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• On the post: Argentinian Politician's Proposal For New Anti-Plagiarism Law Plagiarizes Wikipedia

  

  Michael Price ( profile ), 16 May, 2010 @ 08:58pm

  Re: Ha

  But his bill was written before it was passed so he can't be prosecuted for violating a law that before it existed.

• On the post: How Automakers Abuse Intellectual Property Laws To Force You To Pay More For Repairs

  

  Michael Price ( profile ), 01 Jan, 2010 @ 12:39am

  Is this irrational?

  Is it just me or could a car company make more money in the long run by making repairs cheaper? Think about it, the cheaper it is to repair a car the more it's worth to buy the car in the first place. If we assume that the cost to repair a car becomes well known fairly quickly then the increase in sales price should more than compensate for loses on selling overpriced repairs.

• On the post: The Telegraph And Natural Monopolies In Communications

  

  Michael Price ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2009 @ 05:11pm

  Aint no natural monopoly.

  If Western Union managed to get a monopoly with government help it's a breakthrough in economic theory since no other natural monopoly appears to have existed. All monopolies were the result of government interference and the claim that e.g. electricity is a "natural monopoly" contrasts sharply with the facts. Thomas DiLorenzo's "The myth of natural monopoly" sets out those facts including "natural monopoly" business that competed for 80 years.

• On the post: Newspaper Industry Lawyers Attack Fair Use, Claim Google Is Illegal

  

  Michael Price ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2009 @ 02:46am

  Corporate lawyers against competition, what a shocker!

  "That's called competition, and I'm surprised these lawyers would be against that. "
  
  A lawyer for a big corporation against competition is about as surprising as a bank robber against guards carrying shotguns.

• On the post: Unintended Consequences: P2P 'Warning' Law Could Impact Browsers, FTP

  

  Michael Price ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2009 @ 01:28am

  Re: so

  The practical implimentation is easy, about several hours to write the software that makes you "consent" every time, 5 minutes to write the software that bypasses it. Total time less than one work day.

• On the post: Obama Administration: Shield Law Should Only Protect Journalists If We Don't Care About The Story

  

  Michael Price ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2009 @ 11:43pm

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  Actually the NYTimes has an interest in a bill that protects "mainstream" journalists but nobody else. Remember the biggest enemies of capitalism are capitalists, and kneecapping the competition has a long and undistinguished history in the US.

• On the post: Journalist: Oh No! Student Journalists Will Destroy Journalism!

  

  Michael Price ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2009 @ 09:38am

  Re:

  So in other words it is entirely believable that the students would win and win easily. I've just read the sunday Sydney Morning Herald and it contained articles on how the poor cops were being maligned about the Haneef case (so they jailed an innocent man on no genuine evidence, it's hard to get it right), Iran's "secret" nuclear facility (the one they openly announced) and how video games rot your brain (studies say the opposite). This from a "quality" newspaper.