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• On the post: NY Times And Washington Post Describe Yesterday's Net Neutrality Vote In Diametrically Opposite Ways

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 16 May, 2014 @ 12:29pm

  ...opening the possibility of Internet service providers charging Web sites for higher-quality delivery of their content...

  It's nice to see that very few people are buying Wheeler's statement that Netflix's agreement with Comcast is just a peering arrangement, and not an outright purchase of fast-lane access. He's not a stupid man; does he really believe nobody can project these proposed rules into a world where ISPs squat on the last-mile connections and squeeze every penny from both their subscribers and any sites they visit?

• On the post: Webhost Protests FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal By Limiting FCC Access To 28.8Kbps

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 09 May, 2014 @ 01:09pm

  I hope the FCC will take the time to visit the neocities site to get an idea of what an unchecked future might look like. And then walk that horrible zombie net neutrality proposal back to the cash-lined grave from whence it lurched.

• On the post: How The US Post Office Killed Innovative Digital Mail Because It Disrupted Junk Mailers

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 02 May, 2014 @ 10:10am

  Best! Statement! Ever!*

  According to Evan, the Chief of Digital Strategy's comments were even more stark, "[Your market model] will never work anyway. Digital is a fad. It will only work in Europe."

  The Chief of Digital Strategy says "digital is a fad." Back to the abacus, I guess, and what exactly is he getting paid for again?. The fellow then doubles down and says "It will only work in Europe." What, American 0s and 1s don't fit in the slot? Too fat? Only svelte European digits will work?
  
  *This one statement supersedes all previous Best! Statements! Ever!

• On the post: DOJ Whines That A Warrant To Search A Mobile Phone Makes It More Difficult To Catch Criminals

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 01:20pm

  The DOJ gets my "Funny" vote for their brief. And in a few years, when the Internet Of Things really takes off, will the DOJ argue for expansion of these assertions to cover any electronic device? "Cuff the fridge and haul it to the station. There just might be tasty, tasty info in there."
  
  Also note the brief continually refers to the instant devices as 'cell phones', not 'smartphones'. The language is either a brilliant sleight of hand in obfuscating modern phones' capabilities, or proof that the government is in fact way behind the curve.

• On the post: Mayor Ardis Defends Police Raid, Complains That Parody Twitter Account Used Up All The Free Speech

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 08:17am

  "This guy took away my freedom of speech."
  
  Poor me. Poor mayor. Anybody who holds the power to fuck up five people's lives over at worst a personal insult doesn't get to use the victim card.

• On the post: Google Appeals Moronic Court Order Demanding It Hunt Down Third Party Sites And 'Take' Offending Content 'Back'

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 11:27am

  This "visiting San Antonio Judge Richard Price"....
  
  Was he perchance visiting from 1840?

• On the post: Textile Company Drags A Bunch Of Clothing Companies To Court Over Copyrighted Stripe Pattern

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2014 @ 09:29am

  Wow, those samples, it's like looking in a fucking mirror.
  
  
  Not.

• On the post: Snowden Asks Putin Live On TV If Russia Carries Out Mass Surveillance; But Why?

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2014 @ 07:19am

  When a surfer gets bitten by a shark, it's sometimes called 'paying the rent'. And Mr. Snowden is definitely swimming with the sharks.

• On the post: Dianne Feinstein Asks DOJ To Investigate Leak Of Torture Report Summary To McClatchy News Service

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2014 @ 09:50am

  Re:

  That's well said.
  
  Given that the same people who are the focus of this report are being given the power to censor and edit the report, I doubt even the blandest information will be in the official version.

• On the post: The Most Bizarre Response To The Pulitzers Yet, From The Guy Who Authorized CIA Torture

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2014 @ 10:10am

  John Yoo. What I wish for that war criminal would have to be declared untorture by...John Yoo.

• On the post: Why We Filed An Amicus Brief In Garcia v. Google: Blaming 3rd Parties Has Serious Impact On Free Speech

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2014 @ 07:29am

  I am snapping my fingers in beatnik appreciation for Lawyer Gellis' brief. She's one cool kitty.

• On the post: Adding Condoleezza Rice To Dropbox's Board Seems Incredibly Tone Deaf Following NSA Concerns

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2014 @ 11:17am

  Re:

  Edit: shouda RTFA - link is already there.

• On the post: Fresh Off Being Called Out For Collusion, Legacy Music Industry Players Cite Need For Greater Collusion On Political Front

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2014 @ 07:39am

  Re:

  From the cited NYT article:

  ?While we and record labels may agree that Pandora should pay a maximum amount possible of their revenue for music, it doesn?t mean that we agree that the money should be split 13 to one,? said David Israelite, the president of the National Music Publishers? Association.

  The objective view is that there is no competition among the music industry for market share.

• On the post: Adding Condoleezza Rice To Dropbox's Board Seems Incredibly Tone Deaf Following NSA Concerns

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2014 @ 11:16am

  This didn't take long. TechCrunch reports on a petition to drop dropbox.

• On the post: Everything Old Is Unavailable Again: How Copyright Has Ebooks Operating In The 1800s

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 10:15am

  Re: Virtual Ownership

  I don't buy e-books either. I go to the Library Of Congress, Project Gutenberg, and the Internet Archive, among others. If it's on my HDD, I own it.

• On the post: CIA Put In Charge Of Declassifying Senate's Report That Condemns The CIA's Torture Program

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 08:07am

  Got a feeling that report is going to be waterboarded and will wind up holding a newspaper to the cameras and saying "I love the CIA the CIA has done nothing wrong and the CIA is protecting my freedoms".

• On the post: ICE Rejects My Request To Waive FOIA Fees 'Because .' Yes, 'Because .'

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2014 @ 09:12am

  At least they didn't say 'because fuck you'.

• On the post: Hollywood Hires New Person To Make Same Old Mistakes In Fighting Against The Future

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2014 @ 09:22am

  Re: Education is the answer

  This point cannot be stressed enough. Allowing Hollywood to muddle these terms into into some Newspeak porridge conflating everything with theft is doubleplusungood. I'm frankly surprised the NYT didn't call her out on this.

• On the post: Senate Report Says CIA Repeatedly Lied About The Fact That Its Torture Efforts Were Useless In Finding Bin Laden

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2014 @ 11:27am

  Long after whatever intelligence gleaned through these heinous practices loses relevance, the world - including America - will remember that America tortured prisoners.
  
  Not 'Oops, they got banged up during capture', not 'He got those bruises trying to escape', not even the old tried-and-true 'Musta slipped on a bar of soap'.
  
  Just straight up, premeditated torture.
  
  Thanks, CIA.

• On the post: Hollywood Hires New Person To Make Same Old Mistakes In Fighting Against The Future

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2014 @ 08:00am

  Hey Vitale -

  ?It?s as simple as this: One kid does a painting, and another kid comes up and puts his name on it,? Ms. Vitale said.

  
  
  Look up "plagiarism".
  
  Look up "copyright infringement".
  
  Look up "fucking moron".

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