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• On the post: Good Question: How The Hell Did The NYT Spend $40 Million On That Paywall?

  

  Joe ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2011 @ 04:09am

  Hookers and blow.

• On the post: Good Question: How The Hell Did The NYT Spend $40 Million On That Paywall?

  

  Joe ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2011 @ 04:06am

  Re: Re:

  Actually, I think whoever approved the paywall should be charged with felony ignorance with intent to distribute.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Joe ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2011 @ 05:02pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I've never understood why, when it comes to passing laws, the 'majority' are not criminals and want the new laws, but the reason they say they need the laws is because the 'majority' are pirates and are killing their business.

• On the post: Study Shows That Piracy Has Not Resulted In A Decrease Of Quality New Music

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 03:27pm

  Re: Re: Mike Masnick Doesn't Know What He Is Talking About

  Why stop there?
  
  "The market is flooded with bullshit amateur productions and weak songwriting."
  
  (citation needed)
  
  "Mike Masnick is a copyleft propagandist."
  
  (citation needed)
  
  "-Silicon Valley Is Gonna Burn-"
  
  (citation needed)

• On the post: Study Shows That Piracy Has Not Resulted In A Decrease Of Quality New Music

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 03:23pm

  Re: bleh

  Wasn't it the record labels that thought Bob Dylan could sing?

• On the post: Study Shows That Piracy Has Not Resulted In A Decrease Of Quality New Music

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 03:17pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: bleh

  What you're missing is that "mainstream" is changing. Before, the labels controlled who received the most airtime and who got the most advertisement. Thankfully, to many of us, that is changing. Some people like to have a choice in what they listen to and not be limited to what the labels think we should hear.

• On the post: Study Shows That Piracy Has Not Resulted In A Decrease Of Quality New Music

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 03:11pm

  Re:

  George Bush. ;)

• On the post: Study Shows That Piracy Has Not Resulted In A Decrease Of Quality New Music

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 03:09pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Hello? The devil uses Pitchfork!

• On the post: Hollywood Continues Its Plan To Kill Netflix

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 10:53am

  Re: Re:

  But who wants a used Buffy? ;)

• On the post: Hollywood Continues Its Plan To Kill Netflix

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 10:37am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Don't need it. We can just pirate whatever we want to watch.
  
  
  
  
  
  :D

• On the post: Should Have Known Better Than To Trust The NY Times: China 'Protest' Hangups Story Is Bunk

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 10:06am

  Re: Re: But . . . but . . . journalism!

  I'm thinking that maybe they are adding value - if you pay them, you get the stories that are actually true!

• On the post: Samsung Hires 'Actors' To Pretend To Be Happy Galaxy Tab Testers?

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 09:58am

  Re: Re:

  Or if you're 15 and trying to talk your girlfriend into sex. Or maybe things have changed in the past 25 years. ;)

• On the post: Study Shows That Piracy Has Not Resulted In A Decrease Of Quality New Music

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 09:39am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Good point!

  You can say that again.
  
  Oh wait!

• On the post: Study Shows That Piracy Has Not Resulted In A Decrease Of Quality New Music

  

  Joe ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2011 @ 07:38am

  Re:

  "Measuring "quality of music" is pretty difficult, because you are measuring opinion, which shifts in the wind."
  
  How, then, does the RIAA claim the opposite of what the study showed?
  
  
  What's good for the goose is good for the bastard. Or something like that.

• On the post: Drop In P2P File Sharing Due To Limewire Shutdown A Pyrrhic Victory For The Recording Industry

  

  Joe ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 12:48pm

  Re: Poor Mike, cant steal anymore..

  "Yet, Mike conviently ignores that, it's all about what you can steal for Mike."
  
  I hope enjoys those Nikes I got for him, although it seemed a bit of an odd request just to browse a website and read his article.

• On the post: Microsoft Wants To Make It Illegal To Buy From An Overseas Company That Uses Unauthorized Software

  

  Joe ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 12:46pm

  Re: Re: Re: your 20 years too late mike !!!

  Surely you jest... Nobody could be that far removed from reality and be able to operate a browser. I hope.

• On the post: Drop In P2P File Sharing Due To Limewire Shutdown A Pyrrhic Victory For The Recording Industry

  

  Joe ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 12:26pm

  Re: Re:

  The Pirates of Pyrrhic?

• On the post: Microsoft Wants To Make It Illegal To Buy From An Overseas Company That Uses Unauthorized Software

  

  Joe ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 12:08pm

  Re:

  If you think about it, it doesn't really matter if they can prove it. They can drag you into court and make it last years, costing you a lot more than a settlement would. Guess what most smaller companies would probably opt for?

• On the post: Microsoft Wants To Make It Illegal To Buy From An Overseas Company That Uses Unauthorized Software

  

  Joe ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 11:57am

  Re: Another reason

  The problem is, that won't solve the problem. You don't have to use Microsoft programs/hardware/etc. to be sued. You can have zero Microsoft products in use at your shop and STILL be sued because you bought something to use in your business from someone who used pirated Microsoft software. Your hands can be completely clean of any piracy but you can still be sued and have to pay Microsoft.

• On the post: Microsoft Wants To Make It Illegal To Buy From An Overseas Company That Uses Unauthorized Software

  

  Joe ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 11:53am

  Re: your 20 years too late mike !!!

  You might want to include some sarcasm tags next time so people know you're joking. I almost thought you were serious until I realized nobody could be that deranged. ;)

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