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  • On the post: EFF Fights Texas' Claims That Searching A Cell Phone Is No Different Than Searching 'A Pair Of Pants'

    Reality Check ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2013 @ 07:05am

    Re:

    Yeah, and by that logic, if you don't lock your house, then the police are welcome to walk right in, and browse your computer, unless password protected, and look in all your closets and drawers, unless locked.

    Lock everything or post a sign saying 'private' or else you have no right to privacy.

    Frack that.

  • On the post: US Attorneys Reveal Online Bullying To Explain Why People Who Helped Them Prosecute Aaron Swartz Should Remain Anonymous

    Reality Check ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2013 @ 03:39am

    Re: Mike, is your "position" that we really need the names

    Because everything the gubermint does is good, holy and just... There should never be any oversight or transparency, the gubermint should be able to do what it wants, and the peasants need to shut up and show some gratitude.

    Your position is clear on this, time after time.

  • On the post: Deep Dive: Prenda Law Is Dead

    Reality Check ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2013 @ 06:15pm

    Re: BUT ARE THE STORIES OVER?

    They aren't going to the prom with you. Get over it and live your life.

  • On the post: Wikipedia Editor Threatened With Lawsuit For Participating In Discussion Leading To Deletion Of Entry

    Reality Check ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2013 @ 05:54pm

    Re: Lesson: commercial interests ruin everything public.

    Oh, now you're going to pretend you don't like corporations and government working together to enrich each other? All your other posts are IP maximalist, which is the ultimate expression of government granted monopolies.

  • On the post: ReDigi Loses: You Can't Resell Your MP3s (Unless You Sell Your Whole Hard Drive)

    Reality Check ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2013 @ 01:53pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    waaaaaaaaaaa.

  • On the post: Wal-Mart Wants Store Customers To Deliver Packages To Online Shoppers

    Reality Check ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2013 @ 02:35pm

    Re: I've been asking YOU to deliver the goods, Mike!

    Does someone need the waaaaaambulance?

  • On the post: Georgia State Court Issues Censorship Order Blocking Free Speech On Anti-Copyright Troll Message Board

    Reality Check ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2013 @ 04:25pm

    Re: Re:

    Personally, I think that Freedom of Speech is worthwhile.

  • On the post: Even USA Today Is Wondering Why Copyright Law Is So Broken That It Locks Up Mobile Phones

    Reality Check ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2013 @ 05:37pm

    Re: Re:

    I think your sarcasm detection chip is malfunctioning.

  • On the post: A Tale Of Two Studies: File Sharing Helps Sales!

    Reality Check ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2013 @ 10:09am

    Re: APPLES AND ORANGES: Megaupload had thousands of MOVIES.

    You have a strange habit of taking a single sentence fragment or thought, expanding it to it's maximum level of absurdity, and then using it as the basis for a complete unified theory of rage and hostile self righteous vitriol.

    I picture you sitting in the attic of the dirty run-down house with the overgrown lawn, in a nice neighborhood, plotting revenge on the neighbors who once had a party that kept you up late.

  • On the post: Not Connecting: Miami Marlins Organization Threatens Season Ticket Holders With Lawsuit Because They Want To Change Seats

    Reality Check ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2013 @ 09:38pm

    Re: And? ... AND? -- Why should the reader worry?

    You are a sad little creature.

    pure capitalism doesn't have gov't involvement. You are thinking of crony capitalism. Which is what we have in the US. And you are a staunch supporter of it with your copyright fanaticism. Copyright being the ultimate expression of gov't supplied monopolies.

  • On the post: Expose A Blatant Security Hole In AT&T's Servers, Get 3.5 Years In Jail

    Reality Check ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 06:04am

    Sounds familiar

    Her entire adult life has been dedicated to taking advantage of others, using her legal expertise to violate others' privacy, to embarrass others, to build her reputation on the backs of those less skilled than her.

    vs

    His entire adult life has been dedicated to taking advantage of others, using his computer expertise to violate others' privacy, to embarrass others, to build his reputation on the backs of those less skilled than he

    If you are a jerk with legal expertise you get to be a US Attorney, if you are a jerk with computer expertise, the other jerks will take you down.

  • On the post: Because Congress Isn't Already Maximalist Enough: New 'Creative Rights' Caucus Forms

    Reality Check ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2013 @ 11:12am

    Re: Where "rights" conflict, it's the original creator that gets priority.

    You say that "your right to swing your fist stops where my nose begins"

    Sorry;
    You're right to swing your fist ends, when I patent the configuration of my hand which shall be known as 'making a fist'. You can only make a fist if you pay me.

    And once you've paid to configure your hand in a fist configuration, you can only swing it if you do not use patterns of interpretive fist dancing, which I have already copyrighted.

    Violate my patent or copyright, and you'll go to jail for much longer than if you assaulted someone by punching them in the face.

    Also, I think you plagarized the saying "your right to swing your fist stops where my nose begins" in the first place. How dispicable.

  • On the post: The Insanity Of Making A 'Wizard Of Oz' Film In Today's IP Climate

    Reality Check ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2013 @ 02:01pm

    Re: Again, if hampers duplicating crap, what's the down side?

    Yes, you could argue that point... But since all you post are randomly combined parts of incomprehesible vitriol or mind numbing trolling, nobody will pay much attention to your argument anyway.

    'Innovation' that forces a new shade of green, now THAT'S what the world needs more of.

  • On the post: Copyright Strikes Again: 'Real Calvin And Hobbes' Shut Down By Copyright Claim

    Reality Check ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2013 @ 12:55pm

    It's not trespassing if you are invited.

    While I do understand what the representative was saying, even in this very polite message, there is a clear assumption made in the very first sentence:
    "I'm sorry to say that it is our view that what you're doing is in violation of the copyright of Calvin & Hobbes."

    It's not a violation if the copyright holder gives permission. He is asking for permission, therefore, you could choose to give it, and the violation doesn't exist.
    (I'm not precluding other reasons why the violation couldn't exist such as fair use.)

    A number of years ago, while driving, my kids and I saw a pond with ducks and geese swimming, on a corporate campus (Electronic Arts). It was a Sunday afternoon, so the campus was closed. We stopped by, and I asked the security guards if my kids could feed the ducks. The guard responded, "It's private property." I told him I was aware, which is why I'm asking for permission. His response, "It's private property." I talked with him for a few minutes more, but it soon became obvious that he had no clue that "Private Property" doesn't mean the same thing as "Nobody Allowed."

    The property owner is free to decide if kids can feed the ducks on his pond, but just because he owns it, it doesn't mean that nobody should feed ducks.

    Even under the stupid interpretations and abuses of copyright law we have today, the copyright holder still has the ability to say that someone can use their art. The assumption that ownership of a copyright automatically means nobody can use it without being in violation is fundamentally wrong...and very irritating.

  • On the post: It's Finally Over: 8 Years Of Mattel vs. Bratz And No One's Getting Paid But The Lawyers

    Reality Check ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 01:31pm

    Re: Re:

    Maybe he didn't want to be sued for using a trademark name... These lawyers don't seem to know what trademark really is these days. ^_^

  • On the post: Carmen Ortiz Releases Totally Bogus Statement Concerning The Aaron Swartz Prosecution

    Reality Check ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2013 @ 11:11am

    Ortiz is really sad because...

    ...it messes up her stats.

    She just wanted to lock this terrorist up, chalk up another victory for her career stats and move on to the next victim...

  • On the post: Carmen Ortiz's Husband Criticizes Swartz Family For Suggesting Prosecution Of Their Son Contributed To His Suicide

    Reality Check ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2013 @ 12:44pm

    Re:

    If there's a point buried in here, it's cleverly masked by all the self-righteous morally-superior vitriol.

    I think your point is that whatever the law happens to be, whatever the authority decides to do to someone, they need to accept it, because authority is always right.

    Or maybe you are trying to say that Aaron killed himself because he thought he was too smart to go to jail?

    Or maybe you are saying that Aaron is pathetic, because YOU would prefer 6 months in Federal prison over suicide? (And the 6 months is debatable)

    Or are you saying that Aaron is pathetic because he had some kind of mental illness, and all people with mental illness are pathetic?

    But as I try to decipher what you are trying to say, I become less and less interested in comprehending what hate you are actually spewing.

  • On the post: Former Chief Judge Of Patent Court: We Need To Strengthen, Not Weaken, The Patent System Because [Reasons]

    Reality Check ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2013 @ 12:32pm

    Re:

    #2 all by itself is wonderful.

  • On the post: Former Chief Judge Of Patent Court: We Need To Strengthen, Not Weaken, The Patent System Because [Reasons]

    Reality Check ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2013 @ 12:28pm

    Re:

    Then I could start a 'Protection Exchange' where I buy up all the protection licenses and rent them to big companies for the renewal fees plus 10%.. And I control who gets to buy the license when my current clients are no longer able to afford the new license fees.

    If demand gets big enough, I can just remove protection from client X and rent it to client Y for renewal fees +500%. I just need to carefully word my contracts.

    I will rule the world.

  • On the post: Carmen Ortiz's Husband Criticizes Swartz Family For Suggesting Prosecution Of Their Son Contributed To His Suicide

    Reality Check ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2013 @ 12:03pm

    Re: Re: It's called a trigger

    Are you saying that someone choosing to not be a part of your life is comparable to someone actively setting out to destroy you and send you to federal prison?

    If you are from a culture where girls break up with boys by setting them on fire, then I might see your point. But otherwise, your comparison is baffling to me.

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