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• On the post: God v. Copyright: Mike Huckabee Invokes Religion In Copyright Suit

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2016 @ 12:09pm

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  I think it is a requirement of her office. If she is unprepared to exercise that responsibility she is unfit for the position.

• On the post: God v. Copyright: Mike Huckabee Invokes Religion In Copyright Suit

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2016 @ 12:07pm

  Re: Does God own the Copyright on the BIble

  No. God did not write it. The people that did died more than [50 | 70 | 90][select as inappropriate by location] years ago. You could argue that God wrote everything, that everything is a religious gathering and therefore exempt...

• On the post: God v. Copyright: Mike Huckabee Invokes Religion In Copyright Suit

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2016 @ 12:15pm

  Gotta say, religion and copyright have a lot in common:
  - follow long established doctrine
  - suspend logic
  - seem to be endlessly open to re-interpretation by the practitioners
  - require blind faith
  Let them slug it out. Popcorn ready :)

• On the post: NZ Newspaper: An 'Honor' To Welcome Small Pacific Rim Countries As They Sign Away Much Of Their Sovereignty

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2016 @ 04:13am

  I would hope that any New Zealander with dignity and price would be out there protesting this vile deal.

• On the post: Copyright Blocking Security Research: Researchers Barred From Exploring Leaked Archive

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2016 @ 11:40am

  "dangerous copyright creep"
  
  Is that Chris Dodd or Tim Kuik?

• On the post: After Spending Time As Surveillance Subjects, Intelligence Oversight Committee Suddenly Performing Some Oversight

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2016 @ 09:22am

  What I find astounding is that people, even the apologists like Fienstien, really don't understand the logic of these bulk collections. For instance, the AT & T taps take everything. There is no possibility of not taking communications involving senators, privileged legal communications, or anything other prohibited communications. It is ALL. The only way the NSA could avoid any of these is to collect none of them in bulk. It's largely the same story for minimisation. You actually need to know it's priveledged to minimise it, and in most cases, they never get that far. No amount of legislation will change that logic. The NSA crossed the rubicon quite some time ago, and as we have seen, they aren't going back.

• On the post: GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Shitty Advertising Inventory

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2016 @ 07:55am

  Re: Re: We can block if we want to...

  You know, marketing peoples ideas when advertising doesn't work is often simply to stuff more aggressive / intrusive ads down any pipes they can find. If customers are already pissed off with that (ie TV programming that is 50%+ ads), stuffing more ads in is counter-productive. People leave. Unfortunately, marketing people are often too simple to understand this.

• On the post: GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Shitty Advertising Inventory

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2016 @ 05:39am

  Re: Re:

  Initially, I found it a little creepy just how much they were tracking me to do this pointless thing. Still do if I think about it. It is also clear from the data that my metadata (linked to real comms channels) are being sold ion a marketplace. I'm a little bemused that they think this generates sales. Not from me it doesn't.

• On the post: FBI Turns 18-Year-Old With An IQ Of 51 Into A Terrorist; Dumps Case Into Laps Of Local Prosecutors

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2016 @ 05:26am

  Re: Re:

  In this case however, its omnipotent moral busybody robber barons.

• On the post: GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Shitty Advertising Inventory

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2016 @ 02:33pm

  Hmmm. Ads. I hate them. There are two ways of doing them. Make them unobtrusive enough that they don't fight for my attention, and I'll ignore them. Make them aggressive and I'll avoid the site. What I will NOT do is use any of those advertisers - at least not in response to the ads. If I want to purchase something, I'll go to a store I trust or I'll research the issue. We did some home improvements a couple of years ago - and I still get ads for floorboards, furniture and paint. Sure it's targeted - but guys, the purchases were made years ago, I'm not buying more floorboards in the next couple of decades... why am I a target?

• On the post: NSA Never Stopped Intercepting Foreign Leaders' Communications, Swept Up Congress Members In Its Collection

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2015 @ 10:56am

  Re: Defender of the Constitution?

  Probably used a version that was conveniently truncated at characters and sent it via Twitter

• On the post: TPP's Forgotten Danger: Stronger Trade Secrets Protection, With Criminal Penalties For Infringement

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2015 @ 02:57am

  Re:

  The usual way out is a revolution.

• On the post: Who Needs A No-Fly List When You Can Just Ground 91 Million Citizens?

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2015 @ 11:08am

  Re:

  Nothing, if I remember correctly

• On the post: UK Home Secretary Wants Everyone's Metadata; But If You Ask For Hers, Gov't Says You're Being Vexatious

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2015 @ 10:55am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Terrorists are the communists du jour

• On the post: UK Home Secretary Wants Everyone's Metadata; But If You Ask For Hers, Gov't Says You're Being Vexatious

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2015 @ 10:54am

  Just astounding how accurately the FOIA response actually describes the situation:
  - scatter gun approach (this is what the Govt is doing)
  - the response is plainly vexatious
  I wonder what GCHQ has on her?

• On the post: Judge's Opinion On Kim Dotcom Shows An Unfortunate Willingness To Ignore Context

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2015 @ 01:37am

  I've had a short read of this and I too find it a little disappointing. Judge Dawson, in my view, relies too heavily on the DOJ case. The part that struck me was the discussion over Secondary Copyright Infringement and whether it is a criminal offense. The judge accepts that it is simply on the base that Jay Prabhu is the US Attorney General and has signed a document stating that it is. The testimony of one of the top US lawyers in the field with that, and that this should be decided in a US trial, as he says with so much.
  
  There are other issues that appear problematic, not least the casual disregard law enforcement in both NZ and the US have shown for the law. Aside from the theatrics of the raid, it is clear that much of the evidence was seized illegally and should not be admissible.
  
  While I am sure a lot of this is allowed for in the extradition treaty, there was plenty there for a questioning judge to be critical of. Shame Dawson lacked the balls.

• On the post: UK Government Has Secretly Created A Huge Database Storing Details About Its Citizens' Private Lives — Since 2000

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2015 @ 04:50am

  Re: How long before this data is used against political opponents?

  We already saw this happen with Hoover. Today, it's been globalised and industrialised.

• On the post: $25 Million Jury Verdict In Rightscorp Case Raises Serious Questions About Copyright Law

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2015 @ 09:21am

  Re: Re: Replies to killing access on accusations & copyright math

  You are aware that statutory damages can only be claimed on a work once?

• On the post: $25 Million Jury Verdict In Rightscorp Case Raises Serious Questions About Copyright Law

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2015 @ 09:16am

  Re: Re: Re: Accusation is not guilt

  Unfortunately, VPN's don't protect you from false positives

• On the post: $25 Million Jury Verdict In Rightscorp Case Raises Serious Questions About Copyright Law

  

  MadAsASnake ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2015 @ 09:14am

  Re: Re: Re: Accusation is not guilt

  In ACS's case, between 30 and 50% of "detections" could not be matched to a subscriber. Given that this is a congested IPV4 pool, I would be surprised if more than 50% of the remainder are not false positives. Even if they get past that, they still have no idea of the identity of infringer. I would expect they are correct on this point less than 10% of the time.

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