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• On the post: Brazilian President Bans Social Media Companies From Removing Disinformation & Abuse

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2021 @ 12:44pm

  Now in Texas

  Texas literally just passed a law basically doing the same thing. Such insanity! It's expected, given Brazil's president, but wow, I never thought I would see it happen in the U.S.

  https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-law-protecting-texans-from-wrongful-social-media-censorship

• On the post: New York State Leaders Finally Realize U.S. Broadband Availability Data Is Hot Garbage

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2020 @ 01:29pm

  Re: TechDIRT...

  Yeah, my internet access at work is great as well! Pretty sure you are literally being like the Wizard of Oz and lying your ass off otherwise. BTW this isn't a particular party thing it's more of a "the FCC is terrible" type of thing. Have a good day.

• On the post: Cable TV Customers Are Rightfully Pissed They're Still Paying For Cancelled Sports Programming

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 04 May, 2020 @ 09:46am

  No surprise

  Remember you guys, it's about profit, not what's best for us. It will always be about profits over anything else.

• On the post: AMC Theaters Pouts Like A Child Because NBC Universal Proved Movie Release Windows Are Nonsense

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2020 @ 12:17pm

  Go out or stay home

  Having a choice do go to the movie theater or stay home and watch the same movie on VOD is at least a single step in the right direction. I'm really sort of on the fence though - I hesitate at a 20 dollar price for a VOD new release movie at home but then when you consider how much it costs for a trip to the movie theater as a family it's way expensive overall.

  Progress!! I guess. :)

• On the post: Amazon Fire TV Firmware Update Bricks Rooted Devices, Prevents Rollback To Previous Firmware Versions

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2014 @ 11:02am

  Re:

  What are you talking about?! Those things are great! Not really. I have one, it's terrible. I have been waiting for someone to figure out how to root the Fire phone - now it looks like I might just be stuck with my bad decision. :(

• On the post: Justice Department Defends US Marshals' Airborne Cell Tower Spoofers; Refuses To Acknowledge Program Exists

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2014 @ 10:48am

  Information

  Information is power. Seems like our government is continuously amassing vast quantities of both. Starting to feel safe yet?

• On the post: Don Henley Sues Clothing Retailer Over Its Use Of Common English Words

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2014 @ 09:15am

  *Sigh* 2

  He keeps taking it to the limit one more time.

• On the post: Don Henley Sues Clothing Retailer Over Its Use Of Common English Words

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2014 @ 09:13am

  *Sigh*

  Henley just needs to take it easy and stop living life in the fast lane. He's rendering himself irrelevant and I don't guess that's a bad thing in this case.

• On the post: Accepting Amazon's DRM Makes It Impossible To Challenge Its Monopoly

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 28 May, 2014 @ 09:09am

  Re:

  I'm pretty sure that Amazon makes everyone use their DRM regardless of whether you want to or not as part of it's terms and conditions for selling e-books.

• On the post: USA Freedom Act Being Watered Down Even More… Getting Close To Useless

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 19 May, 2014 @ 11:16am

  If anyone is surprised by this they really shouldn't be. It is the way things work right now in our country.

• On the post: Kid Bullied For My Little Pony Backpack Told Not To Bring It To School Anymore

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2014 @ 01:07pm

  Tough

  Man it's tough to just be a kid these days.

• On the post: Judge Says NSA Bulk Metadata Collection Likely Unconstitutional, Issues Injunction

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2013 @ 12:05pm

  Finally

  Good to see a small victory for our rights as citizens.

• On the post: Copyright Trolls Still Arguing That Open WiFi Is 'Negligent'

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2012 @ 08:00am

  Re: Case Law

  Absolutely nothing about that case would apply.

• On the post: The Stupidity Of The 'Just Go Without' Argument

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2012 @ 10:41am

  Bob?

  I am hoping Bob will post one of his oh-so-eloquent rebuttals. One can dream...

• On the post: Breaking: Appeals Court Sends Viacom-YouTube Case Back To District Court, Future Of Safe Harbors Still Uncertain

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2012 @ 11:15am

  Re:

  Game, Set, and Match troll. Mike's reply to your incoherent ramblings is like one of those awesome fatality finishing moves in Mortal Combat.
  
  I would just move on to something else, you are terrible at shilling.

• On the post: Key Techdirt SOPA/PIPA Post Censored By Bogus DMCA Takedown Notice

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2012 @ 10:45am

  I hope it's some sort of scam because the alternative is just outrageous and unbelievable.
  
  They can't be that dumb right? Really? Censoring articles with DMCA take down requests?

• On the post: Public Interest Groups Speak Out About Next Week's Secret Meeting In Hollywood To Negotiate TPP (Think International SOPA)

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2012 @ 11:43am

  Re:

  You guys really are getting desperate huh? I guess it's all part of the long process of adjusting to reality that your kind is going through...

• On the post: Boo-Freaking-Hoo: RIAA Complains That 'The Deck Is Stacked' Against Them On CES Panels

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2012 @ 10:05am

  The sheer irony of the RIAA statement caused me to blackout for a minute. Who do they think they are kidding?! The deck is stacked against them?! Wow. That takes balls to say given their history.

• On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 11:08am

  Re: two ways to avoid the problem

  Or maybe all of the major isp's could address it in a more meaningful way through investment by upgrading their aging networks to all Fiber.
  
  The differences in areas with fiber buildouts are telling. You see 2 major things that you won't see in your typical broadband monopoly/duopoly market: Competition and No Caps or Throttling.

• On the post: Data Shows: Removing 'Rogue Sites' From Search Won't Make Much Of A Difference

  

  deadzone ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2011 @ 01:45pm

  Let's be honest

  If someone is using a major search engine to search for sites that will give them free stuff using generic terms such as "Free Movies" or "Piracy Sites" they are neither savvy nor serious about it and will most likely obtain some nice free viruses, Trojans and spy ware for their trouble rather than free movies or music.
  
  I don't think that these entities and persons pushing for these new laws even understand how futile, stupid and counterproductive their techniques are. I also think that they vastly underestimate the abilities, skills and intelligence of those that they are fighting against - not to mention their true intentions and motivations for what they do.
  
  The attitude that this behavior can somehow be curtailed in some significant fashion or even stamped out entirely is a ludicrous and impossible pipe dream. They have turned it into a zero sum game of all or nothing and everyone is worse off because of it.

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