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• On the post: Author Andrew Piper: Turning Pages Is Important, Therefore Reading Ebooks Isn't Reading

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2012 @ 08:53am

  Re: Re:

  I am inclined to disagree, when sqooshing spiders and especially aforementioned bookscorpions on a not perfectly even surface paperback books are far superior, though newspapers are still best suited for this task.

• On the post: Author Andrew Piper: Turning Pages Is Important, Therefore Reading Ebooks Isn't Reading

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2012 @ 08:48am

  Ebooks not physical enough?

  How's that possible? "Real" books are just waaaaay too physical. Do you have any idea how much the 'real' version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows weighs?! Like I'm going to carry that around.

• On the post: Bradley Manning Hearing Shows Military Bosses More Concerned About Media Attention Than Manning's Conditions

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2012 @ 08:50am

  Re: Re:

  I recently decided against applying for a job in Florida which I'd probably have gotten, since the person doing the hiring asked me whether I'd be interested. Why? Because of everything AC stated. I don't want to go to your country and get sued for millions of dollars for having done something which is legal here. Perhaps I know something they don't.

• On the post: That Was Fast: Hollywood Already Browbeat The Republicans Into Retracting Report On Copyright Reform

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2012 @ 02:31am

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  Sad but true... Time to stop putting any money whatsoever in big content's pockets. Luckily my most recent fave musician is self published, so buying from him doesn't leave a bad aftertaste. Other than that I don't need to buy anything new to entertain me for the rest of my life, so they can rot, I'll just rewatch/reread/replay the stuff I already own.

• On the post: That Was Fast: Hollywood Already Browbeat The Republicans Into Retracting Report On Copyright Reform

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2012 @ 02:03am

  Oh jeez

  *looks at start of thread*
  
  Why do people always just HAVE to feed the trolls, even the obvious ones?
  
  Back on topic: I was developing Republican sympathies due to the report, but that has now been fully cured.

• On the post: Ridiculous: Vietnam Sentences Musicians To Jail For Songs That Protest Government Actions

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2012 @ 04:54am

  Re: Re: Re: Really?

  BWAHAHA
  
  I'm not going to take your post seriously, your punctuation says enough about you. The only times you've used caps are for "I", "US" and US Law. And I'm not even sure that "L" is supposed to be capitalized.
  
  "standards are different"
  
  The Nazi's had different standards too, 'nuff said.

• On the post: Copyright: The New Mercantilism

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2012 @ 12:21pm

  Re: Mercantilism is nothing like copyright.

  I've spent the past 30 minutes trying to decide where to even begin shooting holes into your argumentation. And have subsequently concluded that it's probably going to waste a lot of my precious time with little to no avail. Your comment about the British Empire says enough, they most definitely could have promoted free trade between the ENTIRETY of the empire and the rest of the countries in the world (yes, there's more to the world than just the British Empire) even if those were colonialistic empires too.
  
  If you're just here to spout a "rich EVIL, copyright GOOD" message, you should find yourself a different audience.

• On the post: Copyright: The New Mercantilism

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2012 @ 11:54am

  Re: Re:

  True, the comparison is stupid. It should be "just as if you wrongfully copied your neighbor's house and watched the copied television for a week, or used the car you copied from them" Then how on earth do I interfere with their property?

• On the post: Costa Rican Students Fight For The Right To Photocopy Textbooks

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 12:17am

  Re: Sad but true...

  Urgh... I'm pretty sure magazine isn't the right word here, but go easy on me please, english isn't my first language...

• On the post: Costa Rican Students Fight For The Right To Photocopy Textbooks

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 12:16am

  Sad but true...

  Most of the larger "standard" textbooks are unrealistically expensive. Even compared to other scientific books. I have free access to a lot of material on Campus, because our University Library pays millions each year to get campuswide access to a large number of magazines (needless to say I save anything and everything I ever look at to my harddisk in case I lose access). Practicing science is becoming ridiculously expensive and at the cost of quality too. It's like being in a library where you can see the stuff you need is on the shelf and you can read the backs of the books, but for most you have to pay huge amounts to actually be allowed to look inside. So what happens is you just copy a lot of the stuff you need from books/articles from fellow students/professors who already paid up. Or go on a downloading spree when visiting a foreign university which does have access (seen it happen). It's really sad that sometimes you can see from an article that the authors simply haven't had access to the newest material available and end up supporting outdated theories.
  
  Copyright supporting science? Get a grip, all it does is hinder it. If you ask me scientific publishers are the most disgusting ones around.

• On the post: US Steadfast In Its Stand For Publishers Against The Disabled

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2012 @ 03:20am

  Aren't the big publishers blind and deaf too?

• On the post: Study: Viewing Cat Videos At Work Can Make You More Productive

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2012 @ 06:22am

  Re:

  I think the part about stress is true, but I don't know about the calming effect. I tend to read cute manga oneshots in the morning when I'm in a slump to cheer me up and relieve stress, but the super happy feeling tends to make me hyper instead of clam. Cute cat videos have the same effect on me (but it might be just me XD).

• On the post: Study: Viewing Cat Videos At Work Can Make You More Productive

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2012 @ 05:46am

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  You may not have noticed, but the article also mentioned puppy/dog videos and the comment you're replying to doesn't refer to cat videos at all.

• On the post: Yes, Apple, You Have To Tell The UK Public That Samsung Didn't Copy You

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2012 @ 11:14pm

  Re: Re:

  I was thinking the same, what's wrong with making them retract statements proven false in court?

• On the post: Yet Again, File Sharing Correlated To Biggest Buyers

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2012 @ 01:16am

  Re: Re: Re: Prediction

  I'd typed up something myself, but you've said it so much better. This is exactly the reason I pirate.
  
  +1 for insightful
  
  I'd like to add that free online music 'alternatives' aren't always true alternatives since people who work for a living often listen to music at times when they have no access to internet and don't have the spare time to spend hours browsing and listening online during their free time.

• On the post: German Pirate Party Makes Some Shockingly Unshocking Proposals For Copyright Reform

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2012 @ 12:56am

  Not surprising

  I'm not really surprised by this. I read the brochure/party program for the Dutch PP and that one was also pretty moderate. I also don't think there are many people who really think IP should be completely abolished, I think this point is what most people are after:
  
  "Legalization of free, non-commercial copying of all creative works online"
  
  It's not so much that everyone should be allowed to sell Harry Potter books or whatever which they printed themselves and earn money without anything going to the rightsholder, but that you shouldn't be at risk of being disconnected from your internet, getting huge fines or even ending up in prison just for sharing what you like for free. I know it's not as bad in Europe as it is in other places, but there is definitely room for improvement. And I think a surprisingly large amount of younger voters do understand this, I mean even my little brother gets this. He actually DIDN'T want to vote PP at first because he thought they wanted to abolish IP. We both voted PP btw, unfortunately the elections were completely overshadowed by other subjects and the PP didn't get a seat. Plus here in the Netherlands downloaders aren't persecuted (yet).

• On the post: US Wants WIPO To Host IP Maximalist Agenda Day; Public Interest Groups Not Invited [Updated]

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2012 @ 12:38am

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  I don't really think it needs to be abolished, but both copyright and patents definitely need (much) shorter terms and stronger and guaranteed exceptions (non commercial file sharing, educational purposes and the like), maybe making them non-transferrable except by inheritance would be good too. The idea of IP isn't bad, it's the current laws and execution of it which are. Patents and copyrights give artists and inventors some rights to what they come up with and allows them to earn money more easily.

• On the post: Gangnam Style Shows What Can Happen When You Don't Lean On Copyright

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2012 @ 01:14pm

  *crawls out from under rock to view video*
  
  ...
  
  OMG! Even I could do that dance!

• On the post: US Military Classifies Wikileaks As 'Enemy Of The United States'

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 01:03am

  Re: Re: Whikileaks

  Being an asshole isn't illegal.

• On the post: US Military Classifies Wikileaks As 'Enemy Of The United States'

  

  Dionaea ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 12:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Might as well start now

  So true... Some think that you're an ultra left wing socialist just for thinking it's inhumane to throw people out of a hospital because they have no insurance =.=

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