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• On the post: Poll Suggests Americans Of All Ages, Political Positions, Locations… All Hate SOPA

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2011 @ 08:16am

  Re: Re: Re: A Thought

  We're going to need a bigger lawn.

• On the post: New Anti-SOPA Song & Crowdsourced Video From Dan Bull

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2011 @ 07:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Remix

  That was probably the point.

• On the post: Does Congress Even Realize That The Courts Appear To Think That SOPA Is Already In Force?

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2011 @ 12:49am

  Re: Eh - I'm confused

  Stephen Fry as the villain. Excellent casting, if you ask me. :)

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2011 @ 12:28am

  Re: Re:

  Hmm, I'll take Hastur over that guy any day.
  Who?
  Why Hastur of course, you know HastARRGGGHHH
  *carrier lost*

• On the post: SOPA Markup Day 1: We Don't Understand This Bill, It Might Do Terrible Things, But Dammit, We're Passing It Now

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2011 @ 04:53am

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  I was looking at some footage from interviews with Ron Paul, and the host was asking him who he'd endorse, as if he had stepped out of the race.
  I mean, come on, Ron Paul is still running himself.
  
  But yeah, you're right, there is too much power at the broadcast level, they get to pick the candidates who are invited to the "debates". Which, btw, isn't really a debate, as that would take too much time and can't be done with commercials interstitched. The televised debates are just candidates reiterating talking points in a question and answer setting.
  Debating isn't about answering stupid questions, it's about exchanging ideas, and arguing those ideas in order to try and convince the other parties in the debate.

• On the post: SOPA Markup Runs Out Of Time; Likely Delayed Until 2012 [Update: Or Not…]

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2011 @ 04:41am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Much to do about nothing

  Sure, the techs will solve the mess that yocks in Hollywood are creating in the techs backyard. It's revenge of the nerds all over again.

• On the post: SOPA Markup Runs Out Of Time; Likely Delayed Until 2012 [Update: Or Not…]

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2011 @ 03:22am

  Re: Re: Re: Much to do about nothing

  I agree, it won't stop us, consumers. But it'll make a hell for (VPN) service vendors and software creators.

• On the post: SOPA Markup Runs Out Of Time; Likely Delayed Until 2012 [Update: Or Not…]

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 07:00pm

  Re: Much to do about nothing

  the problem is, once these laws are in place, they will get expanded, mission creep. And they'll keep moving the goal posts, and get courts to pervert the laws into what Hollywood actually intended them to be. We've seen it before with other laws.
  
  Once in place, you can't get rid of it. Once in place, the world is fucked.
  
  
  They'll just get VPNs banned or something, calling it a tool solely used for infringing on their precious copyrightsesses. Like they are already saying about p2p tools that can be (and is) used for legal purposes.

• On the post: SOPA Markup Runs Out Of Time; Likely Delayed Until 2012 [Update: Or Not…]

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 06:46pm

  Re:

  Demand complete removal and abolishment of copyright. No copyright at all, would solve a lot of the problems.
  
  (and yes, I'm serious in this, this is not me trolling you)

• On the post: Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 06:42pm

  Re: Frustrations

  Talking to people about piracy is also a problem. Good gracious is it frustrating when people actually think messing with DNS servers will prevent or slow down piracy.

  
  That's because they aren't really worried about piracy...because they need that scapegoat to gain more control. Do you really think they want to get rid of piracy all together, when it creates such a great narrative for them to use on Congress? "Them thar forrin theives R steeling ar contents!"
  
  No these bills are about control. Control on what you, the hapless moneybag, get to watch online. They want to turn the Internet into the next cable television. With only approved channels. Sure, for now, they won't attack US-based websites, but that's just a matter of time.

• On the post: SOPA Markup Day 1: We Don't Understand This Bill, It Might Do Terrible Things, But Dammit, We're Passing It Now

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 06:38pm

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  Heh, I'm still surprised that Cameron has got legs to stand on after his outburst during the Eurotop and his coalition partner Nick Clegg staring daggers at him.

• On the post: SOPA Markup Day 1: We Don't Understand This Bill, It Might Do Terrible Things, But Dammit, We're Passing It Now

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 06:32pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Yeah, but what can US citizens do? After they have made thousands of calls, millions of emails opposing this stupid bill, it still has a chance of getting through congress... What is left there to do? Reelections won't be until after this bill has passed. And then it's too late.
  
  Also, the media won't pick up on it, because it's old hat after that. No need to hold someone accountable over ancient history.
  Besides. there is a new $celebrity_scandal_of_the_day to talk about for about 24 hrs.

• On the post: SOPA Markup Day 1: We Don't Understand This Bill, It Might Do Terrible Things, But Dammit, We're Passing It Now

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 06:27pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Voting in the US seems to me (as an outsider) to be "choose between the lesser of two evils". Because you're not being given a whole lot of choice.
  
  In The Netherlands, where I'm from, it's not a perfect system either, but we do have something like 10+ different parties.
  
  And each party with their own viewpoints, bullet points and ideals.
  The greens, the party for animal rights, the labour party, christian democrats, the socialist party, to name but a few.

• On the post: Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 06:21pm

  Re: This says it all:

  After viewing that video, my mind just froze asking "what?"
  
  That's just... WHAT?! As if that's something to be proud of. "Oh I don't have to know anything about anything in order to decide on its future." When are we (globally) going to hold our legislature accountable for the stuff they rule on?

• On the post: SOPA Markup Day 1: We Don't Understand This Bill, It Might Do Terrible Things, But Dammit, We're Passing It Now

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 08:38am

  There is your congress, bought and paid for by Hollywood.

• On the post: CCIA Slams Congressional Representatives Who Unfairly Attack US Companies For Speaking Up Against SOPA

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 07:13am

  Re: Re: Re:

  It's not about piracy, it's about control. The whole world already knows this... Yet you keep claiming otherwise. Makes you the fool, anon.

• On the post: Journalists And Key Engineers Who Built The Internet: Completely Opposed To SOPA

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 05:09am

  Re: Re: Re:

  hanged, not hung... We don't want to see his penis.

• On the post: Judge Says OtherOS Removal Was A Bad Business Decision But Not Illegal

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 05:01am

  Re: Years after the rookit debacle...

  I haven't bought a single Sony product since the rootkit scandal. Suits me just fine. Indeed, let them burn. I wouldn't pee on them if the company was on fire.

• On the post: Lessig On The Daily Show: The Corruption And Extortion Of Congress

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 04:56am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Think of the poor big-shot movie maker? What is (s)he to me?

• On the post: Lessig On The Daily Show: The Corruption And Extortion Of Congress

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 04:53am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Really?! No-one would dare make content?
  You, sir/madam, are a fool for believing that.
  
  There are tonnes of people out there making games, music, movies, books and anything in between just for fun.
  
  I have filled a large part of my bookcase with books written by independents, even though I already had the audiobooks for free from Podiobooks.com
  I have a Kindle app full with ebooks written by people that aren't part of some bigwig book publishing empire, but rather publish themselves through Amazon.
  
  I have paid good money for a number of films that weren't released by big Hollywood label X.
  
  I have paid for a fuckload of games using the humble indie bundles and the likes. I have bought a lot of games from GOG.com, that come without any DRM (so they are easily copyable, and I could've just as easily downloaded them from pirate site Y)
  
  But of course, without bullshit copyright enforcement no-one would ever release any content anymore. Really now?!

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