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• On the post: Oregon Tries Claiming Copyright Over Gov't Materials Again

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2009 @ 03:27pm

  Law Pirates!

  "Can anyone provide any good reason why any government document should be covered by copyright?"
  
  So other states won't break an axle and die of cholera.

• On the post: Netflix Claims Americans Don't Want Standalone Streaming Movie Service

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2009 @ 02:09am

  Hey Huuuuuluuuuuu!

  Gee someone better tell Hulu that so they don't go to a model that is dooomed.

• On the post: Forget Piracy Or Boxee… Could Netflix Take Down Cable?

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2009 @ 08:20pm

  Thought I was odd one out...

  Haven't had a TV in about two years due to the same issues listed here. Too many crapomercials, too many ads, niche channels, too much money.
  Some folks at the office freak out when I say I don't have a TV, then they ask me how I know about all the stuff we talk about with current shows and such.
  Personally online books (not Kindle book rental thank you very much.), google news, webcomics, MMORPG's, Hulu, and the occasional DVD are all I need.
  Hulu has shown me that I can stand commercials much better when they have a count down timer.

• On the post: Forget Fixing Poor Eyesight… How About Improving Eyesight With A Virtual Overlay

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2009 @ 02:32am

  RE: Cyberpunk says no

  "Hey I've been there playing Cyberpunk in the 80's - too much augmentation reduces your empathy level to dangerous levels."
  
  If working in a call center didn't do it, some silly contact lens won't.
  
  Although there was that one week in Washington state....

• On the post: California Court: Only Reveal Anonymous Commenters If They're The People This Guy Thinks They Are

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2009 @ 01:41am

  What's in a Name?

  So all they need to do is compile a text format of all the phone books in the United States, filter out duplicates and present it as the limiting list. There's a flying Squirrel here who has a comment on this method of 'protection.' H doesn't seem very hopeful....

• On the post: Conde Nast Discovers That The Streisand Effect Reaches Russia Too

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2009 @ 01:37am

  Re: Re:

  Shark one: Yes, definitely human blood, type O RH factor positive.
  Shark two: Blood in the water. *puts on sunglasses* I see.
  
  *OH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh*

• On the post: Argentinean News Report Worries About Kids Drinking GrogXD

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2009 @ 07:08pm

  That low down...

  Who ever would promote this must be the Scumm of the earth.

• On the post: In Case You Didn't Know… People Hack Email Accounts All The Time

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2009 @ 01:50am

  Great now the RIAA/MPAA will start doing ads on how many email postal workers are put out of a job by people sharing passwords.

• On the post: Music Comes Back To Life On YouTube In The UK

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2009 @ 11:05pm

  Big 'ol Fuzzy hug

  Hmph, Google should have left them off till PRS paid them! Heck I would have dropped the songs from google searches too. Let them sell while invisible.

• On the post: Movie Makers Use 'Fake' Piracy Numbers To Score Distribution Deal

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2009 @ 01:37am

  Dear Ghost of President Scroob...

  "But only because they could then ask the non-consumer what really sucked about the movie."
  
  You mean they would ask why their advertising did not work on these people. It's not like Hollywood cares about content, except as a legal concept.

• On the post: How Not To Connect With Fans: Let Them Vote And Then Ignore The Vote

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2009 @ 03:55pm

  RE: A Question From Simmons' History

  In Wanted Dead or Alive it was faked. In Runaway it was real.

• On the post: US Courts Now Say RECAP Is Fine

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2009 @ 10:00pm

  To Recap

  So Recap found a way to pay PACER for what it is "pirating"?

• On the post: Is It Defamation To Mock Your Competitors' Promotional Campaign?

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2009 @ 03:21pm

  I Smite Thee in the Holy Name of Elvis!

  200 channels and still ain't anything on. We don't need more channels, we need better channels.
  
  Charlie, fetch me my .45!

• On the post: Doctor Who Uploaded Rorschach Images Now Being Investigated

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2009 @ 02:44pm

  Pirates!

  Quick to the TARDIS to see how this turns out!
  
  WIRRRRRRMMMM
  WIRRRRrrrmmm
  Wirrrrrrrmmm
  wrrrrrrrr
  wrrr
  
  wrr
  
  wiiiii

• On the post: Reddit, Sears, Grills That Cook Babies… And The Streisand Effect

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2009 @ 04:04pm

  Meat o freaking Rama!

  Great, now I'm craving babies again.

• On the post: If The AP Is About Clear And Concise Reporting… Why Can't It Explain Its New Plan?

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2009 @ 03:01am

  Just the facts.

  O Noes! Scientologists and Pirates are stealing my newspaper!

• On the post: AMC Theatres Pull Movie Listings From Washington Post; Post Hopes Movie Attendance Drops

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2009 @ 08:32pm

  Pirates!

  Only problem is that to do it in nice big attention grabbing pictures like it is traditionally done to advertise the movie, the papers would have to lift a pic of movie from the production itself. Making them Pirates.
  
  Just like Youtube when it shamelessly stole that movie trailer advertising that dis-knee movie, that was put out for free, as advertising.
  
  The internet won't kill papers, the RIAA will when they send over all those gaffers and painters out of work due to online and newspaper theft!

• On the post: Media Consultant: Comments Are Bad, Please Shut Up

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 03:24pm

  Fact Check, Aisle 3!

  Mr. D. Bailey,
  
  "all newspaper comments are dumb and should be done away with."
  
  Aghast sir! I am simply Aghast that someone classifying my comments on the modern herbal miracle that will make your manhood leave her weeping in joy on the floor as 'Dumb' or anything less that "TOTAL FACTUAL SERIOUS TRUTH, AS HONEST AS YOU WILL BE LONG!!!!!!"
  
  This is truly a dark age of ignorance, and intellectual blight, and I bid you good day!
  
  GOOD DAY, SIRRAH!

• On the post: Is Deceptively Getting People To Spam Their Friends Identity Theft?

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2009 @ 03:42am

  Facebook him Dano!

  Hm either he wants to start the charges big and reduce them to charges more reasonable later, or he's a politician looking for headlines.
  
  No, neither one of them make sense, he must think they are pirates and is trying to lull them into a false sense of security.

• On the post: Wait, Wasn't The Internet Killing Journalism?

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2009 @ 11:24pm

  It's proven to work!

  With any failing business, you hire moe management to get things done!!!! Don't forget the random arm pumping.