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• On the post: RIAA Claims It Succeeded In Getting Piracy Under Control Years Ago

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 01:44am

  Fixed that for you...

  Before initiating lawsuits in 2003, only 35 percent of people knew about file-sharing on P2P; afterward, awareness grew to 70 percent. ~ FTFY

• On the post: RIAA Claims It Succeeded In Getting Piracy Under Control Years Ago

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 01:42am

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  Don't forget BearShare. Removed that virus of a tonne of PCs in my day.

• On the post: Publishers Can't Just Blame Ad Network For Having Ads On A Site That Links To Infringing Content

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2011 @ 01:40pm

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  So if the "break the Internet" claims are true, why is my Internet still working?
  
  Way to be deliberately obtuse.

• On the post: More Collateral Damage From SOPA: People With Print Disabilities And Human Rights Groups

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2011 @ 01:31pm

  Re: Read it properly

  it?s hard to imagine that Visa or MasterCard could claim to have a ?reasonable belief? that Bookshare was ?dedicated to theft of U.S. property?.
  
  Except, from what I've heard and read about it so far, it's NOT Visa or MasterCard that need "reasonable belief." Somebody else has already made that determination, who then orders the payment providers to stop the funding channels, under the threat of litigation.
  
  Seriously, how the hell are Visa or MasterCard excpected to look at an entity and determine whether their content is infringing? Saying they are the ones who must determine "reasonable belief" is just being deliberately misleading.

• On the post: Some Data On How Much The Big Media Firms Are Donating To SOPA/PIPA Sponsors

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2011 @ 04:38am

  Re: Payment processing

  Nigeria?

• On the post: Colbert Takes On SOPA

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2011 @ 12:53am

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  Hmmm... A reasoned and well balanced argument. What have you done with the real darryl?

• On the post: The Value Is In The Relationship, Not The MP3 File

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2011 @ 07:16pm

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  Just like Uniform Motion paid for the song in order that you may hear it... and the recoups its expenses from the people who liked it enough (lets call them fans) to contribute monetary restitution?

• On the post: Ubisoft Director Backtracks On Piracy Complaints After Public Lashing

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2011 @ 04:43am

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  I'm sure if you have him a multiple choice question with that last sentence as an option, he'd pick it.

• On the post: Ubisoft Director Backtracks On Piracy Complaints After Public Lashing

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2011 @ 04:38am

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  Gabe Newell's statement is all right. Even if Steam is not perfect it is the only real alternative to piracy.
  
  Here's the fundamental disconnect between game developers and gamers. File sharing sites provide a service. Steam provides a service. Good Old Games provides a service. Direct2Drive, OnLive and many, many others, provide a service. It's not the only alternative to anything. They are all just competing services.
  
  Most of these stupid game developers still view what they do as creating a product when what they should be doing is providing a service. One that people are willing to use.
  
  Provide a good enough service at an acceptable price and people will be willing to support it. The "digital goods" boat has sailed guys. Stop crying and move on.

• On the post: Ubisoft Director Backtracks On Piracy Complaints After Public Lashing

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2011 @ 04:16am

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  I clicked the "funny" button so many times. I think it's a shame it only registers once. Are you seriously that deluded that you would actually refuse $1M physical dollars just for the apparent satisfaction of doing nothing and stamping your foot on the ground and complaining about losing potential dollars? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.

• On the post: How Other Parts Of The World View SOPA

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 05:27am

  Re: Re: You seem to assume the world overlooks eternal wars,

  I can only assume ward 7B shares an internet connection.

• On the post: Kellogg Settles Toucan Trademark Dispute With Mayan Archaeology Group

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 03:17am

  Re: Re: "Fine" breakfast product

  It's just like I tell all the ladies. It's good for you. You need it. Get a little Iron into you :P

• On the post: Kellogg Settles Toucan Trademark Dispute With Mayan Archaeology Group

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 02:41am

  Re: ours

  Close grandpa. You've almost got the hang of this 'net stuff.

• On the post: Swedish Study Shows File Sharing And Music Buying Go Hand-In-Hand

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 09:59pm

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  In times without widespread file sharing, these would be the mega-fans, buying plenty of music.
  
  With all that extra disposable income that just magically came from where, exactly?

• On the post: A Question For SOPA Supporters: How Will You Gauge SOPA's Success?

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 01:44am

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  I notice that you have slowly moved from answering Mikes question
  
  Tim's...

• On the post: A Question For SOPA Supporters: How Will You Gauge SOPA's Success?

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 01:37am

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  I was able to find it for sale on Itunes, if that helps you out.
  
  No. It doesn't help him out. Get it from iTunes walled garden and you have no choice but to watch it on iTunes, in Apples proprietary format, with DRM, so it is not easily transferable to all the devices he wishes to enjoy it on. You also have to pay more than the market would think reasonable for a possibly inferior encode.
  
  On the contrary, the "scene" self regulates the quality of all encodes, can usually be found readily in a format of your choice, for whatever device you wish to enjoy it on, for an infinite number of times.
  
  I have to tell you, most people despise iTunes as much as they despise the gatekeepers themselves. In addition to all this, the longer the "content industry" delays innovating to the point where people will happily part with money for content, the lower the actual perceived value of the content becomes. Leave it too long and the actual perceived value will, in fact, be zero.

• On the post: Hackers, ACLU, Consumer Rights Groups, Human Rights Groups, Many More All Come Out Against SOPA

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2011 @ 06:20am

  Re: Re: A logical solution

  That's because it was redundant.

• On the post: SOPA Gives Me Powers That I Don't Want

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2011 @ 01:44pm

  Re: But Mike opposes "protecting [your] copyrighted material".

  Mike suggests that you give the movie away for free, then "sell scarcity", whatever that means.
  
  So now that you've admitted you're completely clueless as to what "scarce" and "abundant" goods look like and how they are affected in a true free-market economy, don't you think it's time to really educate yourself before continuing your nonsensical rants?

• On the post: SOPA Gives Me Powers That I Don't Want

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2011 @ 01:33pm

  Re: Re:

  Ermm.. This article wasn't written by mike. It was written by Derek Parham, a movie producer...

• On the post: South African Recording Industry Association Kicks Off 'Shoot The Pirate' Campaign; Amazed That Real Violence Ensues

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2011 @ 01:23am

  Re: Re:

  *than*

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