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• On the post: Canadian Cop Puts On An Impromptu Clinic On How To Deal With Critics And Cameras

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2013 @ 08:21am

  It is rather amazing that even with the peanut gallery, he keeps his cool and does his job.
  
  I enjoyed the well other cops don't follow the law blah blah blah, but it is very clear that gentleman doesn't understand the law and just wants to place some blame for injustices that someone most likely told him about rather than first hand experience.
  
  What I saw was a professional doing a difficult job made more difficult by people who wanted something to upload to prove their preconceptions, and they got something entirely different no matter how many times they interrupted him and tried to make it seem much worse than what everyone could clearly see.
  
  Well done Officer Mark Morelli, hopefully your professional behavior can become the rule rather than what seems to be the exception.

• On the post: Music Industry Paper With '50 Years' At The 'Forefront' Of The Business Details Sentencing Of 'Copyright Thief'

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2013 @ 12:19am

  Re:

  Does this mean I need to take the hit for the team and steal Jersey Shore?

• On the post: Committee That Grilled Guardian Editor Over Snowden Documents Won't Get To Question Intelligence Boss

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2013 @ 12:12am

  when in doubt baffle them with bullshit.
  
  The political bubble has reached its pinnacle, this is the height of them thinking they can make it a non-issue by just trying to delay, deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate.

• On the post: Public Service Commission Orders Verizon To Cough Up Cost Data On Its New York Copper Lines

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2013 @ 05:07am

  Re:

  but they need to have linemen to work on the lines all over the place, rather than just send 1 guy to a tower to dink with something.
  
  So its awesome cost savings, that they won't pass on to consumers who will face overloaded wireless networks, spotty service, and data caps designed to increase profits.

• On the post: Scammy Company Trying To Get Writers For Major Sites To Engage In Pay-To-Link Arrangements

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2013 @ 04:15am

  Re: Wasting my time...

  and you missed no chance to link to your own site
  and you wrote a bunch for about.com
  
  And yes micro managing your web presence is a waste of time, there is a story here because of scammy dude linking you to it you are in hyper holier than thou mode... yet no one but me is taking shots at you.
  
  So it is ALL about you, has nothing to do with companies trying to do this scammy sort of thing, it is all about salvaging your 'I write for About.com and HuffPo' reputation.
  
  I once wrote a story about a little choo choo that could, if I do 2 more things can I be made a saint too?

• On the post: Public Service Commission Orders Verizon To Cough Up Cost Data On Its New York Copper Lines

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2013 @ 04:31am

  It is sad that all of them don't need to give these numbers openly.
  They are getting piles of cash to provide that access, have been to the tune of hundreds of billions IIRC. I'd like to know how little we are getting for the taxpayers money.

• On the post: Scammy Company Trying To Get Writers For Major Sites To Engage In Pay-To-Link Arrangements

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2013 @ 11:29pm

  The shortcuts people take to manage their "fame".

• On the post: German Copyright Troll Sends Thousands Of Shady Demand Letters To Users Of Streaming Porn Site, Redtube

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2013 @ 05:58pm

  The question is will the German courts care.
  They already threw the book at a woman who no longer owned a computer, had sold it before the alleged offense, and would never have downloaded the extremist content they claimed had been downloaded on her IP.
  The basis of the laws in Germany seem to be if a company says so, it is so.

• On the post: Rep. Peter King's Office Suggests NPR Producer Lied About Being Detained At Border By DHS

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2013 @ 04:16pm

  And yet this person manages to stay in office.
  We get the Government we deserve, so obviously the people he represents are idiots... if they disagree with this assessment perhaps they should flex their muscle and remind their chosen leadership who he works for.

• On the post: USTR Says TPP Must Be Kept Secret, Because The Public Is Too Stupid To Understand It

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2013 @ 04:15pm

  I do not understand USTR, so we should disband them.
  If their mission is to complex for citizens to understand, their mission is incorrect.

• On the post: DHS Interrogates NY Times Reporters At Border, Then Denies Having Any Records About Them

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2013 @ 04:14pm

  Terrorists are so bad, that to beat them we had to become worse than them.
  
  Why can this idea, that they have gone to fucking far, not penetrate the bubble in DC?

• On the post: NY Police Chief Kelly Taking $1.5 Million Worth Of Publicly-Funded Bodyguards With Him When He Retires

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2013 @ 03:09pm

  perhaps the lesson, that once again no one will learn, is don't be a flaming ass.
  
  a secondary lesson should be that he sees this person as an actual threat, no wonder NYPD is so screwed up. They can't spot a real threat, so everything is a 'real' threat.

• On the post: Teenager Pays Hundreds Of Dollars For A Picture Of An Xbox One

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 04:49pm

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  The Judge Judy episode I saw was for a cell phone picture.
  The seller pointed out it clearly stated it was a picture of the phone and Judy was angry... but seriously if you don't read the damn post.
  
  I think offering pictures of things is shady, but buyers need to accept the responsibility for not reading.

• On the post: Newest Leak Shows NSA, GCHQ Infiltrated World Of Warcraft, Second Life

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 10:26am

  So if someone can imagine some possible way something might happen we have to pour billions into it for an unlimited amount of time, just in case.
  
  My god, its the **AA model.
  If they can imagine a way it might hurt them, they pour endless cash into killing it off or crippling it.

• On the post: NYPD Now Preventing Journalists From Accessing Police Blotters

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 07:01am

  There is an easy solution.
  The headlines...
  
  Crime so bad, NYPD unable to give accounting of it.
  
  NYPD so overwhelmed by crime they can no longer provide data.
  
  NYPD shifts crime stats to understaffed department, Coverup of growing problem?
  
  Potential visitors to city denied crime statistics, go elsewhere.
  
  Perhaps maybe if they start using the scare headlines against them, instead of in support of the claims, they might get results.

• On the post: US Court Secretly Lets Government Share Megaupload Evidence With Copyright Industry

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 12:44am

  Lets make comparisions...

  Someone uses a gun and kills someone, where was the lawsuit from the government to hold them responsible?
  
  Someone uses a car and kills someone, where was the lawsuit against the car maker?
  
  Other than adding "on the internet" these cases aren't different.
  
  MegaUpload was a tool.
  If the law was broken, it was done by the users not the tool.
  Despite not having to, MegaUpload followed US law and went way beyond any actual legal requirement to appease the cartels. Even given the access/control they demanded, it was seen as not enough by the cartels.
  
  Just about anything can be used to violate a law, and we need to stop making exceptions for those willing to spend money to get the Government to do their bidding.

• On the post: Prenda's Paul Duffy Claims To Be 'Too Devastated' By Nelson Mandela's Death To Comment

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2013 @ 05:16pm

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  Tech - Prenda and its magical tracking software.
  Dirt - The fact they created the events to profit from.
  Copyright - abusing an outdated law to extort money.
  Anything else - The longest running comedy on the Judicial system where the staunch "defenders of copyright" are shown once again to be lying cheating idiots undone by a group of people online.
  
  Or were you not keeping up with the story and just needed to flog your usual Mike bashing because it was time for you to feel special again?

• On the post: Prenda's Paul Duffy Claims To Be 'Too Devastated' By Nelson Mandela's Death To Comment

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2013 @ 05:08pm

  Re: Re: Re: Creating "Excusable Neglect" here....

  oooh zing burn... I might never recover.
  o_O

• On the post: Prenda's Paul Duffy Claims To Be 'Too Devastated' By Nelson Mandela's Death To Comment

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2013 @ 05:08pm

  Re: I just thought I'd sow some doubt as to your identity if it is ever unmasked!

  its just me and the voices in my head.

• On the post: Prenda's Paul Duffy Claims To Be 'Too Devastated' By Nelson Mandela's Death To Comment

  

  That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2013 @ 05:14am

  Re: Creating "Excusable Neglect" here....

  staring at my penis wondering how you missed it?

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