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• On the post: Why The Supreme Court's 'Grokster' Decision Led To More, Not Less, P2P Filesharing

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 09:30pm

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

  Yeah, the logic is undeniable. After all, we really do want to drive all internet businesses out of the United States, and to use payment processors that are not under the jurisdiction of the United States government.
  
  That is the goal of this legislation right?

• On the post: Senator Wyden Promises To Read Out The Names Of Those Who Oppose PROTECT IP

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 08:03am

  Re:

  wrong link. Get the one from above.
  
  http://stopcensorship.org/

• On the post: Senator Wyden Promises To Read Out The Names Of Those Who Oppose PROTECT IP

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 04:09am

  If the bill passes, all we can do is vote with our wallets and not patronize those whom sponsored the bill as it makes its way through the courts.

• On the post: Senator Wyden Promises To Read Out The Names Of Those Who Oppose PROTECT IP

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 04:06am

  I signed up.
  
  It will probably pass anyway. If they overcame his hold, they will probably have the votes to pass the bill.

• On the post: GoDaddy Takes Down Entire Site Of Copyright Attorney/Photographer Over Bogus DMCA Claim

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2011 @ 10:09am

  Re: Re:

  You may get yourself sued. If you take down the site, then you MAY have to refund your clients part or all of the hosting fees. Although you may not even have to do that.
  
  If you don't take it down automatically you personally may be liable for $150k per infringement. I wouldn't take that risk.

• On the post: GoDaddy Takes Down Entire Site Of Copyright Attorney/Photographer Over Bogus DMCA Claim

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2011 @ 10:03am

  Re:

  I think you need to define that in your service agreement with your clients when they sign up, or ASAP for existing clients.
  
  You may even give them the option. Do they want the entire site taken down so their audience doesn't have to mess with a broken site or would they prefer just the page in question?
  
  Either way, you need to define these things beforehand to avoid liability from them.

• On the post: How Other Parts Of The World View SOPA

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2011 @ 09:56am

  Re: OOO, perhaps!

  Hmmm...
  
  I can see it now. An application to simultaneously share internet connections. They can use ours to look up the actions of the tyrannical dictators of their past and we can use it to bypass the oppressive present in ours.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2011 @ 07:24am

  Read the full report, as someone has posted above:
  
  http://piracy.ssrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/AA-Research-Note-Infringement-and-Enforcement-November-2011.pdf
  
  It's shorter and gives context to those cherry picked stats.

• On the post: Court Says Warrantless Mobile Phone Tracking Is Unconstitutional

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2011 @ 06:37am

  "This is one of those issues that will continue to bounce around until the Supreme Court clarifies. "
  
  Depending on how broadly or narrowly the SCOTUS rules on the warrantless GPS case, maybe it will be decided soon.

• On the post: Barnes & Noble Revealing Microsoft's 'Secret' Patents, Which It Believes Cover Android

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2011 @ 03:42am

  Re: Re:

  I believe you missed the /s at the end.
  
  I believe this is a poke at the logic of some of the pro IP trolls whom frequent this site.
  
  ;-)

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2011 @ 02:05pm

  I'm surprised no one has made the economic argument against SOPA. (Or maybe I just missed it.)
  
  When US companies are the only ones whom cannot do business with high traffic and legal sites abroad, how is that going to affect the profitability of the GDP of the United States?
  
  Unless the measure is adopted world wide (and it won't be) doesn't it open a huge market for competing firms to eat our lunch?
  
  If Google cannot serve ads to a legal site in another country, doesn't that just open a market for one who does?
  
  If our financial services cannot process payments for those same sites, doesn't that just open a market for those who will?
  
  How many US dollars that we desperately need to repatriate from China and other places around the globe will we give up so the entertainment industry feels better?
  
  This seems like another strategic mistake by our lawmakers at a time when our debt is soaring, our tax revenue is down, and too many people are unemployed.
  
  If the sites cannot be banned in the country that hosts the content it will still be out there for some bad actor to serve up to anyone whom wants it.
  
  My question to the lawmakers is how many times must we shoot ourselves in the foot before we permanently hobble our competitiveness around the world?
  
  It might make sense to ban ads on specific URLs after a DMCA notice has been ignored. I could actually support that. However, this bill goes too far to the point of being foolhardy.

• On the post: Appeals Court Reject's Tenenbaum's Request To Rehear Arguments For Rejecting $675,000 Award For File Sharing

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 06:29pm

  Re: Re:

  In fact, I bet many of the "regulars" here don't have much to do with your industry anymore.
  
  Speaking for myself, I'm disgusted by your behavior and I speak out against you due to a sense of moral outrage.
  Your persecution of my friends ruined my appetite for your product and I am equally outraged that I cannot even escape you now because your plans have the potential ruin the things I still enjoy on the internet.

• On the post: Appeals Court Reject's Tenenbaum's Request To Rehear Arguments For Rejecting $675,000 Award For File Sharing

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 05:37pm

  I should add, the amount of the award is absurdly high and I hope it will be found unconstitutional.

• On the post: Appeals Court Reject's Tenenbaum's Request To Rehear Arguments For Rejecting $675,000 Award For File Sharing

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 05:31pm

  Re:

  I got so disgusted over how the music industry treated its fans that I haven't had anything to do with them in at least 6 years. It may be closer to 10. It's hard to keep track of these things.
  
  Either way, I certainly have no infringing music on my computer now and any tracks that I legally obtained were lost in a flood long ago.

• On the post: Sandia National Labs: DNS Filtering In SOPA/PIPA Won't Stop Piracy, But Will Hurt Online Security

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 04:47pm

  Re:

  That would be acceptable to everyone except copyright holders I think.
  
  A voluntary list that users may or may not use and may or may not ignore based upon their choice. That is weaker than a DMCA notice.

• On the post: Sandia National Labs: DNS Filtering In SOPA/PIPA Won't Stop Piracy, But Will Hurt Online Security

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 04:44pm

  Re: Re:

  I was thinking the same thing. However, rather than engage them on "I think this is what you are trying to do and if it is this seems wrong"
  
  I thought I'd engage them on "this is what you say, it is silly and will not work"

• On the post: Sandia National Labs: DNS Filtering In SOPA/PIPA Won't Stop Piracy, But Will Hurt Online Security

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 04:37pm

  Re:

  That's right, because Google didn't censor the DNS or take actions that would fragment the root DNS. They control a list that users of certain browsers may choose to use to avoid malware.

• On the post: Sandia National Labs: DNS Filtering In SOPA/PIPA Won't Stop Piracy, But Will Hurt Online Security

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 04:32pm

  Re: Your pop quiz du jour

  8 for me too.
  
  I say anyone who can think of one easy way to bypass this proposed regime and realizes the importance of a single root DNS for commerce and internet stability has every right to comment.

• On the post: Washington Post Column Incredulous That Congress Is Considering Censoring The Internet

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 03:32pm

  Re: It's coming..

  Maybe, but it only takes one senator to shut it down. Usually that pisses me off, but not this time.
  
  Even if it does get through congress, I think we have a really good shot at getting the private right of action declared overly broad and unconstitutional.

• On the post: Washington Post Column Incredulous That Congress Is Considering Censoring The Internet

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 03:25pm

  Re: Re:

  +1 insightful for that.
  
  We don't need to hide their opinions. They are wrong and easily debunked. We should show off the weakness of their positions.

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