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• On the post: Cleveland Police Union Rep: Citizens Think They Understand The Law? Ridiculous!

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2014 @ 12:38pm

  Actually, he's right

  "It's pretty pathetic when athletes think they know the law."
  Actually, he's right. It's pretty obvious by now that it's perfectly legal for the police can shoot anyone they want.

• On the post: Roca Labs Story Gets More Bizarre: Senator Threatens Bogus Defamation Lawsuit, While Nevada Quickly Rejects Bogus Bribery Charge

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2014 @ 10:48am

  Does Ken at Pope Hat Know About This?

  If so, he probably went blind from rolling his eyes into the back of his head.

• On the post: EU Regulators Want Google To Expand Right To Be Forgotten Worldwide And To Stop Telling What Links Have Been Forgotten

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2014 @ 12:48pm

  Next Up...

  The next step is for these EU Regulators is to demand that all these articles about this stupid decision be forgotten.
  
  The people in power have the most to gain from this ruling, so you can bet your ass they're going to support it.

• On the post: James Clapper Admits What Everyone's Been Saying For Months: Snowden Didn't Take 1.7 Million Documents

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 10:02am

  Re:

  It wasn't "thin air" where they got those numbers. It was a fundamental orifice.

• On the post: Senator Feinstein Finally Finds Surveillance To Get Angry About: When It Happened To Her Staffers

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2014 @ 09:08am

  Re:

  Excuse me, but there is a huge difference between illegal and wrong. If you are charged with oversight, then nothing should be off limits. If the CIA is actively trying to thwart your investigation, then it's your job to go behind their backs.

• On the post: Turns Out Paul Hansmeier's ADA Lawsuits Were Filed Without Knowledge Of The Plaintiffs

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2013 @ 02:02pm

  Can we get the NSA to hire these Prenda clowns? That way we can keep all the douchebags in one place.

• On the post: John McCain Says That Keith Alexander Should Be Fired… For All The Wrong Reasons

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2013 @ 08:01am

  "And now we have a contractor employee, not a government employee, who has access to information which is, when revealed, most damaging to the standing prestige of the United States and our relations with some of our best friends." There, he said it. The real reason everybody is pissed off at Snowden is because he embarrassed the US government.

• On the post: India Says: 'There Is No Direct Correlation Between IP And Innovation'

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2013 @ 09:30am

  How rich ?moochers? hurt America

  Here's an article I found on Salon that talks about "rentiers" that are the true drain on our economy. The ratcheting up of IP controls seem to help enable this.
  
  http://www.salon.com/2013/03/22/how_rich_moochers_ruin_america/

• On the post: Jon Stewart Blasts Viacom For Stupid Blackout; Viacom Sheepishly Turns Web Streams Back On

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2012 @ 01:04pm

  I watched it Last Night

  I watched it last night (I've got Comcast). It was pretty funny. BTW, it's already available in all the usual illegal places.
  
  P.S. Your buddy Louis CK was on too. Very funny guy.

• On the post: Great Day For Canadian Copyright: Supreme Court Issues Five (Count 'Em) Rulings Supporting Fair Dealing And Fewer Tariffs

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 02:41pm

  Re: Re: Not a great day at all...

  I read the parent comment as satire. I hope I'm right.

• On the post: Def Leppard Covers Its Own Songs With 'Forgeries' To Fight Back Against Universal Music

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2012 @ 07:17am

  This has been going on a long time

  In the early days of emusic.com, you could find albums of older acts (BJ Thomas and John Prine come to mind) that were actually re-recordings of their old hits. Sometimes they were better than the originals, sometimes not.

• On the post: Funny How Sensitive Hollywood Gets When You Threaten To Mess With Its 'Fundamental' Structure

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2012 @ 08:04am

  Hollywood Accounting

  If you really want to mess with the "fundamental" parts of Hollywood's business, how about attacking "Hollywood Accounting." The most fundamental part of their business is to screw over as many as possible.

• On the post: Debunking The EU Commission's 'Myths About ACTA'

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2012 @ 12:33pm

  ACTA will not require any revision or adaptation of EU law

  They keep using this excuse. If nothing is going to change, why bother with it in the first place.

• On the post: Schrödinger's Download: Whether Or Not An iTunes Music Sale Is A 'Sale' Depends On Who's Suing

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2012 @ 11:52am

  Re:

  You forgot option 3:
  Screw the artist and screw the customer at the same time. This would be completely consistent with past behavior.

• On the post: Obama Working To 'Fix' His Relationship With Hollywood

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2012 @ 01:21pm

  What's the definition of an honest politician?

  Once he's bought, he stays bought.

• On the post: It Is Time To Stop Pretending To Endorse The Copyright Monopoly

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2012 @ 10:14am

  Re:

  He never said the the laws were effective, just that those laws are the monopoly's only hope. If you add his point of the collateral damage to your point of "It ain't going to work anyway," you come to the conclusion that these laws are really bad.

• On the post: MPAA: Real Patriots Don't Share

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2011 @ 08:40am

  Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel

  This quote has been attributed to Samuel Johnson:
  www.samueljohnson.com/refuge.html
  It seems like it still applies.

• On the post: 'Privacy' The Latest Tool Being Used For Censorship

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 12:36pm

  How will they square this up with the previous post about France requiring data retention? You can't retain it and delete it at the same time.

• On the post: The Debate Over Copyright Gets Loud At Digital Music Forum

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2011 @ 01:16pm

  Reconvene the Panel

  Maybe you could reconvene the panel on the Jerry Springer Show. Also invite Hulk Hogan to bust some heads. It would generate enough cash to fix the entire recording industry.

• On the post: Did Watson Succeed On Jeopardy By Infringing Copyrights?

  

  Miles Barnett ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2011 @ 01:27pm

  Format Shifting?

  I think you could make an argument that it's format shifting. If IBM purchased all of the books, scanned then into Watson, and kept the physical books. I don't see much difference between that and me buying a CD and ripping it to Mp3's for my own personal use.

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