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• On the post: The Two Leading Presidential Candidates — Clinton And Trump — Are Both Mocking Free Speech On The Internet

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2015 @ 09:11am

  Re: Re: Re:

  TIL Einstein's middle name.

• On the post: Senator Mitch McConnell To Obama: Please, Just Tell Us What Law You Need To Ban Encryption And You'll Get It

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2015 @ 12:09pm

  Re:

  We have one. Unfortunately it's an age to get in, not to get out.

• On the post: No Matter What You Think Of Gun Control, Relying On The No Fly List For Anything Is Monumentally Stupid

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2015 @ 11:46am

  Re: Another Probem With The Idea...

  Spoken like a true bureaucrat.

• On the post: The Selfie Monkey Strikes Back: Lawyers Claim Of Course Monkeys Can Sue For Copyright

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2015 @ 09:39am

  Re: PETA Suit

  (please be joking... please be joking... please be joking...)

• On the post: The Selfie Monkey Strikes Back: Lawyers Claim Of Course Monkeys Can Sue For Copyright

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2015 @ 09:34am

  Re: Ownership

  Copyright isn't property or a right. It is a privileged granted by the government. Copying is a right - something people do naturally and have done since the dawn of time - and copyright law is an infringement of that right.

• On the post: DEA Seized $262k From Sexting Extortioners And Now The Oldest Private College In West Virginia Wants Its Money Back

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2015 @ 07:50am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  And there's plenty of people out there that think the same thing about the government.

• On the post: Congress Still Fighting SEC's Investigation Of Alleged Insider Trading By Its Members

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2015 @ 02:20pm

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  No, that's where the risk comes from.

• On the post: Congress Still Fighting SEC's Investigation Of Alleged Insider Trading By Its Members

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2015 @ 08:31am

  Re: Re:

  national security risk = job security risk

• On the post: What Did The UK Accomplish In Revoking The Right To Rip CDs After Just One Year… Other Than Greater Disrespect For Copyright?

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2015 @ 08:19am

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  They actually did make self-destructing DVDs at one time. It wasn't a hit.
  
  But the whole idea behind streaming is getting streaming companies to pay annual licensing fees - which is the same as getting people to buy the same content over and over.

• On the post: Turkish Court Establishes A Special 'Expert Panel' To Determine If Comparing Prime Minister To Gollum Is An Insult

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2015 @ 08:16am

  I love the idea of banning the offended rather than the offender.
  
  And for what it's worth, Gollum isn't a bad character. He's a great character. And any evil he does is because he's been corrupted by the ring. The ring is bad. Gollum is not.

• On the post: What Did The UK Accomplish In Revoking The Right To Rip CDs After Just One Year… Other Than Greater Disrespect For Copyright?

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2015 @ 11:58am

  Re: Re: Re: How exactly is the benefiting the public again

  The lion's share goes to the copyright holder, which might be a label, or might be an artist.

• On the post: What Did The UK Accomplish In Revoking The Right To Rip CDs After Just One Year… Other Than Greater Disrespect For Copyright?

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2015 @ 07:47am

  Re: How exactly is the benefiting the public again

  This doesn't benefit collection societies either. It doesn't benefit anyone.

• On the post: Open Insulin Project Could Help Save Thousands Of Lives And Billions Of Dollars

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 08:11am

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  He prefers life in Russia? You say that like he had a choice.

• On the post: L.A. Politician Proposes Bold Plan To Wreck Homes, Destroy Lives And Abuse License Plate Reader Technology

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2015 @ 12:02pm

  Re: Re:

  All of those things are illegal, so if anything legalizing prostitution (where the government can actually regulate it rather than prosecute it) might do a lot more to reduce kidnapping, trafficking, blackmail, and illegal immigration.

• On the post: Sixth Circuit Appeals Court Prepares To Consider The Privacy Implications Of Mugshots

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2015 @ 11:09am

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  Another one of those "The law can do no wrong!" kind of people.

• On the post: DOJ Says Body Camera-Wearing Cops Aren't Allowed To Partner Up With Federal Agencies

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2015 @ 09:40am

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  Sure that's a problem, but it doesn't mean law enforcement should become criminals in order to catch criminals. Then we have an even bigger problem.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Let's Bore The Censors

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2015 @ 10:13am

  You have to throw in a few seconds near the beginning of some half dressed person just to keep them on their toes - something that would get missed if you fast forward, which is exactly what they'll do. Audio's a good idea too, since they have to listen for something objectionable.

• On the post: DOJ Says Body Camera-Wearing Cops Aren't Allowed To Partner Up With Federal Agencies

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2015 @ 04:04pm

  We know what you do isn't pretty, but we want to make sure what you do is legal.

• On the post: More Evidence Of How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear In A Giant Black Hole

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2015 @ 08:34am

  Re: Re: Re: Copyright panic attack.

  Almost all modern entertainment media is locked down by copyright, so there's no way to gauge what culture might be like if a significant portion of it were public domain. Books are an exception because there's a significant number of public domain works that are still widely popular - so it makes sense to study copyright's effects on culture through books. I suppose you could also look at the still thriving market for classical music, where the vast majority of work they perform is pre-copyright.
  
  If copyright terms had not been retroactively extended, there would be a significant body of 20th century films and sound recordings in the public domain to make a comparative study. Unfortunately, we may see the 20th century fall into the public domain until the 22nd century.
  
  You praise all the progress of the 20th century but who's to say that progress wouldn't have been improved if things were different? For one thing, maybe a handful of multi-national corporations wouldn't own the vast majority of our culture, and maybe more than just the most economically viable material would still be available to us.
  
  Since the internet became mainstream we've learned that there's a vast amount of culture that was being filtered out of the corporate system that existed before. The 20th century method of big companies controlling popular culture probably wasn't the best system - it was just the most efficient at the time. It hinged on controlling access to mass production and distribution.
  
  The internet gives creators access to these things that before they could only get by giving up their copyright and control to a handful of major players if they wanted to participate in mass culture.

• On the post: TV Industry Starts Running Fewer Ads To Combat Netflix, Cord Cutting

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2015 @ 08:12am

  Re: It's not just the ads, it's the BUGs

  Even before that it was their channel logo overlayed over the whole show. If only people had complained then.

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