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• On the post: Disney Pulls Content From Netflix As Users Face An Annoying, Confusing Rise In Streaming Exclusivity Silos

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2017 @ 06:20pm

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  Don't bother. They're just cashing in on nostalgia and they're pretty unremarkable films.

• On the post: DOJ Boss Promises The Return Of Everything That Didn't Work During The Last 40 Years Of Drug Warring

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2017 @ 07:44am

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  For what it's worth, Hollywood is doing its best to make this happen.

• On the post: AT&T Tricked Its Customers Into Opposing Net Neutrality

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2017 @ 07:31am

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  Yeah, right... the government had nothing at all to do with any of that.

• On the post: AT&T Tricked Its Customers Into Opposing Net Neutrality

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2017 @ 12:56pm

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  That all might work in a utopian world, but internet providers can't operate on their own. They have to coordinate with government to use utility poles to provide the service, so with that comes government regulation. Otherwise in a government-free market they would have to negotiate with every single property owner how to run a wire to their home or business.
  
  The sames goes for wireless, which must use limited spectrum, which must be regulated by the government.
  
  Government serves a useful purpose, and it's not about letting businesses do whatever they want.

• On the post: AT&T Tricked Its Customers Into Opposing Net Neutrality

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2017 @ 08:20am

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  So you don't want government regulations on the internet (that the government created) but you're fine with the government breaking up the ISPs - which is also regulation.
  
  The only way to have a free market is for the government to stand between the corporations and the people and protect them from each other with laws and regulations. A true government-free market just lets one party take advantage of another.
  
  Net neutrality isn't about the government regulating the internet. It's about the government regulating the companies that provide access to the internet. The internet itself is doing fine.

• On the post: Senator Wyden To FCC Chair Pai: Hey, Stop Lying About What I Said To Undermine Net Neutrality

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2017 @ 08:05am

  Re: Wyden goes "over the top"

  If Netflix is paying for the bandwidth, what does it matter how much they use?

• On the post: Senator Wyden To FCC Chair Pai: Hey, Stop Lying About What I Said To Undermine Net Neutrality

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2017 @ 08:03am

  Re: Re: Re: a letter that Wyden sent back in 1998 .....

  I find it hard to believe that citizens were more interested in their government 200 years ago, but I guess if you included only the white landowners who could actually vote you might be right.
  
  I'd argue that citizen today are better informed and more interested in politics than ever.

• On the post: Senator Wyden To FCC Chair Pai: Hey, Stop Lying About What I Said To Undermine Net Neutrality

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2017 @ 07:34am

  Re: Hope that stings like a slap to the face

  Pai hasn't just earned a verbal lashing, he's practically begging for it.

• On the post: Our Net Neutrality Comments To The FCC: We Changed Our Mind, You Can Too

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2017 @ 12:40pm

  Re: what about...

  Since congress created the FCC and requires it to collect opinions, then obviously your congresscritter wants you to talk to the FCC too.

• On the post: Copyright Madness: Blurred Lines Mess Means Artists Now Afraid To Name Their Inspirations

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2017 @ 07:56am

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  You'll just be infringing on someone else who was inspired by Mozart before you were.

• On the post: AMC To Charge Cable Customers $5 More To Avoid Advertisements

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2017 @ 01:50pm

  Re: Re: The only way

  Former TV addict here and no, TV is a waste of life. Just about anything else you do will make you a better, happier person. Even the act of choosing to watch something rather than just turning on the TV and staring at whatever comes up is an improvement. It's one thing to enjoy a show from time to time, but for the most part too many people spend too much time watching TV, esp. the kind with commercials.

• On the post: Germany Officially Gives Up On Free Speech: Will Fine Internet Companies That Don't Delete 'Bad' Speech

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2017 @ 07:17am

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  Please explain how you will organize civil society and not call it government - because that's exactly what government is whether it's democratic republic or socialism or communism; different ways to organize civil society.

• On the post: Germany Officially Gives Up On Free Speech: Will Fine Internet Companies That Don't Delete 'Bad' Speech

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2017 @ 08:52am

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  Organized civil society IS government.

• On the post: ISPs Are No Longer Even Bothering To Provide Bogus Excuses For Their Expanding Use Of Bullshit Usage Caps

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2017 @ 09:25am

  Re: Re: Caps are proof the ISPs have no competition

  Back in the 1990s there was massive competition for dial-up service. If there was competition today, data caps would never happen.

• On the post: DHS To Expand Foreign Laptop Ban If Overseas Airlines Won't Make Their Security More Theatrical

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2017 @ 09:09am

  Just ban baggage altogether, and ban clothes too, and ban passengers. It's the only way to be safe.

• On the post: South Carolina Sheriffs Less Interested In Enforcing Laws Than Taking Stuff

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2017 @ 09:35am

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  Then you more than anyone should be upset when the police does wrong or illegal things and demand change.

• On the post: Wisconsin Senator Johnson Calls Net Neutrality 'A Slogan,' Laments The Lack Of 'Fast Lanes'

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2017 @ 02:28pm

  Re: Re: Everything the government does is evil

  But Mr. Smith loved the government more than anyone.

• On the post: ISP-Loyal Marsha Blackburn Pushing New Broadband Privacy Law, But It's A Hollow PR Show Pony With No Chance Of Passing

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 31 May, 2017 @ 08:02am

  Re: Re: "elected"

  It's not a flaw. It's how it was designed.

• On the post: ISP-Loyal Marsha Blackburn Pushing New Broadband Privacy Law, But It's A Hollow PR Show Pony With No Chance Of Passing

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 31 May, 2017 @ 07:37am

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  The terrifying thing is it may not just be the money talking. She might actually believe all that stuff.

• On the post: Conan O'Brien Joke-Stealing Case Gets Green-Lit For Jury Trial

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 20 May, 2017 @ 08:45pm

  Re: Re: Topical jokes shouldn't be eligible for copyright

  Unless they were talking to someone named Jim. Then it was fitting.

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