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• On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 04:56am

  Re: What reason to buy again, ??

  Mike, you should make a 'Daryl is retarded' t'shirt and sell it. That way I can ask Daryl to copy it and sell it to me just for the larf. I'd buy yours too of course so that I could write up a comparison review.

• On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 04:43am

  Re: Re:

  Definitions t'shirts sound funny. Might give me a bit more cred when I start ranting at parties too..

• On the post: Apple Accused Of Demanding Newsday Drop Its iPad App Ad

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2010 @ 09:42am

  Hypocrites..

  I seem to remember Apple themselves running adverts that didn't depict the real performance of the iPhone..

• On the post: Why Are The Record Labels Demanding Money To Let People Stream Legally Purchased Music?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2010 @ 05:25am

  Re:

  I've just moved to a smaller house and put loads of CDs into (paid) storage.
  
  Should the storage firm be coughing up every time I go get a couple and copy them to my ipod? I mean, the storage facility is commercially benefiting to the tune of £45 per month for storing all that music for me..

• On the post: Why Must ISPs Pay To Be The Mandatory Copyright Cops Of The Entertainment Industry?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2010 @ 06:33am

  Re: What-about

  Are you sure you don't watch any BBC? They do rebroadcast it on the pay services and LOTS of the other channels are playing BBC stuff all the time.

• On the post: Film Archives Being Eaten Away; Would Be Nice If People Could Make Copies To Preserve

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2010 @ 06:23am

  Re: Why doesn't Google do this?

  wow.

• On the post: Raids Across Europe Targeting File Sharing Sites

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2010 @ 05:07am

  Re:

  Can you explain why you see it as a victory for 'the good guys'?

• On the post: Craigslist Shuts Down Adult Services; Says It's Being Censored

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2010 @ 10:01am

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

  Good work. Seems to have shut him up.

• On the post: Video Game Exec Claims Used Games 'Cheat' Developers

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2010 @ 04:45am

  Re: Re:

  Stoked you have Sam and Max in there!

• On the post: Video Game Exec Claims Used Games 'Cheat' Developers

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2010 @ 04:43am

  Re: Re: You want more, I want to pay less. So what?

  ..and paid bugger all to boot!

• On the post: Ansel Adams Trust Sues Guy Claiming To Have Found Long Lost Adams' Negatives For Selling Prints

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2010 @ 04:29am

  Re:

  I think he could go ahead and resell the negatives, its the prints he can't do anything with.

• On the post: Lexmark, HP Using Patent Law To Try To Block Replacement Ink Cartridges From The Market

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 04:24am

  Re: Re:

  whoops missed one..
  
  7. learn to count.

• On the post: Lexmark, HP Using Patent Law To Try To Block Replacement Ink Cartridges From The Market

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 04:23am

  Re:

  hhmm..
  
  1. Invent a product that costs $X to manufacture.
  2. Sell product for $X plus healthy margin.
  3. Find that no-one is willing to by product for $X+margin.
  5. Blame consumers for being cheap.
  6. Ask for government help to protect your business.
  
  ..Actually I guess that does sound familiar.

• On the post: Ticketmaster Says People Don't Like Service Fees Because We Don't Understand Them

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 02:26am

  Re: $1 Airline Tickets

  That is what they used to do in the UK. I once paid 1p for a flight London->Dublin and the fees were £14.99. I'm pretty sure they made that illegal a couple of years ago though.

• On the post: Philadelphia Demanding Business License For Bloggers Who Bring In A Bit Of Cash

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2010 @ 04:50am

  Re: Re:

  It seams it didn't work the best for you either :-p

• On the post: Police Arrest Researcher Who Showed E-Voting Machines Are Not Secure

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 09:52am

  Maybe he's lucky

  that Warner Bros didn't get to him first and sue him for calling himself Hari Prasad.

• On the post: Porn Company Embracing 'Pirates,' Planning To Monetize Experiences

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2010 @ 04:44am

  Re: A new friend

  so it seems he also feels it's only possible since they're diversified.
  
  So well done him on being diversified and boohoo to the company that only sells DVDs.

• On the post: Apple Pulls Grooveshark From App Store, Because Universal Music Doesn't Like It

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 09:40am

  Re:

  Me too.
  
  Looks like Spotify with no need to sign up or use standalone client. Thanks Universal for letting me know about it!

• On the post: Rolling Stone Offers 'A Big Fat Thanks' To The RIAA For Screwing Up Music Online [Updated]

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2010 @ 09:58am

  Re:

  Don't even think of using it. Someone is lurking out there in internets land waiting to sue the sh1t out of you if you do.

• On the post: Did Korean Officials Really Need To Raid Google Offices Over Street View WiFi Sniffing?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2010 @ 08:37am

  Re: Yes, they *did* need to.

  I think the point was that a raid was unnecessary. Usually you raid someone to gain the element of surprise.

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