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• On the post: Midjourney CEO Says ‘Political Satire In China Is Pretty Not Okay,’ But Apparently Silencing Satire About Xi Jinping Is Pretty Okay

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2023 @ 01:29am

  He’s got that horrible artist who keeps portraying him as brave, fit, and patriotic for that kind of bullshit

• On the post: DeSantis May Be Learning What The Copyright World Has Always Known: Disney’s Lawyers Don’t Fuck Around

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2023 @ 01:25am

  Nope. They’re both residents of Floriduh. VP has to come from a different state than POTUS.

• On the post: DeSantis May Be Learning What The Copyright World Has Always Known: Disney’s Lawyers Don’t Fuck Around

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2023 @ 01:22am

  Our house troll has chosen a new daddy, it seems. Fortunatel for the house troll, DeSantis does seem to favour minor children for company.

• On the post: Cryptographer Tells European ISPs How EU’s Client-Side Scanning Proposal Will Make Everyone Less Safe

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2023 @ 10:38pm

  dear god this is horrible :(

• On the post: MLB Tries To Trademark 3 City Names, Runs Away After Law Profs School Them

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2023 @ 10:27pm

  could have opened the door to the Red Sox having the ability to assert a legal claim to merchandise that simply bears the name “Boston,” I thought you could only trademark names in a particular form, not names themselves. And why not trademark that expression together with the team name? Someone was having a serious attack of stupid when they recommended trying this!

• On the post: In Internet Speech Cases, SCOTUS Should Stick Up For Reno v. ACLU

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2023 @ 11:10pm

  ❤️

• On the post: In Internet Speech Cases, SCOTUS Should Stick Up For Reno v. ACLU

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2023 @ 06:32pm

  Things I am sick of arguing about on this blog:

  • Fucking cake
  • Fucking Twitter profits
  • Fucking Elon's Fucking Jet
  • Fucking Ashli Babbett
  • Fucking transphobes
  • Fucking homophobes
  • Fucking racists
  • Fucking idiots' views on truth, science, the American way, and anyone else's intelligence

  Since I installed Thad's Hide Techdirt comments script I don't actually see the comments by transphobes, homophobes, racists, idiots, or anyone arguing with them anonymously anymore, but I see enough of you signed in lot quoting their drivel that it's still driving me insane. Stop. Arguing. With. Trolls. Please.

• On the post: The Dirty Secret Behind Porn Filtering Laws? Content Filtering Doesn’t Work.

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2023 @ 02:57pm

  Porn and teenagers, especially teenage boys, is a dreadful mix, and does a lot of harm. I agree that education for all genders on the way porn distorts sexual interactions and perceptions is much more important. It's just too damn late to get the porn off the internet, and if you make it 'forbidden fruit', it's much more likely to pique teenage attention. Showing it for what it mostly is, which is artificial and dull and unsatisfying emotionally, and explaining that, would work much better

• On the post: Winnie The Pooh Escapes Copyright Hell, Grabs Some Weapons, And Immediately Gets Kicked Out Of Hong Kong

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2023 @ 02:52pm

  " the horror film turns Pooh and Piglet into partners in slashy crime" Oh? ::perks up in fanficcer:: Not that kind of slashy, I bet "President Xi as Winnie the Pooh" This is hilarious :)

• On the post: As The Social Media Moral Panic Continues, People Keep Highlighting How Much Value It Actually Provides

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2023 @ 02:49pm

  "One wonders if they are just trying to line people up so the second 230 gets jiggled they will file all of these cases." Bingo! :(

• On the post: In Internet Speech Cases, SCOTUS Should Stick Up For Reno v. ACLU

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2023 @ 04:34pm

  Stephen, Stephen, you keep laying out the facts like the house trolls give a fuck about them. It's never going to work.

• On the post: Tech Press Slowly Figuring Out That Banning TikTok Doesn’t Fix The Actual Problem

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2023 @ 08:32pm

  "All social media" Not Mastodon. "If all social media vanished tomorrow because of lack of users and revenue, the world would not be any worse for it." Really? I think the lack of easy connection between people and quick and simple access to news and information would have a strongly deleterious effect on the world. It's like saying if all phones disappeared tomorrow, nothing would happen. It's an inane argument.

• On the post: Publishers Get One Step Closer To Killing Libraries

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2023 @ 08:27pm

  The first public lending libraries were for paid subscribers. Tax payers and the government have taken over the cost for individuals. I hope we don't return to the state of things in the early nineteenth century because that will substantially reduce access, and then where will these precious publisher profits come from?

• On the post: Elon Musk Effectively Admits That He Set Fire To More Than Half Of Twitter’s Value

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2023 @ 08:18pm

  He bases values on his 'feelings' about his companies. He and Donald have a lot in common.

• On the post: Elon Musk Effectively Admits That He Set Fire To More Than Half Of Twitter’s Value

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2023 @ 06:36pm

  "The company could be worth $10 billion or $1 billion or $50 billion." I'm going with no billion, personally. He's King Midas all right - in reverse

• On the post: Publishers Get One Step Closer To Killing Libraries

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2023 @ 03:51pm

  Oh ffs :(

• On the post: Indian Government Cuts Off Internet Access To 27 Million Punjab Residents As It Continues Its Targeting Of Sikhs

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2023 @ 03:01pm

  Another democracy dies while people suck up to the authoritarian in charge :(

• On the post: Publishers Get One Step Closer To Killing Libraries

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2023 @ 02:32pm

  They won't, which is the stupidest thing about this mess. It's self-destructive on a massive scale.

• On the post: Publishers Get One Step Closer To Killing Libraries

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2023 @ 02:31pm

  This is obviously a legally horrible decision, and hurts the IA which is a global treasure and should be protected at all costs. But I can't even see how it benefits the publishers. I've said here before that ebook pirates don't covert to paying customers because that's not something they want to do. Cutting off their supply doesn't suddenly open up a whole new market for creators. The same is true for people who want to borrow a book by a new author to read it before buying it. (I'll also repeat for the slow of understanding that I completely support library ebook lending and deplore all attempts to restrict that or impose fees for repeat use. And I also support the right of first purchase for physical books to be lent and resold.) There are very few authors who are so wonderful that if a prospective reader can't try them out first, they will eagerly hand over $20 for a Kindle version or ebook just to see if they like their work. (And if you think you're the exception, you're wrong.) This is particularly true for popular genre works, where the big money is for publishers. Like the attempt to make providing ebooks for other libraries more costly, all this decision is likely to do is drive down the habit of reading fiction for that very segment of the audience who are the most devoted readers and fans - the kind of people who make multiple purchases of books to give as gifts, and the kind of readers who enthusiastically boost and review the books they love to other readers. Any author who values a few dollars in royalties (or sucking up to their publisher) over keeping their audience enthused and happy, needs to have their head read because they're bonkers. I don't know who this judge is, but he sounds like yet another useless, fanatic Trump appointee trying to change established law to suit his own theories. America is going to suffer badly from the Trump era for decades because of these people. I hope the 2nd Circuit smashes this decision to bits.

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

  

  Anathema Device ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2023 @ 10:55pm

  Thank you for this, you are a life saver!

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