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• On the post: Can We Count The Ways In Which Lowe's 'License Agreement' For Linking To Its Site Is Insane?

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 02:44pm

  Link

  Isn't Link a character in the Zelda series. Shouldn't Lowe's have to license its use from Nintendo?

• On the post: When Judges Are Determining Whether Or Not Art Should Exist… We Have A Problem

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 08:14am

  down the line payment

  I can accept the first artist getting paid if he or she is paying additional money to the model. After all their would not be anything to copy without the model.

• On the post: iPhone Data Debunks Recording Industry's Report On How French Three Strikes Law Increased Sales

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2012 @ 03:42pm

  Study vs Studies

  One study by itself is never enough to answer a question. The variables Le Monde would also lead to the same results so a new study would need to control for those variables.

• On the post: Hollywood Gets To Party With TPP Negotiators; Public Interest Groups Get Thrown Out Of Hotel

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2012 @ 10:39am

  Re: Re: Contempt

  I thought pirating was because everyone wanted things free? Now you're saying it is some sort of political protest because people are angry? Isn't that protected by the first amendment?

• On the post: Pro-SOPA Folks Push Fact-Challenged Op-Eds

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2012 @ 01:03pm

  Re:

  The movie ticket example is useless on its own. Fewer tickets can mean greater profits if the cost has risen to cover lost sales.
  Define recorded music please, vinyl disks? CDs? MP3s all of the above?

• On the post: Author Jonathan Franzen Thinks That Ebooks Mean The World Will No Longer Work

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2012 @ 12:04pm

  Re: Re: Cute, but which will last longer?

  Try firing up grandma's 5 1/4 floppy,IBM cards,dos based applications without that machine. Many of the keepsakes from our grandparents are still around because they are on paper as opposed to electronic.

• On the post: Entertainment Industy Back To Demanding That Search Engines Censor The Web… Through 'Voluntary' Measures

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2012 @ 10:27am

  Re:

  You mean that one site has all the music the infringer could ever want? Exactly how do you tell from a search whether a site is infringing or not.

• On the post: The Internet Strikes Back: Anonymous Takes Down DOJ.gov, RIAA, MPAA Sites To Protest Megaupload Seizure

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 05:03pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Nope, seizure is confiscation of property. Arrest is depriving someone of liberty. Pretrial confiscation is supposed to prevent the destruction or disposal of property before it can be seized. Was there some concern this site would be moved to a different internet?

• On the post: The Internet Strikes Back: Anonymous Takes Down DOJ.gov, RIAA, MPAA Sites To Protest Megaupload Seizure

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 04:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Horrible change of events

  I believe that when police decide you have broken the law and come and arreswt you they are required to have something called a warrent. This allows them to physically take you into custody. You then have to quickly be given a hearing on whether they can keep you in custody ane whether they can keep property as evidence. They don't get to grab things keep them for a year or two and then ask.

• On the post: Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 02:09pm

  Willful ignorance

  The members of Congress have an office budget that allows them to hire experts to explain what a particular subject is. They can also send their staff to a brick and mortar store to buy internet for dummies. If they can't be bothered to educate themselves they should be voted out of office.

• On the post: Does Congress Really Want To Give China & Other Oppressive Regimes A Blueprint For Internet Censorship?

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2011 @ 02:03pm

  Re: Flop...

  Are you trying to get me to believe that politicans are upset by lies and distorations?

• On the post: Canadian Political Party Threatens Widow For Using Its Logo In Ad Criticizing Canadian Government

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2011 @ 02:24pm

  Not the point

  The point is not whether or not the Conservative Party has a case; the point is most people would not know that Canada exports Asbestos or have associated the party with the export. So now more people know and will generally think that the party supports the export otherwise why would they sue?

• On the post: Once Again, Law Enforcement Protects Us From The America-Destroying Scourge Of Children With Lemonade Stands

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2011 @ 08:45pm

  not as bad

  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-apologize-for-shutting-down-girls-lemonade-stand-20110720,0,195424.story

• On the post: Canada's Failure To Actually Enforce Its Net Neutrality Rules Shows Why Focusing On Regulation Is Missing The Point

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 07:23pm

  Non enforcement

  If you do not enforce regulations are there, in fact, any regulations? For example, would anyone here care about copyright if it was not enforced or only very rarely enforced?

• On the post: Copyright As Censorship: Newport Television Abusing DMCA To Try To Silence Criticism

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 07:12pm

  Re: Mike, you're actually a corporatist:

  It is more that he is against government interference in the marketplace. I think he expressed it badly here. He is not saying he is for only one media outlet. Since there currently so many methods of transmitting information you could not achieve one world news. Mike would be against any law that allowed this as he is against laws prohibiting consolidation. At least that's what I took away from it.

• On the post: The Misconceptions Of 'Free' Abound; Why Do Brains Stop At The Zero?

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 10:21am

  Re: This version of "free" only applies for those selling advertising!

  How about Costco? They give out free samples. Wrigley gum? or are those people giving out free samples on the street real pirates? You have a great argument style, anything you can't deal with you simply say is silly so you don't have to consider it.

• On the post: Will Arresting 'Anonymous' Members Help Or Hurt Anonymous?

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2011 @ 02:19pm

  Re:

  There is not a difference. Both are a use of power and could be the subject of abuse. In the case of the US government there are rules in place to limit that power. The general consensus here is that the seizing of domains is breaking that rule. Government power can physically affect a person. So far as I am aware anonymous is only powerful in an online sense.

• On the post: Judge: Not Having The Best Security Not Illegal; Defrauded Company Can't Blame Bank

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2011 @ 09:34am

  Re: Judge absolves bank with poor security

  Except individuals are reimbursed, businesses are not so it is not simply a matter of personal responsibility.

• On the post: Judge: Not Having The Best Security Not Illegal; Defrauded Company Can't Blame Bank

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2011 @ 08:13am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bank Robbery via ACH transfers

  It's called hiring more employees. You have enough people to do the job you are alleged to be doing. You know like reviewing signatures on title transfers.

• On the post: Do A Little Dance, Make A Little Love…Get Bodyslammed Tonight (At The Jefferson Memorial)

  

  jjmsan ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 02:25pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  If only you could have told this to the freedom riders. It would have saved them all that trouble.

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