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• On the post: Patrick Leahy Against Internet Censorship In Other Countries, But All For It At Home

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2010 @ 12:41pm

  Re: Who is paying who?

  Nice catch lol, you are very correct sir.
  And as my name implies, I know. :)

• On the post: Movie Producers Want Sole Ownership Of Facebook Fans

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2010 @ 12:15pm

  Suggestion to company

  Instead of pissing fans off, Do what blizzard did and actually buy the site & incorporate it into your own. See Arreat Summit on Diablo2's front page via blizzard.com/diablo2. And here's a tip name it something like "community site," and a nice big button on the page. Gives it a Nice spin even.
  
  It's amazing what fans can accomplish for you.

• On the post: Movie Debuts In Theater And On The Pirate Bay (On Purpose)

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2010 @ 12:04pm

  Re: Questions ....

  Decent business model as any. Scarce goods for the win.

• On the post: Scribd Puts User Docs Behind A Paywall Without Them Realizing It

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2010 @ 08:21pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  not anymore
  
  http://www.infowars.com/collecting-rainwater-now-illegal-in-many-states-as-big-government-claims-ownership-over-our-water/

• On the post: Denial Of Service Attacks On RIAA & MPAA Are A Really Dumb Idea

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2010 @ 05:46am

  Re: Re: amusing

  The term is phreaking if its hardware :)

• On the post: Filmmaker Insists That Only People Whose Livelihood Depends On Copyright Really Understand It

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2010 @ 11:48am

  Re:

  10 years, same question.

• On the post: District Court Smacks Down Tiffany (Yet Again) In Fight With eBay Over Counterfeit Items

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2010 @ 05:31pm

  Re:

  or this one Patent Troll Mantra: Sue First, Ask Questions Later

• On the post: Big Time Patent Attorney Jumps Into The Patent Trolling Game By Buying 4,500 Patents From Micron

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2010 @ 05:25pm

  Re: For Real?

  To Solve the problem you have to be aware of it. Such is the conscious of society by that I mean the press.

• On the post: District Court Smacks Down Tiffany (Yet Again) In Fight With eBay Over Counterfeit Items

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2010 @ 05:22pm

  Re:

  Next time use the search function and read just a little. And this article, if nothing else says otherwise...
  
  Big Time Patent Attorney Jumps Into The Patent Trolling Game By Buying 4,500 Patents From Micron
  
  ...Such is the state of our broken patent system.

• On the post: How Social Mores Can Deal With 'Unfair' Copying, Even In Absence Of Copyright

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2010 @ 12:33am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Small communities versus the entire world

  btw kudos if you
  1) got the reference
  and uber kudos
  2) Relive the relevance to the Headline to this article

• On the post: How Social Mores Can Deal With 'Unfair' Copying, Even In Absence Of Copyright

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2010 @ 12:21am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Small communities versus the entire world

  I think depending on social mores is great, but I can think of many cases where it won't apply.

  Suzanne you have a gift to give a long historical round up. It seems from this perspective that the ball falls out of your hand before just as you get to your last line.

  My curiosity piqued I must know. What cases?

  smores are great

  Come with us to candy mountain Suzanne?

• On the post: Why Is Righthaven Demanding The Domain Names Of Sites It Sues?

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2010 @ 11:31pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Righthaven - Domain Name Transfer Demand

  Asking a third party to do your dirty work is pretty old profession, just after prostitution I think.
  
  I still giggle at people and remember the above when I ask friends "why pay a tax on something at all?"

• On the post: If Sarah Palin Has Someone Else Doing Her Facebooking, Is She A Criminal?

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2010 @ 11:17pm

  Suddenly reminded.

  we "agree" to dozens of website terms of use every day, usually before we even read them

  I'm suddenly reminded of an old story mike. Though I don't recall hearing anything. So here ya go. 7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls Published April 15, 2010 | FOXNews.com

  Always been a fav story of mine to share.

• On the post: Using Google Books To Remove Access To Public Domain Books

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2010 @ 08:04am

  great resource for public domain books

  Gutenberg dot org Has great selection of books and has a pretty unique mission on public domain books and licencing

• On the post: Filipino Gov't Loses Court Case Because It Relied On Wikipedia

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2010 @ 11:22am

  Next...

  Next stop factchecking sites lol.

• On the post: Abundance And Scarcity In Privacy

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2010 @ 03:00pm

  Re: Re: Re: How About "Publicity"?

  correction: doublethink

• On the post: Abundance And Scarcity In Privacy

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2010 @ 02:16pm

  Re: Re: How About "Publicity"?

  "Well, it's easier to sell a book around a new term than an old generic term like publicity. I agree that it's a bit awkward, but also recognize that it can force people to rethink or re-evaluate a perception. So I kinda see it both ways..."
  
  Defining Orwell's doublespeak.

• On the post: Everyone Has Something To Hide: Why Privacy Is Important Even If 'You've Done Nothing Wrong'

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2010 @ 12:30am

  Grins

  Privacy aside, I have plenty to comment about there but feels more like griping at the air so I'll just ask a question.
  
  Given the tone and the timing I wonder if you subscribe to Lew Rockwell too Mike.

• On the post: Crowdsourced Fact Checking

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2010 @ 10:49pm

  Re: Re: Small question

  I don't hold its accountability in question what I hold in question is when a community edits something on a moments notice. It's been a while I suppose since I've used it but if there is a debate on some fact it changes back and forth between the two or more viewpoints.
  So if you take the page at face value you get one side and come back tomorrow and the facts have changed because of the communities' edits.
  Given the highly dynamic and volatile nature of politics it paints an ugly picture for the future of community driven fact checking. As justok said, who fact checks the fact checkers?
  Anybody know if If there a system in place for this, if any at all?

• On the post: Crowdsourced Fact Checking

  

  Chris in Utah ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2010 @ 10:21pm

  Small question

  Don't get me wrong, I like the idea, but looking before leaping here.
  
  Isn't this what wikipedia is right now in the sense the facts are community driven. We've seen the hit and miss nature of it. You said its not a Free for all like Wikipedia but though still wondering if it doesn't degrade to one. So, i'm curious, what's in place to keep the community taking the wheel?

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