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• On the post: Inauspicious Start For Chris Dodd At MPAA; Starts Off With 'Infringement No Different Than Theft' Claim

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 03:41pm

  Isn't it strange that the media business is so slow to adapt? The old business models don't work and yet they continue to try to force those square pegs down the round holes. In the meantime everyone makes it work for them besause who wants to wait another 60 years to see if they'll get it?

• On the post: Does President Bush Speaking Out Against Julian Assange Prejudice The Case Against Him?

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2011 @ 09:20am

  Wikileaks

  Not my opinion - the more Wikileaks the better. Hurrah Anonymous!

• On the post: Feds Really Do Seem To Think That Linking To Infringing Content Can Be A Jailable Offense

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2011 @ 09:09am

  Linking to Feds

  Trust the government...wait! DON'T trust the government.

• On the post: Sometimes 'Piracy' And Freedom Look Remarkably Similar

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2011 @ 09:42am

  Technology is awesome. Need drives innovation, but so does "want."

• On the post: China's President Wants Greater Internet Censorship; Worried About Middle East Uprisings

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2011 @ 06:57am

  Internet Crackdowns

  This whole "kill switch" idea that floats around like a whiff of sewer gas, and Congress's paranoia, worry me. A free society deserves a free Internet. In fact every society deserves a free Internet. If necessary I can understand isolating a portion of the Internet, airline traffic computers if threatened, for instance, but don't enable anyone to shut down the entire Internet! The system design may be faulty and need some serious upgrades to isolate various portions, like a grid.

• On the post: Walmart Employees Fired For Disarming Gun-Toting Robber

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2011 @ 09:18am

  Wal-Mart is eccentric no getting around that. The best plans so often go awry. Flexiblitiy with employees - they are human. Rules should be more like guidelines in many cases.

• On the post: Mardi Gras Indians Still Trying To Copyright Costumes

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2011 @ 09:14am

  There is a restaurant in Islamorada in the Florida Keys that has notices that all photos taken of the property belong to the restaurant or are forbidden or something - it's been a while since I was there. I figured that was phoney-baloney then. I like the indian thing (at least the little I know of it based on the TV show "Treme" (which seems to be accurate) but I don't really see how you can copyright a costume unless it's of a trademarked character like Spiderman etc. Putting out their own calendar or a book explaining the whole indian/Mardi Gras connection (with pictures) would be a great idea.

• On the post: It's Back: FBI Announcing Desire To Wiretap The Internet

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2011 @ 10:51am

  It sounds like the "back door" thing is more dangerous than the threat.

• On the post: Judge Bans Handing (Factual) Pamphlets To Jurors; Raising First Amendment Issues

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2011 @ 09:43am

  Jury Tampering

  Suppose they were to try an abortion case. The pamphlet could be interpreted as telling jurers not to follow the law as it pertains to the right of a woman to have an abortion, but to the emotional sludge cooked up by anti-choice groups. "Follow your heart" is not always the same as "follow the law."

• On the post: Germany Says You Can't Resell Software

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2006 @ 07:08am

  You bought it, it's yours

  At least that's the way I look at it. After you pay for something you can do what you want with it.

• On the post: If You're Not Doing Something Wrong, You Still Have Something To Worry About

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 19 May, 2006 @ 07:26am

  Wrongonot's Law

  States that the amount of surveillance is proportional to the amount of indifference times 4.

• On the post: Plumbers Union Fighting The Big Job Threat: Waterless Urinals!

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2006 @ 05:19pm

  Whining about waterless urinals

  Talk about pissing into the wind!

• On the post: CD Player Dropped From Inflation Data, Phonograph Next?

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2006 @ 01:38pm

  CDs and Record Players

  I have DVD players, CD players (computer mounted and stand alone), a Thorens turntable, and even a couple of cassette players--and they all come in very handy. No doubt the double-density, blue laser, and eventual NanoTech terrabyte 1 inch disk will only enhance the collection.

• On the post: Clear Channel's New Plan For Satellite Radio: Make It Worse

  

  BongoBern ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2006 @ 03:58pm

  Radio? What the hell is radio?

  Satellite or broadcast, I quit listening to it when recordable cassettes came out, and now that I have a 60G iPod...
  
  Radio quit being an artform when they conglomerated, formulated, and castrated the music list. When the jocks couldn't play their own lists they resorted to toilet jokes. Oh, and did I mention commercials?