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  • On the post: Don't Force Web Platforms To Silence Innocent People

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 12:58pm

    I don't see why...

    ...a platform should be held to any different standard of "hate speech" than individuals are.

    So long as you don't incite violence or support violence against any "protected group", you should be able to post any damned foolishness you want.

    If I start a blog with a comments section for People Who Hate Elbonians, monitor the comments for the above "violence", who really cares?

    For every white "supremacist" site you can find a similar site for just about any non-white group you can think of.

    So what? It comes down to the Nuke the Gay Whales argument. If YOU find something objectionable, what gives YOUR opinion higher status than that of the person who posted the objectionable (to YOU) content?

    The narrow minded should be as free to congregate and discuss non-mainstream ideas and ideals as the broader minded.

    Hell, the guy who runs the crew I use to paint my apartments between tenants is the most racist person I've ever met. He's black and only hires black laborers because he claims you can't get any REAL work out of white guys.

    I shake my head and pay his invoices because he runs the best small paint crew for miles around. His opinion of white workers doesn't effect the quality of his work (hell, maybe he's RIGHT), and doesn't impact me in any other way.

    I don't base who I rent to on race, religion, or anything other than their ability to pay the rent and they pass both a criminal and a financial background check. Why WOULD I? Pick a group, any group, and explain to me why their money isn't as good as that of those outside of that group.

  • On the post: That Was Quick: Thomas Goolnik Already Gets Google To Forget Our Latest Story About Thomas Goolnik Getting Google To Forget Stories About Thomas Goolnik

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 08:30am

    Bah, it's SIMPLE...

    ..."Thomas Goolnik" is the very first entry in the EU Upload Filter file...

  • On the post: White House Won't Share Data On Whether It Interfered In AT&T Merger Review

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 07:12am

    Don't read too much into it...

    "Again, it remains entirely possible that Trump simply wanted the deal spiked out of spite for CNN."

    Those of us who have watched trump's antics over the last forty or so years know two true things about the man: He's PETTY and he's SPITEFUL.

    As Jackie Gleason said; "Being rich means never having to say you're sorry.". Trump takes that to heart.

    Burning a merger because someone involved in it pissed him off in the past isn't out of character.

  • On the post: EU Parliament Votes To Require Internet Sites To Delete 'Terrorist Content' In One Hour (By 3 Votes)

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 02:01pm

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    Worse, a LOT of VPN servers are IN Europe.

  • On the post: EU Parliament Votes To Require Internet Sites To Delete 'Terrorist Content' In One Hour (By 3 Votes)

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 12:55pm

    Re: Re:

    Disagree. As the article points out, there's an election a month away. Block them NOW for a few days, and see how that influences the coming election. They can't claim the big baddie US is the bad guy when it's laws THEY (the current office holders) passed that built the fence.

  • On the post: No, YouTube Cannot Reasonably Moderate All Content On Its Platform

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 12:03pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Screening --Trolls

    His page exists at 127.0.0.1

  • On the post: Government Tossing Child Porn Cases Rather Than Discuss Its Torrent-Tracking Software In Court

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 11:42am

    Re:

    Agreed, the "swarm" would have to be one seed and one leech, the leech being the person getting arrested. Even if it was a honeypot, they couldn't get the hash from the leech until the file was completely downloaded. But what they're claiming is that they can see inside the leech's machine to get the hash of the .bt torrent file itself. That's a hell of a lot more invasive (and illegal....) than firing up their own client and joining the swarm. Does anyone still download torrent files? The Magnet Link system does away with that for this very reason.

  • On the post: No, YouTube Cannot Reasonably Moderate All Content On Its Platform

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 08:01am

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    Blaming the platform is nothing new. Some idiot says something stupid on TV, and who gets fined? It's not the ignorant idiot who said it, it's the TV show / station / network. The internet platforms fight against falling under Common Carrier status (which is what sane people DO want - a dumb pipe), then scream when they're sued in a case where Common Carrier status would have protected them - like the US Mail or pre-internet Ma Bell. As to all your "half the world" mentions, that won't ever change. Get any two random people together and they'll judge each other.

  • On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 05:58am

    Re: Re: Re:

    That's because thorazine isn't a hormone...

  • On the post: Government Tossing Child Porn Cases Rather Than Discuss Its Torrent-Tracking Software In Court

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 10:15am

    torrent files...

    Use of scanning software to look for hashes was the main reason for "magnet links" that pretty much every BT site now uses. There is NO torrent file downloaded to any machine in the swarm.

    If the entire system is based on the hash value of a given file, software to inject a few "invisible" characters at a random point in any file to change the hash value is already available.

  • On the post: No, YouTube Cannot Reasonably Moderate All Content On Its Platform

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 07:20am

    You missed...

    ...a big one. He's assuming all the video is in English.

    You're not going to get multi-lingual reviewers for minimum wage.

    This clown needs to see the team involved in a "live" (ten to thirty second transmission delay) TV broadcast.

  • On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2019 @ 01:13pm

    Re:

    Be careful with that. I get a few notices on two email addresses every other month or so. I don't HAVE any videos on youtube. They're obvious phishing emails, loaded with links to "appeal" their "decision under the DMCA laws".

  • On the post: As Expected, EU Nations Rubber Stamp EU Copyright Directive

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2019 @ 10:18am

    Re: Re:

    Gotta disagree. They passed their laws knowing that their populations were against those laws. They're counting on people (such as you seem to be) not taking direct action, such as geoblocking. If they don't get blocked, the narrative will be "See? The sky isn't falling! Re-elect us!". If France is 1/10th as Facebook addicted as the US seems to be, a week-long geoblock with redirection to a "Illegal from your location" page should be enough to force a "motion" to "repeal" the law(s). While allowing the culprits to save some face by blaming it all on the E-Vile Corporations in the E-Vile United States. As to "only Google and Facebook can afford to...." Maybe they can. I really doubt it, the requirements of the Nerd Harder law just aren't obtainable - you're not going to see "one hour takedown" on a system with billions of users. And you've got to consider if those companies WANT to be there - spend billions to almost comply, and get fined billions more because compliance is impossible isn't a healthy business model.

  • On the post: Very Little In Trump's 'Bold' New Rural Broadband Plan Is Actually New

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2019 @ 08:20am

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    He's a politician. Don't assume they can do higher maths...

  • On the post: Creator Of Silk Road 2.0 Did Double The Business, Sentenced To Only Five Years In Prison

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 02:42pm

    Re: Re:

    $30,000 per prisoner? We need more private prisons. I live in prison country, and the medium security ones claim $50-60K/y per, the Max and Supermax ones three to five times that much.

  • On the post: Creator Of Silk Road 2.0 Did Double The Business, Sentenced To Only Five Years In Prison

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 02:38pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Eh, I didn't see it as anything other than current take on what used to be s/he or (s)he when unsure of the gender of a person. And I have to admit, I did find the "zis and zat" mildly amusing.

  • On the post: Starz Really, Really Doesn't Want You To Know That TorrentFreak Wrote About Leaked Shows, Or That Anyone Tweeted About It

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 11:01am

    Re: Kill the messenger?

    Not just screeners, but the name of the reviewer they were sent to is a subtitle on every frame. And some Russian online gambling site loaded them with adverts as well. They're not going to lose anything from these leaks.

  • On the post: Stupid Battle Over YouTube Subcribers Now Includes A Takedown Order From A Court In India

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 09:05am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    The songs aren't bad. That they're sometimes performed by people who sing even worse than I do is another matter entirely. Especially all the white covers, the Crewcuts come right to mind. Frankie Lymon's voice wasn't all that great, everything by the Chiffons is a good listen. The really early stuff like Earth Angel, and the very late songs like Dimucci have been popular through what, three, four generations now? 70's hard rock and punk are still popular, 80's disco is well, alright, ONE song on rare occasions for nostalgia purposes, 90's ... nope, can't think of anything really good from then. There are a gem or three from every genre, Maroon 5's Wake Up Call is the most kick-ass Foxtrot since Crocodile Rock brought back Single Swing. :)

  • On the post: Game Exclusivity Wars Are Upon Us And Valve's Anti-Review-Bombing Process Is Without A Rip-Cord

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 03:50pm

    Negative comment bombing....

    ...So, Blue's a Steam user....

    /s

  • On the post: Stupid Battle Over YouTube Subcribers Now Includes A Takedown Order From A Court In India

    Roy Wilson ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 08:10am

    Re: Re: Re:

    90's era was a different genre than today's. Or the 70's, 50's, etc. You can't compare the "greatness" between them with any real meaning. Exception: There is no such thing as bad doo-wop...

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