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• On the post: The Chilling Effects On Innovation Caused By Bad Copyright Law

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2012 @ 03:10pm

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  I see. Obviously, claiming to be a journalist is not an excuse to steal other people's hard work. Thousands of corn farmers probably lost their jobs due to the amount of text he quoted for free.
  
  His fixation on 12-year old boys only makes his lack of morals more obvious.

• On the post: The Chilling Effects On Innovation Caused By Bad Copyright Law

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2012 @ 12:03pm

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  As usual, average_joe demonstrates a complete lack of journalistic integrity with this comment. Not a single source cited, nothing fact-checked. Just the worst type of "reporting" possible to come from a wannabe journalist like this.
  
  And you claim to be a reporter? C'mon, you can do better than that.

• On the post: Canada Has Hidden Microphones In Airports Recording Conversations

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2012 @ 08:27am

  Well, by not telling you that they are spying on you, the government is protecting your privacy!

• On the post: Google Books Data Mining Reveals Mad Men's Big Historical Flaw: Business Lingo

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2012 @ 01:04pm

  I'm not sure, Mike, but there are subtle hints from the article that tell me that you find this fascinating.

• On the post: Guy Sues Apple For $25k Because His Time Capsule Device Died

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2012 @ 12:33pm

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  "Today, most if not all electronics companies make items of poor quality and short durability so that they break quickly and people are forced to buy new ones."
  
  Really? When was the last time you had to change the burned out vacuum tubes of your home computer?

• On the post: Irish Bloomsday Celebrations Finally Possible Without Threat Of Copyright Claims From James Joyce Estate

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2012 @ 03:13pm

  The one thing that I don't understand: how can the law be retroactive.
  
  In college courses, I was always told "the law is not retroactive," "the law is not retroactive," "the law is not retroactive". So if I make a law today saying that smoking is illegal, I can't arrest people that smoked yesterday or the day before!
  
  What is this madness? That's like setting someone free because they served their time (art is in prison, get it?), then going to his house a year later and drag him back to jail because there's a new law saying the penalty for that crime is now 5 years more than before.

• On the post: Minneapolis Police Filming Their Own Work To Show Critics

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2012 @ 03:09pm

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  Wait... so, if the police officer's word is worth the same as the officer's word plus evidence, wouldn't that mean that policemen are trusted more when they have no evidence than when they have it? If the sum of the parts is the same in both cases, then the first value would be less, right?
  
  x1 + y = x2, therefore x1 < x2.

• On the post: Once More, With Feeling: Having Open WiFi Does Not Make You 'Negligent' Under The Law

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2012 @ 12:24pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: The EFF is lying

  And you claim your comments are "journalism", average_joe? You should look up journalism in the dictionary before commenting and then claiming to be a "reporter"!

• On the post: Charles Carreon Sues Matthew Inman… And The Charities He's Raising Money For

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2012 @ 07:28am

  This guy is just going to Carreon digging all the way to Earth's Core.

• On the post: Interesting Strategy: Rockstar Games To Dump Cheaters Into A Game Where They Only Play Other Cheaters

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2012 @ 12:51pm

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  Dammit Bones, I'm a commenter, not a programmer!

• On the post: TV Network Uses Questionable Copyright Claim To Take Down Report Criticizing Its Reporting On Copyright

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2012 @ 12:49pm

  Re: Re: Re: And it keeps happening.

  Didn't know YouTube was based in Bulgaria.

• On the post: The Politicians Who Cried 'Cyber Pearl Harbor' Wolf

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2012 @ 11:35am

  Re: Didn't read it all..... lol

  If they don't put it online, how is an obsese Homer Simpson going to be able to prevent it from melting down?

• On the post: Newspaper Puts Reporter On Leave For Posting Link To Article About His Employer On Facebook

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2012 @ 11:29am

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  The reason he was suspended:
  
  Too much factual information.
  
  Not enough gossip about Chris Evans' STDs.

• On the post: Why Is The US So Hostile To Foreign Entrepreneurs Who Want To Build Businesses Here?

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2012 @ 09:46am

  There are several reasons the US turns away skilled immigrants and entrepreneurs.
  
  Some examples:
  - They took our jobs
  - Stealing the American dream
  - Remember Pearl Harbour
  - Dey turk err jurbs
  - Buy American
  - Greatest country on Earth
  - Truth, justice and the American way
  - Durker durr
  - U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
  - The hot dog, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mom's apple pie.

• On the post: Former Federal Judge Calls US Prosecution Of Megaupload 'Really Outrageous'

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2012 @ 09:25am

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• On the post: Funnyjunk's Lawyer, Charles Carreon, Continues To Lash Out: Accuses Matt Inman Of 'Instigating Security Attacks'

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2012 @ 08:02am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Finally, we'll answer the old question

  "Every lawyer, at least once in every case, feels himself crossing a line that he doesn't really mean to cross... it just happens... And if you cross it enough times it disappears forever. And then you're nothin but another lawyer joke. Just another shark in the dirty water."
  -- Rainmaker

• On the post: Apple Steps Into Patent Fight To Unnecessarily Silence A Little Girl

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2012 @ 12:40pm

  Re: Re: Re: Already Infringing...

  Nah, it was more like this:
  
  PRC/SCS: Hey Apple, there's this app that helps people...
  
  Apple: WHAT?! Not on my watch!
  
  Then Apple deletes the app, then punches PRC/SCS in the eye just to be a dick.

• On the post: The Oatmeal v. Funnyjunk: How The Court Of Public Opinion Beats The Court Of Baseless Legal Threats

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2012 @ 04:35pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Funnyjunk isn't entirely wrong

  "Then you are equating community "jumping on" (threatening with defamation)"
  
  should read
  
  "Then you are equating community "jumping on" (NOT threatening with defamation)"

• On the post: The Oatmeal v. Funnyjunk: How The Court Of Public Opinion Beats The Court Of Baseless Legal Threats

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2012 @ 04:33pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Funnyjunk isn't entirely wrong

  Coward, we see what you are doing.
  
  You're equating the "little guy" complaining about "infringement" (neither taking down nor suing) with the RIAA/MPAA going on a full legal barrage to take stuff down, putting people in jail for the same perceived "infringement".
  
  Then you are equating community "jumping on" (threatening with defamation) the RIAA/MPAA for that completely hostile and aggressive behavior, to FunnyJunk going full-on legal with accusations of defamation against that same "little guy" because he dared say something about it.
  
  RIAA going nuclear =/= Oatmeal voicing their opinion
  FunnyJunk going nuclear =/= the community voicing their opinion.

• On the post: Why The Supreme Court Needs To Make Sure That Selling A Used iPad Isn't A Copyright Violation

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2012 @ 11:22am

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  Pretty good, you even addressed the previous poster by name to give yourself a false sense of superiority.

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