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• On the post: It's Not About 'Free,' It's About Sharing

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2011 @ 02:17pm

  Re: Sharing?

  No problems. You can come and make a copy of my new speakers if you like. I'll be cooking sausages on the BBQ also. If you want some, feel free to make copies of my sausages and I will cook them for you.

• On the post: The Web Might Be 2.0, But Greed Has Always Been In Open Beta

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2011 @ 01:42am

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  Sooo, Amazon, facebook and twitter are just... unauthorised movie sharing sites? That's all I got from your post. Where was file sharing even mentioned in the article, and how in the hell did you jump from your second paragraph to the third? It's like I was reading a book about dolphin migration, fell asleep on page 23, woke up with page 96 in front of me and the subject had turned to DIY power tool maintenance. Seriously, your paragraph transitions are like a car pile up on the interstate. Take a pill.

• On the post: Once Again NY Expands 'Anti-Piracy' Laws Based On No Evidence

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2011 @ 05:48am

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  Would you pay $1000+ for a drive just because it had some files already on it?
  
  Thought not.

• On the post: Insanity: Getting Worked Up Over One Company's Slight Change Of Opinion In The Creditworthiness Of The US

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2011 @ 03:31am

  Re: Re: Time of day...

  I dunno, I think I'd still prefer the one the rest of the world gets its time from.
  
  wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

• On the post: The Advantage Of Copycat Startups: Will Rolling.fm Keep Turntable.fm Innovating?

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 02:35pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  How are you relevant?

• On the post: UK Government Announces Copyright Plans; Surprisingly Good, With A Few Problems

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 02:21am

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  There are more than three people in my house. House only has one IP address. Magnets?
  
  In my country, if the police find drug paraphernalia in a shared house, nobody can be charged if the paraphernalia is in a common area, regardless of whose name is on the lease agreement.
  
  Why should a string of ones and zeros be treated more harshly than illicit drugs?

• On the post: Without Copyright, Hollywood Would Never Be Incented To… Make A Bunch Of Remakes?

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 05:05pm

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  Hollywood takes many Hong-Kong and Japanese films and remakes them. The Departed and The Ring immediately come to mind.

• On the post: Amazon Stops Accepting Apps In Germany Due To Apple's App Store Trademark Claim

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2011 @ 04:27am

  Re: I know it sux, by what doesn't Amazon just rename their store?

  Err... they were battling it out in the marketplace, then Apple got genuinely scared they would lose to the competition and took the cowards option and sued.
  
  You can't "battle" with someone who just runs away and deploys the nukes when they're losing.

• On the post: Swedish Appeals Court Increases File Sharing Fine By A Factor Of Six

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 02:56am

  Re:

  dont know what happened to my post above 1/2 of it missing

  
  The other half, it would seem, is in another language. Punctuation and grammar are your friend.

• On the post: Swedish Appeals Court Increases File Sharing Fine By A Factor Of Six

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 02:53am

  Re:

  Littering causes "actual" harm, to the environment. This is proven fact.
  
  Speeding has the "potential" to cause "actual" harm, to the public. This is proven fact.
  
  File sharing "may" only have the "potential" to deprive the content creator of a "mythical" sale, causing "hypothetical" harm. No amount of research, however, has been able to prove this is a guaranteed fact.
  
  Now, in my country, littering incurs a greater fine than speeding, due no doubt, to the actual vs. potential harm involved. Makes sense then that illegal file sharing attracts a far lesser fine than speeding, due to only the possible, potentially hypothetical, mythical harm involved.
  
  I'd say the original judgement was indeed quite fair.

• On the post: PayPal Agrees To Help IFPI Cut Off Funding For Sites IFPI Doesn't Like Without Judicial Oversight

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 06:52am

  Re: Re:

  Not a long time reader obviously. When you pick someones pocket, they no longer have the physical object you took. When you share digita.... you know what, never mind. You'll never get it.

• On the post: Gatekeepers And The Economy

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 02:02pm

  Re:

  Well played, sir.

• On the post: NJ Supreme Court Can't Comprehend That Everyone Can Be A Journalist

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2011 @ 07:49am

  Than

  How many than's can you fit in an articale and than still get away with it?

• On the post: SWAT Team Raids Home To Recover Student Loan [Updated: Or Not]

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2011 @ 06:37am

  Re: Re: Calling my broker . . .

  No. Reality is infringing on The Onion's copyrights.

• On the post: While Sony Sues Modders, Samsung Sends Them Devices To Mod Faster

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2011 @ 06:33am

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  Sony's TVs have been crap for years. LG have crap digital tuners. Samsung have made consistantly good TVs since the Series 4's. In the States, Vizio make excellent bang-for-buck units. If they were available in Oz, I would buy one. But Samsung LCDs I would recommend. For plasma, can't look past Panasonic.

• On the post: More People Realizing That Infringement Can't Be Stopped, So Learn To Embrace It

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 07:42am

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  I don't know. My neighbours usually complain when I turn the sound up just beyound barely audible. Besides, I can't pirate. I don't own a boat.

• On the post: French Radio And Television Newscasters Say 'Au Revoir' To Facebook And Twitter

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 03:56am

  Blogging for people who don't like writing.?

  Sweet! I just signed up. When does my first post appear?

• On the post: Perhaps The Sequel Can Be 'Don't F**king Worry About Piracy'

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 02:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Keep trying, troll harder.

• On the post: The PROTECT IP Act Is About The Old Media Industry Going To War With The Internet

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 02:59am

  Re: Re: Re:

  You really are quite dense aren't you.

• On the post: Why Innovation Is Under Attack

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 09:16pm

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  So you are saying that sueing Napster has caused a reduction in recorded music sales. Congratulations, sir, you have just proved a point.

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