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• On the post: Redditor Points Out The Flaws In SimCity's Online-Only DRM, Gets Banned By EA For His Troubles [UPDATED]

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 10:17am

  Re: Re: Another Reason to buy games like Minecraft instead

  It works offline, it also can connect to servers if they have authentication disabled.

• On the post: Human Rights Lawyer Explains Why He's Working For Kim Dotcom: Exposing American Corruption

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 07:07am

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  He also has an odd skull shape, that means he shouldn't be trusted.

• On the post: Carlos Miller Arrested (Again) For Perfectly Legal Photography

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 06:52am

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  The law is the law! And if it's not the law, it's the law!

• On the post: California Senator Leland Yee Tells Gamers To Shut Up And Let The Grown Ups Talk

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2013 @ 01:58pm

  You know who else was a gamer?
  
  HITLER.
  
  Coincidence...?

• On the post: WikiLeaks Reveals Aaron Swartz May Have Been A Source: Wise Move?

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2013 @ 06:15am

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  Can it, Dolan.

• On the post: A Week Later: Reflecting On Aaron Swartz

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2013 @ 06:51pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Changing IP and MAC address is not wrong

  Projecting much? :D

• On the post: Justice Department 'Complies' With FOIA Request For GPS Tracking Memos; Hands ACLU 111 Fully Redacted Pages

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2013 @ 01:21pm

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  It depends on whether they use laser or thermal printing tho. If thermal, the amount of "ink" doesn't matter, since the paper itself is the "ink".

• On the post: No, Kim Dotcom's New Mega Service Does Not 'Dismantle Copyright Forever'

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2013 @ 01:18pm

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  Yeah, I think the idea is that even if the key is shared publicly, it could be Mega's policy that they never ever look at keys on the net. So even if I put a link in my website and the key alongside it, Mega wouldn't have looked for it so they can say that they just don't know it.

• On the post: A Week Later: Reflecting On Aaron Swartz

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2013 @ 12:28pm

  Re: Re: Changing IP and MAC address is not wrong

  Of course, just like hitting Refresh in your browser is akin to masturbation, hitting Refresh while having unlicensed intentions is more like raping an innocent underage boy!
  
  It all makes sense now.

• On the post: Jonathan Coulton Publicly Shames Fox For Copying His Arrangement In Glee

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2013 @ 10:34am

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  "Aside from being bullied into it, why should they cut Coulton a check?"
  
  Who said they "should"?
  
  Mike says they'll probably cut him a check.
  
  Because that's the usual way big corps make problems go away.

• On the post: Jonathan Coulton Publicly Shames Fox For Copying His Arrangement In Glee

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2013 @ 10:33am

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  "So why should Fox cut him a check?"
  
  Who said they "should"?
  
  Mike says they'll probably cut him a check.
  
  Because that's the usual way big corps make problems go away.

• On the post: Court Limits Bradley Manning's Ability To Use Whistleblower Defense

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2013 @ 09:07am

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  Can someone clean up after darryl, please? He's not housebroken yet.

• On the post: Carmen Ortiz Releases Totally Bogus Statement Concerning The Aaron Swartz Prosecution

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2013 @ 07:50pm

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  • equivalent of pocket change for those two large entities, I wanted to say. Maybe $50 to buy a lock for that door?

• On the post: Carmen Ortiz Releases Totally Bogus Statement Concerning The Aaron Swartz Prosecution

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2013 @ 07:49pm

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  And what does this "settlement" or exchange of coin exactly means to JSTOR or MIT? Either it's a stupid amount that would make Swartz suffer, or is so little as to be a slap on his wrist and mean the equivalent of pocket change?
  
  Why people who get "caught" doing the equivalent of planting a bag of poo in your front door must have some sort of money settlement? Can't they just agree that the action was unwelcome and just promise not to do it again? (which basically is what already happened). Or is it to appease the God of Capitalism, that Coin must grease the Palms of Due Process or something?
  
  I really don't get this point that someone "has" to be punished at all when the parts basically agree not to punish each other (except by involving the Spooks which pretty much everyone agrees was a bad mistake).

• On the post: Carmen Ortiz Releases Totally Bogus Statement Concerning The Aaron Swartz Prosecution

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2013 @ 07:43pm

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  Why should he suffer consequences? He had already settled with the "owners" of the data, who just took the data back and pressed no charges.
  
  I don't get the why he must be punished somehow, even if just to prove the point that he was a naughty, naughty boy?

• On the post: Law Professor James Grimmelmann Explains How He Probably Violated The Same Laws As Aaron Swartz

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2013 @ 04:06pm

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  Translation: we worked HARD to bury this guy, and now you have the GUTS to dig him out???

• On the post: Carmen Ortiz Releases Totally Bogus Statement Concerning The Aaron Swartz Prosecution

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2013 @ 03:36pm

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  He should go free.

• On the post: 'Quantum Copyright:' At What Point Does A Legal Copy Become Infringement?

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2013 @ 03:08pm

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  If these files are illegal, why is CBS allowed to own them? Shouldn't they be arrested?
  
  Surely if someone else was in possession of something illegal, they'd be arrested? Why not CBS, if these files are illegal? Why can they have illegal things?

• On the post: Carmen Ortiz's Husband Criticizes Swartz Family For Suggesting Prosecution Of Their Son Contributed To His Suicide

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2013 @ 02:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dolan's tweets

  Yeah he was offered protective custody. 50 years of protective custody.

• On the post: First Three Strikes Case In New Zealand Goes To Hearing

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2013 @ 04:42pm

  Re: Re: Re: Uh, punishment is designed to hurt

  I agree that allegations of file sharing should be punished. We should start by cutting all the funds of all the music labels who make these allegations.

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