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• On the post: Why Piracy Happens: Because No One In Mexico Thinks Tron Legacy Is Worth Paying $136

  

  ky ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 10:42am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  you know amazon ships to mexico for @ 4.99
  
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=596202&#country
  
  so maybe if the conversation remained about percentage of income, and not about whose caps lock works better.....

• On the post: Why Piracy Happens: Because No One In Mexico Thinks Tron Legacy Is Worth Paying $136

  

  ky ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 09:46am

  Re: Re:

  NO, the average computer don't cost 1000, it costs THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE TRON DVD around 200$.
  
  
  ...because that makes far more logical sense

• On the post: Why Piracy Happens: Because No One In Mexico Thinks Tron Legacy Is Worth Paying $136

  

  ky ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 08:30am

  Would you pay $136 for a Tron Legacy DVD (the relative price in Mexico, adjusted for local incomes)? How about a $7300 copy of Adobe's Creative Suite?
  
  I suppose if I had already purchased the $1300 dvd player, or the $8000 computer. If they are pirating, they must have had all this mad cash laying around to by the physical hardware, in order to pirate and or consume the media in the first place, right?
  
  Countries that determine their poor by food availability not assets, are not proper examples. Remember they still have to foot the over $1000 electricity bill and $500 dollar internet bill.
  
  taking our number x 3 is fun!

• On the post: EU Council Trying To Push Through ACTA Without Much Scrutiny

  

  ky ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 04:11pm

  It very clearly states...

  You dont have to change laws to sign ACTA, you have to sign ACTA so we can change laws.

• On the post: White House Ramps Up Efforts To Criminalize Wikileaks, As Witnesses Refuse To 'Cooperate'

  

  ky ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2011 @ 02:58pm

  punish whistleblowers and the press for revealing information that wasn't sensitive, but merely embarrassing.
  
  while i am wholly on the side of the resistance... some of the info leaked was most certainly sensitive, classified even. siprnet is not just for the embarrasing stuff.

• On the post: Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Misuses DMCA To Take Down Video Of Reporter Asking Him Tough Questions

  

  ky ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 01:04pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  That may well be, but that has no bearing whatsoever on the copyright issue.

• On the post: Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Misuses DMCA To Take Down Video Of Reporter Asking Him Tough Questions

  

  ky ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 10:34am

  Re: Re:

  Im sorry, didnt realize we were restricted to copyright commentary, i was just here to point out the douche.
  
  but thanks for replying.

• On the post: Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Misuses DMCA To Take Down Video Of Reporter Asking Him Tough Questions

  

  ky ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 10:10am

  with no concrete technical data, it's kind of a douche line of questioning, along the lines of...
  
  Why didn't the BP oil documentaries show all the oil that naturally is released into the ocean?

• On the post: Console Manufacturers Pressure Google Into Pulling Emulators From The Android Market

  

  ky ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 01:18pm

  might just be me...

  ...but I seem to be averse to having an opinion fed to me, and I am beginning to see a trend amongst postings from this author.
  
  Can we try one purely factual? I'll even settle for well sourced potential facts over fantastical three paragraph run-on summations.

• On the post: Senators Want To Put People In Jail For Embedding YouTube Videos

  

  ky ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 10:44am

  can you, in a legal sense, have simultaneous private performances, or is there precedent already establishing that as public?
  
  imho, just because the media is publicly available, doesnt necessarily make every viewing a "public performance"

• On the post: Austrian Police Seize Computers From Tor Exit Node

  

  ky ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 01:56pm

  Re:

  Thats how you effin troll! this thread didnt stand a chance after that bomb.

• On the post: Microsoft Blaming 'Piracy' Rather Than Basic Economics For Its Struggles In China

  

  ky ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 10:26am

  socialist = social = slutty. Being the lowest bidder with no regard to quality....

• On the post: Why We Haven't Seen Any Lawsuits Filed Against The Government Over Domain Seizures: Justice Department Stalling

  

  ky ( profile ), 24 May, 2011 @ 10:53am

  They are simply telling them they cant have that string of characters on the signs pointing to their location. ok thats a dick move, but its not exactly the most brutal inconvenience, and making a new better sign that draws more visitors seems more worthwhile than waiting for the chance to fight for your sign back.
  
  Unless you expended all your wit on the first url....

• On the post: Studios Apparently Would Prefer Searches Only Turn Up Pirated Copies, Rather Than A Legit Option

  

  ky ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2011 @ 12:13pm

  Re: It makes no sense...

  Sure, it's shitty but... that kind of sucks, because he is a truly kickass artist.
  
  ummmm....i suppose the subject is accurate

• On the post: Is It Rude To Link To Someone Without First Asking Permission?

  

  ky ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 12:47pm

  Re:

  Its also nice and friendly to have cohorts login via the same IP and support your position. Ya'll seem to be full of nice and friendly up north.

• On the post: Is It Rude To Link To Someone Without First Asking Permission?

  

  ky ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 10:31am

  I would want to know if he has ever denied permission to link. Because he is clearly mistaking delusions of grandeur for higher standards.

• On the post: Yes Means Yes

  

  ky ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2011 @ 12:27pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: not quite...

  solid find. I am sure that phrasing is awkward enough to be exploited, but not as broad a stroke as I initially had thought.

• On the post: Yes Means Yes

  

  ky ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2011 @ 11:51am

  Re: Re: not quite...

  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/property/library/moralprimer.html
  
  "Under American Law, moral rights receive protection through judicial interpretation of several copyright, trademark, privacy, and defamation statues, and through 17 U.S.C. ?106A, known as the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990"
  
  am i being misled, or misreading something?

• On the post: Yes Means Yes

  

  ky ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2011 @ 10:47am

  not quite...

  maybe if it was licensed under some other blanket, but CC requires me to ask before I release "Sita does the St.Louis Blues" in fear i might infringe on moral rights.

• On the post: You Shouldn't Need An Excuse For Having Fun & Creating Something

  

  ky ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2011 @ 06:37pm

  troll properly

  we, all four of us, are artists who LIKE MAKING SHIT.
  
  umm he was not questioning whether you enjoyed the creation thoroughly, just pointing out that it is indeed the end result.

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