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• On the post: Surprise: ASCAP and Music Labels Colluded To Screw Pandora

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 09:34pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Perhaps some fact might help.

  "My business model is writing songs."
  
  Well, you have one step of a business model.

• On the post: How Free Speech Online Is Enabled By Not Blaming Websites For The Actions Of Their Users

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 12:13pm

  Re:

  The corporation isn't being enabled, the individual is being prohibited.

• On the post: Tim Cushing's Subjectively Awesome Stuff Of No Particular Timeframe

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 04:20pm

  Kickstarter Hacked, Change Your Passwords Now

  http://lifehacker.com/kickstarter-hacked-change-your-passwords-now-1523629572

• On the post: After 20 Years, It's Clear NAFTA Has Failed To Deliver Promised Benefits; So Why Trust TPP, TTIP Will Be Better?

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 07:38am

  Re: re-writing history?

  Most of mine say made in Canada.
  
  The best sweaters I have say nothing, my Mother made them.

• On the post: Another Friend Of The Recording Industry Joins The House Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property And The Internet

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 05:33am

  Re: Problematic

  I wonder how much creativity we have lost just because someone had to work to put food on the table for their child. I propose we pay everyone until they are 65. If they have not produced anything valuable to our culture, they can then get a job like the rest of the lowlifes.
  
  Just imagine the creativity explosion.

• On the post: Another Friend Of The Recording Industry Joins The House Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property And The Internet

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 05:28am

  Re: Problematic

  "I have a dream"
  
  Can you pay me too? As well as my children's grandchildren?

• On the post: Another Friend Of The Recording Industry Joins The House Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property And The Internet

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 05:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  "But, as far as I'm aware, there's no such thing as a "natural right to freely copy," and never was."
  
  How did you learn to walk and talk?

• On the post: Widow Sues LA Sheriff's Dept. After Her 80-Year-Old Husband Is Killed During A Search For Drugs That Weren't Actually There

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 05:07am

  Re:

  Making taxpayers pay ensures accountability.
  
  Hold the individual responsible and how can they change departments or get promoted? You want to label this man, who has devoted his life to protecting your life, a criminal?/s

• On the post: Tim Cushing's Subjectively Awesome Stuff Of No Particular Timeframe

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 12:55pm

  I'm going to have to say that desktop feedly must be superior to mobile as I have been using it about the same time you started and it has never crashed on me. It also updates my feeds before I have finished going through them once. I probably only have half as many feeds as you though.
  
  RAM concerns? Time for a new PC, or browser. Try Firefox. It may be a thousand milliseconds slower, but I doubt you will see the difference.

• On the post: AIDS Denial Crazies Go All DMCA On Videos Educating People Of Their Craziness

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 02:54am

  Re: Response to: Anonymous on Feb 14th, 2014 @ 3:33pm

  We just can't show you the results as it is a matter of national security.

• On the post: How Free Speech Online Is Enabled By Not Blaming Websites For The Actions Of Their Users

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2014 @ 07:54am

  "...since the laws that have made it possible are so constantly under attack."
  
  Laws prohibit, not enable.
  
  Lets pretend there are no laws. Now make one law that allows me to do something that I can't already do.

• On the post: Judge Finds St. Louis, MO's Red Light Camera Ordinance Invalid, Orders Halt Of Ticket Enforcement

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 08:16pm

  Re:

  Because legislators would never be able to get a license to operate a computer.

• On the post: Judge Finds St. Louis, MO's Red Light Camera Ordinance Invalid, Orders Halt Of Ticket Enforcement

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 08:11pm

  Re:

  've gotten the occasional ticket, in my own car and in someone else's,
  
  
  So it works them?

• On the post: Widow Sues LA Sheriff's Dept. After Her 80-Year-Old Husband Is Killed During A Search For Drugs That Weren't Actually There

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 08:01pm

  Re: You Buried the Lede

  ""Drop the gun" occurred immediately after the shooting."
  
  They call them throwaways.

• On the post: 'State Secrets,' Non-Denials And Lies: How The Government Tried To Bury Its 'No Fly' List Screwup

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 07:25pm

  Re: Judge William Alsup

  That is not the american way. Fine the department he works for and let the public pay. That ensures accountability.

• On the post: EPIC Receives A Settlement For Legal Fees From The NSA In Its FOIA Lawsuit Targeting Presidential Cybersecurity Directives

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 06:51pm

  Re:

  Exactly what I was thinking. Just over a year is a long running lawsuit? Must've meant 1912. That would be epic.

• On the post: US Military Looking To Trademark Everything

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 06:42pm

  Re: Re:

  "IF the US Government is not supposed to be a commercial enterprise, again, what the hell is it supposed to be?"
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government
  
  Just because you don't like google, doesn't mean you can't do a search.

• On the post: Highway Trooper Suing Miami Police Dept. For Repeatedly Accessing Her Personal Data After She Pulled Over One Of Its Officers For Speeding

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 04:51pm

  Re: Re: I automatic Fine should be removed

  Yes, and if you fine my government for Justin Bieber doing teen things, and I have to pay for it, I will put pressure on my Government and then Justin will behave properly.

• On the post: The NSA Offers Up Three Possible Contributors To Snowden's Leaks To Its Congressional Oversight

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 07:32pm

  Who gives a shit how we found out? Lets act on what we know.

• On the post: Dangerous Ruling In Germany Makes Domain Registrar Liable For Copyright Infringement On Website It Registered

  

  btrussell ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 04:34pm

  "And, even though they just wanted that single torrent taken down, if the only way VeriSign can do it is to nuke most of the internet, well, that's perfectly reasonable, right?"
  
  Yes.
  
  "Nothing stings more than a massive amount of fees, even if, in most cases, it's the taxpayers who are being docked, rather than the officers (and their supervisors) themselves.
  
  ...This fine is in place to help ensure accountability..."

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