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• Oct 04, 2012 @ 04:26am

  Re:

  on UK Kicks Off Small Claims Court For 'Small Scale' Copyright Claims

  I wouldn't say it will do nothing... It will make it even cheaper and easier for copyright holders to sue more people.
  
  Can't help but think of 'Nanolaw with Daughter' after reading this post. Sounds like step one.

• Oct 04, 2011 @ 05:53am

  Re:

  on US Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling That Says Music Downloads Are Not Public Performances

  Are you sure you know what "FUD" means?

• Sep 06, 2011 @ 10:23am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  on Is Destroying A Hard Drive On A Work Issued Computer The Equivalent Of Hacking Or Fraud?

  W..T..F..?

• Aug 24, 2011 @ 09:22am

  Re: Re: Re:

  on Why Are We Letting An Obsolete Gatekeeper Drive The Debate On Anything?

  Supply in a digital world is already infinite.
  
  infinity x 2 = infinity

• Aug 24, 2011 @ 09:16am

  Re: Small thought exercise

  on Why Are We Letting An Obsolete Gatekeeper Drive The Debate On Anything?

  I took that to mean that gates were enabled by the limitations of past technology. Your average person/artist/whatever simply wasn't capable of being there own distribution chain.
  
  Now technology has enabled exactly that...

• Aug 19, 2011 @ 08:25am

  Re: Logic 4 logical software minds= bad idea

  on The Myth That Software Startups Need Or Want Patents

  Anyone care to interpret?

• Jul 27, 2011 @ 11:59am

  Re: Re: Mixed Feelings: @ "his last (while alive) novel"

  on Do You Have Property Rights Over Your DNA?

  WTF?

• Jul 26, 2011 @ 06:08am

  Re:

  on Turntable.fm Showing How Sharing Music Is Communication

  Ha. That was the first thing that went through my head too...

• Jul 25, 2011 @ 06:54am

  Re: i dont see the issue here

  on Comcast Hijacks Mac Firefox Users' Homepage; Offers Blame Game And Faux Apology In Return

  Zing!!
  
  That made me chuckle.

• Jul 20, 2011 @ 04:09am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Complete rebuttal to "a Swedish music executive":

  on Can Innovation Through Business 'Solve' Issues That Legal Repression Can't?

  Snap!

• Jul 12, 2011 @ 11:07am

  Re: It's MY phone

  on You Don't Own What You Thought You Bought: Verizon Breaks Phones; Turns Off Feature

  Damn right, but it's really too bad we're forced into that position.

• Jul 12, 2011 @ 10:20am

  Re: They did this to the Droid X long ago

  on You Don't Own What You Thought You Bought: Verizon Breaks Phones; Turns Off Feature

  Great app, but it's not made by Google.

• Jul 12, 2011 @ 10:18am

  Re: Not Unexpected

  on You Don't Own What You Thought You Bought: Verizon Breaks Phones; Turns Off Feature

  Seconded

• Jul 12, 2011 @ 03:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  on The Rest Of The Story: Fair Use School Created To Respond To YouTube's Questionable Copyright School

  This has gone downhill in a hurry...

• Jul 05, 2011 @ 11:42am

  Re: Re: Give DuPuis some credit....

  on Smear Campaign Ramps Up Against Those Who Believe Free Speech Is More Important Than Hollywood's Obsolete Business Model

  Can you elaborate on this?
  

  companies that have made their bones on the backs of others by playing the safe harbour and DMCA laws like a violin, using copyrighted material knowingly, until notified, and playing within the grey area that exists.

  
  I don't get it... what companies?

• Jun 28, 2011 @ 11:46am

  Re:

  on Capcom's Resident Evil DRM Is Evil: You Get To Play The Game Once And That's It

  So... is that your take-away from the article? Really?

• Apr 21, 2011 @ 09:18am

  What's the data based on?

  on New RIAA Evidence Comes To Light: Napster Killed Kerosene Too!

  Is the data for the graph based only on CD sales? Or is this including downloaded purchases through iTunes and such as well?
  
  Kinda makes a big difference.