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  • On the post: New Zealand Politicians Who Supported Three Strikes Law Two Months Ago Now Worried It Violates Civil Rights

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2011 @ 10:42am

    Bad idea now?

    The checks must have bounced...

  • On the post: DOJ Uses Congressional Hearings About Protecting Mobile Privacy To Suggest Mobile Users Deserve Less Privacy

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 11 May, 2011 @ 09:13am

    Re: Dumb criminals

    That is to say, having access to more data doesn't get rid of the need to do real police work.

  • On the post: DOJ Uses Congressional Hearings About Protecting Mobile Privacy To Suggest Mobile Users Deserve Less Privacy

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 11 May, 2011 @ 08:46am

    Dumb criminals

    This will only really effect the dumb crooks.
    Say I want to burgle someone. I pay cash for a burn phone, or go old school and go without for a while, leave my iPhone/Android at home, or give it to a friend to carry for the night, go do whatever, then when the cops come asking around I just say I was home/with Billy, and my phone data backs me up.
    A step further and give billy a credit card too, tell him to have dinner on me, just make sure you order two plates, or take another friend about my build, and if anyone asks it was me.

  • On the post: Things Get Worse And Worse For Sony As Another Massive Data Breach Detected

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 03 May, 2011 @ 08:14am

    Typo

    "Who actually willingly pays Sony for anything any more?"

    Should read: Who actually willingly uses Sony's free services any more, let alone give them money.

    An interesting solution to this and other services, go to a retailer that is a bit more trustworthy and get the PSN giftcards. Same goes for XBox live, iTunes, anyone else that wants your credit card number and might store it wrong.

  • On the post: The Ridiculous Demands The Record Labels Want For Music Lockers

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2011 @ 12:54pm

    Re:

    "a single hard drive can store several years of non-stop, non-repetitive music"

    This is only partly true; a hard drive can certianly hold several years worth of music, which could be played nonstop without any tracks repeating, but it would get very repetitive. Most musicians just aren't creative enough to come up with something totally original, that doesn't sound like someone else out there. Just saying.

  • On the post: FBI Hijacks Botnet, With Court Order… Then Issues Kill Signal To Millions Of Computers

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2011 @ 11:12am

    FUD storm

    It's not like they are actually targeting these computers.
    "Next computer: 153.54.23.123 -kill. One down, three million to go."

    It's likely just an untargeted broadcast, using the same way that the virus writers issue commands to it.
    Which is worse, a federal agency sending a stop command to the malware on my computer, or a malicious group of thugs sending commands to my computer to do who knows what, possibly stealing private data.

    Honestly, this is semi encouraging just because they went through proper legal channels to get the court order, instead of just doing it under their own authority, like all those wiretaps.

    It's just to bad they cant put a message up on the screen warning people they are infected and advising them to run windows update to fix the problem.

  • On the post: Who Owns The Copyright On A Tattoo?

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2011 @ 07:17am

    Business idea

    So what I need to do is start giving away tattoos for free, maybe even pay money if the tattoo is in a visible area. Keep record of each tattoo and who got it, and then wait for one of them to get famous.

    When one of them becomes a rockstar and is showing off my tattoo on the cover of rolling stone, I'll be in the money!

    It's only work for hire if they give you money :D
    And you would be even better off if there was some fine print in the liability waiver saying that I retain the rights to all my work.

  • On the post: Record Labels May Owe Artists Close To $2 Billion; Lawsuits Ramp Up With Rick James In The Lead

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2011 @ 10:05am

    Precedent?

    So would this be precedent setting?
    Meaning, if they argue in court that these are all sales instead of licenses, can anyone in another case bring this one before the judge and say "Your honor, the record companies testified under oath that these were sales, but now they are arguing license..."

  • On the post: Barnes & Noble Forbids Photos & Word Of Mouth Promotion With Bogus Copyright Claim

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2011 @ 09:07am

    Re: Could be worried about display "theft"?

    This is also silly considering the state of book store competition... Who is B&N's competition?
    Amazon doesn't do floor displays...
    Local small shops? Maybe, but they aren't big enough to really care about.
    Maybe there are other chains, but around here B&N is the only option.

    Ironically, one of the brick and mortar B&N stores biggest competitors is the nook. Why go to the store when you can shop from home.

  • On the post: New Music Locker Startup Looks More Like Sucker's Bet To Transfer Cash From Investors To Music Labels

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2011 @ 06:26am

    Re:

    "A fool and his money are soon elected."
    ~Will Rogers

  • On the post: Judge Makes Feds Pay Pocket Change To Two Lawyers It Wiretapped Without A Warrant

    AndyD273 ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2010 @ 06:14am

    Lazyness

    Whats really silly is how unnecessary warrantless wiretaps are. Would it really be that hard for the government to get a tame judge to sign a few warrants? It might still be a mockery of justice, but at least it would be through proper channels.