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• Oct 18, 2011 @ 05:54am

  RLG is no slouch

  on Righthaven Still Trying To Avoid Paying Any Legal Fees Of Those It Illegally Sued

  I happen to know Marc Randazza personally and man, that is not a guy I'd like having staring point blank down the business end of a lawsuit at me. Nice guy but acerbic attorney.

• Jun 12, 2010 @ 08:32am

  Re:

  on More People Realizing That ASCAP And BMI Are Killing Local Music Scenes

  The problem is that not everyone is playing or broadcasting music copyrighted by the PROs. $1000 dollars a year or more is far too much to pay "in case" a copyrighted song gets mixed in. This is just extortion.

• Oct 13, 2009 @ 08:09am
  on On The Uselessness Of Blocking Social Networks At Work

  "Why not hire more trustworthy staff and deal individually with those who abuse the system, rather than putting forth an outright ban that throws out the potential good uses along with the misuses?"
  
  Because that's haaaaard.

• Sep 11, 2009 @ 02:06pm

  Re: Anonymous Coward

  on A Look At The RIAA's Copyright Propaganda For Schools

  ""Do schools use science curricula provided by Exxon or Monsanto?"
  
  To be fair, some schools have been known to use "science" such as intelligent design when actual science doesn't support anything behind that."
  
  I think he meant something legitimate.