dennis deems 's Techdirt Comments

Latest Comments (429)

• On the post: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town… And EMI Is Keeping The Copyright

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2013 @ 10:51am

  Re: Re: Re: No consistency

  They're getting away with it as we speak.

• On the post: Copyright As Censorship Again: Game Developer Takes Down Scathing YouTube Review

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2013 @ 06:26am

  "He doesn't just Streisand Effect Wild Games Studio..."

  Mike, I really must object to the use of "Streisand Effect" as a verb.

• On the post: Universal Music Lawyers Realize That Taking Down Charlie Brown / Smiths Remix Not The Brightest Idea They've Had

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2013 @ 10:14am

  Re:

  Thanks for this link. Unlike the Peanuts/Smiths mashups, those are really clever and genuinely funny.

• On the post: PA School Being Sued For Suspending 7-Year-Old Student 'Armed' With A Novelty Buzzing Pen

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2013 @ 10:44am

  I think they are going to far in trying to prevent the weapons policy permanently from being enforced. I think claiming vagueness is overstating the case. It doesn't really seem vague to me. Unless there's something we're not being told, the pen, even by virtue of its buzzing nature, doesn't seem to come within the policy.

• On the post: When A Senator Reads 'Green Eggs & Ham' On The Floor, What About The Copyright?

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2013 @ 06:07am

  Re: Re: A better question

  I don't get the point of the story. Why was the suitcase full of bricks? Was the man Ignatz Mouse?

• On the post: Bipartisan Group Led By Wyden And Udall Introduce Legislation Aimed At Comprehensive Reform Of Surveillance Programs

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2013 @ 05:52am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: From the will-also-be-ignored dept.

  Dude, just no. Better to take the button away entirely. Reporting is for spam and abuse. Despite that it is abused daily in knee-jerk fashion, it should be available freely for legitimate use, or not at all.

• On the post: Bipartisan Group Led By Wyden And Udall Introduce Legislation Aimed At Comprehensive Reform Of Surveillance Programs

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2013 @ 05:49am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: From the will-also-be-ignored dept.

  What's wrong with the title?

• On the post: Yes, It's Fair Use To Mashup Charlie Brown And The Smiths

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2013 @ 06:12am

  "the takedown notices are erroneous"

  For "erroneous", read "mendacious".

• On the post: NSA Apologist Says The NSA's Actions Are Fine Because 'Privacy Is Dead'

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2013 @ 10:13am

  Re: Re: Missed the "joke"?

  Oh I agree completely.

• On the post: NSA Apologist Says The NSA's Actions Are Fine Because 'Privacy Is Dead'

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2013 @ 07:06am

  Re: Missed the "joke"?

  And what I meant to say is that your rapist reference is completely wrongheaded. Step 1 of the Twelve Steps is: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol?that our lives had become unmanageable".

• On the post: NSA Apologist Says The NSA's Actions Are Fine Because 'Privacy Is Dead'

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2013 @ 07:00am

  Missed the "joke"?

  Tim, this is a great piece, but either you completely missed the fact that she is parodying the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, or you felt acknowledging her joke to be beneath you. I think it's worth consideration. The Twelve Steps are for people who have lost control of their lives due to addiction. She is equating privacy with addiction. As if somehow reliance on privacy makes people weak, dysfunctional, out of control. It's a hopelessly muddled metaphor that starts off with a false note and gets more false with each "step".

• On the post: Conan Doyle Estate Is Horrified That The Public Domain Might Create 'Multiple Personalities' Of Sherlock Holmes

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2013 @ 07:11am

  Bad Faith

  The estate's argument is bad faith through and through. If they truly cared about "multiple personalities of Sherlock Holmes" they would not have allowed the movie aberrations featuring Robert Downey Jr., nor the splendid modern adaptation Sherlock. To say nothing of the "Young Sherlock Holmes" alternate-universe weirdness.
  
  It's howlingly obvious all they care about are money and control.

• On the post: Another Teen's Facebook 'Threat' Results In Criminal Charges Being Filed

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2013 @ 06:47am

  Re:

  LOL welcome back

• On the post: More Copyright Censorship: 'Straight Pride' Group Uses DMCA To Take Down Their Own Responses To Reporter

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2013 @ 04:51pm

  Re: Re: Careful there, turnabout is fair play...

  You really are far gone. It's clear that any attempt to engage you as a human being is utterly futile.

• On the post: Time Warner CEO Says Having Game Of Thrones As 'Most Pirated' Is 'Better Than An Emmy'

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2013 @ 10:17am

  All right, entertainment biz... let's get the story straight. Piracy can't be killing your business while at the same time growing your business.

• On the post: How The US Government Destroys The Lives Of Whistleblowers

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2013 @ 08:55am

  Re:

  When it's an issue of public good like food stamps or health care or planned parenthood, the government is completely incompetent and worse than the Soviet Union under Stalin. But when it's an issue of keeping the populace in line through surveillance and draconian control of information, why then the government is the only thing standing between us and The Terrorists, the only thing keeping us from total collapse into anarchy.

• On the post: Author Claims That 'Fair Use Is Theft By Any Other Name'

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2013 @ 10:20am

  Re: Re:

  Fair use isn't about how much is borrowed. It's about context and what is done with the material that is borrowed.

• On the post: Telco Astroturfing Tries To Bring Down Reviews Of Susan Crawford's Book

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 10:13am

  Re:

  Hehe good spoof. Hope it was written by somebody here. :D

• On the post: Public Outlook Shifts: More Worried About Gov't Stomping On Civil Liberties Than Terrorism

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 09:56am

  Re: Re: What do these people want

  You're joking but I really do think there are people that want this.

• On the post: How Far We've Fallen: Attorney General Eric Holder Promises Russians US Government Won't 'Torture' Or 'Kill' Ed Snowden

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 09:46am

  Re: Nadir

  Agreed, nasch. It is a troubling thought.

Next >>