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• On the post: Since The RIAA & MPAA Say That A Copy Is Just As Valuable As The Original, Send Them A Copy Of Money

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 12:38pm

  Re: Do they accept pesos?

  I wonder if they will accept this picture of a spider as payment.

• On the post: When Entertainment Industry Numbers Are More Suited To Comedy Than Analysis

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 12:22pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Probably not enough math geeks here to get this ...

  Whats wrong with you, have you been taking derivatives? ;)

• On the post: When Entertainment Industry Numbers Are More Suited To Comedy Than Analysis

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 12:20pm

  Re: Re: Probably not enough math geeks here to get this ...

  I was actually looking for ... much like content company math its an imaginary number.

• On the post: Thinking Of Copyright As Property Is As Natural As Thinking Of Smells As Property

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 12:10pm

  Re: Re: An Artist's perspective

  I feel everyone has a right to their opinion.
  
  " It's not a philosophical issue, or some sort "change" going on through the world. "
  
  After studying the Arab Spring, Chinese human flesh search engines, the SOPA-PIPA-ACTA protests, the Streisand effect, Anonymous, etc, I can say you are very wrong on that. The time frames for people reacting to injustice have decreased dramatically. There is also a much lower threshold to set off these events. It is global and accelerating.
  
  Also, you sir are a serious internet Luddite. Glad to have you here. :)

• On the post: Thinking Of Copyright As Property Is As Natural As Thinking Of Smells As Property

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 11:38am

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

  It was a joke hence the >>----> ;)

• On the post: When Entertainment Industry Numbers Are More Suited To Comedy Than Analysis

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 11:34am

  Probably not enough math geeks here to get this ...

  What is the square root of Minus one?

• On the post: MPAA Exec: Only We Can Make Content That People Want

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 10:32am

  Re: Re: Re: Five comments in?

  Is that your attempt at mirroring the, "I wouldn't put anything past big Content" quote? If so, you should try harder , it doesn't have what it takes to be an internet meme.

• On the post: ISPs Will Start Acting As Hollywood's Private Online Security Guards By July

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 10:02am

  Re: Re: Well, crap.

  We should create a web site to track these letters.

• On the post: ISPs Will Start Acting As Hollywood's Private Online Security Guards By July

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 08:15am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Ditto. Also it seems to be accelerating, with politicians and corporations not even trying to hide what they are doing.

• On the post: Does Anyone Who Develops New Products In Hollywood Ask 'Would I Ever Actually Use This?'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 08:03am

  Re: Re:

  Just text them, "free donuts at the other end of the mall".

• On the post: Thinking Of Copyright As Property Is As Natural As Thinking Of Smells As Property

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 07:57am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  "One thing is real, and the other is an artificial construct. I deal in reality -- and so does the public. The point here was that you don't succeed living in fantasy land."
  
  To point something out, you make your living off of this site which is IP based. Since IP is an artificial construct, and not real, you are working in fantasy land ;)

• On the post: Harper's Publisher Presents The Platonic Ideal Specimen Of The 'I'm An Old Fogey Elitist Anti-Internet Luddite' Columns

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 07:39am

  Re:

  " Depends. ... which has now infected his brain."
  
  Are you saying he has his head up his ass?

• On the post: Review Of Canada's Copyright Bill Concludes, Digital Locks Survive

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:54pm

  Re:

  I wont xxxxx in your mouth, the check is in the mail, and you have no reason to fear SOPA PIPA ACTA or the TPP.
  
  Show of hands, who believes what he said?

• On the post: Megaupload Negotiating To Let US Gov't Officials (And Everyone Else) Retrieve Their Legit Files That Were Taken Down

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You do know that every thing you say here only makes people think things through. So please continue.

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 12:24pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If you are easily disturbed do not read this comment.

  history and so "No not again". == history and say "No not again".

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 12:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: If you are easily disturbed do not read this comment.

  A simple, horrible, cliche and truth is that for evil to triumph good men need to do nothing.
  
  It is the nature of our style of government. Until such a time that we hold our politicians to a higher standard than we do ourselves, we are doomed to repeat this 200 year cycle of birthing nations and having them fail. Either that or we need immortality to happen to humanity so people actually remember history and so "No not again".

• On the post: European Commission Blames Social Networks For ACTA Failure; Worried About Its Imminent Directive On Copyright Enforcement

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 12:13pm

  Re: Re: Observation...

  It will not make any difference. You have the momentum of about a 100k people in the content and collection industries all pushing forward. Money will talk, as is usually does, and this agenda will be pushed forward.

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 12:05pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: If you are easily disturbed do not read this comment.

  You could try asking for the phone list for ICE and Eric Holders numbers at http://news.ycombinator.com/, and http://www.reddit.com/. You would probably get your ass disappeared under the NDAA though.

• On the post: Guess What? Copying Still Isn't Stealing

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 11:52am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: It can be.

  As trolls ans shills go you are really good. Please keep posting here.

• On the post: UK Decides Hollywood, US Gov't's Interests More Important Than Own Citizens; Extradites Student For Linking

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 11:46am

  Re: Re: If you are easily disturbed do not read this comment.

  Love your name BTW.
  
  The problem isn't big media not paying attention or down playing anything that may happen to him. The issue is that people are paying attention online and spreading the word. Right now the US and EU are at a crossroads where people have gotten fed up with business as usual. Every event like this is fanning the flames of discontent. This frightens me more than any words can express.

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