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• On the post: Twitter Sues Homeland Security Over Attempt To Unmask 'Alt' Immigration Twitter Account

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2017 @ 07:41am

  Re: Power corrupts

  Except these aren't leaks of classified info - which might be illegal. This is simply free speech being attacked.

• On the post: Deep Dive Into Why The Copyright Office Belongs In The Library Of Congress

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2017 @ 10:05am

  Re:

  If you don't like what Mike writes, disagree with everything he says, and think he's a petulant child, why do you waste your time reading it?

• On the post: FCC Kills Charter Merger Condition That Would Have Forced ISPs To Compete

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2017 @ 08:40am

  Re: Re: Re:

  "You do, you just need to get enough of your fellow citizens to exercise it."
  
  That's not a choice.

• On the post: FCC Kills Charter Merger Condition That Would Have Forced ISPs To Compete

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2017 @ 07:21am

  Re:

  You talk like we have a choice.

• On the post: Trump's Internet Brigades Shocked To Realize The Government Just Sold Them Out On Privacy

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2017 @ 12:47pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: you still have the right to

  Naturally I meant access to the internet should be a utility, not the internet itself.

• On the post: Trump's Internet Brigades Shocked To Realize The Government Just Sold Them Out On Privacy

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2017 @ 08:23am

  Re: Re: Re: you still have the right to

  Boycotts only work if you can convince a reasonable number of people to join in and make it effective. That simply won't happen with internet access. People might boycott one company but they won't give up the internet all together, nor should they.
  
  What needs to happen is for internet to be turned into a utility and regulated like one. It's not an optional thing anymore like cable TV. It's an essential service like water, gas, electricity, and roads.

• On the post: Trump's Internet Brigades Shocked To Realize The Government Just Sold Them Out On Privacy

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2017 @ 12:55pm

  Re: you still have the right to

  Boycotting isn't an option. That's the problem.

• On the post: FCC Boss Takes Aim At Efforts To Bring Broadband To The Poor

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2017 @ 08:42am

  Re: Why is the Federal government more responsive

  That's fine until you pit a state against a multi-national corporation that commands more money than the entire state. The big telecoms have shown they can easily bend states to their will, which is why you need a greater power like the federal government watching over them.

• On the post: Trump's Internet Brigades Shocked To Realize The Government Just Sold Them Out On Privacy

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2017 @ 12:57pm

  Privacy isn't partisan.

• On the post: Supreme Court Won't Hear Case About Copyright Protection Of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2017 @ 11:07pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: iTS INTERESTING

  There is no rule in any English language (or any language that I know of for that matter) where you randomly capitalize words at your whim. Why? Because it makes your sentences hard to read - which is the opposite of communicating.

• On the post: Supreme Court Won't Hear Case About Copyright Protection Of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2017 @ 04:37pm

  Re: Re: Re: iTS INTERESTING

  So you just make up all your own rules? It doesn't work that way. It's just a great way to get people to ignore whatever you might have to say.

• On the post: Supreme Court Won't Hear Case About Copyright Protection Of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2017 @ 04:36pm

  Re: Re: Re: iTS INTERESTING

  No, it just make it harder to read and I ignore whatever is being said because they don't even have the intelligence to follow basic rules of grammar.

• On the post: Supreme Court Won't Hear Case About Copyright Protection Of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2017 @ 01:26pm

  Re: iTS INTERESTING

  You keep Capping words that Don't need capping.

• On the post: Movie Studios Considering Tightening Release Windows When They Should Be Eliminating Them

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2017 @ 09:02am

  I long ago stopped paying attention to when movies get released in theatres. I only pay attention to what gets released on disc or on Netflix.

• On the post: eBook Pirates Tend To Be Older And Well Off, Which Means They Pirate Because Of Human Intuition On Economics

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2017 @ 07:32am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: heheheh

  This is basically what a magazine subscription is.

• On the post: Congress Leaks Draft Bill To Move Copyright Office Out Of The Library Of Congress

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2017 @ 08:22am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I'm one of those creators and I'm just as American as you, and I say that copyright law is jacked up and needs some serious reform - nothing socialist or un-American about it.

• On the post: eBook Pirates Tend To Be Older And Well Off, Which Means They Pirate Because Of Human Intuition On Economics

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2017 @ 01:02pm

  Re: No, you're looking at it wrong, still: this says people who can pay simply won't.

  It easier to watch a movie on Netflix than it is to pirate it.
  
  If Netflix can figure it out, other businesses can too.

• On the post: eBook Pirates Tend To Be Older And Well Off, Which Means They Pirate Because Of Human Intuition On Economics

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2017 @ 07:51am

  Re: Re: Re: heheheh

  The primary cost of a book is writing it - not printing it.
  
  But there are lots of reasons to pirate besides cost. Avoiding DRM would be a big one for me. If I'm paying for it, I want to be able to read it on any device using any software I choose.

• On the post: Should You Have Any 4th Amendment Rights In An Airport?

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2017 @ 12:37pm

  Re: Re:

  American's don't need immigrants to cause crime. Plenty of criminals (and terrorist) are good ole born and bred citizens.

• On the post: The Ad Industry Is Really Excited About Plans To Gut Broadband Privacy Protections

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2017 @ 07:17am

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  Unforutnately you're one of the few that has the tech knowledge to thwart advertisers. The vast majority of the public will just suffer.

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