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• On the post: Misleading Metaphors That Drive The War On Online Sharing

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2011 @ 11:14pm

  Re: Finally, sensical arguments

  Another big day of fail for you, isn't it.

• On the post: And Then There Were Three: Bye, Bye EMI

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2011 @ 05:52pm

  Re: Why aren't /new/ labels emerging and becoming "big"?

  Umm... The dinosaurs didn't get replaced by more dinosaurs. They were succeeded by smaller, more agile creatures who were able to adapt...
  
  You fail on so many levels it's hard to believe you have the required motor-neurone skills available to type this stuff.

• On the post: Believing Legacy Gatekeepers Will Fail To Adapt Is Not The Same As Wanting Them To Fail

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2011 @ 03:14pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  It's their music and it's their choice and right to release it the way they want to. Not yours. Sorry.
  
  
  Fine. Point conceded. Just stop complaining when people DO get it the way they want it then, okay?

• On the post: Viacom Says That By Letting People View Videos On Phones, YouTube Loses DMCA Safe Harbors

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2011 @ 05:20am

  Re: Re: I can't believe they are equating this

  You want an example of the chilling effects of bad copyright law? Look no further.

• On the post: Barnes & Noble Claims That Microsoft Patent Shakedown Over Android Is An Antitrust Violation

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 11:29pm

  Re:

  I know it's a technicality, but it's one that bears mention. It's not B&N who is allegedly infringing on these patents, it's Android. Microsoft is just after B&N for the rent.

• On the post: Which Causes More Harm: Copyright Or Patents?

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 01:48pm

  Re: Who does society more good: content producers or pirates?

  ...society will NEVER get anything from pirates.
  
  Society got rapid, cheap and efficient dissemination of content while traditional gatekeepers tried to make a fist full of sand and restrict and extort customers with physical world prices and gates for abundant products. Just saying.

• On the post: OpenDNS Tells Congress Not To Create The Great Firewall Of America

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 01:28pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  "Hey, I didn't know that this file containing all of the Star Wars movies was infringing". They answer should be "I didn't know if it was or not, so we didn't use it without checking".
  
  You could check with Viacom. Might not get you any closer to a correct answer though.

• On the post: Viacom Exec: 'Everyone Knows A Rogue Site When They See One'? Except He Doesn't

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 12:50pm

  Re: Well, let's give up on all laws then.

  It's often pretty difficult to tell if a murder, rape, arson or any crime was committed. So let's just punt and give up.
  
  So you admit, by your sarcasm, that having to prove guilt before passing sentence is so bothersome we should just go back to the days of witch burning and lynching? Nice.

• On the post: Viacom Exec: 'Everyone Knows A Rogue Site When They See One'? Except He Doesn't

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 12:42pm

  Re:

  Only due to intense pressure did they do things like establish limits on the lengths of videos...
  
  Which, like DRM in music and software, serves no purpose but to piss off it's users. Because of this, I can't upload my racing/gaming footage in one piece if it's longer than 15mins. It also means I can't watch most others gameplay footage without having to search YT for the other pieces. That's just fucking annoying.

• On the post: Lessons Learned From 'Pay What You Want'

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 01:41am

  Re:

  Hate to think what percentile I'm in. I bought the game and not too recently either, but haven't even played it yet...

• On the post: Rep. Steve King Decides American Consumers Should Pay For Chinese IP Violations

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2011 @ 01:47pm

  ...in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of United States intellectual property rights...
  
  Hahahaha. Just how many hipsters do you think will pay $150,000 for their next iPhone?

• On the post: Angry Birds CEO At Peace With Chinese Counterfeit Merchandise

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2011 @ 09:10pm

  Response to: Anonymous Coward on Nov 2nd, 2011 @ 10:09am

  Slow clap.

• On the post: Fight The Power: Chuck D Sues Universal Music For Hundreds Of Millions In Unpaid Royalties

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2011 @ 06:01pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FIrst, it's "a massive class action lawsuit", not just one rapper.

  What is it with you A.C.'s? Whenever the discussion is about non-commercial file sharing, the refrain is "think of the artists." Then, when actual artists are being screwed by record labels, the refrain is "it's just a money grab." And when artists say anything that disagrees with the major-label talking points, the refrain is some variation of "that artist sucks."
  
  Epic. So true.

• On the post: US Chamber Of Commerce So Clueless It Thinks You Have To Be 'Anti-IP' To Be Against E-PARASITE Bill

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2011 @ 02:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Youtube isn't a "better business model" (it still apparently is not profitable)
  So you admit that YouTube isn't 'profiting from infringement?'. Next.

• On the post: PROTECT IP Renamed E-PARASITES Act; Would Create The Great Firewall Of America

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2011 @ 02:12pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  It has already been proven numerous times that people are willing to pay, when the price is set by the market. I, myself, purchase many games from Good Old Games (gog.com) as I consider the prices reflect their digital nature and are free from DRM.
  
  Sony, on the other hand, still try to peddle their digital movies over the PSN for more than a physical copy! And for a lower quality "HD" rip. Where does that fit into your twister reality?
  
  I'm all for "paying the starving artists," but I refuse to be ripped off in the process. Get back under your bridge, troll.

• On the post: The Revolution Will Not Be Infringed Upon: Long Island Couple Files To Trademark 'Occupy Wall St.'

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2011 @ 01:51pm

  Re: Re:

  I am sure they could of just made t-shirts

  
  I don't think so, but they could have just made t-shirts, I suppose.

• On the post: BMI Says Club Is Too Sexy For Standard Fees, Voids Check, Sues For Non-Payment

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2011 @ 06:12pm

  Response to: Anonymous Coward on Sep 22nd, 2011 @ 12:18pm

  ROFL. Nice one shill. I like how you intentionally ignore (much like BMI's legal filing) the fact that THE CLUB PAID its fees to BMI to play the music. And you call US intentionally dense. LOL!

• On the post: Getting Past Just 'Putting Radio On The Internet' – Killer Apps Come Next

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2011 @ 06:25am

  Re:

  So your entire argument against this consists of you claiming that people don't want to hear new music?

• On the post: Protecting Artists

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2011 @ 06:26am

  Aliens

  "Dust off. Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." - MAFIAA

• On the post: EMI: There Should Be No Safe Harbors For Pre-1972 Songs

  

  IronMask ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2011 @ 02:48am

  Re:

  Slipping out of the pocket? You make the same mistake we hear all to often, by making the assumption that the money was already theirs to begin with. No. It's my money, and they need to work out a viable way to "get it into their pocket." That's the problem with the entitlement culture you belong to.

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