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• On the post: RIAA/IFPI Explored Possible Lawsuit Against Google For Not Ranking iTunes Above Pirate Bay

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 11:42am

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  Since you are so cheap, why not put Google Ad Words in your contracts for selling or streaming content.

• On the post: RIAA/IFPI Explored Possible Lawsuit Against Google For Not Ranking iTunes Above Pirate Bay

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 11:40am

  ?Google continues to fail to prioritize legal music sites over illegal sites in search results, claiming that its algorithm for search results is based on the relevance of sites to consumers,?
  
  Several thing come to mind...
  
  1) If you want to be ranked above the pirate sites don't piss off your customers, maybe they will link to you.
  2) This show how you are less relevant than the pirate sites .
  3) If you want to be ranked above the pirate sites you can pay to be at the top of the page. For the 92 million dollars you spent lobbying in the US you could have ranked every legal alternative at the top of Google for several years.

• On the post: US Government 'Suspends' JotForm.com Over User Generated Forms; Censorship Regime Expands

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 11:07am

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  You are right this isn't about copyright, its about prior restraint. There are half a million users at JotForm.com. There are now over 300,000 web sites that have partial functionality because of this take down by the Secret service. Blog comments forms, contact forms, order forms, etc all taken down due to a lack of due process.

• On the post: US Government 'Suspends' JotForm.com Over User Generated Forms; Censorship Regime Expands

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 10:55am

  Its official ....

  Half a million registered users.
  
  306611 Backlinks to JotForm.com.
  
  
  The Secret Service now holds the record for most sites inconvenienced by one take down.
  
  Previous record 84,000 by ICE-DOJ.

• On the post: US Government 'Suspends' JotForm.com Over User Generated Forms; Censorship Regime Expands

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 10:35am

  Re: what does jotform do?

  Go to http://www.jotform.net/ its one of the backup domain names.
  
  you can build webforms there.

• On the post: US Government 'Suspends' JotForm.com Over User Generated Forms; Censorship Regime Expands

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 10:33am

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  I can get to http://www.jotform.net/ but not the .com

• On the post: IFPI & Other Lobbyists Tell Parliament That ACTA Protests Silence The Democratic Process

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 10:12am

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  You forgot the 5 trillion dollars added to our national debt, signing ACTA as an executive agreement, appointing content types to the DOJ, the Carp Czar (kid you not), etc

• On the post: UK Publishers Pretend To Embrace Copyright Reform… In Order To Kill Copyright Reform

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 09:33am

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  For many people in the content industry its a way of life. The wheeling and dealing, the insider club, the exclusivity, once you get there you have a small group surrounding you. A group that you tend to stick with. That shares the same values, have their own dialect, and has the same faith in the way things have always been done.
  
  Groups like this tend to strike out at anything that threatens their way of life. Religious, and Political groups all do this. They rationalize their actions and believe anything, no matter how logically incorrect, to support their point of view. In order to maintain the coherence of the group they always find another group or a concept to demonize. For the longest time it was any sort of change, now their demon is the internet and they are using Google as its face.
  
  If large enough these groups become stuck in a perpetual denial, anger, bargaining loop. The loop is driven by a meme gaining strength and giving hope, running its course through the group. Each time through the loop they push further, each time thinking this will fix the problem. The content industry has been doing this for 30 years now. The end result is the copyright in its modern form.

• On the post: US Government 'Suspends' JotForm.com Over User Generated Forms; Censorship Regime Expands

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 08:55am

  Re: Re:

  Maybe they will get the domain name back in a year or so.

• On the post: US Government 'Suspends' JotForm.com Over User Generated Forms; Censorship Regime Expands

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 08:48am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Don't like boobies, or do you work for GoDaddy?

• On the post: US Government 'Suspends' JotForm.com Over User Generated Forms; Censorship Regime Expands

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 08:44am

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  STFU ... and Have a Nice Day :)
  
  gotta be nice about it.

• On the post: US Government 'Suspends' JotForm.com Over User Generated Forms; Censorship Regime Expands

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 08:42am

  Re: Re: Arrgh@!

  Been noticing something recently, these trolls are wearing thin on everyone. People are slowly going from trying to explain things to them, or disprove what they are saying, to just telling them to STFU.
  
  Its really neat, in that it is a precursor to taking action. :)

• On the post: EU Member Bulgaria Halts ACTA, Minister Of Economy Offers Resignation

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 06:22am

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  +1 for the Red Dwarf reference ...

• On the post: EU Member Bulgaria Halts ACTA, Minister Of Economy Offers Resignation

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 06:21am

  Re: Re:

  We should watch this person and see if they end up working for the entertainment industry.

• On the post: Appeals Court Hears Case Over Constitutionality Of Copyright Royalty Board

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2012 @ 06:15am

  Re: Re: Rocking the boat takes courage

  Yeah, you believe that ... also, if you want, I have a unicorn you can buy.
  
  Think 9th circuit reversed +80% of the time, 5th Circuit +70% of the time. The things they can be is, on the take, making rulings based on political beliefs, attempting to erode the constitution, just horrible judges, or some combination.

• On the post: More Details Emerge On Questionable UK Seizure Of Music Blog

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2012 @ 04:30pm

  Re: 15 m per year

  Remember we are dealing with label accounting practices here, in layman's terms a one CD sales increase.

• On the post: More Details Emerge On Questionable UK Seizure Of Music Blog

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2012 @ 03:12pm

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  What I find amazing is they have IP crimes above Kidnap and extortion.
  
  http://www.soca.gov.uk/threats

• On the post: Justice Department Wants $5 Million To Bolster Its Efforts As Hollywood's Private Police Force

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2012 @ 01:01pm

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  He trolled you pretty well now didn't he?

• On the post: How Much Is Enough? We've Passed 15 'Anti-Piracy' Laws In The Last 30 Years

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2012 @ 12:59pm

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  Agreed. My proposal, 5 year copyright protection with no renewals.

• On the post: How Much Is Enough? We've Passed 15 'Anti-Piracy' Laws In The Last 30 Years

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2012 @ 12:16pm

  Yes, lets meet in the middle, 1995.
  Then in two years, lets meet in the middle again, 1998.
  And lets continue this until we are back to Opt-in copyright and having a public domain.

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