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• On the post: Photographer Still Insisting He Holds Copyright On Photo By A Monkey, Hints At Possibly Suing Wikimedia

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2014 @ 01:41pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Still nope, copyright applies to any form of fixed expression. Nothing about the creativity there.

• On the post: Photographer Still Insisting He Holds Copyright On Photo By A Monkey, Hints At Possibly Suing Wikimedia

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2014 @ 01:22pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  That wasn't your argument. I quote.

  ...setting up the environment that resulted in the creation of the image...

  Nothing about creativity there.

• On the post: Photographer Still Insisting He Holds Copyright On Photo By A Monkey, Hints At Possibly Suing Wikimedia

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2014 @ 01:10pm

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  Nope, with photos the copyright goes to the person who pressed the shutter button. The amount of creativity used to take the photo is irrelevant--whoever pressed the shutter button owns the copyright. Of course, this case is in a grey area because the monkey who pressed the button is not a person who can own a copyright.

• On the post: Photographer Still Insisting He Holds Copyright On Photo By A Monkey, Hints At Possibly Suing Wikimedia

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2014 @ 12:51pm

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  There's a big problem with that whole "setting up the environment" argument--too many entities can make that claim on any specific work. I wouldn't want Canon claiming copyright on photos taken with their cameras, or Adobe because their software was used to edit the final image.

• On the post: President Obama Claims CIA Torture Was Okay Because People Were Scared And The CIA Is A 'Tough Job'

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2014 @ 10:42am

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  I'd like to see them try that defense at a UN war crimes tribunal--I somehow don't think they'd buy it.

• On the post: President Obama Claims CIA Torture Was Okay Because People Were Scared And The CIA Is A 'Tough Job'

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2014 @ 08:55am

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  Nope, the President is just the corporate mascot we get to vote on every four years to maintain the illusion that we make a difference.

• On the post: ISP Sues Former Customer Over Reviews Claiming His Internet Speed Was Less Than A Third Of What Was Advertised

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2014 @ 02:49pm

  Re: Re: Maybe I should start complaining about CenturyLink

  Ah...but you answered. So you clearly are, and then lying about it.

• On the post: Internet Industry Hate Taken To Insane Levels: Ridiculous Proposals To 'Nationalize' Successful Internet Companies

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2014 @ 02:12pm

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  It would make too much sense.

  That, and the U.S. Tax code has been specifically designed to be exploited in this manner.

• On the post: Amazon Offers Authors 100% Of Ebook Sales To Get Them To Recognize Its Fight With Hachette Isn't About Screwing Authors

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2014 @ 04:59pm

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  Uh...I'm not sure why you're arguing about the cost of printing on Xerox printers. I highly doubt that Hachette is printing James Patterson's latest bestseller on a sheet-fed laser printer. I'm pretty sure they're still using the same roll-fed offset lithographic printers they've been using for decades--you know the ones that fill a building. And, yes 2 dollars a book sounds about right for a large publisher--Mill City Press will print a paperback for you for about $3.90 a book plus somewhere between $1700 and $10,000 one time fee for editing and proofreading.

• On the post: Fans Mad At Ubisoft For Nixing Female Characters In 2 Games; Ubisoft Mumbles Something About Cost

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2014 @ 02:33pm

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  Since Assassin's Creed: Unity is using the same engine as the previous game in the series (and I'm certain that Far Cry 4 is the same), the great majority of the assets probably already exist, or can be easily converted.

• On the post: No, A 'Supercomputer' Did NOT Pass The Turing Test For The First Time And Everyone Should Know Better

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 08:57am

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  Nah, the level of apparent intelligence would have been higher.

• On the post: High School Principal Cancels Entire Reading Program To Stop Students From Reading Cory Doctorow's 'Little Brother'

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 01:35pm

  there's no profanity in the book,

  Depends on how you look at it. To those who love being in authority over others--questioning that authority is the most profane thing that one could do.

• On the post: Harmless High School Prank That Occurred Completely Off Campus Turned Over To School Police Officer

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2014 @ 05:52am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Um...the multiple references to vaginas, the inspection of vaginas, the removing of vaginal piercings, and the shaving of said vaginas.

• On the post: Harmless High School Prank That Occurred Completely Off Campus Turned Over To School Police Officer

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2014 @ 04:45am

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  Since this would be harassment of the sexual variety--not just someone being offended, which is against school policy even if it occurs off campus.

• On the post: Comcast Commercial Promotes Fast WiFi To Gamers… To Play Game With No Online Connection

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2014 @ 02:50pm

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  That sounds like a latency issue (ping time), not a bandwidth one.

• On the post: 'Journalist' Argues In NY Times That Publishing Decisions Should Ultimately Be Made By Government

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 23 May, 2014 @ 06:11am

  The Ultimate Head in the Sand Approach

  If our Government commits offenses in a forest, and no one hears about it--did it really happen?

• On the post: Another Improvement To The Star Wars 'New' Trilogy Torpedoed By Copyright

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 14 May, 2014 @ 11:03am

  Re: unspeakable numbers

  But they're not just giving the start/stop times--they're releasing the actual video--which is infringement.
  
  A more interesting question would be--could you consider this fair use? They are not releasing the entirety of the three movies--just the parts used in the edit, it was not done for commercial purposes, it's a commentary on how bad the originals were--and the only way to demonstrate that is to release this edit, and it has only limited effect on the value of the originals--the great majority of those interested in viewing this version already have or have seen the originals.

• On the post: Another Improvement To The Star Wars 'New' Trilogy Torpedoed By Copyright

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 14 May, 2014 @ 10:38am

  Re: Torrent

  Yup, that's the one.

• On the post: Sheriff's Deputy With History Of Misconduct Attempts To Extort $50,000 From Pulled Over Motorist

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 08 May, 2014 @ 05:21am

  Re:

  Once again...Dash Cam.

• On the post: Jeffrey Katzenberg: The New Pricing Model For Movies Will Be Based On The Viewer's Screen Size

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2014 @ 05:31pm

  Re: Re:

  Sure all modern digital panels do this, of course it has to be implemented properly (it's not in all cases). Do portable device screens do this? Maybe, who knows. How about analog HDTVs and SDTVs? Not a chance.

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