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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 06:37am

    Re: Re: Re: Judge may be right

    I never have been, that's why I refuse to buy a PS3. You bet there are some games on there I'd love to play but I refuse to deal with a company like Sony that is known for doing things like this.

    Again, I'm not saying it's 'right' but at the same time it's Sony. When dealing with the devil do you have much to complain about when he fucks you?

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 05:45am

    Re: Judge may be right

    I can't agree with that. I understand your point and it's not unreasonable but then automatic updates and the like for software would go out the door. There are security patches and the like created all the time that break other software, because that software no longer complies. (note: I'm not comparing the OtherOS situation here) I'd much rather have my OS secure than not get a security patch because some legacy software will break if that patch is applied.

    On the flip side, you can run WindowsXP with no patches or service packs and still run IE6 and no one is going to stop you (until the viruses and malware kill the system).

    But as I understand it, and I could be wrong, the PS3 users could still use OtherOS, but they then could not connect to PSN, right? Maybe I'm missing some details but if that's the case then the Military and Universities would still be able to continue using OtherOS as they would be highly unlikely to be connecting to PSN anyway. It would primarily affect those users who 'dual-booted'.

    I'm not suggesting that Sony did right, but if their TOS for PSN stated they could do this, then they could do it, even if it was a dumb thing to do.

  • On the post: Tons Of Amendments Proposed For SOPA

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 11:29am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Did you see this?

    Internet advertising is illegal now?

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 09:08am

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    I never suggested I did, simply that there ARE alternatives today and there WOULD be tomorrow. They might not be the giant 3D super special effect driven movies of today, but maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing.

    Alternately maybe people will just find something else to do. Plant a garden, do volunteer work, spend quality time with the family, etc.

  • On the post: Tons Of Amendments Proposed For SOPA

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 08:54am

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    More like 39 in the judiciary committee, while 4/39 is still not a huge number, that's just the ones who suggested amendments. The may be more that are opposed who simply haven't publicly made that statement yet. I'm betting by days end we'll have a clearer picture of the pro/against ratio.

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 08:43am

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    And if my DVR (or other options) fail, as mine did this summer and you miss an episode of your favorite show...? I guess you are just S.O.L.? Have to wait until the season is out on DVD/BR?

    It's not a piracy issue, it's a supply and demand issue. You want to control the supply and not give any flexibility at all, then why are you complaining when the people who demand your goods find a different method of obtaining them.

    I'm not say that justifies piracy, but that your actions, through inaction or deliberate artificial scarcity create the piracy market in the first place.

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 08:37am

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    That's odd I listen/watch non-traditionally 'owned' content all the time. Not pirated items, but new content created well and professionally by people ENABLED by technology like bit torrent, YouTube and other common pirate scapegoats.

  • On the post: Tons Of Amendments Proposed For SOPA

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 08:22am

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    I've noticed that true debate doesn't really exist here. Either your post is completely ignored or attacked with ad hom or bogus 'facts' that have beeb debunked over and over again.

  • On the post: Tons Of Amendments Proposed For SOPA

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 07:03am

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    And you have simply resorted to an ad hominem attack rather than addressing anything of substance in the article.

  • On the post: Tons Of Amendments Proposed For SOPA

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 06:27am

    Reevalutate

    the provisions of the bill expire after five years.

    This would be a great idea for this bill (likely many others too). We all know how fast things change on the Internet. Many of these provisions would likely NEED to be reevaluated after 5 years. Would these rules still be needed at all? Would technology have rendered some of these issues moot?

    Forcing it to be looked at again in five years might respark debate, but it SHOULD. Many laws need to be debated and adjusted accordingly, especially when they affect something as nebulous and quickly changing as the Internet.

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 06:13am

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    ooo! TrollBot! Can't the ACs be known as TrollBots from now on?

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 06:12am

    Re: Politicians No Longer Work For the National Interest

    yet he himself postpones critical decisions to some vague post-election future date


    While I think it was pretty weak of him to postpone the decision of the XL Pipeline, to call it a "critical" decision is a bit blown out of proportion. Even if it creates the 20K jobs Keystone claims it will, many of those will be short term and it's not like they'll start working tomorrow if it's approved today.

    Still you are right, that he's being quite wishy washy about the decision. It's going to piss off people on way or the other, but he doesn't want to risk pissing off people that would potentially contribute to his reelection campaign.

    As the original article states, this is the problem. Make a choice that is right for the country (whatever it may be) not for what is right for your campaign account.

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 06:03am

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    To be fair, it's in Mike's best interest to not give the trolls any more "you're a pirate" ammo by suggesting circumvention methods to watch the video.

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 06:01am

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    Completely off topic. Are you a bot or just a troll?

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 06:00am

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    Worse, if you don't have money to start with you can't get into office. Maybe at the local level, but even then you have to be pretty well connected.

    That, to me, suggests our government (in the US) is not "for the people, BY the people" any more.

    Not sure how it's ever going to be fixed when the ones who CAN change it are the ones benefiting the most from the status-quo.

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 05:57am

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    You don't answer the issue, you simply create a ridiculous analogy. Why is it NOT silly that this video is only available in some markets? The Internet is worldwide. Why impose this artificial scarcity? That is what creates black markets.

    Oh and that's what piracy is REALLY about. It's not about stealing, as is frequently stated, it's about loosing control of the market. Pirate create a black market for goods that consumers can't get else where or are more costly than they are willing to pay otherwise.

    I use Amazon to buy my MP3s. Why would I do that when I could find all those songs online for free? It's not because I have some high moral values, it's because I feel that market is reasonable. As soon as the market becomes unreasonable (such as artificial scarcity) then people start looking for markets that WILL provide them the goods.

    That's NOT new to the Internet. It's the nature of markets and consumers. You can rail against pirate consumers all day long, but the market is the problem, not the consumers. I have no numbers to back me up but I bet most people who were pirating music stopped as soon as legal, reasonable, markets became available (iTunes, Amazon MP3). Prime example.

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

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 05:46am

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    Dont worry you are not one man in that idea. That is my plan as well. Keep shuffling the deck and maybe we'll start getting people in office who actually care about the people. I'm probably dreaming but short of building a rocket to take me off this planet, I have to have hope that it'll get better.

  • On the post: Justice Department Hanging Onto Torrent-Finder Because It Doesn't Like How Search Engines Work

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2011 @ 01:16pm

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    just look at The Pirate Bay, possibly the most well known "pirate" website in the world. How many times have they been raided? And what did that do to them? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.


    I disagree. It fed them many more users as the litigation made The Pirate Bay name a brand name that even non-Internet-savvy people knew. It could be argued that it also popularized BitTorrent as well.

    All in all the constant attacks against The Pirate Bay have likely worked against the original goals.

  • On the post: RIAA Boss Tries To Defend SOPA & PIPA To The NY Times

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2011 @ 09:41am

    Re: Re: Boycott forever??

    And be sure to vote out for house/senate reps when they are up for election if they vote for this. It just indicates they've sold out and need to be removed before they do any further harm to the PEOPLE of the US

  • On the post: No Copyright Intended: The Coming Generation Who Intrinsically Assumes Remix & Sharing Makes Sense

    MAJikMARCer ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2011 @ 09:34am

    Re: Youngsters will be old enough

    The issue there is that most of them are older baby-boomers that don't care if that happens in 10-20 years. They care about now and perhaps until they retire, which hopefully won't be long now.

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