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• On the post: Meet The Internet Defense League (And Join It, Too)

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2012 @ 08:35am

  Re: What about my freedom to create without being pirated?

  You know, boB, you're absolutely right. I can't WAIT to steal your inane fucking ramblings about Big Whatever and claim them as my own.

• On the post: Meet The Internet Defense League (And Join It, Too)

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2012 @ 08:21am

  Re: Re: it can shine a "cat signal"

  Gotta go with weneedhelp on this one, Nigel. The idea of lolcatz is instantly recognizable as an internet meme, and the article does mention merch possibilities. The cat shown illoed just isn't....ironically stupid... enough for a symbol.
  
  Thoughts? How would you describe an idealized lolcat?

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Song Pirated By Anti-Piracy Group; Collection Society Fined For Failing To Get Royalties

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2012 @ 08:43am

  I'm not a big fan of schadenfreude (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune), but it seems so appropriate here.
  
  I'm hoping Buma/Stemra refuses to pay, compelling the courts to send out a...collection agency.

• On the post: Yes, The IPAA Is A Serious Problem: Both In Process & Substance

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2012 @ 03:15pm

  Re:

  I had a joke about flushing money down the toilet only enriches the sewer rats, but then I realized this was uncomfortably too close to the truth. Then it wasn't so funny.

• On the post: Jon Stewart Blasts Viacom For Stupid Blackout; Viacom Sheepishly Turns Web Streams Back On

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2012 @ 02:59pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Link to DailyShow had ad beforehand blaming DirectTV

  I too would enjoy Jon Stewart on PBS, so long as he wore cardigan sweaters and used the old Mr. Rogers set.

• On the post: Is This Chemical Why File Sharers Buy More Music?

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2012 @ 02:41pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Thinking of the reavers as former MAFIAA/lawyers explains a lot.

• On the post: Is This Chemical Why File Sharers Buy More Music?

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2012 @ 02:28pm

  Re: Re: Soooo....

  "I used to get high on life, but pretty soon I built up a tolerance. I used to seize the day, then I started seizing two days, three days, then I was a seizing a week, just to get the same buzz." - Arj Barker

• On the post: Is This Chemical Why File Sharers Buy More Music?

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2012 @ 11:51am

  Soooo....

  ....freetards are stealing just to get high. Knew it.
  
  /troll

• On the post: Lord Finesse Learning How The Streisand Effect Works: Tons Of People Re-Upload Dan Bull's Video

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2012 @ 03:14pm

  Re:

  *shrug* Beats the heck out of suing some kid for stealing music that you stole in the first place, doncha know.

• On the post: In The Patent Battle Over Speech Devices, The Real 'Irreparable Harm' Is A Child Losing Her Only Voice

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2012 @ 02:46pm

  Yet another segment of the world's population will find workarounds to onerous regulation, and so become 'pirates'.

• On the post: Dan Bull: Censored By Copyright For Protesting Being Censored By Copyright

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2012 @ 09:13am

  The Royal We

  "There's a difference between someone posting their opinion as a video (something we won't suppress),..."

  I admit to ignorance concerning Lord Finesse; I can only infer his character based on this one tweet - which I assume is his personal feed. Is he in fact a Peer of the Realm, thus entitled to be addressed as "Lord", and in the personal as "we"?
  
  Was his music written in the style of this tweet, i.e., in a lawyerly fashion, with complete stops, vague innuendo and implied threats (although I'm very happy to read he won't suppress a personal opinion)?
  
  Would you say he has mad office cred in lieu of the more common street cred?

• On the post: Dropped By Dish, AMC Pulls An Anti-Viacom: Offers Breaking Bad Premiere Free To Dish Subscribers

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2012 @ 02:41pm

  Re: Re:

  Remember the good old days, when trolls would try to engage in debate before sinking to the 'you smell like a fart!' stage? Good times....I think over-paying for entertainment has left them with little money for meds, grammar books or that all-important down payment to get them out of their moms' basements.

• On the post: FBI Wants To Make It Easier For You To Tell Your Customers They Might Be Felonious Pirates

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 01:19pm

  Blue Pencil Time

  ...every time you legitimately purchase content, you'll be reminded that the copyright holder thinks you're a lousy stinking thief who deserves a federal investigation...

  
  ...every time you legitimately purchase content, you'll be reminded that the copyright holder knows you're a lousy stinking thief who deserves a federal investigation...

• On the post: FBI Wants To Make It Easier For You To Tell Your Customers They Might Be Felonious Pirates

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 01:14pm

  Re: And yet...

  That's a feature, not a bug!

• On the post: Rewind: Mexico Surprises Everyone, Signs ACTA

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 09:35am

  At this point in the game, I'm sure the USTR is giving away a free toaster with each sign-up. Maybe the Mexican ambassador to Japan just wanted some toast.

• On the post: Kim Jong Un's Mysterious Female Companion Hides The Real Issue: Piracy Of Disney Characters!

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 08:52am

  They buried the lead.

  The REAL story here is that the leader of a nuclear state, a grown man, takes his date to a fucking Disney musical.

• On the post: Viacom Uses Fans As Hostages: Blocks Daily Show, Colbert Streams For Everyone To Spite DirecTV

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 08:35am

  Re:

  The day is rapidly approaching when 'filthy pirate' will morph into 'visionary consumer'.

• On the post: Dear Lamar Smith & House Judiciary: Have You Learned Nothing From SOPA?

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 08:15am

  Re: In agreement

  +1
  
  What I find especially contemptible about all this is the bad-programming-loop feel: try-fail-try-fail... and the inability of the players involved to understand that anyone who cares to look can see them as the tools they are.

• On the post: Let The Judiciary Committee Know That Creating A Mini-SOPA Without Public Participation Is Unacceptable

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2012 @ 09:13am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Much obliged for the fix.
  
  Briding politicians just sounds...icky.

• On the post: Hipmunk Raises Money… And Is Immediately Threatened By Patent Troll

  

  Baldaur Regis ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2012 @ 12:57pm

  Re: Pesky competition eating into your profits?

  3. Prove that it's mathematically impossible to NOT infringe a software patent.
  
  3a. Watch judge's head explode from disbelief; win by default.

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