Why would the White House be the appropriate venue for a meeting between Google and the MPAA? If you think this is perfectly reasonable, I'd venture that your comment was honest and that you truly never will have a clue.

• On the post: Bulgarian MPs Wear Anonymous/Guy Fawkes Masks To Protest ACTA

  

  Al Bert ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2012 @ 12:23am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Calling someone childish for expressing disagreement with bad politics is less than immature itself. It's simply ignorant.

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