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  • On the post: Company Thanks Guy Who Alerted Them To Big Security Flaw By Sending The Cops… And The Bill

    freak ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2011 @ 08:36am

    Well, if Patrick Webster needs to set up a legal defence fund, I know I'll be pitching in a symbolic buck or two.

    Not that I've ever been able to find a security problem, but I do probe; if whatever website I'm using has security so bad even I can crack it, why would I continue to use it? (And being aware of security problems, why wouldn't I let them know so they can fix it?)

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

    freak ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2011 @ 07:58am

    Re: Re:

    I would think that a 'troll' button would have a slightly different effect; Hiding a post marked as 'troll' would also hide all responses.

    Meanwhile, I suspect someone will say that if you want to read insightful comments, there's already a way to see only insightful posts.

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

    freak ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2011 @ 07:38am

    Re: Re:

    Nay, my other account is often called a troll although it also agrees with Mike.

    Of course, the point of it is, in fact, to troll.

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

    freak ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2011 @ 07:37am

    Re:

    "3) Google doesn't make it a regular business practice to cheat its best customers and business partners."

    FTFY, I think?

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

    freak ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2011 @ 07:36am

    Re: Re: Re: bleh

    "Recorded music sales still "dwarf" things like concert revenues and t shirt sales. Because they are the most desired commodity."


    They do? Wait, why was it then that Lady Gaga's record company took a hit on sales of her songs to offer them at below what the affiliates and middlemen took? They claimed it was because it would boost concert sales, but geez, I guess that can't be correct if music sales dwarf concert sales.

  • On the post: Righthaven Still Trying To Avoid Paying Any Legal Fees Of Those It Illegally Sued

    freak ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2011 @ 09:07pm

    Re:

    Eh, sorry, I'mma report that in the hopes of hiding that failed ASCII art.

  • On the post: Mojang's Trademark Application Rejected: Too Many 'Scrolls' For The USPTO

    freak ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 05:15pm

    Re:

    Yes, but if people ever start selling counterfeit 'scrolls' merchandise, Mojang will be able to ask them to change the name.

    Counterfeit is a charged word though; I mean that if someone sells similar merchandise or games, and consumer confusion occurs, then mojang can legally force the issue if needed. (For example, there are minecraft clones that have been confused with the real minecraft before. Lawyers were not required there).

  • On the post: US Postal Service Sends Postage Due Bill To Guy Who Put Block Party Invites Into Neighbors' Mailboxes

    freak ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 04:55pm

    Re: Re: A revenue idea for USPS

    I believe he meant physical spam.

  • On the post: US Postal Service Sends Postage Due Bill To Guy Who Put Block Party Invites Into Neighbors' Mailboxes

    freak ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 02:55pm

    Re: Re: Postal Worker

    Trust me. Bad management is worse for the non-sociopathic manager than it is for the workers.

  • On the post: US Postal Service Sends Postage Due Bill To Guy Who Put Block Party Invites Into Neighbors' Mailboxes

    freak ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 07:09am

    I find it hard to believe there are people who would defend USPS this way.

    (Just to join the chorus), up here, in Canada, we have no such laws, (that I've ever heard of), and there really aren't any problems. As it happens, it's cheaper, (and more effective), for companies to use the local flyer printing service than to print & deliver themselves, so once a week, I get a yellow bag full of fliers in the mailbox that goes directly into recycling.
    I've never been around while the flier boy is delivering, but if I were, I could tell him to stop delivering to my house and that'd be that.

    And surely if someone does something mischievous, like stuff a mailbox full or use it to store slugs or something, I'm sure there are other laws that have nothing specifically to do with mailboxes that can be used to punish the person responsible.

  • On the post: $10,000 Up For Grabs For Most Interesting Content Creator Case Studies!

    freak ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2011 @ 06:57am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Kickstarter==Paywall

    Are you trying to make a dig, or would you actually like an explanation of the difference between the two views?

    If the latter, I'd be glad to explain the differences.

  • On the post: $10,000 Up For Grabs For Most Interesting Content Creator Case Studies!

    freak ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 03:15pm

    Re: Re: Re: Kickstarter==Paywall

    . . . you mean it ENABLES the fruits to be created?

  • On the post: WIPO Article About Manga Piracy Describes Publishers' Failure To Meet Demand In Graphic Detail

    freak ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 05:56pm

    Re:

    The scanlation dudes . . . I never mind when they're behind a deadline or mistranslate something. I didn't pay them, they paid to be able to give me their work.

    OTOH, the store, where I pay $10 for what, 30 pages? Which often has mistranslations, or what really bothers me, no translators notes for idioms, puns & allusions?

  • On the post: Did ICE 'Pirate' Its Anti-Piracy PSA?

    freak ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 01:24pm

    Re: Re:

    Freedom of Information Act request, I think he meant.

    And to answer his question, he can read the goddamn fucking article.

    "Our request to NYC turned up [snipped to make AC read the goddamn article]"

  • On the post: Did ICE 'Pirate' Its Anti-Piracy PSA?

    freak ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2011 @ 10:33am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    We know how much evidence they've had, because some of those sites carried absolutely no infringing material, or the claimed infringing material was in fact given to the site by the copyright owner.


    Basically, not much.

  • On the post: New Record Label Will Give Out All Its Music For Free; Wants Fans To Subscribe To The Label

    freak ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2011 @ 09:25pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: I think everyone's missing something here

    Y'know, a friend of a friend of a liar I know told me about a scientific study that DID try to compare musicians & music listeners to cocaine users in just that way!

    They found out about half-way through about an unavoidable experimental error that meant the (positive) results were worthless :p

  • On the post: New Record Label Will Give Out All Its Music For Free; Wants Fans To Subscribe To The Label

    freak ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2011 @ 09:17pm

    Re: Re: Re: lol

    By 'archives', I just mean that techdirt doesn't hide any of its old content.

    It doesn't make itself particularly navigable, going back in time, but it's possible.

    Here:
    http://www.techdirt.com/blog/?start=3150

    That link will put you 3150 posts back into the archives, which is actually only back to Dec 23rd, 2010 right now. Yeah, I know, that's an insane amount of articles.
    From there, just keep clicking 'older posts' until you've scanned all the stories from the year.

    I suppose you could also use a good google search. Go into advanced searches, and search specifically for hits from techdirt between 2009, Jan 31st and 2010, dec 31st for whatever search terms you'd like.

  • On the post: Microsoft's $844 Million Software Giveaway To Nonprofits: Pure Charity Or Cheap Marketing?

    freak ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2011 @ 09:10pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Lock in

    I'll say that you won't convince me until I've seen, and understood, the research, but man, you've managed to hit all my skepticism buttons :p



    Irrelevant comment: people like you are the ones who make me think the REAL upcoming dilemma in the computer world is that there are only 17k 3-letter acronyms :p
    Just something I've noticed over your posts.

  • On the post: New Record Label Will Give Out All Its Music For Free; Wants Fans To Subscribe To The Label

    freak ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2011 @ 12:27pm

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

    You mean he's not responding politely and with a reasoned, intelligent response to someone who said their only purpose here was to google bomb him?

    Y'know, I can't understand it either.

  • On the post: Microsoft's $844 Million Software Giveaway To Nonprofits: Pure Charity Or Cheap Marketing?

    freak ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2011 @ 12:18pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Lock in

    After trying to look it up, and stumbling through all the meaningless business jargon, I have no idea what it even purports to try to do.

    I have a general skepticism of anything that needs that much marketing, so I think I'll choose to believe you instead of researching, until it matters to me.

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