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  • On the post: Patents, Trademarks And Copyrights Have No Place In Trade Agreements

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 05:40am

    Re: Sadly...

    It is sad that the level of corruption in governments around the world is so obscene. It's gotten to the point where we no longer just accept it quietly and our leaders still don't seem to care.

    It does make you wonder how long such a system is sustainable without the shroud of secrecy it's enjoyed for so long.

  • On the post: Super Meat Boy Developer To EA: DRM Hurts Your Bottom Line More Than Piracy Does

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 06:01am

    Lawmakers

    " Team Meat shows no loss in our year end totals due to piracy and neither should any other developer."

    Since lawmakers have swallowed the "loss" argument from the content industry and want to pass more enforcement, then they should walk the walk.

    They should begin allowing companies to write off their piracy losses on their taxes every year. One year of that and we would see if governments actually believed in those "losses".

  • On the post: Publishers Show Yet Again How To Make Money By Reducing The Price To Zero

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 01:25am

    Let me take a stab at it

    "Confronted by this kind of result, the copyright maximalists will probably say: so what? One success proves nothing -- it can't be generalized."

    Even though I like CwF + RtB as a formula, the elusive generalization that escapes the copyright maxilmalists is simple and they are well aware of it. The better the content, the more people will view it; the greater the interest the more advertisers will pay.

  • On the post: Newspaper Publisher Disturbed By His Own Reaction To Walking Dead; Thinks Censorship Might Be The Answer

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 10:09am

    Where do they find those???

    Who is selling all those TVs without OFF buttons (or channel changers)?

    Those are the manufacturers that need to be regulated. If only Mr. Moss could have used the OFF button, he wouldn't have to needlessly suffer.

  • On the post: Nielsen Finally Realizes That TV Viewers Are Cord Cutting, Calls It 'Interesting Consumer Behavior'

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 08:30am

    Allow me to finish that for you

    "The television itself isn't obsolete, however,..."

    ...it is getting much smarter. Newer model TV's come complete with wifi and multiple HDMI ports so that users can choose to watch all of their video content over the web.

  • On the post: Public Well-Being Must Be 'Primary Measurement' Of US-EU Trade Agreement

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2013 @ 04:08am

    Government response.

    Dear TACD,

    FU !

    Sincerely,
    US & EU

  • On the post: Producers Of '50 Shades' Porn Parody Argue That The Work Is In The Public Domain… But It's Not

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2013 @ 05:07pm

    One for the CV

    It sounds like Prenda Law just found their new lead counsel.

  • On the post: The Insanity Of Making A 'Wizard Of Oz' Film In Today's IP Climate

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2013 @ 01:59am

    So kind of them

    I really appreciate all of the hard work the legal teams on both sides are doing.

    I will be thinking of them warmly as I stream the pirated copies of both movies.

  • On the post: Crowdfunding Picks: Throw Trucks With Your Mind & Other Cool Control Interfaces

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2013 @ 12:25pm

    wait for it....

    Intellectual Ventures is salivating in the wings.

    Patent number B21998566091 Method and system for interfacing mentally with a computer

    Patent number B22002533893 Method and system for remote gesture control of a computer via wireless transmission

    You've been trolled.

    The last one is probably already being trolled as I am typing this.

  • On the post: North Carolina Newspaper With No Backbone Apologizes For Its Request For Public Records

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2013 @ 05:18am

    Re: Apologies

    I first want to apologize for using the term gun nuts. While I'm sure that there are gun nuts, certainly not everyone who is passionate about the issue is crazy.

    This article is about the first and second amendments. Even though most of us have a pretty clear understanding of the 1st Amendment, the 2nd Amendment is not so clear to most people.

    The reason for the confusion is that many many many people choose to ONLY read the second half of the amendment or simply choose to ignore the first half. The above comment is a perfect example.

    "3. My right to keep and bear arms is embedded in the constitution of the United States."

    Yes that is true, BUT only as part of a well regulated militia. The US Constitution does not grant the right to bear arms simply by being a citizen.

    I'm all for the 2nd Amendment, ALL of it. Not just the latter half.

    "5. It is probably important for the government to keep track of who carries weapons and who owns them (though technically, I believe, even that is a violation of my rights since it means they could choose to take my license and my weapon at any time)."


    It is NOT a violation of your rights for the government to regulate your weapons. It is that regulation that gives you the right to bear arms.

  • On the post: Comcast: We Won't Terminate Your Account Under Six Strikes; We'll Just Block Every Single Website

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2013 @ 08:33am

    Re: Ummm

    Only one problem with your comment, this isn't law enforcement, it's a corporate agreement. Unless the ISPs have been deputized and no one told us.

  • On the post: Music Industry Data: Sales Up, Piracy Down… But It's Not Because Of Any 'Anti-Piracy' Efforts

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2013 @ 12:59am

    Re: Re: Re: three tenths of a percent is pretty much statistically negligible

    Destroying the net and selling vinyl.

  • On the post: DOJ Lets Channelsurfing Operator Mostly Off The Hook

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2013 @ 12:54am

    Re: Re: Re: Totally lost the plot

    "350k! Not bad considering Mike Masnick says no money is made off of pirate site ads. lol What a giant douche."

    While I am willing to agree that Mike often downplays the financial success of "pirate sites", you're missing the point to attack Mike for the wrong reason.

    Making money within the scope of the law is not illegal. As long as linking to content is legal then "pirate sites" like this are perfectly LEGAL. So if you are upset that someone is making a profit legally then I have no idea what to say to that.

    I'm with you on the profit angle. I'm sure there is significant income in these sites, which is why there are so many, and as long as they are legal they are not going away. Many of the better ones have already moved out of the US, which by the way is an ACTUAL loss to the US economy.

    The industry likes to talk about lost sales, but the only ACTUAL loss that can be accurately quantified is the money that is ACTUALLY made by a business that felt better off out of the US, since that is money that should have been in the economy.

    Seems like the only giant douches are the ones who don't seem to realize they are attacking legal websites. Let me help you out. It's like arresting a guy for walking down the street wearing a sign that says "Give me a dollar and I will tell you wear to buy tax free cigarettes for $2.00 per pack". The guy doesn't own or sell the illegal items, he just knows where to get them and is charging for that knowledge. In your world the cops arrest him and send him to jail while wondering where the illegal cigarettes are.

  • On the post: Maryland Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Bar Schools From Claiming Copyright On Student & Faculty Work

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2013 @ 06:02am

    Well done

    More polish on a piece of shit. It will shine someday.

  • On the post: North Carolina Newspaper With No Backbone Apologizes For Its Request For Public Records

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2013 @ 07:39am

    Re: Logic FAIL

    Like so many of the outraged comments from the good people of NC, it uses the same line of flawed logic. It supposes that if this information were printed in the newspapers that criminals would immediately target gun owners. It's public so it doesn't need to be printed in the newspapers.


    Cognitive dissonance time. Gun nuts will argue that owning a gun makes you a target if it's publicly known because criminals will want to steal your gun. They also hold the belief that if the public knows you have a gun you are a much less appealing target, because you are likely to fight back.

    Reality check. If I assume the first is true then criminals can simply request the information since its public. If I assume the second is true then criminals can simply request the information because it is public.

    Instead of shaking their fists at the newspaper, the citizens should be calling their legislature and having gun ownership information declared private.

  • On the post: Healthcare Isn't A Free Market, It's A Giant Economic Scam

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2013 @ 04:19am

    WRONG!

    "THANK YOU!!! Every healthcare "debate" ignores this question."

    None of the debates ignore this question. The question is simply not relevant. If you are trying to prevent reformation of a corrupt system, then you have to IGNORE as many facts and as much evidence as possible and stick to rhetoric that will inflame the masses against their own betterment.

    Keywords:
    Economic disaster
    For the Children
    Socialist
    Communist
    Job creation
    Wealth redistribution
    Job losses
    inferior medical care
    Death camps
    the terrorist will win
    national debt (NEVER include debt of the ill person)

  • On the post: Satan Finally Reveals Himself As A Legal Employer

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2013 @ 01:23am

    My contribution

    Christ, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, an honest lawyer, and a dishonest lawyer are having lunch together. Who picks up the bill?


    The dishonest lawyer, since all the others are figments of your imagination.

  • On the post: Congress & Silicon Valley Billionaires Separately Launch Contests To Drive Forward Innovation

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2013 @ 01:00am

    oh well

    Necessity may still be the mother of invention. It seems that cash and patents would be the dirty whores in that metaphor.

  • On the post: Facebook Apparently Doesn't Believe Anyone Over 100 Could Use The Service, 104 Year Old Has To Lie

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2013 @ 07:12am

    For the children

    It's still the same excuse. It is for the children. She may be 104 but she is still someone's child.

  • On the post: Bestselling Author Of Children's Books Accuses Public Libraries Of Stealing His Paychecks

    Josef Anvil ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2013 @ 07:10am

    Challenge accepted

    "What other industry creates a product and allows someone else to give it away, endlessly?"

    Apparently the biotech industry. Ask the good folks at Monsanto. Although they make you sign a contract not to use the endless self replications of one of their products.

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