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• On the post: Skype No Longer Willing To Claim That Its Calls Are Untappable By Law Enforcement

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2012 @ 04:22pm

  Re: Re: Conspiracy

  I think all it needs is /blackhelicoptors.wav

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Song Pirated By Anti-Piracy Group; Collection Society Fined For Failing To Get Royalties

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2012 @ 07:28am

  Buma/Stemra Statement:

  Nooooo, you have it all wrong, we don't pay artists, we are a COLLECTION society. If we paid artists, we'd be a PAYMENT society. You pirates have it all wrong.

• On the post: Is A Petition Calling For A Pardon Of The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde 'Offensive'?

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2012 @ 02:41pm

  Re:

  Wasn't there a pirate party banned just before an election? This smacks of the same shenaniganism.

• On the post: Def Leppard Covers Its Own Songs With 'Forgeries' To Fight Back Against Universal Music

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2012 @ 07:23am

  Don Henley seems pretty happy with the way he keeps pounding the big label RAH RAH drum.
  
  Now is that because he's done well, or because he hasn't looked closely at the books?

• On the post: US Gov't And Hollywood Have Turned Kim Dotcom Into A Beloved Cult Hero

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2012 @ 02:30pm

  Re: Re:

  I would download the hell out of this movie!

• On the post: TV Analyst: Kids Love Netflix, And Disney Should Break Them Of That Nasty Habit

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2012 @ 01:33am

  Re: Obviously not a parent

  I spent a week with my inlaws and their 3 year old. Any time the kid was in 4 yards of a screen, it had to be showing Pocahontas. Failure to do so would detonate what I called 'The Scream Bomb'.
  
  The parents who had much more immunity due to being sprayed by some umbilical juices at birth called it being a little fussy. The kid would stand in the middle of her detonation space and inhale for a solid 6 seconds, like a single WHOOOOooooooooooooooooooop. This was your last warning.
  
  Then the screams would start, staccato, long pulsing shrieks, I swear this kid was screaming in three pitches at once. I never saw one take less than 20 minutes, the kid was Avatar deprived for the time the FBI warning took to play. The other 18 minutes was pure rage. These people carried 6 copies of Pocahontas at all times.
  
  "Moms are increasingly directing their kids to alternative viewing modes for content control, commercial avoidance and time management" No, it's to avoid scream bombs, and it's NOT new, there are many worn out multiple copies of VCR tapes that reek of pablum.

• On the post: Announcing The Declaration Of Internet Freedom

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2012 @ 05:12am

  I don't think you get it.

  The purpose of signing is to show your support and approval as a person.
  
  If privacy is your main concern, yet you want to show approval, take one of your hands (either will do) make a fist, and extend your thumb upwards. When you feel your opinion matches your shown enthusiasm, then allow your hand to relax to do whatever you normally do with it.
  
  An audible statement such as 'Good deal' or 'That's fine by me.' is an excellent way to amplify your expression of approval. For extra privacy your audible statement should of course be coded, such as 'The blue chair is by the door.' or "?Atenci?n!".

• On the post: Latest Humble Bundle Of Pay-What-You-Want Indie Games Raises $1-Million In Five Hours

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 31 May, 2012 @ 09:33pm

  Re:

  But Mac users have that great game built in: "Set the Clock to Cupertino Time".

• On the post: Is It A Problem If People Only Discover A Musician Because They Have A Cool Kickstarter?

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 26 May, 2012 @ 03:44am

  Re:

  I don't need to look it up, I have it here on my Map of Tasmania.
  
  Okay sure she doesn't have the acclaim of a syntho boy band with major music label behind her, so what. Thing is she's making it as an artist doing what she wants without having to worry if her music will still be hers later.
  
  I don't know of any songs by the band "All Shall Perish" and the place their label sold their rights to was trying to sue their own fans much to their dismay.
  
  So, sweat equity, or give the equity to someone else when they do the work. This is not new stuff.

• On the post: Band Protests As A Copyright Troll Sues Its Fans

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 22 May, 2012 @ 02:20pm

  Re: Clarifying Question

  The rights came from German digital rights, the laws of that country almost certainly won't match the US.

• On the post: Hollywood Talent Turns To Kickstarter To Escape 'Institutional Censorship'

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 04:08am

  Re: Surprised they haven't raised more money so far

  I think one thing that would help would be having a higher number of below $30 tiers that cost the maker little or nothing to produce.
  I see $25-30 for a DVD/CD, and I'm like, no-this goes whether in a store or online. I go to the Family dollar & walmart a lot, it'll be in a bin eventually. If I remember the movie by then.
  $10 for a digital download that I can keep, sold.
  $5 put your name in the credits in a backers section.
  $5 for a 30 day access to stream online, even that would be good.
  
  Granted these are small 'rocks' but you can build a dang big wall with small rocks and get more eyes on the project too.

• On the post: Canadian Politician Claims That Ripping A CD To Your iPod Is Like Buying Socks & Stealing Shoes To Go With Them

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 17 May, 2012 @ 04:57pm

  Re: Echo

  *ding ding ding ding* Winnah hyeah! Winna Hyeah!

• On the post: Nobody Cares About The Fixed Costs Of Your Book, Movie, Whatever

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 07:42am

  Re: Re: Concerning books

  Do you actually read the books, or just sit there and count how many books you have?
  
  I've got a CD with about a thousand books on it, each one either free legally or purchased for about 3-6 US Dollars. Maybe I should print them out on Tshirts. Then you can wear a book while looking at your books!

• On the post: Nobody Cares About The Fixed Costs Of Your Book, Movie, Whatever

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 06:04am

  Re:

  Avatar for 50$-Done as Pocahontas as a school play enjoyed it much more with no 3D headache, and having helped Captain Smith practice his lines. Enjoyed it immensely especially the pot luck after with no 20$ popcorn, but real food.
  
  Star Wars for a few thousand-Here's the thing, Hamlet, and other tales by Shakespeare, The Seven Samurai and the like have been done by live performance and kids waving sticks in the back yard for hundreds of years. The only people that think special effects 'make' the movie are the people that produce movies for a living.
  
  By hollywood thinking if I have a business selling apples delivered tree fresh to you by lear jet, then you can get apples no where else. Nuts to that.

• On the post: Microsoft Releases Utterly Bizarre And Confusing Anti-Piracy Video

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2012 @ 02:43pm

  Re:

  How can it be piracy lurking, I didn't see a single parrot.

• On the post: Microsoft Releases Utterly Bizarre And Confusing Anti-Piracy Video

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2012 @ 02:39pm

  Re:

  I hate when the hackers get into the water bubbler. I do not like lemonade, and it's always too warm.

• On the post: File Sharing Drones Proof Of Concept Already Built

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 10:53am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Go Lemmings Go!

• On the post: File Sharing Moves En Masse To The Darknet; Good Luck Shutting That Down

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2012 @ 02:17pm

  Re: Re:

  It'll be like the regular internet, but with hookers and blackjack!

• On the post: File Sharing Moves En Masse To The Darknet; Good Luck Shutting That Down

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2012 @ 02:16pm

  Re: This is critical -

  Would you download a Galaxy?

• On the post: One More Copyright Infringement, And HADOPI Must Disconnect Itself From The Net

  

  Blatant Coward ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2012 @ 02:10pm

  Re: Re:

  Sacred Blue!

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