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• On the post: Former Refrigerator Manufacturer Says Companies Using Open Source, Royalty-Free Video Technology Must Pay To License 2,000 Patents

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2020 @ 05:02pm

  Re: Patent List

  Except Microsoft has done the same thing and gotten away with it. I'm sure other companies have as well.

• On the post: State Court Says It Isn't Theft To Remove An Unmarked Law Enforcement Tracking Device From Your Car

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2020 @ 04:21am

  Re: Re: NEVER return it!

  If you stick it to the bottom of a police cruiser, does that count as returning it? That would have been hilarious. "That drug dealer guy we're monitoring sure spends a lot of time at Dunkin Donuts."

• On the post: Hey Tom Wheeler: Stick To Net Neutrality, Because Your Understanding Of Section 230 Is… Not Right

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2020 @ 03:26pm

  I just figured out who AG William Barr reminds me of...

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droopy

• On the post: YouTube Streamer Hit With Demonetization Over Copyright Claims To Numbers '36' And '50'

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2020 @ 02:50pm

  Re: Scamming YouTube creators in this way is more common

  This. Youtube should demonetize the video and NO ONE gets any money until it's resolved. Between this and the other crap they pull, Youtube is becoming a joke.

• On the post: Law Enforcement's New Facial Recognition Toy Scrapes Photos From Websites, Serves Up 'Matches' In Seconds

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2020 @ 09:01am

  Hoan Ton-That sounds like quite the upstanding citizen.

  "He previously created HappyAppy and ViddyHo, a phishing application or computer worm that spammed a users' contacts. Ton-That was sought by the police when this worm spread in 2009. He then created fastforwarded.com, a similar phishing site."

• On the post: Devin Nunes Libel Tourism Continues To Highlight The Problems Of Virginia's Weak Anti-SLAPP Laws

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2020 @ 07:35am

  I don't understand how these lawsuits don't get thrown out as neither party resides in VA.

• On the post: Ajit Pai Does a Good Thing As He Pushes For Public C Band Auction

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2019 @ 08:11am

  So did the satellite providers pay a lease for the C band spectrum originally, or were they just allowed to use it (like OTA)?

• On the post: Top Myths About Content Moderation

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2019 @ 10:26am

  Re: Xenophobic trash peddlers like Eric Goldman

  Nah, the users themselves do a pretty good job of moderation here. For example, your comment will be hidden shortly.

• On the post: The City Of Baltimore Blew Off A $76,000 Ransomware Demand Only To Find Out A Bunch Of Its Data Had Never Been Backed Up

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2019 @ 09:23am

  Re: Re: Business As Usual

  Not to say there isn't good management in IT, but those folks usually don't last long. They either quit in frustration, or get let go by idiots above them because they didn't toe the party line.

• On the post: The City Of Baltimore Blew Off A $76,000 Ransomware Demand Only To Find Out A Bunch Of Its Data Had Never Been Backed Up

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2019 @ 09:20am

  Re: Business As Usual

  This is so true. I've working in IT for 25 years and have found that the overwhelming number of failures like this are caused by piss-poor management. From supervisors all the way to the C-level. The IT guys in the trenches get the blame, but they're usually the ones trying to do the right thing while having to fight against said piss-poor management or lack of budget.

• On the post: Attorney Who Sued Grindr Responds Extremely Poorly To The Supreme Court's Rejection Of Her Section 230 Lawsuit

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2019 @ 10:56am

  Re: Re: IMHO...

  Hell hath no fury like a gay man scorned.

• On the post: NYPD Slows Down Law Enforcement, Increases Citizen Complaints

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2019 @ 10:44am

  Where's Frank Reagan when you need him?

• On the post: DOJ Boss Joins UK, Australian Gov't In Asking Facebook To Ditch Its End-To-End Encryption Plan

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2019 @ 12:19pm

  Considering how corrupt both Barr and the Administration he works for are, it wouldn't be a surprise if they tried to secretly orchestrate some child porn crime in order to use it as an excuse to get what they want.

• On the post: Surprise! Buzzfeed Links Bogus Net Neutrality Comments Directly To Broadband Industry

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2019 @ 08:02am

  Were the number of comments both for and against ever released?

• On the post: Something Has Spooked AT&T Enough To Warrant Bringing Their Top Lobbyist Out Of Retirement

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2019 @ 04:50am

  Re: why Cicconi valuable?

  I imagine his Washington contacts and his ability to sell bullshit.

• On the post: Something Has Spooked AT&T Enough To Warrant Bringing Their Top Lobbyist Out Of Retirement

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2019 @ 04:42am

  Re: "Something" compels Techdirt minion to report on NOTHING.

  This describes your comments perfectly.

• On the post: Buried Whistleblower Report Apparently Involves President Trump's Conversations With A Foreign Leader

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2019 @ 11:50am

  Re:

  I'm going with stopping the pee-pee tape from being released.

• On the post: Nintendo's ROM Site War Continues With Huge Lawsuit Against Site Despite Not Sending DMCA Notices

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2019 @ 09:20am

  Re:

  Kiss? Sounds like full on rimming to me.

• On the post: Nintendo's ROM Site War Continues With Huge Lawsuit Against Site Despite Not Sending DMCA Notices

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2019 @ 09:19am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Free!!

  You read their private emails. ROFLMAO

• On the post: Nintendo's ROM Site War Continues With Huge Lawsuit Against Site Despite Not Sending DMCA Notices

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2019 @ 09:11am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I think I'll go put some more holes in that old stop sign out back with my AK-47. Fun. Really. You should try it. Normal people get a kick out of it. So you're admitting to theft of government property and/or destruction of government property.

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