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• On the post: Silicon Valley Patent Lawyers Set Up A Dog Park In Eastern Texas To Keep Cases There

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2011 @ 11:32am

  Re: Re: Re: Texas

  With all due respect to el_segfaulto and Some Other AC, the fact is that when the Texas people as a whole allow stupid shit like this?
  
  They are going to get bashed upon for allowing it. Simply put, when they see something like this happening, the PEOPLE should step in and put an end to it.

• On the post: Spanish Court Reverses Course: Says Linking To Infringing Material Is A Crime

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2011 @ 01:29pm

  Re: Crucial element: "intended to profit via advertising".

  Profit via advertising? Or just cover their server bills with the money that they earn?

• On the post: London 2012 Olympics Go For Gold in the Extreme 'Ambush Marketing' Law Event: 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent' ? And No Streaking Allowed

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2011 @ 01:21pm

  Re: Olympics or Global Marketing

  No, it isn't that hard to do that. However, companies say (and they have a point here) that it can cost a lot to do that.
  
  In that case, I am MORE than willing to pay a 5 dollar a month charge for a network online.... but no more than that.

• On the post: London 2012 Olympics Go For Gold in the Extreme 'Ambush Marketing' Law Event: 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent' ? And No Streaking Allowed

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2011 @ 01:19pm

  The U.K. is becoming more and more dystopian as time goes on.
  
  Harassment against people solely for looking at pictures of IMAGINARY children in sexual situations, WHO HAVE NOT TRIED TO TOUCH ANY REAL CHILD.
  Harassment against people for this.
  Harassment against various other people.
  
  This scapegoating and ignoring settled principles of justice is getting old.

• On the post: Email Is 40 Years Old

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2011 @ 05:21pm

  E-mail is slow compared to IRC, instant messaging, etc. That is why most people won't bother with it, they want instant gratification.
  
  Add into this that regular e-mail without encryption is unsafe, and you have another reason why it is unpopular.

• On the post: What If A Court Gave An Important Ruling, But We Were Not Allowed To Know What It Was?

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2011 @ 01:52pm

  Re:

  Actually, I have to say that it DOES represent the will of a good 50% of the people today.

• On the post: College Student/Developer Gives Up, Pays Lodsys

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2011 @ 01:24pm

  Re: Loser Pays

  The problem with that system is that it keeps people with very good cases who are terrified by someone else's lawyers into filing. A better system is the 'both have their own legal bills' system that America has today.

• On the post: Take Picture Of Your 4-Year-Old Daughter Eating Ice Cream… Get Investigated Under Terrorism Act [Updated]

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2011 @ 12:50pm

  Re: Re: creepy

  I'm more interested in "What does it matter that his trouser zip was open?"
  
  Personally, I have had the zipper to my shorts (don't wear trousers) come down and open all the time when I am walking around from the natural movement of my body, unless they are those 'locking' zippers.

• On the post: Take Picture Of Your 4-Year-Old Daughter Eating Ice Cream… Get Investigated Under Terrorism Act [Updated]

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2011 @ 12:43pm

  Re: Re: nobody should be kicked out of anywhere because of a photograph

  Personally, I disagree with that point of view. It may be private property, but they should STILL have to adhere to human rights, of which one of your rights is to?
  
  Photographically document your life and the places you go should you wish to.
  
  Now, if they find someone taking pictures up women's skirts or something like that? That is punishable by OTHER laws and they should only intervene when something like that is happening.

• On the post: Teachers Union Thinks It Blocked Online Classes…But It Didn't

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2011 @ 12:29pm

  Online classes should not be limited in any way, shape or form. Many people like myself are better able to perform when they don't have to worry about giving a 'good impression' to classmates in person because of various psychological disorders ranging from social anxiety disorder to out and out paranoia.

• On the post: Take Picture Of Your 4-Year-Old Daughter Eating Ice Cream… Get Investigated Under Terrorism Act [Updated]

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 01:36pm

  This is absolutely outrageous. Some of these laws are being taken way too damned far, one of the reasons why I say that these laws are extremely bad ideas and need repealed.
  
  The Patriot Act in America, this law in the U.K.... ALL of them need repealed or rewritten and their scopes severely limited.

• On the post: Apple Sues Teen Who Sold Repair Parts To Make Your iPhone Into A Mythical White iPhone

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 06:20pm

  Re: Re: Re: Why are people standing up for the kid?

  The argument "I bought this straight from FoxConn and it was their bad for selling it to me!" would however.

• On the post: With A Choice Between $100 Million In Cash & Fantasyland, The Labels Choose Fantasyland

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 03:36pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Anonymous, IT'S NOT A FUCKING LIE! There have been NUMEROUS artists coming out and saying that is about how their contracts work.
  
  The recording companies keep 90%, they get 10%.

• On the post: The Maximalist Future: Be Sure To Pay Off Your Lawsuits Before Heading For The School Bus

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 02:58pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You have GOT to be kidding me here? Suing a 4 year old for negligence? This judge needs to have a foot put up his butt.
  
  The fact is that the ONLY thing that should have been done is that the woman should have been compensated by the family for her medical co-pays and that is it.

• On the post: The Maximalist Future: Be Sure To Pay Off Your Lawsuits Before Heading For The School Bus

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 02:55pm

  Re: Re: Really?

  I have to say that you apparently are living in a dream world where the IP maximalists don't have this as their wet dream and the road that they want to take us down in reality.
  
  As much as I would love to call this hyperbole? It really isn't.

• On the post: Austrian Police Seize Computers From Tor Exit Node

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 01:08pm

  Re: Tor is the future of piracy!

  TOR is going to last forever, thank you very much, and TOR cannot be regulated by law.
  
  They can try to say that encrypted/anonymous web surfing is now made illegal by law, but everyone who hasn't been gulled with the "LAW AND ORDAH" bullcrap will just ignore it, as I personally will.

• On the post: Austrian Police Seize Computers From Tor Exit Node

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 01:06pm

  Re: Answer:

  Persecution is the word for this. I know that some people dislike pedosexuality, but the fact is that it is a normal sexuality like any other (that doesn't involve drugging or physically forcing someone into sex) and it's simply time to legalize it and bring it out into the open.
  
  I saw this SAME EXACT BULLCRAP, as did my uncle who is 40 years older than me, with blacks having sex with whites, homosexuality and heterosexuality outside of marriage at one time.
  
  It's just an attempt to create a boogie man to gull the masses into supporting politicians and others who are 'hard on deviants' (of which there is really no such thing).

• On the post: Austrian Police Seize Computers From Tor Exit Node

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 01:04pm

  The fact is that the police need to realize that exit node /= to a specific person, and the exit node isn't going to help much if they are trying to get someone for trading 'child pornography' (which honestly I have no problem with and think it should be legal, same with pedosexuality in general).

• On the post: Ima Fish's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 30 May, 2011 @ 10:35am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Not when Sony makes them jump through a bunch of hoops like putting in a password, that is authorized over the internet EACH AND EVERY TIME, which relies on the easily crashable and crashprone servers to be up 24/7/365.

• On the post: Ima Fish's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 30 May, 2011 @ 10:30am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Personally, I don't understand why they don't contact Sony and insist "Hey, rewrite the software so that we do not need any freaking password to change the lenses on this thing!"

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