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• On the post: Canadian Songwriters Want To Embrace File Sharing, But Do They Have The Right Approach?

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 10:53am

  I'd like to see the distribution model

  I suspect it's a flat one, where if they were writers, the guy who wrote "There Was a Man from Nantucket" and Shakespeare would get the same share.

• On the post: Will Academics' Boycott Of Elsevier Be The Tipping Point For Open Access — Or Another Embarrassing Flop?

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2012 @ 07:09am

  Sign the petition @
  https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petitions
  Oppose HR3699, the Research Works Act
  
  Probably not an effective protest but better than nothing.

• On the post: New Petition Asks White House To Submit ACTA To The Senate For Ratification

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2012 @ 08:24am

  All I get is a loop when attempting to sign

  Th sign button is grayed out, and sign in takes you back to the profile page you can then navigate to the petitions page and attempt to sign where you are prompted to sign in, lather rinse repeat.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 04:55pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Replace the government

  Sure let's create more voters like this:
  http://revolutionarypolitics.tv/video/viewVideo.php?video_id=15915

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:32pm

  Re: Re: Replace the government

  "4. Get rid of electoral college.
  
  True, it's a relic of a different time and the reasons for it simply do not apply now."
  
  That part you are uniformed about, for the people in sparsely populated stated to have any voice in government it or something much like it is needed.
  Not that anyone without a lobbyist has any say in government any more, but still you are giving the strength of the votes to the cities and therefore to the "Haywood pay my electric bill" group, aka the Democrats.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:31pm

  Re: Re: Replace the government

  "4. Get rid of electoral college.
  
  True, it's a relic of a different time and the reasons for it simply do not apply now."
  
  That part you are uniformed about, for the people in sparsely populated stated to have any voice in government it or something much like it is needed.
  Not that anyone without a lobbyist has any say in government any more, but still you are giving the strength of the votes to the cities and therefore to the "Haywood pay my electric bill" group, aka the Democrats.

• On the post: Senator Leahy Hands Republicans A Gift By Giving Them Credit For Delaying Vote On PIPA/SOPA

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2012 @ 03:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I have to agree, the reason you need cubic money to go to school is that the DOE made it available and education raised its rates to suck up all available funds.
  It's kind of like how insurance corrupted and ruined the medical industry.

• On the post: A 'Trustworthy' Social Network For The Occupy Movement: Even If They Build It, Can They Ever Trust It?

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 06:55am

  Re: Re: Even the Hells Angels was infiltrated

  "How can damages of a possible betrayal can be kept to a minimum?"
  Double and triple, even quadruple redundancy.
  The protesters edge is; they out number the authorities significantly. You have sacrifice a few pawns.

• On the post: Copyright Tourism: Korean Companies Sue Guy From Australia For Copyright Infringement… In California

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2011 @ 03:34pm

  So if they win how do they collect

  What would be ones incentive to pay, unless you wanted to visit the place (USA), where you were found to be guilty.

• On the post: Record Labels: When You Make It Impossible For People To Pay You, You Drive Them To Unauthorized Versions

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2011 @ 07:40am

  Re: Re: This message was not approved by Major League Baseball!!

  On the plus side; it is a step toward irrelevance. The Sports syndicates, pro & even college, are getting so protective of their content, it will happen some day, hopefully soon, that they can't draw a crowd to watch, even for free. No one will care what they do, when, or where they do it.

• On the post: The Coming Fight Over Sales Tax For Online Retailers

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2011 @ 02:36am

  So, once they have killed the golden egg goose

  What is the plan? The one sector that keeps growing is internet sales. I for one, will do without whatever it was, rather than seeking it out at brick and mortar, so like the Mafiaa's they likely won't get the business back by killing off the other guy. Not every hit elsewhere is a lost sale. The Brick and mortars lost the public by not having good inventory, and over charging for what they had.

• On the post: MPAA Kills More Innovation; Zediva Shut Down Permanently

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2011 @ 09:43am

  Idiocracy

  a movie called Ass wins Best Picture and the top-rated TV show is Ow, My Balls

• On the post: E-PARASITE's Sponsor, Lamar Smith, Was Against Massive Regulatory Compliance The Day Before He's For It

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2011 @ 12:29pm

  Congressmen

  I think Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could identify their corporate sponsors.

• On the post: EU Politician Wants Internet Surveillance Built Into Every Operating System

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2011 @ 08:53am

  When non surveillance O.S. are outlawed........

  The real perps will have a stripped version off a P2P server before you can say boo. Way to create more scofflaws.

• On the post: Want Revenue From Used Games? Just Have GameStop Buy DLC Codes For The Customer

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2011 @ 08:26pm

  Re:

  Couldn't agree more, why should I have to buy at Game Stop when private sellers exist. This is like making it so I have to buy a used car from a used car dealer or reverse won't work.

• On the post: TSA Decides Terrorists Must Be Driving; Partners With Tenn. Law Enforcement To Randomly Search Vehicles

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2011 @ 10:49am

  USA inc

  The united states of America (note lower case) was incorporated in 1868/71 by the Roman Catholic institute. The united states of America could not stay sovereign and trade with nations already within the Oleron Law system.
  This is why events were engineered to destroy the sovereignty of America and bring about the 14th Amendment making all State citizens now property of this corporation D.C. In truth D.C. controls no where on the mainland other than its small patch.

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

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 05:57am

  Re: This isn't New or 'Rarely Enforced'

  I agree, when I was with UPS, we often had to ransom a package that a newbie had deposited in a mailbox, and the carrier had taken back to the post office. The mail boxes are theirs and theirs alone, that is just a fact of delivery in the US. Not really hard to cope with, why should the USPS give up a federally guaranteed competitive advantage?

• On the post: OnStar Drops Plan To Monitor Non-Subscribers

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 05:58am

  Another reason not to buy GM

  I won't even buy a used GM car /truck if it has on-star. Why would anyone want an open mic in their car. I don't think you need to be involved in nefarious activity to want to have a private place. I'm sure there are ways to disable the system, and if I wanted the vehicle bad enough I'd look into that, but I couldn't just ignore it and live with it.

• On the post: Court Says Woman Can Sue Toyota After Being Tricked Into 'Agreeing' To Be 'Stalked' In Ad Campaign Gone Really Wrong

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2011 @ 04:03pm

  And nobody better punch me when seeing a VW

  I don't know if it will come to legal action, but a good ass wippin seems more than likely.

• On the post: Guy Who Created The TSA Says It's Failed, And It's Time To Dismantle It

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2011 @ 10:13am

  Re:

  I'm all for dismantling it, I haven't flown since the TSA took over and don't intend to. It never was hassle free, but now they go out of their way to find nits to pick. Let those willing to put up with it have air travel, I'll drive. I have the time, I enjoy the activity, and my blood pressure stays in range.

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