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• 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 @ 11:28am

  She added: "It's disgusting. Next time it may be your son. I urge everyone who cares about unfair extradition to write to their MP and insist this disreputable law is changed."
  
  I so love quotes like this.

• 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 @ 11:15am

  If you are easily disturbed do not read this comment.

  For a while I have been saying that when big content gets its way someone will die. A school will have its internet access cut off and the IP phone system will not work leading to a bunch of dead children. A man will die when the police kick in his door after the neighbor downloads off his open WiFi.
  
  In this case there is a possibility that he will die in custody. Him getting raped and murdered would be a diplomatic nightmare for the US. All because he had links to other sites.

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

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:56am

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

  >>-----------------------------> wow, that was a really long stretch. Here is another.
  
  An alien race picks up earths TV stations and records them. The little gray guy then sends it to his friend. Infringing or not?
  
  We should be realizing that once it is broadcast, it is in the public domain.

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

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:49am

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

  >>-----------------------------> wow, that was a really long stretch.

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

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:29am

  Re: Re: It can be.

  You got it wrong. Maybe we should be forcing the government to stop picking winners and losers. The whole buy yourself a monopoly thing has to end.

• On the post: Collection Society To Libraries: No Story Time For Kids Unless You Pay To Read Aloud

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:25am

  Re:

  I have been saying that here for a couple years. It is fun to be right ... and it sucks to be wrong, I still owe people a newspaper subscription.

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

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:20am

  Re: It can be.

  Doug, I will pay you in electrons for any music you record and publish. Now, the going rate for an individual electron is effectively NIL. So I owe you how much??

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

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 10:09am

  Re: Okay, I am going to get sh!t for this ...

  Ignore him he is a confused gay guy.

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

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 07:12am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Today in the news ...
  
  1-1-2015 - Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn shut down by order of the US government.
  
  1-2-2015 - Washington burns to the ground. Rioters claim a lack of Farmville made them do it.

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

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 07:06am

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  Ninja, Andrew ... Big Ole Grin ... you guys actually get it.
  
  The thing you should realize is, unlike the town square, the internet is global. It accelerates things along at a much greater rate than in the past. It shortens the length of time it takes for things to reach a boiling point.
  
  What these EU politicians fail to realize is that an ad campaign, or any bull shit attempts at engaging social networks will not work. It will be seen through. They will spend their time writing the perfect press release, only to have people mock it.

• On the post: 'Don't Get SOPA'd' Is The New Mantra On Capitol Hill

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2012 @ 08:00am

  This is the same mistake that was made all over the middle east. In the US I am hoping it goes differently and we just vote the F%^kers out.

• On the post: Tell Paypal To Stop Playing Morality Cop With Booksellers

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2012 @ 03:11pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  blah blah blah ... what you said ... and they should be able to do this after the fact.
  
  Yes, and with no notice, with out any sort of review, they should be allowed to shut down any company they wish. I wonder what happens when the CEO dislikes corn ...

• On the post: US Government Finally Realizes That Publishers & Apple Conspiring To Raise eBook Prices Is Price Fixing

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2012 @ 02:49pm

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  can't get cell signal, but I can download a book on the kindle... WTF is up with that?

• On the post: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. Using Trademark Law To Prevent The Use Of Public Domain Stories

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2012 @ 02:44pm

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  Actually, just send them a copy of a micro economics text book. That and the sherman act

• On the post: How Big Music Companies Are Stealing Hundreds Of Millions In Royalties From Artists

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 10:40am

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  It could actually be called a multiple pyramid scheme. Each pyramid passes a portion of the profits to the next after taking its own cut, in the end nothing is left for the artist. Much of this is done contractually, much more is done because there is no way to prove who owns what copyright and they can get away with it.

• On the post: Loosening The Privacy Reins Isn't So Bad, But Where's The Payoff?

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 07:09am

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  Weird thought, is it possible to file something like a Freedom of Information Act request with Google.

• On the post: Finnish Act Lets The Public Send Bills To Parliament, Volunteer Group Makes It Easy

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 07:03am

  Re: Response to: Ninja on Mar 9th, 2012 @ 4:19am

  Personally, I would go for a bill that prevents the government from rushing bills through. That require public scrutiny after each round of editing. That allows the public to vote laws into non-existence before they are implemented. That prevents additions after the law has been approved by the public. That requires an analysis to see if the bill is actually necessary.

• On the post: Slow Down, Homeland Security: Does Everyone Really Agree That We Need Cybersecurity Legislation Now?

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 06:42am

  Re: Re: Re: No Legislation Required

  DARPA did not invent the internet. They funded it there is a huge difference.

• On the post: Slow Down, Homeland Security: Does Everyone Really Agree That We Need Cybersecurity Legislation Now?

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 06:39am

  Re:

  I was going to make a similar argument. We need to stop this whole "rush this law through so you can see whats in it" thing that has become all the rage in politics recently.

• On the post: The Future Of Journalism Doesn't Have A Head Office

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 07:09am

  Re: Re: Redundant

  Funny, I missed it also. Maybe next time he will post in all CAPS....

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