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• On the post: WIPO Is Quietly Signing An Agreement To Give Hollywood Stars Their Own Special Version Of Copyright

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2012 @ 08:32am

  Re: In all honesty

  there creation is there property
  
  *Their and their. Jesus Christ.

• On the post: Copyright Extension: A Way To Protect Hollywood From Having To Compete With The Past

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2012 @ 10:41am

  Re:

  Can you imagine how poor as a people we would be if everything we got now was just a reprint of a 30 year old book?
  
  Or a remake of a 30 year old movie. Oh, wait...

• On the post: Copyright Extension: A Way To Protect Hollywood From Having To Compete With The Past

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2012 @ 10:18am

  Re: Re: This allows them to 'remix' the past and resell it.... who wouldn't want that?

  As is Total Recall :(
  
  Please, Hollywood. Leave my Arnie flicks alone. You've already ruined Conan.

• On the post: This Is Reporting? Fox News Ties Flame Malware To Angry Birds Because Both Use Lua

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2012 @ 05:31am

  Re:

  What?

• On the post: Crysis 3 Studio Reminds You It Still Owns Your Copy Of The Original Crysis

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 22 May, 2012 @ 08:37am

  Re:

  I bought a legitimate key from one of those discount key sites for $3, then, lacking any authorised outlet to download the game client from, went off to my trusty file sharing site and downloaded it, at my full connection speed, from about 500 other fans.

• On the post: Even The Copyright Office Won't Obey Rules That Don't Make Sense In Reality

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 06:14am

  Re: Re: Re: You Realize ...

  In short, yeah, it's probably safer to keep it closed. But sometimes, it's just inconvenient.
  
  Like anti-circumvention technology?

• On the post: Common Sense Wins: Finnish Court Says Open WiFi Owner Not Liable For Infringement By User

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 17 May, 2012 @ 05:12am

  Re:

  The FAP Centre? lol

• On the post: Wil Wheaton Reminds Us That Torrents Are Awesome, And Not Just For Pirated Movies

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 06:47am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  No. You just need to find the right tracker. Every private tracker I know has blazingly fast download speeds from the swarm, because they have rules that promote sharing, and police them. Public trackers can be hit and miss speedwise sometimes, but that is more than made up for the fact that you can get ANYTHING YOU WANT. IN ONE PLACE! It doesn't matter how long it takes.

• On the post: EMI Adds Insult To Bankruptcy In Misguided Gloating Over MP3Tunes Demise

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 02:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: EMI suing itself into bankruptcy

  ...or all on heroin.

• On the post: Indian ISPs Told To Block Access To Vimeo

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 09:26pm

  Re:

  /slow clap

• On the post: Yet Another Judge Slams Copyright Trolls; Warns That Courts Should Not Be Used To 'Bludgeon' People Into Settling

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 06:03pm

  Re:

  Must be a troll public holiday or something.

• On the post: USTR Releases Ridiculous 'Naughty' Special 301 List For Countries Who Don't Pass Silly Laws Hollywood Wants

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 01 May, 2012 @ 12:53am

  Re:

  Hahah. Did you see that AFACT bloke (who interestingly, is an American) go full retard after the decision? I saw it on ABC News 24 at some point I think. But he was spouting all the same tropes we hear on TechDirt about how film piracy was costing the local industry and economy $600 million a year or some such garbage.
  
  It wasn't even original thought. It was almost word for word the same bs the US guys use, like they all went to the same copyright maximilists conference and were handed the same fact sheet on what to say and what not to say to the media and elected officials.
  
  The only bad thing is that he said AFACT would be appealing the decision. Hopefully the courts won't have a bar of it.

• On the post: UK High Court Expands Censorship Regime: Orders The Pirate Bay To Be Blocked

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2012 @ 02:42pm

  Re: Re:

  Sarcasm detector fail.

• On the post: Portuguese Man Convicted On Criminal Charges For Sharing Three Songs

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2012 @ 08:08am

  Re: Forty Years?

  6 years. 880 Euros. 1 guy.
  
  40 years. (torrents = 5,867 Euros from 7 guys.)
  
  Please explain your math, or your critical thinking...

• On the post: The Stupidity Of Data Caps: No One Knows What A Megabyte Is

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2012 @ 02:44pm

  It's than, not then!

  Grammar Nazi! "Wait, what if this is taking up a lot more data than I thought? "

• On the post: New York Convinces Game Companies To Kick Registered Sex Offenders Off Gaming Services

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2012 @ 06:42am

  Re: Re:

  [Comment thread etiquette nit: replying to the correct person. It was a quote from the article, not a comment authored by Rekrul.]

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

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 03:15pm

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

  If I steal a car, I can share it as much as I damn well like. If nobody knows it's stolen, and I let them use it, thus sharing it, it's not their fault they didn't know it was stolen.

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

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 03:08pm

  Re: It can be.

  The "stealing" doesn't come from the original owner *losing* access, but from the recipient *gaining* it.
  
  [citation needed]
  
  So why then, is it always the original owner who reports the lost access, rather than the recipient reporting that the original owner no longer has access. It's not that the original owner is complaining that the recipient has gained an item, it's that the owner has lost access to it. Your statement is flawed.

• On the post: Why Does An Unpatentable 'Abstract Idea' Become Patentable If You Add 'On The Internet'?

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2012 @ 06:55am

  Re:

  A method of choosing effective prurient dialog for entertainment purposes between a paying customer and an associate, in bed.

• On the post: Obama Administration: ACTA Is Binding & Don't Worry Your Pretty Little Heads About TPP

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 12:52pm

  Re: Re: Re: :eyes closed:

  We could take over the world, but it's just so so hard to get those motherfucking snakes on a motherfucking plane.

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