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• On the post: Winning But Losing: Lessons From An Internet StartUp

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2013 @ 10:55pm

  Re:

  What is it with your obsession of accusing everyone on the internet who doesn't worship copyright of freeloading?

• On the post: Japan The Latest Country To Mistakenly Say Google Is 'Responsible' For Autocomplete Results

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2013 @ 08:18pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  What part of "an algorithm's result depends on users' input (that's plural in cases of multiple sources, FYI)" did you not learn in high school? Google can't control what other users type into the search field.
  
  In the words of a brilliant scholar: "Shit goes in, shit comes out; the math gives no shits."

• On the post: NYC Mayor Bloomberg Thinks Boston Bombing Renders The Constitution Obsolete

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2013 @ 10:15pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  That they do.

• On the post: YouTube Wins Yet Another Complete Victory Over Viacom; Court Mocks Viacom's Ridiculous Legal Theories

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2013 @ 09:06pm

  Re: OOTB

  This.

• On the post: YouTube Won't Put Your Video Back Up, Even If It's Fair Use, If It Contains Content From Universal Music

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2013 @ 06:29pm

  Re: Re:

  . . .

• On the post: Arrested Development Documentary Has To Hit Up Kickstarter Because Fox Claims Copyright On Set Photos

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2013 @ 02:37pm

  Re:

  Dear Lord you need help.

• On the post: Petition Submitted To Require Congress To Wear The Logos Of Their Corporate Donors

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2013 @ 11:46am

  Re: Re: Why doesn't TechDirt wear the logos of its sponsors?

  World of Warcraft patch 5.2 ad showing
  
  Mike gets my vote!

• On the post: MIT And Aaron Swartz's Lawyers Argue Over Releasing Evidence

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 12:41pm

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  Someone call the insane asylum, one of their deranged imbeciles is on the loose.

• On the post: How Hollywood's Own Pirates Must Inform The Future Of Copyright

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2013 @ 06:55pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You make infantile tantrums seem mature, you know that?

• On the post: Dead Kennedys Guitarist Joins Crusade Against Ad Networks & YouTube Despite Understanding Neither

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2013 @ 08:00am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  This, please...

• On the post: Another Legislator Hops On Board The 'Violent Video Game' Bandwagon; Introduces Redundant Labeling Bill

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2013 @ 08:27pm

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  "FM - Fucking Moron"
  
  I had something slightly different in mind, but then there would be two 'FR' ratings...

• On the post: Yet Another Study: 'Cracking Down' On Piracy Not Effective

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2013 @ 11:08am

  Re: Re: Re: Ridiculous

  Nov. 8 2012 http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-11-08/news/os-disney-earnings-4th-quarter-20121108_1_iger-record-revenue-theme-parks
  
  "The Walt Disney Co. reported another year of record revenue and profit Thursday, lifted by improved attendance at its theme parks ? though not at Walt Disney World ? the debut of another large cruise ship, gains at its ESPN sports-television unit, and the continuing popularity of its superhero movie "The Avengers.""
  
  And those layoffs last week? From the same article:
  "Rasulo indicated that fiscal 2013 will be a transitional year that won't include the introduction of hefty new investments."

• On the post: First Amendment Concerns About Internet Radio Bill Not Just Overblown But Completely Backwards

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2012 @ 10:09am

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  dammit link I swore I checked you
  
  www.techdirt.com/articles/20121119/11130221094/nsa-releases-heavily-redacted-talking-points-say-its-hard-to-watch-public-debate-its-efforts.shtml#c77

• On the post: First Amendment Concerns About Internet Radio Bill Not Just Overblown But Completely Backwards

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2012 @ 10:03am

  Re: Re:

  > Pagerank 3
  (clicks the round 'i')
  
  > Pagerank is a measure of the reputation of a website. It is measured on a scale of 0-10. (Higher is better)
  LOL
  
  > Techdirt.com: Pagerank 7
  It's official, people. These are sobering findings.

• On the post: Copyright Maximalists Attempt To Downplay Significance Of RSC Report By Chanting Their Mantra: Copyright Is Property

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2012 @ 04:37pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Mental Substitution

  Not only that, but an overwhelming number of reps who supported SOPA were re-elected.

  
  Gee, you're telling me concerned internet users/voters aren't concentrated in specific voting districts? This is a shocking revelation.

• On the post: Blizzard Sued For Trying To Make Accounts More Secure

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2012 @ 12:24pm

  Re: Re:

  What alternate-fucking-reality have you been living in?

• On the post: Blizzard Sued For Trying To Make Accounts More Secure

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2012 @ 11:55am

  Of all the things to bitch about, they picked THAT?
  
  (╯?□?)╯︵ ┻━┻

• On the post: Surprise: Two Of Hollywood's Favorite Representatives, Howard Berman & Mary Bono Mack, Defeated

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2012 @ 10:09am

  I still wish I hadn't been gerrymandered out of Lamar's district. Overall the outlook's not as bad as I feared it might be.

• On the post: Stop Saying It's Okay To Censor Because 'You Can't Yell Fire In A Crowded Theater'

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 01:35pm

  Things I did today:

  1. Read the article and links therein
  2. See comments from Anon#18
  3. the_fuck_am_i_reading.jpg
  4. Ask where the hell humanity went wrong
  5. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: "I Don't Want To Live On This Planet Anymore"

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Group Already Protesting That UK's Anti-Piracy Law Doesn't Go Far Enough

  

  Ferel ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2012 @ 01:17pm

  Re: Insightful

  The exception that proves the rule: MMO random-number-generated boss loot. Different results each day/week, but it will always be something that you don't want, until the one time the best-in-slot tanking weapon drops and the less-than-10k dps paladin wins the roll.
  
  /TotallyNotStillMadOrAnything

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