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• On the post: Yet Again, Real Police Called Into Virtual World Over (Not Really) Theft Of Virtual Items

  

  Liam ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2010 @ 07:49am

  I'm sorry, but some of these kids have payed hundreds if not thousands of pounds for these items, and if someone logs into your account, and transfers it away, you have lost it and it has cost you in the real world. It's all well and good saying they could just give it back, but that means when anyone is unhappy with a trade of items that they agreed to, they could say it was stolen, and waste moderator time on non-issues as they determine if it actually was stolen or an agreed trade. To say it's not theft because, 1, it's virtual and 2 the scammer used phishing techniques is just plain wrong. If someone logged into your online bank account in a similar fashion, you would happily call that theft. Wouldn't you?

• On the post: Four Years In, How Successful Has Hollywood's Attack On The Pirate Bay Been?

  

  Liam ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2010 @ 06:34am

  Re:

  Bad analogy. If drugs where licensded and regulated properly, then first off, crack most likely wouldn't exist today, secondaly, if it had been created then we wouldn't have a load of crack dealers in neighboor hoods caushing trouble, getting people hooked etc, just a couple of licensed vendors who would only sell to you if you had the correct license.
  
  If logic, common sense and thought are put into something, the "problems" wouldn't exist to begin with.

• On the post: Times Online Says Competitors Will Go Out Of Business Without A Paywall

  

  Liam ( profile ), 26 May, 2010 @ 09:30am

  Re:

  How do you "save up" news?

• On the post: Subway Claims Trademark On 'Footlong' Threatens Hotdog Seller Who's Been Selling Footlongs For Decades

  

  Liam ( profile ), 13 May, 2010 @ 10:47am

  Foot long

  surely "foot long" is a descriptive term "footlong" could very well get the trademark.

• On the post: But How Could Wikileaks Break A Story Without Traditional Newspaper Backing?

  

  Liam ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2010 @ 09:10am

  Re:

  Do you read newspapers? If it's not lie after twisted truth after complete fabrication it's just adverts.
  
  Newspapers gave up on accuracy a long time ago.

• On the post: UK Shop Refuses To Make Prints Of Digital Photos Because They're 'Too Good' And Must Infringe

  

  Liam ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2010 @ 07:35am

  School

  I failed my graphic design course in school as my work "was too good" I obviously had not created it and must of stolen it.. I know how she feels.

• On the post: Don't Blame Your Community: Ad Blocking Is Not Killing Any Sites

  

  Liam ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2010 @ 04:29pm

  Re: Open letter to web advertisers

  "First, I hate flash. I despise it. I hate the annoying audio and the seizure inducing graphics.
  
  Second, I hate javascript crap such as popups, graphics that force you to click or float around the screen, or the inability to right click."
  
  stop browsing in 1999 then

• On the post: Google Admits That Many Of Its Own Sites Fail At SEO

  

  Liam ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2010 @ 08:17am

  Re:

  that's like complaining MS promoting it's own internet browser..... oh, wait....

• On the post: Reporter, TV Execs (Maybe?) Confused Over Lost Fans Choosing Not To Watch Leaked Episode

  

  Liam ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 05:49am

  pirating live events

  @The Anti-Mike: Well, I know I watch the EPL (english premier league) illegally, that's streaming live, so I don't see why people can't find it for the superbowl or American Idol etc.
  
  You don't have to download to be a pirate.

• On the post: French Court Forcing Google To Remove Word 'Scam' From Google Suggest

  

  Liam ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2010 @ 01:06pm

  Re: I Wonder if Google isn't shooting themselves in the foot?

  now that is interesting.

• On the post: Is Streaming Infringing Content Still Considered Piracy?

  

  Liam ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2009 @ 12:31am

  Re:

  That's not streaming, that's progressive downloading.
  Two different things, but sort of the same.

• On the post: Once Again, Established Businesses Get Angry At 'Free' Competition

  

  Liam ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2009 @ 04:42am

  both of you are wrong

  you are simply not dealing with professional web designer and developers then.

• On the post: Filing A Trademark Notice Against Yourself

  

  Liam ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2009 @ 09:21am

  I love stuff like this, blatantly and simply shows the ridiculousness of the T&C's of large organisations.

• On the post: Barry Diller Is A Myth

  

  Liam ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2009 @ 09:24am

  Free Content != Advertising Supported Content

• On the post: EMI's CEO Admits Company 'Lost Touch' But Doesn't Seem To Know How To Fix It

  

  Liam ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 04:53am

  Re: Re:

  So why not work on that, the innovators they are suing are the guys who can do this, spotfiy got it right, by that I mean, managed to not get sued. There are hundreds of other similar services which no longer exist because the music industry just litigated them out of existence.

• On the post: But Who's Doing All That World Of Warcraft Gold Farming While WoW Is Down In China?

  

  Liam ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2009 @ 05:09am

  Re: The same people as before...

  you article makes no sense.
  
  First you say it makes sense for the Chinese to gold farm as they would be better paid then if they went for an “average wage job”.
  
  Then you say “they aren’t farming in China anyway”.
  
  Remember, this is the internet, borders don’t make a difference who you sell to, I can “farm” in china, then sell to some Americans over the web.
  
  Perhaps you misunderstood how eCommerce works.

• On the post: More Examples Of Patents Harming Research

  

  Liam ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2009 @ 04:26am

  Re: What gives you the right

  oh no, money and investment, so much more important then expanding our collective knowledge and furthering science.
  
  We can't have that can we, a better world through sharing ideas and knowledge, lets forget that's exactly how we got to were we are today.

• On the post: It Makes No Sense For The President To Not Use Email

  

  Liam ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2008 @ 05:00am

  Set up an intranet and build a message system in that.

• On the post: More Companies Rebelling Against Annoying Plastic Packaging

  

  Liam ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2008 @ 05:09am

  About time, no longer will I need to get a butchers knife just to get my pair of headphones/[other electronic thingy] out of the bubble.

• On the post: That's A Lot Of Non-Working Technology

  

  Liam ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2008 @ 03:04am

  I forgot to add, we need to stop catering to morons, the easier you make it, the stupider/oblivious/[insert you own adjective] they can stay.

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