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• On the post: European Parliament Considers Banning All Pornography, Blocks Emails From EU Citizens Protesting Against Censorship

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2013 @ 04:42am

  Re: I thought Timothy Geigner, aka "Dark Helmet", handled all porn items.

  You are such a dork.

• On the post: HBO: The Key To Combating Piracy Is To Make Game Of Thrones More Available… Except Here

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2013 @ 06:05am

  Re: Re: Re: Honestly...

  That doesn't reflect on the quality of the show.
  
  I agree, but they will usually give me a reason to check it out myself.

• On the post: HBO: The Key To Combating Piracy Is To Make Game Of Thrones More Available… Except Here

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2013 @ 05:46am

  Re: Honestly...

  Here's a reason for you: Millions of people think its awesome.
  
  
  Thats usually enough to make me want to check something out...

• On the post: Librarian Of Congress Shoots Back At White House Over Phone Unlocking: We're Just Doing Our Job

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2013 @ 06:36am

  based on a factual record developed by the proponents and other interested parties
  
  I wonder just who they think the 'other interested parties' might be..

• On the post: UK Lets The Recording Industry Decide What Websites To Censor

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2013 @ 01:42am

  Re:

  and lost it because of commercial stupidity, (slavery and colonialism)
  
  Umm.. What?!? By abolishing slavery and expanding via colonialism?!? Are you suggesting they should have kept the slave trade and not expanded their empire to ensure commercial success?

• On the post: UK Lets The Recording Industry Decide What Websites To Censor

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2013 @ 01:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Why does this blocking concern anyone here?

  You'll presumably be able to continue "perfectly legal activity" of torrenting Linux and so on. They'll surely actually check the first ones they make examples of to be copyrighted content....
  
  ...wait..wait.wait..
  
  Didn't you say yesterday that they'll be harassing people simply for downloading large volumes of data?

• On the post: Another Future Clash: How Will The Law Deal With Autonomous Vehicles

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2013 @ 04:42am

  Re: Re: Re: A car that drives itself?

  I have the exact same problem. More than about 30 minutes in a car, driving or not, I start falling asleep. No amount of Red Bull will wake me up.
  
  The same happens in aeroplanes, but for that, I'm truly grateful.

• On the post: Oreo Wins The Superbowl Ad Wars With A Timely Tweet

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2013 @ 05:03am

  Re:

  I think its a bit like rugby but for pussies.

• On the post: Odd: Mega Removing Any File It Can Find That Is Publicly Indexed — Even Completely Legitimate Uploads

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 05:03am

  Re: THE SKY IS FALLING[/sarcasm]

  =/= => !=
  
  FTFY

• On the post: Dear HuffPo: Feel Free To Send Techdirt Traffic

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2013 @ 03:22am

  Re:

  +1 for neckbeard

• On the post: Global Hackathons Prepared To Carry Forward The Work Of Aaron Swartz

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2013 @ 05:36am

  Re:

  ^ First troll post of the comment thread... and its off topic and ranty. Shocker!

• On the post: NRA: Games To Blame For Violence! Also, Here's A Shooting Game For 4-Year-Olds!

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2013 @ 01:35am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Some Americans> "We want guns"!
  
  Pretty much the rest of the world> "You guys are fucking idiots".

• On the post: CBS Sports Writer Feels It's OK To Issue 'Stealth' Corrections Because It's Just 'The Internet'

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2013 @ 07:54am

  I see what they're doing..

  You can't copyright facts, so by using "facts" CBS can still claim copyright.
  
  /sarc

• On the post: Camming Group Leader Sentenced To 5 Years; Barred From Owning 'Any Device' That Can Infringe Copyrights After Release

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2013 @ 07:23am

  Re: Re: Pens. Paper. yada yada

  into the 2018 release of the latest Justin Bieber romantic comedy
  
  Yay! Finally something to look forward too!

• On the post: Sony Patent Application Takes On Used Game Sales, Piracy With Embedded RFID Chips In Game Discs

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2013 @ 04:58am

  Re:

  I think it is a great idea, it will stop making copies or "lending to your friend", legal or not it's not really ethical.
  
  WTF? Quotes or not, do you really think its unethical to lend your stuff to a friend?
  
  Your idiocy blows my mind more than your inability to form a sentence.

• On the post: RIAA Lawyers Trying To Rewrite History Of Copyright Clause Through Shoddy Scholarship And Selective Quotation

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2012 @ 02:12am

  Re:

  The ultimate Streisand effect?!?

• On the post: Let Congress Know That Now Is The Time To Fix Copyright, Not To Put Their Head In The Sand

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2012 @ 05:19am

  Re: Re:

  Just actually laughed out loud at work for the first time in ages. Nice work :-)

• On the post: Time Warner Cable Doesn't Think There's Demand For Google Fiber

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2012 @ 05:11am

  Re: Just more of Mike's pro-Google puffery.

  Local cable company upped speed several times to now 50Mbits for basically same $50/month with no limits, but I don't use that capacity. (Don't even have the right modem.) A gig is not necessary for even pretty good quality streaming, let alone for (yuck) Facebook, and such.
  
  I guess you're right.. Just like we don't need more than 640KB of RAM either.
  
  
  Hardly anyone wants that speed except pirates! Here at Techdirt, the pirato-geeks* assume their greed to download free content is universal, but it ain't.
  
  * a new term: steal it
  
  It's shit, I don't want it.

• On the post: Time Warner Cable Doesn't Think There's Demand For Google Fiber

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2012 @ 05:00am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Nail hit squarely on the head.

• On the post: Apparently All That Stuff About Needing SOPA To Go After Foreign Sites Was Bogus

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2012 @ 05:00am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ICE itself didn't

  What is this, the '90s?
  
  He wishes it was, that way we'd all still be only dial-up and there would be 'no' piracy.

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