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• On the post: Could You Replace Copyrights And Patents With A Fairness-Based Legal Liability?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 24 May, 2010 @ 09:31am

  Re: Re:

  "I think the error in article's proposal is to assume that the so-called "original" creator deserves any kind of payment from somebody else's efforts."
  
  Yeah, once they started to protect 'derivative rights' they got away from the original idea of protecting a particular work, and started protecting ideas.

• On the post: Amanda Palmer Talks About Record Labels, Art, Commerce & Retiring To Open A Juice Bar

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 21 May, 2010 @ 07:36pm

  Y'know...

  It occurs to me that people who are all about limiting the amount of ammo a magazine can hold, are fine with near-infinite copyright lengths.
  
  When really, they're about the same thing.

• On the post: When Anti-Pirates Sue Each Other Over Pirating Each Other's Technology…

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 21 May, 2010 @ 06:27pm

  Re:

  Meanwhile, the rest of us are doing, y'know, actual stuff.

• On the post: MPEG-LA Gearing Up To Go Patent Nuclear On Google's Decision To Release Open Video Standard

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 21 May, 2010 @ 10:21am

  Re:

  "So how does any of this promote the progress?"
  
  Obviously, you're not a lawyer.

• On the post: Yet Another Person Sues, Claiming James Cameron Copied The Idea For Avatar

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 21 May, 2010 @ 08:46am

  Re: Re:

  No, no, it's Pocahontas + Smurfs.
  
  The funny thing about this is that people couldn't even agree about which movies Cameron was ripping off, there are so many with the same theme.

• On the post: Court Says File Extensions Not Eligible For Trademarks… Sorta

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 10:31am

  Re: Oh, me too!

  Damn return key...
  
  On the plus side, I realized my joke wasn't very clever in the meantime. So, you're all spared that.

• On the post: Court Says File Extensions Not Eligible For Trademarks… Sorta

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 10:29am

  Oh, me too!

• On the post: Class Action Lawsuit Launched Against Google, Because Some Woman Didn't Secure Her Own WiFi

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 09:10am

  tick tock

  "While there's nothing illegal about setting up an open WiFi network..."
  
  Yet.

• On the post: Instead Of Better Defining Fair Use… Should We Define Unfair Use?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 19 May, 2010 @ 06:49pm

  Re:

  "brilliant idea. lets use a negative term to try to make copyright sound really bad"
  
  "Copyright" is inherently a negative term. And we both know what a double negative is, right?

• On the post: Panera Bread Testing The 'Pay What You Want' Model

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 19 May, 2010 @ 11:29am

  Re:

  There have actually been shops that have experienced success with this model. (Can't easily google them, unfortunately, due to the term's use in the cellphone industry.)

• On the post: Warner Bros. So Distraught Over Losing Superman Rights, It Personally Sues The Lawyer Who Won

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 19 May, 2010 @ 08:52am

  Re: Re: Question

  "The public and the talent should come first."
  
  Half right.

• On the post: Remember How Hollywood Promised Lots Of New Content If It Could Break Your TV/DVR? Yeah, That's Not Happening…

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 18 May, 2010 @ 09:22am

  Re: Frak 'em.

  Whoops. Need an edit window there.
  
  What needs to happen is a two-way street. You can disable my shit because you want to be able to enforce a window?
  
  OK, but if you don't take advantage of that window piracy is fair game.
  
  The problem is that there's no downside on industry. Our legislators have been completely captured.

• On the post: Remember How Hollywood Promised Lots Of New Content If It Could Break Your TV/DVR? Yeah, That's Not Happening…

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 18 May, 2010 @ 09:19am

  Frak 'em.

• On the post: Is Taking A Photo Of An iPhone A 'Copy'?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 18 May, 2010 @ 09:13am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:x3 "Copy" as defined in CA Penal Code

  "only visible after opening the phone - "vandalized" in your words"
  
  Um, the dude literally filed the serial number off. Not exactly upstanding citizen behavior.

• On the post: Is Taking A Photo Of An iPhone A 'Copy'?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 17 May, 2010 @ 05:14pm

  Re: Re: Re: "Copy" as defined in CA Penal Code

  That is a seriously fucked up law.
  
  How anyone can square that with free speech is beyond human comprehension. It would take a gorram lawyer.

• On the post: Is Taking A Photo Of An iPhone A 'Copy'?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 17 May, 2010 @ 04:33pm

  Re: "Copy" as defined in CA Penal Code

  Jason is a complete douche, and the fact that he (or his employer) paid to receive stolen goods should be enough to make his life miserable for a good long while.
  
  That said, he never signed a contract to protect Apple's trade secrets, and should be under no obligation to protect them.
  
  Jefferson is looking sternly down upon the state of California at this point.

• On the post: Actor Explains Why He Downloads Unauthorized Content… Including Movies He's In

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 17 May, 2010 @ 11:43am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Frak You Kibble!

  This is why I never can get a Preakness win.

• On the post: Woman Sues Mobile Phone Provider, Because Consolidated Bill 'Revealed' Her Affair

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 17 May, 2010 @ 11:42am

  Makes sense to me

  It's the fact that your SO happens to check up on the accounts that he is financially liable for, not the fact that you're SCREWING ANOTHER GUY.
  
  That wouldn't be the Canadian way.

• On the post: Actor Explains Why He Downloads Unauthorized Content… Including Movies He's In

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 17 May, 2010 @ 11:00am

  Re: Re: Frak You Kibble!

  OK, so I placed!
  
  Good to know...

• On the post: Actor Explains Why He Downloads Unauthorized Content… Including Movies He's In

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 17 May, 2010 @ 10:47am

  Frak You Kibble!

  Damn it! It's so rare that I come across something on a feed that I'm fairly sure Mike's not watching, and then Cpt. Kibble gets there first. Bastard.
  
  *pouts*

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