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• On the post: Google Lifts The Veil On Copyright Takedowns: Reveals Detailed Data On Who Requests Link Removals

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 12:28pm

  Re: Idea for Google

  I should have read the whole article before commenting. Oh well.

• On the post: Google Lifts The Veil On Copyright Takedowns: Reveals Detailed Data On Who Requests Link Removals

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 12:27pm

  Idea for Google

  Why not set up a free service that allows websites to be notified as soon as a take down request is received? Have them provide an email address and send out an automated response that explains what has happened and includes the take down request.

• On the post: Congress Proposes Giving Another $10 Million To ICE To Censor More Websites For Hollywood

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 10:36am

  Better Proposal

  How about for every dollar that congress adds to the debt/deficit they must put up a dollar of their own money in collateral.
  
  That should help get our priorities in order.

• On the post: Facebook IPO Mess Turning Into A Legal & Financial Circus As Morgan Stanley Agrees To Adjust Prices On Trades

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 10:31am

  I wanted to short it

  I told everyone I cared about to stay as far away from the facebook IPO as possible. The PE ratio was over 100. That alone usually means run away as quickly as possible.
  
  I wanted to find a way to short it, but I didn't have any way to borrow the shares. :-/
  
  On top of that, there are apparently A LOT more shares available to come on the market soon. The owners are currently contractually barred from selling, but a massive increase in supply probably won't make the value per share go up.
  
  Maybe in 6 months or a year it will be possible for the market to work out a fair value.

• On the post: How Copyright Would Make The 'Singularity' Infringement If It Ever Arrived

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 09:36am

  Re: Hmmm....

  +10 shameless self promotion points
  
  Good job

• On the post: Which Would You Rather Have: The Planet, Or A Patent?

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 08:25am

  Re:

  Wow.
  
  That last sentence was supposed to read "If this does somehow prove valuable in the long term and merits a roll out before the patent expires, then worry about the licensing issues."

• On the post: Which Would You Rather Have: The Planet, Or A Patent?

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 07:53am

  First, there are significant potential drawbacks to the experiment being proposed. At best, it would be a palliative, not a solution to the underlying problem. At worst, any benefits it would provide would be temporary enough to lull people into a false sense of security allowing policy makers to ignore the real issues until it's too late.
  
  Second, it's just an experiment not a product for export or consumption. Go out into international waters where patent laws don't apply. Get the data. If this does somehow prove valuable in the long term and merits of roll out before the patent expires is approved, then worry about the patent issues.

• On the post: How Copyright Would Make The 'Singularity' Infringement If It Ever Arrived

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 05:55am

  Re: Funny?

  Both, of course

• On the post: Who's The Coward? Thin-Skinned NY Politicians Try To Ban Anonymous Comments

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 23 May, 2012 @ 07:47am

  Re: Hmm

  Reread the first ammendment

• On the post: Who's The Coward? Thin-Skinned NY Politicians Try To Ban Anonymous Comments

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 23 May, 2012 @ 07:12am

  Re:

  no

• On the post: Supreme Court Orders Reconsideration Of 'On The Internet' Software Patents

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 22 May, 2012 @ 01:15pm

  Sweet, Sweet, Sanity

  They better be careful. I'm starting to think the judiciary may not always be completely out of touch and useless anymore.

• On the post: Chelsea Clinton: We Must Protect The Children On The Internet

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 22 May, 2012 @ 09:39am

  for the children

  We should censor everything I don't like on the internet... for the children.
  
  We should also print up a big batch of money and transfer it into my bank account... for the children.
  
  Finally, we NEED everyone who disagrees with me to stop speaking up so I have all the power... for the children.

• On the post: Techdirt Threatened With Defamation Suit Over Story On Feds Getting Royalty In Movie From Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 04:41pm

  Re: Re:

  You might be right. There are at least three sides to this fight though. The studio and the party they paid both have an interest in keeping any problems quiet until... forever. It makes sense that one of these stakeholders may be behind it.
  
  It could also be some random troll too. Who knows?

• On the post: Judge In Grooveshark Lawsuit Orders Blog To 'Preserve' Logs That Had Already Been Deleted

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 01:40pm

  Does the order actually require any action?
  
  If the company has a good faith belief that the logs have been deleted and cannot be recovered, there would be nothing to preserve.
  
  IANAL but to me it seems that unless the judge proscribed specific measures and the company doesn't believe it there is anything to preserve, the order is pretty much moot.

• On the post: Techdirt Threatened With Defamation Suit Over Story On Feds Getting Royalty In Movie From Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 12:32pm

  Someone at the production company is probably concerned that there may be an issue over the rights they thought they purchased.
  
  I have read somewhere controversies like this often get the project killed until at least the legal issues are sorted out and often permanently.

• On the post: Citizen Video Evidence Helps Two Arrested Photographers Have Their Cases Dropped

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 05:29am

  The most disappointing thing is that I'm really not surprised by any of this. This is, and should be treated as an outrageous abuse of power. However, it all seems commonplace now.

• On the post: Facebook Trading Near Its IPO Price Means It Was Priced Right, Not That It Was A Disaster

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 06:12am

  Re: P/E Ratio

  I meant unless the PE ratio drops of course.

• On the post: Facebook Trading Near Its IPO Price Means It Was Priced Right, Not That It Was A Disaster

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 03:25am

  P/E Ratio

  The P/E ratio is the problem. Facebook is definitely worth something. It could be invaluable for certain types of PR or advertising campaigns. However, unless the P/E ratio climbs, it's not worth anything near where it's trading at.

• On the post: DOJ Argues Forcefully For Your Right To Photograph And Videotape Law Enforcement

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 17 May, 2012 @ 08:57am

  Trojan Horse

  While I do agree that arresting people for recording on duty officers in public is ridiculous, I doubt the DOJ is doing this to stand up for our Constitutional rights.
  
  More likely, they want to protect the governments right to record us with drones 24x7 or keep whatever other covert monitoring plans they are currently using in place. It may be a bad legal precedent for them if these police departments win in court.

• On the post: Tenenbaum To Supreme Court: Let's Get This Constitutional Debate On Statutory Rates For Copyright Infringement Rolling

  

  A Guy ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 06:57am

  I hope they take up the case. I don't see how a sane person could even go over $500 or $1000 per song. I guess when lobbyists, politicians, and lawyers get together sanity isn't a likely outcome.

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