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• On the post: Copyright Office To Aereo: Quack All You Want, We Don't Think You're A Cable Service

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 01:38pm

  Re: Re:

  The goal of the government now is to keep money flowing around until it ends up in the pockets of the wealthiest people. It's trickle up economics.

• On the post: Manuel Noriega Sues Activision From Jail Over Call Of Duty Depiction

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 08:47am

  Re: Re:

  It's possibly because video games have a history of licensing the likeness of famous people to be used in video games, leading others to think that all likenesses must be licensed and paid for.

• On the post: FBI Thinks Driverless Cars Could Be Criminals' New Best Friends

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 08:42am

  Re: But that is a future problem

  It's coming much faster than that.

• On the post: FBI Thinks Driverless Cars Could Be Criminals' New Best Friends

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 08:36am

  Re:

  Seems like people are doing some of that stuff already in regular cars.

• On the post: Why Does Rep. Marsha Blackburn Want To Block You From Having Competitive Broadband?

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 01:14pm

  Re: probably has something to do with this

  Yep, legislation comes pretty cheap.

• On the post: RIAA Uses Copyright Claim To Disappear Historical Archive Of Radio Airchecks

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 12:51pm

  Re: RIAA

  That was my thought. Store the content in another country and just link to it.

• On the post: RIAA Uses Copyright Claim To Disappear Historical Archive Of Radio Airchecks

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 12:49pm

  Re: Re: Burns my ass

  The RIAA doesn't get money when you go to the concert.

• On the post: RIAA Uses Copyright Claim To Disappear Historical Archive Of Radio Airchecks

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 12:49pm

  Re: Reform suggestion

  Then the RIAA would just contract with "buyers" who make sure that works stay in circulation.

• On the post: RIAA Uses Copyright Claim To Disappear Historical Archive Of Radio Airchecks

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 12:47pm

  Re:

  But only after their opponent had spent a considerable amount of time and money preparing for a defense.

• On the post: DOJ Claims Judge Who Trashed 'Made Up Plot' Should Be Removed For Being 'Hostile' To The Gov't

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 08:55am

  Re: Hitler is smiling

  I don't think turning the U.S. into a police state was his goal.

• On the post: DOJ Claims Judge Who Trashed 'Made Up Plot' Should Be Removed For Being 'Hostile' To The Gov't

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 08:53am

  Re:

  Something's wrong with your caps lock.

• On the post: France Passes Anti-Amazon Law Eliminating Free Shipping; Amazon Responds With 0.01 Euro Shipping Fees

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2014 @ 12:48pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Efficiency isn't always the most valuable thing in the world

  "Someone still needs to grab the appropriate box(es) and deliver it up to the house/office."
  
  That process can be automated too, but it will probably take longer to happen. Possibly beyond our lifetimes. Then again, it only took 66 years to go from Kitty Hawk to the Moon.

• On the post: MPAA Stretches DMCA To Breaking Point With Questionable Take Down Request For Popcorn Time Repositories

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2014 @ 10:48am

  Re: Re:

  They have Hulu.

• On the post: France Passes Anti-Amazon Law Eliminating Free Shipping; Amazon Responds With 0.01 Euro Shipping Fees

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2014 @ 09:33am

  Re: Re: Re: Efficiency isn't always the most valuable thing in the world

  Self driving vehicles will eliminate those jobs before drones do.

• On the post: France Passes Anti-Amazon Law Eliminating Free Shipping; Amazon Responds With 0.01 Euro Shipping Fees

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2014 @ 09:31am

  Re: Efficiency isn't always the most valuable thing in the world

  The whole technology destroys jobs argument has been made for over 150 years since the industrial revolution, and there are more different kinds of jobs available today despite an explosion in population.
  
  While technology does lead to job loss in the short term, and it can be very hard on people in that short term, in the long term society has benefited it has enabled whole new fields of work and better working conditions.
  
  Not to mention that a lot of the jobs people complain about losing were created by technology in the first place. This includes books!

• On the post: FBI Directly Spying On Prominent Muslim-American Politicians, Lawyers And Civil Rights Activists

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2014 @ 12:19pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  I don't think you become a witless moron. We're all kind of born that way.

• On the post: DC Comics Refuses To Let Superman Logo Adorn The Headstone Of A Young Child Who Was Starved To Death [Updated]

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2014 @ 12:16pm

  Re: Re:

  If they simply just say say yes, then how will copyright lawyers justify their existence?

• On the post: ACLU Digs Deep Into The Law Enforcement War Machine

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2014 @ 08:25am

  Re: Re: The citizen have caused their own problems

  Which only prompts criminals to further arm themselves and assume the cops will come in with guns blazing in the middle of the night. It's a vicious cycle.

• On the post: FBI Directly Spying On Prominent Muslim-American Politicians, Lawyers And Civil Rights Activists

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2014 @ 08:17am

  Re:

  Power makes people do stupid things too.

• On the post: DC Comics Refuses To Let Superman Logo Adorn The Headstone Of A Young Child Who Was Starved To Death [Updated]

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2014 @ 08:40am

  The problem is that giving permission involves tons of paperwork: running everything through the legal department, possible royalty payments, ensuring the logo was properly designed and displayed, etc. - basically a big headache for DC.
  
  Saying no requires no effort.

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