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• On the post: Amazon Bows To US Censorship Pressure: Refuses To Host Wikileaks

  

  letherial ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2010 @ 04:30pm

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  This is how the government is getting around free speech, instead of saying its a crime, they claim that all these people will die and the country is at stake now. While no censorship realy happens from the goverment companys like amazon panic and dont look at the facts.
  
  Doesn't really matter, wikileaks could put it on a P2P site and it will get around as long as the media is making a big deal about it, good or bad. all that is lost is business for amazon.

• On the post: Amazon Bows To US Censorship Pressure: Refuses To Host Wikileaks

  

  letherial ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2010 @ 04:26pm

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  Free speech also includes the ability to read things; true the government wanted to hide it, and they did...for awhile, but once it out, they cannot make it a crime to be read....that being said, its amazons stupidity for falling for this, the blame is on them, the government did not order them to shut it down, therefore, there was no censorship.

• On the post: 30 Months In Prison For Denial Of Service Hit On Politicians' Websites

  

  letherial ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2010 @ 09:07am

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  DDOS attacks come in a form more then just "opening browsers" these kind of attacks dont happen on accident or because your trying to log in but cant, they abuse the TCP/IP system to bring down servers and there is no other way to do it.
  
  while i do think 30 months is a bit harsh, taking down a politicians website is trying to stop a fair election and thats nerve racking on any side; nobody should do that, despite how much they may disagree with the other side, let voters decide....this is how our country works.

• On the post: Police End Up Paying $4k To Guy They Gave Bogus Traffic Tickets To After He Flipped Them Off

  

  letherial ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2010 @ 09:03am

  sorry, i got turrets in the hand.

• On the post: Justice Department Decides To Break Up E-Voting Company

  

  letherial ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2010 @ 01:26am

  why is it that we are so willing to give up our freedoms for capitalism?
  
  the constitution does not mention capitalism.

• On the post: RIAA Claims File Sharers Are 'Undermining Humanitarian Efforts In Haiti', But Leaves Out The Facts

  

  letherial ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2010 @ 12:48pm

  RIAA is undermining relief efforts by taking so much money from the musicians that are providing help.
  
  Is this reaching, sure, is it as reaching as the RIAA is in there ignorance, nope, not even close.

• On the post: BioShock 2, Loaded Up With Annoying DRM That Pisses Off Fans, Cracked Immediately Anyway

  

  letherial ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2010 @ 06:49pm

  What pisses me off is logging into MS live to save the game, that is fucking stupid. I should not have to be on the internet to play a game i just spent $50.00 for. Every time i pay for a game i regret it. I would love to buy a game that i am happy to support, bioshock, civ among many others, but no, i get punished with stupid ideas...no i dont just get punished, i get fucking tricked. Maybe its written somewhere in some small print, i dont know, i dont care, i dont buy a game to read fine print.
  
  I am giving my ultimate oath to not buy any game that supports any DRM from now on, i am not going to get tricked, screwed, manipulated and disrespected all in one blow. Any game that is created can be cracked, and i will from now on go that route. I hope many many many others join me.

• On the post: Wal-Mart, Target Trying To Block Redbox From Purchasing DVDs?

  

  letherial ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2010 @ 07:31pm

  give me any movie i want streamed to my computer for 1.00, until then well...you know.

• On the post: Will The Recording Industry Pay For ISP Monitoring In The UK?

  

  letherial ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2010 @ 05:21pm

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  lets just put it this way, if it does work, ISP are not going to be happy about the amount of customers they will need to lose.

• On the post: News.com Prevents Falsely Accused Grandmother Of Getting Kicked Off The Internet By The MPAA

  

  letherial ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2010 @ 04:46pm

  wow all i got to do to get someone kicked off the internet is accuse them of file sharing, that's fucking awesome, any quest users out there? don't piss me off. :)

• On the post: ACTA One Step Closer To Being Done; Concerns About Transparency Ignored

  

  letherial ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2010 @ 06:29pm

  I believe that it takes any treaty to go through house, senate and such for a vote, it will hopefully become more transparent at that point. I get this info from here
  http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Treaties.htm
  Everyone responsibility now is to demand that the treaty become transparent and look to see who votes and who doesn't.
  
  Most in America have forgotten how much power we have, the fact is the politicians and government take as much power as they can, and through ignorance Americans give them that power. with the internet i don't believe lack of information can no longer fall as a excuse, I also don't believe that we can blame the people we put there. You need a movement, you need people getting off there asses and start throwing this at the people we vote in there, They are the employees.
  
  I like tech dirt, it talks about a lot of things i care about, its unfortunate that i rarely see answers and only see gripes.