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• On the post: Storm Trooper Copyright Lawsuit Back On In the UK

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 12:02pm

  Re:

  Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 11:15am

  Re: Re:

  That's it! I have had enough! Just because you ** out a couple of letters doesn't make it okay to derogate people for being different.
  
  Why don't you try calling me a NAGGER to my face!

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 11:12am

  Re: Re: Re: You're off on this one, Mike.

  Oh hell, yeah! The Office would do just fine without Hulu - on torrents.

• On the post: Reason To Have A Distinct Ringtone? So You Can Find Your Mobile Phone At The Dump

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 11:00am

  Sniff, sniff

  I smell a commercial for replacement insurance brewing.

• On the post: AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'There's A Map For That' Ad Campaign

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 10:59am

  Re: Verizon lies

  Grrrlllphmmmmgrrrrryaahhhwwwnn..I'm sorry, what?

• On the post: AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'There's A Map For That' Ad Campaign

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 10:52am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: People need a thicker skin...

  Oh, TX attorneys will kick yer ass any day just as good as any other, but it damn sure helps to have a case.

• On the post: AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'There's A Map For That' Ad Campaign

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 10:46am

  Re: Re: So this is not a copyright or IP battle

  Actually two of them were equally facetious, so..who's to say? But let's continue to analyze the hell out of it because, that's fun, too!

• On the post: AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'There's A Map For That' Ad Campaign

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 10:44am

  Re: So this is not a copyright or IP battle

  ...because techdirt does not only exist for IP trolls?

• On the post: AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'There's A Map For That' Ad Campaign

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 10:43am

  Re: Re: So this is not a copyright or IP battle

  I did like that.

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 10:37am

  Re: Re:

  Okay, nevermind. It's clear from some of his comments that he is super-adamant in a way that didn't come across in the article.

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 10:26am

  Re: A programmer's simple solution

  end.

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 09:49am

  Re: Re: It's all about the ads

  The salesman who can coordinate the contracting of regionalized ads to targeted audiences will have a nice revenue stream AND some nice travel opportunities.

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 09:46am

  Re: Re: It's all about the ads

  Good point - this is a wasted opportunity for building a better business.

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 09:44am

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  Yeah, it's pretty clear from the article that he was just a little offended at the multiple layers of insinuation of wrong doing when he wasn't doing something that probably shouldn't be so wrong.
  
  Even if they had some unfortunate, unintended outcomes of their licensing control (and I respect the desire to fulfill your obligations no matter how unreasonable they are), they really should have considered how they worded the message to their viewers. "Since you're probably a thief anyway, screw you."

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 09:02am

  Re: Re:

  Good point, but if BBC doesn't find a way to capitalize on their growing international audience, they'll be depriving their UK public of some easy proceeds.

• On the post: Dear Hulu: Stop Treating Me Like A Criminal

  

  Jason ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2009 @ 08:59am

  Re: Re:

  Yeah, time will tell. It's unfortunate, but understandable that Hulu had to make some concessions to get the content. It's unfortunate but understandable that their efforts to keep their obligations had unintended side effects.
  
  If they don't fix it, that would be unfortunate and not so understandable.

• On the post: Guy Who Helped Mod Cable Modems Arrested By The FBI

  

  Jason ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2009 @ 03:50pm

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

  Damn, that's twice now! Anyhow, custom parts are okay, and illegal mods to those customizations are not, and what Harris offered was on the legal side, bottom line.

• On the post: Guy Who Helped Mod Cable Modems Arrested By The FBI

  

  Jason ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2009 @ 03:23pm

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

  http://tinyurl.com/yfyywmc
  
  Begging the question is what is so fallacious. If you don't know what that means, click above.
  
  As for parading asshats, Mr. Grand Marshal, the particular asshat in question only jacked around with technology. Somebody else did ALL the circumventing.
  
  All of the 'illicit uses' of this hack required actual illegal hacking beyond the legal hacking that this guy did - similar to modifying custom rifle parts to make them fully auto. The custom parts -> okay. The illegal mods

• On the post: Guy Who Helped Mod Cable Modems Arrested By The FBI

  

  Jason ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2009 @ 03:04pm

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  "I find it hard to believe, however, that Harris did not know that A) his work could be used to break the law and B) a great many -probably most- of his clients were going to use it to do just that."
  
  A. Not indictable, not even wrong. So could guns, rocks, and butter knives.
  B. Well since his work by itself DID NOT provide the means to do so, I think you can safely be converted. BELIEVE!
  
  BELIVE that it's legal to configure computers,
  
  BELIEVE that it's legal to make a locked computer configurable.
  
  OF COURSE it's not legal to spoof MACs. Whether it's legal to uncap depends on your TPM, but could also be illegal. HE DID NOT PROVIDE MACS AND HE DID NOT PROVIDE ILLEGAL CONFIGURATIONS OR HELP IN GETTING THOSE.
  
  Please don't encourage people to believe that simply tinkering around is illegal.

• On the post: Guy Who Helped Mod Cable Modems Arrested By The FBI

  

  Jason ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2009 @ 02:56pm

  Re: Come again?

  No, the heart of the indictment is to use weasel words to cast a dark shadowy fog of "computer hacking" around perfectly legitimate activities just because someone else committed a crime and used Harris' tools in addition to his own illegal 'cracking' tools to commit a crime.
  
  Distributing spoofed MAC addresses? No question that'd be the illegal part. There is a question of fact related to Harris on this, but it's a pathetically vague relation, a shady allegation, and should make for easy repudiation (unless of course he is the guy that was sniffing around for MACs and then he's pretty much toast - again doubtful).
  
  Simply unlocking the modem? Legal activity.

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