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• On the post: Want To Know How Weak The GOP's Internet Freedom Platform Is? The MPAA Loves It

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 08:42am

  Who needs facts anyways?

  doing more as a nation to protect our intellectual property from online theft
  
  We don't have to worry about IP theft there is no such thing...
  
  Copyright is the cornerstone of innovation
  
  Cause again, everyone knows before copyright there was no innovation, just like there was no authors or fans either

• On the post: Oops: After Seizing & Censoring Rojadirecta For 18 Months, Feds Give Up & Drop Case

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 01:03pm

  You only have one example that you continually point to of the government doing this...I mean two, or three...But, but still, it's really not a problem at all, right?

• On the post: HBO Go Goes Everywhere… Except Your TV Set

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 10:08am

  Re: Who Cares?

  Unless you're in England, where it's legal, then the US would like to have a talk with you

• On the post: HBO Go Goes Everywhere… Except Your TV Set

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 08:12am

  It's too easy to capture the AirPlay stream and thus, in theory, create HD copies of the video.
  
  Because those HD copies don't already exist within an hour (maybe two) of the show airing already...

• On the post: The Inevitable Crowdfunding Backlash When People Realize Projects Fail & Change

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 07:08am

  Reminds me of Gizmodo fail

  Basically people aren't happy because there are bad things there. In the giz article (which their article's have been going downhill imo) he talks about how they are done with kickstarter and it sucks cause basically they fail at picking good kickstarter projects. Obviously you can't go and fund any project, you have to actually check up on it, and no matter how much you check up on it, if it's a project to build a Robocop statue, what the hell are you expecting? I have funded several projects, probably about 10-20, and have yet to be disappointed in them. Yes, they typically get push back on the ship date, but who cares, I generally only put a small stock in the date they say and figure it'll come out sometime after that.

• On the post: US Chamber Of Commerce Launches Ad Campaign For Son Of SOPA

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 06:27am

  How to reduce fake drug imports

  It's really not that hard to figure out how to reduce the number, and it's not through new legislation. If they take away, or significantly reduce the length of drug patents, or if they granted compulsory licensing, then the cost of drugs would decrease and the need for importing fakes or cheaper drugs would drop.

• On the post: The DVD Is Dying. Hollywood's Plan? Do Nothing And Cede Ground To File Sharing

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 07:57am

  Re: Re:

  Whoa, you're asking them to actually pay attention and read? Then they'd have to come up with something other than 'Pirate Mike blah blah I can't read or comprehend anything'...

• On the post: Rep. Nadler Proposes The RIAA Bailout Act Of 2012

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 07:54am

  Either way, can anyone explain just why the government is bailing out the RIAA in the first place?
  
  Because if the RIAA goes away then members of congress will be missing a good bit of money from their pockets.

• On the post: Ubisoft Realizing That Perhaps 'Pirate' Users Are Really Just Like 'Free To Play' Users Who Don't Pay

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 06:02am

  Re:

  Free-to-play, more often than not, means pay-to-winThat's true in some cases, but that's if it's poorly done. Awhile ago techdirt had the article about how Valve worked hard to make sure that wasn't the case with TF2. And it's impressive if they boosted their profits with only '5% paying', which I'm sure is quite ridiculous number. Also League of Legends it's not so much as a pay to win either. I did paid $25 once to get some extra rune tabs, and unlock a character or two, but that didn't give me a massive advantage, and having not shelled out tons of money, I'm not at any real disadvantage.

• On the post: Showtime Spoils Dexter Finale During Unskippable Pre-Menu Promo

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2012 @ 06:02am

  Thanks for letting me know that. Dexter is a great show which I have supported in the past (ie bought), but I'm not going to pay to watch ads on DVD/Bluray, especially one that's during the show itself.
  
  Also, ** Motherfucking Eagle **

• On the post: This T-Shirt Has Been Seized

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 11:55am

  Re: Re: Re: Kind of Like the Shirt

  quite a lot of people have cited the objectionable eagle as their favourite part of the shirt and the thing that spurred them to buy it
  
  That's what got me to buy it, best part of the shirt imo

• On the post: This T-Shirt Has Been Seized

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 11:34am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Doh, should really fix the submission so if you accidentally click the submit button twice, it doesn't double post

• On the post: This T-Shirt Has Been Seized

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 11:33am

  Re: Re: Re:

  And if it was not a legit site, why would they not prosecute?? And whether or not it was legit doesn't even matter, you asked about where they ignored due process. They did that there, or are you saying that taking there site away for a year without allowing them any chance to fight it was not ignoring due process? And I believe you asked for one site--even one--

• On the post: This T-Shirt Has Been Seized

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 11:33am

  Re: Re: Re:

  And if it was not a legit site, why would they not prosecute?? And whether or not it was legit doesn't even matter, you asked about where they ignored due process. They did that there, or are you saying that taking there site away for a year without allowing them any chance to fight it was not ignoring due process? And I believe you asked for one site--even one--

• On the post: This T-Shirt Has Been Seized

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 11:23am

  Re:

  You mean like dajaz1 that everyone and there brother admits was deemed a legit site a year after it was taken away and not allowed to fight it (you know that whole due process thing)...but you're right, they never explain anything on this site, or maybe you just don't know how to read...

• On the post: Russia Confirms To The World That It's Not A Fan Of Free Speech: Pussy Riot Gets Two Years In Jail

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 09:51am

  Re:

  other countries don't always view freedom of speech as being as central or as important as the US does
  
  I was thinking it should say 'being as central or as important as the US pretends it does'

• On the post: Announcing The New Techdirt Insider Shop

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 11:33am

  Re: Bug/Typo

  Works for me, below What's this? it's displaying:
  Techdirt Insiders, who've purchased a package at the Techdirt Crystal Ball level or above, can specify a number of comments each month as either the "First Word" or "Last Word" on a particular post. Doing so pins and highlights the comment at the beginning or end of the comment thread.

• On the post: Announcing The New Techdirt Insider Shop

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 11:14am

  Re:

  Also, clicking on the 'Get the Insider Chat' button throws an error

• On the post: Announcing The New Techdirt Insider Shop

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 11:02am

  For those who continue to not understand what a paywall is..

  pay?wall
  Noun:
  (on a Web site) An arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to the site.

• On the post: SurfTheChannel Owner Anton Vickerman Sentenced To Four Years In Jail For 'Conspiracy'

  

  Tim K ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2012 @ 10:19am

  So the lesson...

  ...is that if you're going to do something you shouldn't just conspire, you should actually just do it because you'll get in less trouble. Cause that makes sense

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