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• On the post: Facebook, Goldman Sachs & How Money Seeks Regulatory Free Zones

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2011 @ 04:17am

  Re: Its an opinion!

  Sure, the schemers are doing very nicely, but that is at the expense of everybody else
  
  ..not an opinion..in my opinion.

• On the post: Music Piracy = The Death Of The Recording Artist?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2011 @ 05:03am

  Re: Re:

  Without exception 100% of those stores are gone here. That era is over. They were not killed by record companies (who loved them for the most part), they were not killed by artists (who loved the exposure), they were killed by piracy.
  
  ..or.. maybe it wasn't piracy but people buying direct over the internet from the people that supplied the indy stores?? Think about it, if indy stores were able to get it from somewhere, chances are that that somewhere now has a webpage.

• On the post: Debunking The 'But People Just Want Stuff For Free' Myth

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2010 @ 04:44am

  Re: Re: Re:

  They do it as a service to those that still purchase music
  
  Really? Thats so nice of them. I wonder if they know they can make money from that?

• On the post: Will Visa, MasterCard, Paypal, BofA & Apple Terminate Relationships With The NYTimes For Revealing Military Secrets?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2010 @ 04:34am

  Re: Re:

  I own the patent on original ideas. Pay me.

• On the post: Case Study: How Shpongle Went From Yelling At Fans To Embracing Fans

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2010 @ 04:47am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Zing!

• On the post: Piracy Is Over Like The Web Is Dead

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2010 @ 04:28am

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

  expose this blog
  
  You mean I have you to thank that its available on-line now? I only wish you'd done it sooner so that I didn't have to get Mike to send me the hard copy via secret courier for all those years.

• On the post: Justice Department Trying To Figure Out How To Twist US Laws To Charge Julian Assange

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2010 @ 09:53am

  Re: Why not just seize the domain?

  Ummm?!? Have you been listening at all?

• On the post: PC Mag Responds To Legacy Recording Industry's 'Complaint' Letter

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2010 @ 04:40am

  Re:

  You miss the point in this whole piracy thing - people are pirating because they don't think the music is worth buying. When this is the case, the music is worthless. There is no money missed out on anywhere.
  
  The music industry needs to figure out what people are willing to pay for at a price they are happy with and then address that market.

• On the post: Why Voting For COICA Is A Vote For Censorship

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2010 @ 05:29am

  Re: I propose the following...

  The kangaroo breading area is a continent silly.

• On the post: MPAA Boss Defends Censorships With Blatantly False Claims

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2010 @ 05:09am

  Re: Re: I would like to point out...

  I'm not going at all. I Decided I didn't need to after I read that JK Rowling sued some Indian festival organisers for making a paper mache model of Hogwarts for a festival (http://www.totallawyers.com/legal-articles-hogwarts.asp) I have a real dislike for people that think having basically infinite money is not enough.

• On the post: UK High Court Announces Judicial Review Of The Digital Economy Act

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2010 @ 02:07am

  Re:

  I guess there's not a snowballs chance he'll come back and admit he's wrong but thanks for the lowdown.

• On the post: Challenging BPI's Claims That IP Addresses Alone Are Accepted By Courts As Proof Of Infringement

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2010 @ 04:55am

  Re: Re: Re: So, according to Techdirt what is "acceptable evidence"?

  What the hell?!?! Since when do you have to prove yourself innocent?

• On the post: UK National Rail Threatens App Maker For Even Discussing His Train Time App

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2010 @ 05:59am

  Re:

  I just walked past a pub in London on my way to lunch. Can't say as I smelt any pee, but now back at my desk it's a bit weird because the aircon seems to smell of idiot.

• On the post: Google Begins Blurring German Houses In Street View On Request

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2010 @ 05:48am

  Re: Re: Shame

  I think privacy is in quotes because he can't see how the hell having an image of your house from x months ago breaches privacy of any sort.
  
  And I agree. In my mind this is just idiots sounding out. If you don't agree, can you explain how this breaches 'privacy'?

• On the post: Colgate Patents Traditional Indian Tooth-cleaning Powder Despite It Being Used For Thousands Of Years

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2010 @ 11:35am

  Where is Ron?

  Why does ol' Ronald J Riley never pipe up when crap like this is mentioned?

• On the post: Google Told To Reveal IP Addresses Of Mean YouTube Commenters

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2010 @ 02:38am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. If all you have is a lawyer, everyone is fucked but the lawyer.
  
  fixed that for you :-)

• On the post: Fox Extends Cablevision Blackout To Hulu… Temporarily

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2010 @ 06:28am

  Re: FOX AND CHANNAL 9

  Not sure where it is, but it's almost definitely not under the caps lock key.

• On the post: Could The Enterprise D Replica In Minecraft Be A Copyright Minefield?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 09:56am

  Re: Copyright law not ready to handle digital age?

  Especially someone who already has a gazillion quid in the bank..

• On the post: New Pope Confuses Technology Reality And Fiction

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 05:12am

  Re: Re:

  What about the Octopus? It was clearly talking to God.

• On the post: New Pope Confuses Technology Reality And Fiction

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 05:11am

  Re: "never seems to be any sort of evidence to support this"

  What has that got to do with me and my Nintendo?

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