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• On the post: Lindsay Lohan Sues E*Trade For $100 Million; Says Baby Was Based On Her

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2010 @ 11:31am

  Re:

  I'll offset your hate by stating my love for that commercial. The comedic timing. The punch line.
  
  All greatness.

• On the post: Is Amazon Blocking Reviews Of Assassin's Creed Over DRM Issues? [Update]

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2010 @ 12:57pm

  Ubisoft games are now on my blacklist -- and I buy lots of video games. Probably one or two a month, on average.
  
  Too bad for them, I guess. Hope it's worth it to lose the legit customers who would buy their games, were they not saddled with such intrusive DRM.

• On the post: Long Time Video Game Critic Claims Conclusive Evidence That Violent Video Games Cause Aggression; Conclusive Except That It Isn't…

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2010 @ 11:28am

  Re: Re: I remember...

  And Dungeons & Dragons.
  
  And Rap music.
  
  And Booze.
  
  And, of course, printed words.

• On the post: Long Time Video Game Critic Claims Conclusive Evidence That Violent Video Games Cause Aggression; Conclusive Except That It Isn't…

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2010 @ 10:40am

  Product Placement

  It's pretty telling that the article shows a picture of Anderson holding up a copy of his book. There's no way he could have an incentive to be biased is there?

• On the post: My Comments To The USTR On Special 301 Report On Foreign Copyright Issues

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2010 @ 04:31pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If Michael Steele runs for president, I will leave the country

  Both parties pull garbage like that, which I almost expect at this point.
  
  I'm more bothered when a Senator replies to my questions around the transparency of ACTA with an explanation (in industry-friendly terms) of what ACTA is. I was already well-aware of what ACTA is, and his response led me to believe he's the one who needs an education on it.

• On the post: My Comments To The USTR On Special 301 Report On Foreign Copyright Issues

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2010 @ 02:19pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If Michael Steele runs for president, I will leave the country

  Both parties pull garbage like that, which I almost expect at this point.
  
  I'm more bothered when a Senator replies to my questions around the transparency of ACTA with an explanation (in industry-friendly terms) of what ACTA is. I was already well-aware of what ACTA is, and his response led me to believe he's the one who needs an education on it.

• On the post: My Comments To The USTR On Special 301 Report On Foreign Copyright Issues

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2010 @ 12:26pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Yup. And, adding insult to injury, he added me to his spam e-mail list. Now, not only can he he respond to my questions with ill-conceived industry drivel, he can also beg me for money for his reelection campaign!

• On the post: My Comments To The USTR On Special 301 Report On Foreign Copyright Issues

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2010 @ 11:52am

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  Good luck with that. I wrote to my senator (John Cornyn, should you care) a month ago regarding my concerns around ACTA and the lack of transparency in the process. His response, which read like it was written by an industry trade group, went on and on about the importance of ACTA and the importance of protecting U.S. IP, but said nothing regarding my original complaint around transparency.

• On the post: Microsoft Exec Calls For 'Driver's License For The Internet'

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2010 @ 09:53am

  Re: Re:

  The helmet must come off!

• On the post: Microsoft Exec Calls For 'Driver's License For The Internet'

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2010 @ 09:27am

  A license to surf would also take care of that pesky online-anonymity thing.

• On the post: ADM Says Video Mocking Them Is Copyright Infringement; Abuses Copyright Law To Stifle Free Speech

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2010 @ 05:20am

  Re:

  Well played.

• On the post: ADM Says Video Mocking Them Is Copyright Infringement; Abuses Copyright Law To Stifle Free Speech

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2010 @ 05:19am

  Re:

  Well played.

• On the post: Australian Court Says Men At Work's 'Down Under' Infringes On Folk Song; Only Took Decades To Notice

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2010 @ 08:09am

  We should all get paid for having to suffer through that awful song's popularity, but only after we've been reimbursed for the Crocodile Dundee movies, too.

• On the post: iiNet Wins! AFACT Has To Pay. Australian Court Says ISPs Not Responsible For Infringing Users

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2010 @ 03:35pm

  Re: Re: Am I bad?

  And even worse, crazy-mean spiders!
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_funnel-web_spider

• On the post: Yes, If You Don't Do Anything, You Shouldn't Expect People To Just Give You Money

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 11:37am

  Re:

  Ha. That's just plain snobbery.
  
  How you make money doesn't define who you are (or if it does, I feel sorry for you). Think of all the artists we always hear of who weren't successful until after they died. Do we still refer to them as carpenters, or mechanics, or whatever they did to make ends meet? No.

• On the post: Yes, If You Don't Do Anything, You Shouldn't Expect People To Just Give You Money

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 10:04am

  Re:

  Ha. That's just plain snobbery.
  
  How you make money doesn't define who you are (or if it does, I feel sorry for you). Think of all the artists we always hear of who weren't successful until after they died. Do we still refer to them as carpenters, or mechanics, or whatever they did to make ends meet? No.

• On the post: Yes, If You Don't Do Anything, You Shouldn't Expect People To Just Give You Money

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 09:53am

  Re: Re: Re:

  "All of music" hasn't been about "making music" for a long time. It's been about making money.
  
  And being in business is about begging for cash. That's what businesses do. They beg people to trade them money for goods or services.
  
  The only thing changing in music is how the money's made, and who will be making it.

• On the post: Vancouver Olympics Unhappy With 'Cool Sporting Event That Takes Place in British Columbia Between 2009 and 2011 Edition' Slogan

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2009 @ 09:01am

  Yes, they must feel awful for breaking the spirit of absurd trademark regulations.

• On the post: Study Being Promoted As 'Redbox Kills Jobs' Actually Shows That Hollywood Jobs Will Grow

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2009 @ 10:53am

  This is why we need the government to protect the mainstream press. So they can take reports like this and not do a lick of research before parroting the findings.

• On the post: IMAX Sues Cinemark For Building Competing System… While Being An IMAX Customer

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2009 @ 05:34am

  Re: Nitpicking

  Glad someone else made this point. Not commenting on the broader case, but they are headquartered in Texas, so it makes sense that they'd file the case here.

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