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• On the post: Universal Music Keeps Trying To Claim Zoe Keating's Royalty Checks, Despite Having Nothing To Do With Her

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2011 @ 01:25pm

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  Seems to be self-published. Unable to find a 'publishing company' related to these albums.

• On the post: Bill Gates Called To Testify In Antitrust Trial Over Windows 95; No This Isn't An Old Post

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2011 @ 08:34am

  Re: Re: Re: "building products people want"

  It's a discussion blog. Calling someone ignorant when they are asking for the material you just posted makes you the ass. It's like all the people who mock other posters for asking for citations. Please attempt a civil tone towards these things, or you won't be taken very seriously at all.

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

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2011 @ 10:54pm

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  Sorry, I couldn't resist. 'Dissent' not 'descent.' Not often I point those out.

• On the post: Can We Just Admit That It's Insane When Microsoft Has A 'Licensing Program' For Someone Else's Products?

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2011 @ 10:26pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Why Care?

  Without evidence, the statement 'there is no evidence' is the fact. That the execution of licenses suggest otherwise is the opinion.

• On the post: Woman Sues Airline Over Flight Turbulence

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2011 @ 11:33am

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  Yeah... I don't drive at all, but I could fork over gas money for a friend to take me or, hey! $69 to take a frickin' Greyhound! 20 minute 'commuter' flights are an expensive convenience.

• On the post: Why Can't PROTECT IP Supporters Just Admit That It's About Censorship?

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2011 @ 07:28am

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  Yeah, never been to an American club on Goth Night, have you?

• On the post: Why Can't PROTECT IP Supporters Just Admit That It's About Censorship?

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2011 @ 07:14am

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  Wooosh. Missing the point, again. It's still censorship. You are blocking the communication of information. That is censorship.

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

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2011 @ 07:01am

  Re: Re: Re: Vulnerable Workers Are Still Vulnerable

  Don't forget to compare it with how bad it was for those who didn't have any work, which is why the project was initiated in the first place. It's all well and good to revile the conditions, but the Great Depression needed the uplift.

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

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2011 @ 06:59am

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  Now we have the worlds best education system!
  
  Sweet spirits, I hope that was sarcasm.

• On the post: BMI Hurting Artists, Yet Again

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2011 @ 06:25am

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  And use Bittorrent there!

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

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 07:15pm

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  'Welcome to the United Kingdom. Please be prepared to be searched. We will provide a report for your next doctor's visit as a courtesy.'
  
  FTFY. This was in Scotland.

• On the post: Why Can't PROTECT IP Supporters Just Admit That It's About Censorship?

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 02:09pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Because it's not-- it's about stopping piracy

  Copyright is in the constitution and it was put there long before the First Amendment.
  
  People keep repeating this. It's a half-truth. The ability to enact copyright was granted to Congress in the Constitution, but Copyright itself is NOT granted in the Constitution. It's a fine distinction, but an important one. It means that copyright is not a Constitutional right.

• On the post: Why Can't PROTECT IP Supporters Just Admit That It's About Censorship?

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 02:04pm

  Re: Re: Re: Because it's not-- it's about stopping piracy

  But it is still censorship. That's the point you keep missing. Not all censorship is necessarily bad, but you cannot ignore that it is properly censorship.

• On the post: Why Can't PROTECT IP Supporters Just Admit That It's About Censorship?

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 02:03pm

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  I'd bet we could come up with MANY scenarios where censorship is a great idea. Want to give it a try?
  
  Hiding the names of covert agents in the field.
  Hiding the locations of sensitive military installations.
  Hiding the names and locations of eye witnesses to violent crimes.
  
  Shall we go on?

• On the post: Why Can't PROTECT IP Supporters Just Admit That It's About Censorship?

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 01:53pm

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  Those dirty Reds, messin' up our interwebs!

• On the post: US Postal Service Sends Postage Due Bill To Guy Who Put Block Party Invites Into Neighbors' Mailboxes

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 07:53am

  Re: Federal law

  Yes, and at the same time you have people who wind up with this crap all over the place because people can't put it in the box. People who are physically disabled and unable to chase the trash all over the yard because some snooty asshat had to complain about a damn flyer they'd throw away even if it had postage on it.
  
  (No, I don't support this law.)

• On the post: US Postal Service Sends Postage Due Bill To Guy Who Put Block Party Invites Into Neighbors' Mailboxes

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2011 @ 07:26am

  Re: Re: Who owns mailboxes?

  I'll quote from a comment from the original article:
  
  An interesting document from the Government Accountability Office:
  http://www.gao.gov/archive/1997/gg97085.pdf states "The Postal Service believes that this law, generally called the ?mailbox restriction,? is needed to protect postal revenue, facilitate efficient and secure delivery of mail, and promote the privacy of postal customers." (primarially aimed at UPS & FedEx)
  
  They also quoted the law in question:
  
  18 USC ? 1725. Postage unpaid on deposited mail matter
  Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title.
  
  Thanks, Rachacha.

• On the post: Universal Backs Away From Planned $60 VOD Release Of Tower Heist

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2011 @ 10:43pm

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  Unprovable supposition. The stuff on Youtube is already free, so it cannot be 'pirated.'

• On the post: Senator Wyden Asks President Obama: Isn't Congress Required To Approve ACTA?

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 03:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Read the foreign affairs manual

  Oh goodness!!!! Why this would mean that Mike's suggestion that there is a Constitutional issue is, is, ....... FUD??? Oh that couldn't be..... could it?
  
  You do mean Senator Wyden, of course. You still fail at trolling.

• On the post: Insanity: Judge Rules That Copyright Holder Of 10-Second Sample Deserves 84% Of The Royalties

  

  Any Mouse ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 11:20am

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  Since when are musicians not a part of the music industry? I think you posted to the wrong article.

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