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• On the post: Football Player Sues Hanes; Says It Can't Fire Him Over Controversial Things He Said On Twitter

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2011 @ 01:38am

  He wasn't fired *because* he said controversial things. He was fired because his job was to be a spokesman and representative for the brand.
  
  Expressing his against the grain opinions publicly is doing a crummy job of that. If you're bad at your job, you should be fired.
  
  He was not good at that job. Notice his NFL job where being a spokesperson and representative is a secondary duty has not yet fired him because he is still performing the primary duties of that job.

• On the post: How Cisco & The Justice Department Conspired To Try To Destroy One Man's Life For Daring To Sue Cisco

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 12:22pm

  So we invaded Iraq to give them freedom, is anybody coming to invade us to do the same?

• On the post: Success! Sita Sings the Blues Once Again Viewable on German Youtube

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2011 @ 10:56pm

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  I like that you're willing to anonymously shout that. Put up or shut up.
  
  I think it should be a new rule that everyone who clamors about 'protecting artists' and stopping people from abusing other people's work should have to show their own work.
  
  How many of these people so very concerned about ensuring artists can make a living are making their own living off of these same artists?

• On the post: Homeland Security Working Hard To Make Sure No One Wants To Use .com Or .net Domains

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2011 @ 09:24pm

  I purchased a book written by a Chinese man that criticizes his government. They have banned this book and charged him with crimes. They have also taken action against the printer of the book.
  
  My book was written and printed in China and owning it is a crime. I'm making my flight arrangements to China to turn myself in.

• On the post: Head Of Spanish Music Collection Society Facing Corruption Charges

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2011 @ 02:33am

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  'Albums", what about live shows? Merchandise?
  
  This 'investment', I assume only count major labels...?

• On the post: Did Universal Music Declare 50 Cent's Own Website Is A Pirate Site?

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2011 @ 01:51pm

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  Excellent job reading. You will see when you read the article, that Universal's own site link to thisis50.com

• On the post: Universal Music Goes To War Against Popular Hip Hop Sites & Blogs

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2011 @ 05:10pm

  That's some fine police work there, Lou.

• On the post: Why Is The Federal Government Running Ads Secretly Created & Owned By NBC Universal?

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2011 @ 12:56pm

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  It's a problem to use NBC's message because the government is supposed to use an objective view.

• On the post: Oh Look, The Overall Music Industry In Canada Has Been Growing As Well…

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 24 May, 2011 @ 12:10pm

  Re: Inaccurate

  according to who is this dying? You have evidence of the contrary in front of you

• On the post: Facebook Caught Hiring PR Firm To Smear And Attack Google

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 12 May, 2011 @ 01:10pm

  Thanks for caring about our private data Facebook....http://www.tomsguide.com/us/facebook-access-tokens-applications-info,news-11148.html
  
  Whoops.

• On the post: Record Labels Pressure Spotify Into Being Worse; Driving Users Back To Piracy

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2011 @ 02:12pm

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  riiiight, because bands like pomplamoose spent millions to break in and make a living making music.

• On the post: Canadian ISP's Hamfisted Attempts To Throttle File Sharing Throttles World Of Warcraft Instead

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2011 @ 09:18pm

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  User's have an amount of upload bandwidth that they are paying for? If they choose to send legal content to someone else, why should it be throttled?

• On the post: Geohot Goes On Vacation; Sony Accuses Him Of Fleeing Legal Action

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2011 @ 01:19pm

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  Sony made the claim, "But Sony notified the judge that, when it got the drives from Hotz, they were no longer working. ?Hotz had removed integral components from his impounded hard drives, rendering them completely non-functional.? (.pdf), the company claimed in a filing."
  
  PDF at http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/03/southam.pdf
  
  Perhaps, you should have read the story prior to posting your theory on the incompetence of Sony's lawyers in not asking questions of the third party on the issue.

• On the post: Crytek Manages Not To Lose Their Minds Despite Crysis 2 Leak

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2011 @ 06:48pm

  ..and I'll be buying Crysis 2 even though I'm not a huge fan of shooters. Good move, Crytek

• On the post: Metered Bandwidth Isn't About Stopping The Bandwidth Hogs; It's About Preserving Old Media Business Models

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2011 @ 08:31pm

  Re: Metered Bandwidth

  Except the people who 'use less' won't pay less than they are now.

• On the post: Gene Simmons Now Wants To Throw 'Anonymous' In Jail

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2010 @ 11:55am

  It's bad idea to upset 4chan.

• On the post: ACTA Negotiators Refuse To Set Up More Timely Meeting For Consumer Advocates

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2010 @ 09:41am

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  It's hard to think. Can't I just do what Sarah Palin tells me to do?

• On the post: John Mellencamp: Takes From Others, But Refuses To Give Back

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2010 @ 07:49am

  I give back tax writeoffs too. I am a good human being up until I can't claim it on my taxes anymore.

• On the post: Blockbuster Bankruptcy, Yet Again, Highlights How It's Not Easy To Just Copy The Disruptive Innovation

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2010 @ 11:41am

  The thing I find interesting is I worked for blockbuster when I was younger (1999-2000) and our store got new updated computers and new internal software that was apparently being rolled out nationwide.
  
  The new software had an option for online rentals. We were told that it wasn't active at the time, but users would be able to 'rent movies online'.
  
  They seemed to have some plans for starting some type of service a long time ago. Wonder what happened with that.

• On the post: Say It Ain't So, Woz: Steve Wozniak Says Patent Trolls Are Okay

  

  Jeremy2020 ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2010 @ 11:08am

  Whoa, when did Wozniak not tow the company line? Just like when he said the iphone had no problems making calls, right?

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