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• On the post: Sony Hates You: EarthBound Let's Plays Flagged For Copyright Infringement Due To Soundtrack

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2021 @ 04:39pm

  Re: Fair use

  Yes but if you argue that it is more like a performance then Sony would just claim it's an unauthorised public performance.

• On the post: Man Sues Multiple DOJ Agencies For Failing To Return Seized Cash They Told Him They Had No Interest In Keeping

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2021 @ 06:27pm

  TSA: Why do you have $16,000 cash?
  Willie: I'm going to Vegas!
  TSA: Well we'll take that to make sure you don't loose it.
  Willie: I guess I'm not going to Vegas after all. Can I have my money back?
  TSA: Roll the dice and we'll see how it goes ....

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: June 20th – 26th

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2021 @ 03:31pm

  Re: Not Spam!

  I have no idea why this comment has been flagged. If you are reading my comment but can't see a comment by Alex Maddy, click the button to unhide it. It's not the best comment, but it is most certainly not spam, in my opinion!

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2021 @ 02:46pm

  Re: Don't Write Down This Song

  OK, I shall type it out instead ...

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: May 30th – June 5th

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2021 @ 09:15pm

  It's All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating

  Mike, you may be optimistic, but I read this flashback and I just get more miserable. You know the end of year posts you make about why you are so optimistic? How about a mid-year morale boost on July 1st?

  (I know these flashbacks are compiled by Leigh but I assume someone would point this comment over to Mike if they think it's a good idea)

• On the post: Now That Amazon Has Bought MGM, Will It Turn Against The Internet?

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2021 @ 08:28pm

  Tom And Jerry

  This is my favourite MGM property (or are the cartoons all owned by Warner Bros. still?) and I would like to have the option to buy ALL of the MGM cartoons uncut, in high definition (1080p if not 4K), preferably on physical media.

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: May 23rd – 29th

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 31 May, 2021 @ 06:11pm

  Re:

  I don't know, I have a feeling The Patriot Act will still be around and the government will still be Hollywood's lap dogs in the year 20011.

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: May 2nd – 8th

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 09 May, 2021 @ 07:58am

  Australia's Free Trade Agreement With The United States

  ... compelled our government, in 2006, to add an anti-circumvention clause into our copyright law.

• On the post: Wall Street Journal Editorial Tries To Pretend That Fixing Repair Monopolies Is Bad For Your Health

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 05 May, 2021 @ 01:18pm

  How To Get Your Hands On IP

  Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I believe that anybody (not <i>just</i> the Chinese) can find out information about intellectual property by simply reverse engineering (or, at least, attempting to) the item the desire knowledge of.

• On the post: Australian Government Proposes Stripping Internet Users Of Their Anonymity

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2021 @ 06:44pm

  How "100 Points" Works

  Usually photo I.D. equals 100 points right off the bat, but, seriously, you get situations like "Hi, I'd like to apply for a driver's license" "OK, we need to verify your identity. Do you have your driver's license with you?"

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2021 @ 01:30pm

  Left Or Right?

  Right wing? Left wing? I don't care! Just gimme a piece of the chicken already! I'm fucking hungry!

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2021 @ 01:43pm

  Google Docs

  Trump could write his "Tweets" in a Google Docs document and set it to "Public". Although I don't think it'd tell him how many people have read it which is something he probably can't live without.

  Having said that, I am enjoying the peace and quiet of no Trump online. And it's not like he's gonna read Techdirt, so I doubt he'll ever see my suggestion. Even if he did, I just choose not to click on the link to see his document. I'll just wait for one of the late night talk show hosts to dismantle and shit all over it.

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  charliebrown ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2021 @ 03:11am

  Re:

  I think you're on the right path, but it's more like "freedom of speech as long as it's speech where you agree with what I say".

• On the post: Tillis Release Details Of His Felony Streaming Bill; A Weird Gift To Hollywood At The Expense Of Taxpayers

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2020 @ 04:25am

  Re: Stopgap funding [was Re: ]

  My God no wonder everything happens so slowly! Gotta spend a week just to work out if the government can spend money next week?

• On the post: NZ Supreme Court Gives A Mixed Bag Extradition Ruling To Kim Dotcom; Extradition Still Alive, But He Can Raise Procedural Issues

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2020 @ 10:09pm

  America Vs The World

  It appears to me: If an American company opens a cloud hosting service, it is called "Cloud Storage" but if a non-American company opens one, it is called "A File Locker" and must immediately be closed down for contributing to copyright infringement.

  I know this is not the case. This is just how it appears to me.

• On the post: Creative Director At Google Stadia Advocates Streamers Paying Game Devs And Publishers

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2020 @ 02:22pm

  Contact

  Has anyone here ever tried to actually license something? It's damn near impossible. If you don't work for some big company or have a fancy lawyer, they just ignore you.

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: October 4th – 10th

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2020 @ 04:15pm

  Australian Copyright Law

  The 2006 amendments to the 1968 copyright act of Australia include an "anti-circumvention" clause. This was news to me, I thought it was still something America's government was pushing for. However, it was included as part of the "free trade" agreement from 2005. I know this because last December (2019) I actually read through our copyright law. Something I will hopefully never do again. Talk about making your head spin!

• On the post: Over At Politico, The AT&T Monopoly Gives Tips On Fixing A Broadband Problem It Spent Thirty Years Creating

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2020 @ 08:07am

  You said it

  "What's AT&T and Stankey really up to here?"
  "AT&T would prefer that legislation fixate on throwing billions in additional subsidies at monopolies like AT&T"

  So basically they're getting in now with the bullshit saying "This is what we've always wanted to do so give us the money! No, really, that was done by the last CEO, not me....."

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: August 30th – September 5th

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2020 @ 01:38pm

  We Have Gone Mad Down Under

  "One court refused to dismiss a Righthaven lawsuit involving a copyright that was bought after the alleged infringement happened" - I'm certain that's the same for when Men At Work got sued over a few notes in their song, that the rightsholder bought it years after the fact!

• On the post: Australian Court Says Zipper Mouth Emoji Might Be Defamatory

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2020 @ 05:48am

  What a load of ????????

  Also, I once had this smiley removed from Photobucket as it violated their terms of service https://i.imgur.com/vdKEcXw.gif

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