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• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 04:43am

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

  whoops - italics fixed to avoid confusion..
  
  Considering that you've bragged about how much content you have on your drives,
  
  So if this is true (I'll take you at your word) you think that that means it wasn't paid for? You don't think anyone would actually *gasp* spend money on content?
  
  I have gigs and gigs of music on my computer and ipod as well (all paid for, or otherwise obtained legally).
  
  You're saying that that means I support piracy?
  
  You're saying that no-one in their right mind would actually buy loads of content, so if they have it, it must be pirated?
  
  I'll take that as an admission that you realise that most of the shit you and your ilk sell simply isn't worth paying for

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 04:41am

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

  Considering that you've bragged about how much content you have on your drives,
  
  So if this is true (I'll take you at your word) you think that that means it wasn't paid for? You don't think anyone would actually *gasp* spend money on content?
  
  I have gigs and gigs of music on my computer and ipod as well (all paid for, or otherwise obtained legally).
  
  You're saying that that means I support piracy?
  
  You're saying that no-one in their right mind would actually buy loads of content, so if they have it, it must be pirated?
  
  I'll take that as an admission that you realise that most of the shit you and your ilk sell simply isn't worth paying for.

• On the post: False Advertising: CRIA Becomes 'Music Canada,' Even Though It's Not

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 04:22am

  Re:

  [citation needed]

• On the post: Senators Unconcerned About Massive Unintended Consequences Of Criminalizing People For Embedding YouTube Videos

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2011 @ 09:22am

  Re: Re: Re:

  ..So I guess this will count as rape then?

• On the post: Band Lets Fans Create Customized Album… And Help Sell It (Allowing The Fans To Make Money Too)

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2011 @ 03:19am

  >> that many fan pages may well be identical
  
  Can't you just hear the lawsuits LOL :-)

• On the post: Why Propping Up Old Business Models Is Bad For The Economy And Bad For Innovation

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2011 @ 03:15am

  Re: who is propping up old business models, who needs too ?

  Double spacing increases your intelligence.

• On the post: Police Arrest A Bunch Of Folks In Europe For Linking To Infringing Content

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2011 @ 02:33am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: I'm bored so I'm feeding the trolls....

  You hit the nail on the head..
  
  content on the website in question was found, in a court, to be infringing
  
  it has to be found by a COURT to be infringing. So the linker is in no state to decide if what he is linking to is illegal (in the case of copyright material). If it was KP though then he would be expected to know. See the difference? IF not then you are deluding yourself.

• On the post: Would People Stop Using Mobile Phones If More Evidence Shows Them To Be Carcinogenic?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 09:25am

  Re:

  Because BT headsets don't emit any EM radiation?

• On the post: RIAA Says There's No Value In The Public Domain

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 05:03am

  there's no value to a work in the public domain..for the RIAA.
  
  There, I think that's what she really meant..

• On the post: Streaming Music To Phones Is Officially The Oldest Trick In The Book

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 07:26am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Well

  We don't need innovation, we have already innovated everything
  
  Sweet! No more patents!

• On the post: Streaming Music To Phones Is Officially The Oldest Trick In The Book

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 07:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Well

  Ill change my vote to The Interesting Man..

• On the post: Streaming Music To Phones Is Officially The Oldest Trick In The Book

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 07:23am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Well

  Whoops!
  
  I totally fucked that up. I didn't realise Tim Cushing had written that and thought the reference to Tim above was to the first AC.
  
  Sorry Tim, I thought the article was interesting :-) Forgive me!!

• On the post: Streaming Music To Phones Is Officially The Oldest Trick In The Book

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 07:15am

  Re: Re: Re: Well

  Tim = ?
  
  The Interesting Mike?
  Totally Into Mike?
  Totally Idiotic Madman?
  Temporarily Insane Man?
  Tiresome Inane Mumbling?
  Threestrikes Is Messiah?
  Turd In Mouth?
  Tries Informing Maladroitly?
  
  I'll go with the second to last one.

• On the post: New Report: IP Laws Are Crippling The EU Economy

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 04:31am

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

  Why don't you create an account then you muppet?

• On the post: Seismologists Tried For Manslaughter Due To Earthquake

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 04:24am

  Re: This is what the world is coming to

  Since it is their fault
  
  LOL :-)

• On the post: Maori Angry About Mike Tyson's Tattoo Artist Claiming To Own Maori-Inspired Design

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 26 May, 2011 @ 09:35am

  Re: For the Maori its not 'just' a tattoo.

  No, I don't think so, I know a few Maori's and plenty of whiteys with Maori inspired tattoos. In fact in NZ I would hazard a guess that that sort of tattoo is the most common, I think in this case the professor is just stating that the artists claim is ridiculous and insulting, not that he wants to claim himself or on behalf of insulted Maoris, or is even insulted by Tysons tattoo.

• On the post: Please Help Us Figure Out How Much The Public Has 'Lost' Due To Overprotective Anti-Copy Laws

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 25 May, 2011 @ 04:38am

  Re:

  That's the exact point. The big industries always spout of about 'loss' of potential income.

• On the post: Please Help Us Figure Out How Much The Public Has 'Lost' Due To Overprotective Anti-Copy Laws

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 25 May, 2011 @ 04:32am

  Re: Re: Not the same

  there could be no loss associated with something I chose to pass up in order to spend my money elsewhere.
  
  Not according to the RIAA! According to them, when you *choose* not to buy music it costs jobs and ruins the economy!

• On the post: ACLU And EFF Want To Find Out Who Rolled Over When Gov't Came Calling For Info About Wikileaks

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 06:53am

  Re: Skype, Facebook MySpace?

  oh, and LinkedIn.

• On the post: ACLU And EFF Want To Find Out Who Rolled Over When Gov't Came Calling For Info About Wikileaks

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 06:52am

  Skype, Facebook MySpace?

  Those are my votes..

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