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• On the post: Deep Dive Analysis: Brett Gibbs Gets His Day In Court — But Prenda Law Is The Star

  

  Dave ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 08:58pm

  Popcorn. Getcha popcorn heah. Only $5.

• On the post: Deep Dive Analysis: Brett Gibbs Gets His Day In Court — But Prenda Law Is The Star

  

  Dave ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 08:56pm

  At one point, last week, when Judge Wright requested Prenda's smiling visages to present themselves to him today, didn't he also note that failure to appear would result in bench warrants for all and sundry? Seems like I remember that.

• On the post: Is The 'Innovator's Dilemma' About To Get Disrupted By 'Big Bang Disruption'?

  

  Dave ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2013 @ 07:23pm

  And so we get back to the buggy-whip manufacturer's dilemma. The incumbents are spending increasing amounts of money trying to preserve their position and profits by buying legislators and legislation, and litigating based on that law. They should be spending it on innovation where it might count. They always fail to recognise the fact that they have been superceded until it's too late and they're almost out of business, which is the reason for the mad scramble for law. Yes, there are still buggy-whip makers out there, but they are a very small fraction of their previous might, and are serving a very small niche market. Besides, R&D is SOOOO expensive for so little return, or so says the stockholders, and those presidents want to keep their jobs, after all.

• On the post: Latest Prenda Filing: John Steele Knows Who Alan Cooper Is, But Won't Say, Plus Almost 300 Pages Of Tap Dancing Around Important Questions

  

  Dave ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2013 @ 08:18am

  Just bought me a case of Orville's best for Monday. It just keeps gettin' better!

• On the post: Music Industry Data: Sales Up, Piracy Down… But It's Not Because Of Any 'Anti-Piracy' Efforts

  

  Dave ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2013 @ 02:44pm

  Isn't this what happened with EVERY technology the MAFIAA has tried to legislate out of existance since the turn of the 20th century? One would think they would learn, eventually, but apparently not.

• On the post: Prenda Lawyer Hires His Own Lawyer, Tries To Tapdance His Way Out Of A Jail Sentence By Throwing Prenda Under The Bus

  

  Dave ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2013 @ 01:47pm

  Why, oh why, are these people allowed to perpetrate this kind of fraud on our court system (I'm thinking of Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Steele, and Mr. Gibson, in particular), seemingly with impunity. If the average citizen tried to pull even a small part of this crap on any court, he would find himself in jail for contempt so fast he wouldn't know what hit him. We need some reforms making lawyers responsible for their actions, immediately.

• On the post: Dell Board Can't Get Into Specifics, But Just Trust Them When They Say: Sell!

  

  Dave ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2013 @ 12:35pm

  I don't understand all the noise about this. Dell should have just shut up about it and quietly bought up all of the shares until the company had regained over 51%, which would then put it back in the drivers seat.
  
  I would think it would be impossible to recover 100% of outstanding stock, anyway. There's always going to be a holdout or six that want to keep the stock in Granny's portfolio. They should just be quiet and buy up as much as they can.

• On the post: Microsoft Makes Retail Versions Of Office Single Install

  

  Dave ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2013 @ 09:24am

  Re: Re:

  While the above comments may apply to a foreign license (ie: Australia) THEY DO NOT apply to the US. The "software" is licensed to ONE "licensed computer" FOREVER. No uninstall, mo moving to another machine. The only way it can be transferred to another owner is if you sell them the entire machine, Office included. I have read the EULA and it are TERRIBLE. NO WAY do I spend my hard-earned money on this farce.

• On the post: Microsoft Makes Retail Versions Of Office Single Install

  

  Dave ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2013 @ 07:37am

  I BOUGHT Office 2007. I got a free upgrade to Office 2010 with it. I WILL NOT be buying Office 2013 if that license is locked to one set of hardware. I have been a fairly loyal Microsoft customer since the early '80s. I'm about fed up. Sorry M$.

• On the post: Providing Electronic Access To Public Records Is 'Expensive' And Other Government Excuses For PACER Fees

  

  Dave ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2013 @ 07:02pm

  Menu Access Charges

  Perfect! All restaurants in DC should have a $1 PER SECOND access charge for all government employees, from the instant the menu is handed to them to the instant they give it back to the wait staff. After all, printing and disseminating menus is expensive. Government employees will be identified by mandatory RFID tags, carried by all, or, better yet, implanted.

• On the post: We Need More Companies To Stand Up To Patent Trolls The Way Newegg Did, But We Can't Rely On Them

  

  Dave ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2013 @ 04:46pm

  Actually, Newegg managed to acquire a very valuable benefit from all this: customer loyalty (including me, but then, I've been buying from them for years). Other companies could do the same. The immediate cost of litigation and nullification of the bad patents would be regained by applying for legal costs from the loser (as is standard practice, I think) and from increased sales. Customers like the idea that a conpany will fight for them, even if the issue is secondary (prices don't get increased by troll payments). I see it as a win for firms that will make the time and effort to stop these creeps.

• On the post: Teri Buhl Responds To Our Story; Still Confused About The Internet And The Law

  

  Dave ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2013 @ 04:24pm

  After long and careful study of the facts of this case, and the actions and apparent knowledge of the subject thereof, I can only conclude that this is one totally screwed up babe! Get a life, "lady".

• On the post: Former RIAA VP Named 2nd In Command Of Copyright Office

  

  Dave ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 05:59am

  What I don't understand is this:
  I got my first cell phone in Dec 2005. Within two months I had cancelled my land-line phone account with Qwest, relying solely on wireless. This has been happening continuously to the point where AT&T is now talking about shutting down the copper phone network and, likewise, relying solely on wireless. Please observe that AT&T posesses the largest copper network in the US, but they are quietly, and likely gleefully abandoning hardwired service for wireless. Why can't Hollywood follow the same general path without all the hystrionics?

• On the post: Ericsson Sells 2,185 Mobile Tech Patents To Newly Minted Troll, Unwired Planet

  

  Dave ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 12:02am

  Isn't this deal with Ericsson sharing the profits wandering into an illegal area, champerty or something? Sorta the same crap Righthaven tried.

• On the post: Is The Line Between 'Hacker' And 'Criminal' Really That Fuzzy?

  

  Dave ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2013 @ 01:09am

  I remember a time in the mid-70's when one of our clients locked his keys into his late '60's Toyota. It took me maybe 5 seconds to pick the door lock and provide him entry. From that day forth, my boss regarded me as a potential thief, simply because I knew how to pick locks. Technical "geeks" of all flavors are in the same boat because, like my boss, if the general public doesn't understand it, it must be witchcraft and/or illegal.

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Group Already Demanding That Kim Dotcom's New Mega Service Be Shut Down

  

  Dave ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2013 @ 04:47am

  Actually I hope these idiots continue the campaign. The American public is finally becoming aware of the effects of the gross overreach of the DOJ, and the purchase of politicians and laws by the "entertainment" industry. If it happens enough, and the media makes enough noise about it, the public may start yelling at Congress to "Do Something" about them, instead of the other way around. Not likely, but it would be nice.

• On the post: iNanny: Apple Takes Down Popular Photo Apps Because They Made Searching For Nude Photos 'Too Easy'

  

  Dave ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2013 @ 03:39pm

  Re: overreacting

  Yes. Overreacting to the point of self destruction has become the American norm. This includes the Government.

• On the post: Scientist Explains Why Putting Research Behind A Paywall Is Immoral

  

  Dave ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2013 @ 04:04pm

  Paid Services

  I don't really mind if some company wants to package and index research papers and legal opinions and briefs. I understand that can be very convenient for some customers, especially in the legal profession. I DO mind that the ONLY access to the documents is through the services. All such documents MUST be freely available to the public that paid for them. If someone wants to package and index them for a fee, fine, but that can't be the only available access.

• On the post: Disney Freaks Out Over Patents That May Mean It Can't Keep 3Ding Old Movies

  

  Dave ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2013 @ 08:06pm

  Poetic justice, I tell ya!

• On the post: Prenda Law Accused Of Fraud On The Court In Defending Itself Against Claims Of Fraud On The Court

  

  Dave ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2013 @ 08:03pm

  Just fired up the microwave with two packages of Uncle Orville's finest theater quality product. Bring it on.

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