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  • On the post: Kickstarter Becomes The Darling Of Sundance By Financing Lots Of Movies… Without Movie Studio Arrogance

    Eileen ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2012 @ 05:44am

    It's so nice to see the hollywood trolls out in full force! I was worried they might have lost their jobs over the death SOPA and been replaced with more able competition. Have no fear, internet! Bumbling shills are still the norm!

  • On the post: Homeland Security Denies Entrance To UK Tourist Because Of Twitter Joke

    Eileen ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2012 @ 08:25am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: The really scary part

    Marilyn Monroe is buried in a mausoleum.

    I regularly thrown in a "death to America" joke when on the phone with my boyfriend. I don't think the NSA is as stupid as the TSA.

  • On the post: The Internet Strikes Back: Anonymous Takes Down DOJ.gov, RIAA, MPAA Sites To Protest Megaupload Seizure

    Eileen ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 07:25pm

    I will only note that I am a long-time reader of CNN, mostly for the comments which I consider a barometer of the US public (sad as that sometimes reveals itself to be).

    This was the one story where the most recent 25 comments were ALL UNANIMOUS, and against the government action taken today. I find that to be an interesting trend. I think the administration will find this was a serious mistake going forward.

  • On the post: Are Democrats About To Lose An Entire Generation Of Voters By Pushing PIPA/SOPA Forward?

    Eileen ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 01:00pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I've already made up my mind

    Amen! It might actually work if CNN, Fox, and MSN, as well as most newspapers were shut up for a year before the election. It's big media more than any one else that is to blame for the lesser-of-two-evils paradigm. Bleh.

  • On the post: Network TV Execs Discover What Pirates Always Knew: Making Stuff Available Online Is Good Marketing

    Eileen ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 10:15am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: What I'd do

    Verbing weirds language.

  • On the post: Argentina Building Huge Biometric Database For Use With Police's Face Recognition Technology

    Eileen ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2012 @ 07:04am

    This has already been used in the US for 10 years.

    My boyfriend, who is European but a permanent resident (getting citizenship soon), went to the Iraq war protests in DC way back in 2001. Pretty much the only 'activism' he's ever been involved in. As he said to me "I remember the cameras on the tops of the buildings..." They were relentlessly taking pictures every day, all day while the protests went on.

    Soon after that, he clearly was on a "list" because he was flagged for "random" screenings before every. single. flight. He takes dozens per year, and every single time he checks luggage it has a friendly slip from the TSA in it. When he flies overseas, the luggage usually gets "lost". We've learned to pack really light.

    This year, finally, it seems to have subsided. After ten years of looking through clothes, toiletries, and science books, I guess they got tired of not finding anything.

  • On the post: Local Bookstores Call For Boycott Of Amazon For Advertising Their Prices

    Eileen ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 07:52am

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    this exactly

  • On the post: Lessig On The Daily Show: The Corruption And Extortion Of Congress

    Eileen ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 07:41am

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    This won't really work, because the two parties are very similar (in actions, ignore the words).

    What needs to happen is SERIOUS campaign reform, and I mean publicly funded elections. You get your allotted money and TV time and that's it. No more fundraising.

  • On the post: Breaking News: Feds Falsely Censor Popular Blog For Over A Year, Deny All Due Process, Hide All Details…

    Eileen ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2011 @ 10:21am

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    Or Kucinich!

    Vote 3rd party. Hell I vote for the communists/greens whenever possible. I won't be forced into voting for the faschists, even if it is "throwing my vote away". Only like 20% of the damned population votes, if the 10% honest enough to care would vote third party we COULD have change.

  • On the post: How Much Does File Sharing Really Cost Hollywood?

    Eileen ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2011 @ 07:16am

    All of this goes to show that the government/corporate ruling class have zeroed in on a time-tested strategy for control of the populace: fear. Whether the bogeyman is "terrorism" or "drugs" or "pedophiles" or "pirates"... it's all just an excuse to get laws passed which further the real agenda: making it easier for the oligarchy we have to stay in place, to get richer, and to suppress dissent or anyone trying to challenge the system.

    Sad for a nation founded with such principles.

  • On the post: ICE Seizes Another 150 Domains As SOPA/PIPA Debate Heats Up

    Eileen ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2011 @ 01:49pm

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    If people were smart, this would backfire. It's clear they already are capable, within existing laws, of finding taking care of the "counterfeit goods" problem... so why do we need a new law again?

  • On the post: New Study Shows Majority Of Americans Against SOPA; Believe Extreme Copyright Enforcement Is Unreasonable

    Eileen ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2011 @ 09:06am

    Re: Re: just me

    He just did, you ass-hat.

  • On the post: Mainstream Press Realizing That E-PARASITE/SOPA Is Ridiculously Broad

    Eileen ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2011 @ 08:07am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Rules for ACs

    Because you are so WILLFULLY STUPID and blind, I will help you out, AC.

    Imagine you run a blog. It criticizes the government and supports peaceful protests and civil disobedience. This irritates certain people in power, and suddenly you are accused of being an "infringing website". You aren't, of course, but your ISP can't afford to waste time trying to find out and your blog is shut down. Maybe some idiot commenter put an "infringing link" in a comment somewhere, maybe not. It hardly matters. You're now faced with legal battle to get your blog back. Except, you're neither an attorny nor rich. So you just give up. Free speech effectively neutralized.

  • On the post: Copyright Trolling For Dummies; Publisher John Wiley Sues 27 For Sharing 'For Dummies' Books

    Eileen ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2011 @ 04:29pm

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    Wiley are douchebags, and I hate it when I have to buy a book from them. If I ever write an academic book (I plan to) it will be with a CC license because the idea that I would make money on an obscure tract on astrophysics is looney anyway. I would do it to contribute some knowledge to the world.

    Also, more people should publish in open source journals, but that will have to wait for tenure...

  • On the post: YouTube Now Helping Artists Sell The Scarce

    Eileen ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2011 @ 12:52pm

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    I'm late to reply, but just to be clear, I don't want to censor disagreement.

    I want to opt out of reading crap like:

    "Techdirt definition of troll: Anyone that disagrees with Mike Masnick's pirate propaganda fantasies."

    This really has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Maybe on a lazy Sunday I won't mind wasting the time to read it, but most days I don't really care to, frankly.

  • On the post: YouTube Now Helping Artists Sell The Scarce

    Eileen ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2011 @ 07:28am

    I know what I suggest might be controversial, but can we get a "TROLL" button?

    I have limited time in the morning and I'd actually like to see a meaningful discussion (as much fun as troll-smacking can be sometimes). This place used to be great, now about 50% of posts seem to be trolls or responding to them.

    The idea would be to have some setting you can toggle on or off depending on your stomach for poorly reasoned arguments and ad hominem attacks.

  • On the post: Lawrence Golan Speaks About Golan V. Holder And His Fight To Protect The Public Domain

    Eileen ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2011 @ 09:15am

    Re: Re: WOW! Now I know about marking up / renting sheet music!

    I totally agree, this was probably the longest article here that I read all the way to the bottom. Very interesting, very well presented, and something I knew little about before. I am a huge supporter of classical music, so I will be watching with interest!!

  • On the post: More Canadian Universities Opt Out Of Access Copyright's Skyrocketing Tariffs

    Eileen ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2011 @ 07:25am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Universities have graduate programs. Colleges offer undergraduate degrees.

  • On the post: More Canadian Universities Opt Out Of Access Copyright's Skyrocketing Tariffs

    Eileen ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2011 @ 07:25am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Universities have graduate programs. Colleges offer undergraduate degrees.

  • On the post: Mexican Senate Calls On President To Reject ACTA

    Eileen ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2011 @ 06:15am

    Re: Re: Re: Say wha?

    Which is why I think when we finally get a re-do on this whole thing, there should be an ironclad "vow of poverty" rule for going into elected government. You are allowed assets equal to the average American and a similar income/year, the rest gets donated to charity. While lots of people would still be perpetual "guests" of the moneyed interests, it would be a lot more obvious who's paying for them.

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