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• On the post: NJ Congressman Rush Holt Is Attempting To Repeal The Patriot Act And FISA Amendments Act

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2013 @ 05:43am

  Rush Holt is also on the right side of the debates over electronic voting machines.

• On the post: Google, Microsoft And Other Ad Networks Agree To 'Best Practices' To Stop Ads From Appearing On 'Pirate' Sites

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2013 @ 06:42pm

  That's fine as long as they also exclude websites of companies that are guilty of price fixing and antitrust violations.

• On the post: HBO's Latest DMCA Abuse: Issues Takedown To Google Over Popular VLC Media Player

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2013 @ 06:40pm

  Since hbo.com has received one or more DMCA notices, best practices dictate that hbo.com no longer receive ad revenue or search results, right?

• On the post: When People From Oliver Stone To Famous Ex-Porn Stars Are Speaking Out About NSA Spying…

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2013 @ 12:07am

  "... and PalTalk - whatever the fuck that is"
  
  I've been wondering about that too!

• On the post: Jammie Thomas Refuses To Make RIAA Propaganda In Exchange For Reduced Payment

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2013 @ 07:15pm

  Stay strong Jammie. Maybe instead you could make a video denouncing their price fixing.

• On the post: Court Finds Apple Guilty Of Conspiring To Raise Ebook Prices

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2013 @ 12:22pm

  How is it that price fixers somehow think they have the moral high ground later on when they are complaining about pirates?

• On the post: Brooklyn City Council Member Wants The Police Invited To Any House Party

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2013 @ 06:29am

  Please stick to articles about technology.

• On the post: If Only Ed Snowden Worked On Wall St. He'd Be Free From Prosecution Risk

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2013 @ 05:46am

  Please sticky this article for a few days.

• On the post: Reveal Illegal Surveillance? Run For Your Life; Conduct Illegal Surveillance & Lie About It? No Biggie

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2013 @ 08:07am

  Nice article -- short and to the point.

• On the post: Washington Post: Stop Us Before We Do Any More Real Journalism Like That Cute Little Guardian Paper

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2013 @ 01:24pm

  Small and underweight, you say? Sometimes even editors need editors.

• On the post: NewEgg Selling Anti-Patent Troll T-Shirts

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2013 @ 06:10am

  Don't settle with trolls.
  
  Also:
  
  Don't pay kidnapping ransoms.
  Don't negotiate with terrorists.
  Don't pay Somali pirates.
  Don't buy RIAA or MPAA products.

• On the post: Why The NSA's Surveillance Program Is Illegal And Unconstitutional

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2013 @ 12:27pm

  Re: maybe there is a secret dictionary....

  There's a fine line between "redefine target" and "retarget".

• On the post: Defense Department Blocks All Web Access To The Guardian In Response To NSA Leaks

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2013 @ 06:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Its necessary for them to do...

  If there's nothing useful on your computers but OS and software, why have computers at all? Just go back to dumb terminals already. If people would object to wiping, there must be important data on them that would be lost. If you let them back up their data first, the objectionable material might spread. If people have to save all their data on servers, would you wipe the server?
  
  BTW, I'm not outraged, just depressed. Much like most of your workers I would assume.

• On the post: Church Of Scientology Uses Copyright, Trademark, And Cyberbullying Laws To Silence Critical Parody

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2013 @ 10:12am

  Au contraire, bonjour?
  
  What's that whooshing sound over my head?

• On the post: Sending A Dick Pic As Your Response To A Lawsuit: Not An Effective Legal Strategy

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2013 @ 03:14pm

  I like to imagine that some NSA prole had to view that pic before they stored it forever in their Utah fortress, and had to ponder, if ever so briefly, whether it contained a coded message.

• On the post: American Bankers' Association Claims Routing Numbers Are Copyrighted

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2013 @ 09:47am

  Next up: All IP addresses will be copyrighted!

• On the post: Epic Response To A Bogus Cease And Desist Letter: Bravo For Your Legal Satire!

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2013 @ 12:04pm

  Multiple, LOLs, literally!
  
  Alas, the PS and PPS were sketchy.

• On the post: British Intelligence Spied On G20 Officials' Phone Calls And Emails During 2009 Summit

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2013 @ 08:21pm

  The domestic public has always accepted that we spy on foreign interests. But now that the domestic public is being spied upon, does that mean the spies now consider the domestic public to be foreign?

• On the post: Retired Federal Judge Explains Why The FISA Court Should Not Be Trusted

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2013 @ 08:15pm

  What are the names of these FISA judges? How do we know they even exist? How do we know the FISA court isn't really this or this?

• On the post: Knowing The Government Is Spying On You Changes How You Act

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2013 @ 08:02pm

  This article is the best counterpoint to anyone who brags they have nothing to hide.

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