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• On the post: Sometimes Photos Are Just Facts, And Copying Is To Be Expected

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 09:24pm

  Seriously?

  There are only so many ways to portray an image of a black ant. Does the original photographer thinks that image is original? Lets see what happens when I use google: http://goo.gl/dzhzd

• On the post: Finns And Norwegians Argue Over Who Owns The Northern Lights

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 06:56pm

  And again, the Canadians get left out of the debate.

• On the post: Will TV Providers Finally Realize That People Really Are Cutting The Cord — And Not Just Because Of The Economy

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2011 @ 08:04am

  Even if the economy has a little to do with it, do they really think people will return? I cut the cord over 10 years ago because I couldn't afford it, I never looked back. When I got married I talked my wife out of cable and we've been better for it.
  
  Why would one need both the internet and cable?

• On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 03:53pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: What gun permit?

  Correction: All charges were tossed by the Judge.

• On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 03:48pm

  Re: Re: Re: What gun permit?

  FYI: Anthony Graber was found not guilty http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/09/motorcyclist_wins_taping_case.html

• On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 01:07pm

  Re: Re: And 67 miles north . . .

  Seriously? Did you actually read the article?

• On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 10:56pm

  And 67 miles north . . .

  This happens http://gawker.com/5825010/police-beat-gentle-homeless-mentally-ill-man-to-death

• On the post: The Confusing Case Of Lovecraft's Copyrights

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 05:12pm

  Your Lovecraftian prose was spot on; I applaud you good sir.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Universal Translators Would Be Nice

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2011 @ 06:06pm

  Re: Re:

  One of the best TNG episodes ever!
  
  Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Universal Translators Would Be Nice

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2011 @ 05:23pm

  Temba, his arms wide!

• On the post: Google Tried Bidding Geeky Numbers For Nortel Patents; How About $3.14159 Billion?

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2011 @ 07:54am

  I personally like to think they were just having a little fun with it. If I had that kind of cash I'd do it too.

• On the post: The One Situation Where Record Labels Fear Federal Copyright: Old Sound Recordings

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 12:00pm

  Re: Re: Old Time Radio

  You are correct regarding the physical recordings (wax cylinders, records, magnetic tapes), if they are the property of someone who doesn't want to give them up. They have the right to do with them as they please.
  
  However, that does not change the fact that what is recorded on the physical objects are of historical and cultural significance and are so old that they belong in the public domain.
  
  What good does it do to let these works be lost forever? What money are they making just letting them rot? If a museum, researcher, or private collector is willing to pay for the original recordings, and pay to have them preserved and digitized for future generations to enjoy or study how is that not a win situation for everyone?

• On the post: The One Situation Where Record Labels Fear Federal Copyright: Old Sound Recordings

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 08:37am

  Old Time Radio

  Old sound recordings are a huge passion of mine, specifically in the realm of Old Time Radio, much of witch is thought to be in the public domain. It's the public domain that allows the researchers and collectors to actively seek out and restore these recordings and freely distribute them on the internet.
  
  Many of these recordings are only available to the public because of the work of researchers and collectors who convert the audio recordings into mp3s.
  
  Old sound recordings should belong to the public as a part of our collective history and culture not locked away in vaults to deteriorate beyond repair and be lost to history and culture.
  
  Long live the public domain.

• On the post: Interviewing Paulo Coelho About Books, Social Media And 'Free'

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 16 May, 2011 @ 05:31pm

  Simply Awesome.
  
  Question; is this going to be live streamed or will there be any video of the interview?

• On the post: When Copyright And Contracts Can Get In The Way Of Art

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 06 May, 2011 @ 08:31pm

  Re:

  That's my favorite part of that image

• On the post: Librarians And Readers Against DRM [Updated]

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2011 @ 05:15pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Logo by Nina

  Please do

• On the post: Homeland Security Was Interested In Doing 'Covert' Pedestrian 'Scans' From 30 Feet Away

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2011 @ 01:00pm

  Re:

  I think my sarc-dar just went off.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Food That's Good For You… Maybe?

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2011 @ 07:03pm

  "Millions of peaches. Peaches for me. Millions of peaches. Peaches for free. Look out!"
  
  Well . . . I know who a girl who reminds me of Cher, she's always changing the color of her hair, she don't use nothing that you buy at the store, she likes her hair to be real orange; she uses tangerines.

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

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2011 @ 08:47am

  Can I put my lunch in it?

• On the post: DailyDirt: More Commercial Spaceships On The Way

  

  Esahc ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2011 @ 07:23pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  To be fare I'm a Heinlein fan and would of had to Google that ;-)

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