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• On the post: Another NYPD Terrorist 'Investigation' Turns Up Nothing But Privacy Invasions And Rights Erosion

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2012 @ 08:32am

  The only people who are allowed to criminally conspire in private are government officials and their corporate buddies who got them there. Proles, you are the terrorists!

• On the post: Turns Out When Random House Said Libraries 'Own' Their Ebooks, It Meant, 'No, They Don't Own Them'

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 02:08pm

  Re: Mike snookered yet again. -- Though he'll claim wasn't.

  ootb, you make relevant and concise statements posted in the comments day in, day out. You can quote me on it.
  
  By the way, you can dismiss all my earlier comments stating the complete opposite. Snookered again.

• On the post: Economist's Defense Of Perpetual Copyright: It's Best To Just Ignore The Economics

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 09:29am

  Re: Re: I knew it was coming

  I doubt Chewbacca has seen anything yet.

• On the post: Law Enforcement Looking To Create A Searchable Database Of Everywhere Your Vehicle Has Been

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 07:51am

  Re: Re: More replies than here, and actual discussion too.

  Awww how cute! ootb thinks he is lucid and not rabid. Your mom says you are cool, too, I bet!

• On the post: DOJ Railroads CIA Torture Whistleblower Into Reduced Guilty Plea

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  Re: You had to jam in Megaupload. Get over your copyright mania.

  ...now you agree with me that the society is insane...
  
  ...you're ALMOST round to my position! From a few posts ago.
  
  Uh oh! Today ootb thinks he is convincing/turning/breaking you Mike. I don't like the imaginary encouragement he is giving himself.

• On the post: Why Hardware Patent Trolls May Be The Next Big Problem

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2012 @ 10:31am

  Re: That's a narrow niche: wait until China copies 'em.

  Of course, morality only works when people feel a moral obligation to some extent. I bet plenty of people would like to pay musicians/actors/directors directly for the content they create but don't feel any moral obligation to pay some middlemen who do their darnedest to not pay the creators in the end.

• On the post: EU & US Negotiators Looking To Hold Blind & Deaf Access Rights Hostage To Get A New ACTA/SOPA

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2012 @ 07:01am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Well SOPA was dropped in its entirety, so can Mike not use it in any of its ugly forms to point back to how "copyright apologists" want to legislate?

• On the post: Humble Ebook Bundle Breaks $1 Million; All The Authors Should Be Best Sellers

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2012 @ 08:21am

  Re: Hah

  How much would old gatekeepers be charging for 13 ebooks from authors of this caliber? $9.99 a pop minimum each...but probably more.

• On the post: School Suspends Students For Finding 'Racy' Photo Teacher Accidentally Put On Their iPads

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2012 @ 03:00pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  But they'll still get paid whilst waiting at home for three years awaiting the final papers to be pushed through the system.

• On the post: School Suspends Students For Finding 'Racy' Photo Teacher Accidentally Put On Their iPads

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2012 @ 09:33am

  Re: Re:

  "Fire the teahcer..."
  
  Good luck with that. Damn near impossible for a union worker.

• On the post: Jared Polis Tells FTC To Back Off Google Antitrust Investigation

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2012 @ 01:44pm

  Re: Re: Corporatized Freedom

  Seems like an anti-corporate/pro-government control rant there, not so much in line with the Fox News fare. Does OWS have a news network?

• On the post: Humble eBook Bundle Passes $600k, Adds Five Awesome Webcomic Books

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2012 @ 12:51pm

  Re:

  You can zoom and rotate in the Kindle...not that it isn't a pain to deal with.

• On the post: An Academic Study Of Connecting With Fans & Giving Them A Reason To Buy

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2012 @ 06:35am

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  You guys really are insufferable as you limp around for your victory lap before the winner has been announced. I would really like to see Reznor's old label contract and look at the new one he's signed. That would be a comparison for the ages. I would bet copyright ownership is probably with the artist and not the label. For a contract, two people need to sign it. Reznor believes Columbia can help with distribution of his album and Columbia thinks Reznor's music can still make them money. It is a two-sided deal. Reznor isn't scratching at Columbia's door on his hands and knees begging to come back.

• On the post: Amanda Palmer Unleashes The Voice Of The People About Health Insurance Via Twitter

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2012 @ 01:14pm

  Re: Obamacare/Romneycare, what's the difference?

  The GOP has been selling Americans a pile of croc about Canadian and British healthcare systems to try and turn them against Obamacare.
  
  And Michael Moore wasn't doing the same thing in the other direction, that Cuba is better than the U.S.A.? Really? Either side can come up with outlier instances that support one system or the other, but like someone mentioned above...there are a lot of influences on how implementation may work in one place and not another. Local governance can know and help their constituents better than some one-size-fits-all system.

• On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 11:30am

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  I know that Comcast in my area has been disconnecting users accused of infringement and the user would have to sign some agreement to the fact that they respect copyright and won't infringe again before they would hook 'em back up. And this was over a year ago.

• On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 11:26am

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  I've been to at least 7 concerts of popular label shackled artists who have announced sometime during the performance to be sure and hear their new songs/album and they don't give a flip if you download for free as long as you hear the music, tell your friends, and come to the concerts. Musicians are putting music out there. Labels are trying to sell it. Musicians know where the money is for them and it isn't through the gatekeepers.

• On the post: No, Mitt Romney Didn't Personally Hack Your Facebook

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 08:29am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  He isn't a media executive, damn it!

• On the post: Canadian DJ's New Album Comes With Cardboard Turntable That Plays Included 3-Track Bonus Disc

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2012 @ 07:42am

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  A point you fail to grasp is that people aren't purchasing the music, their purchasing the packaging. If they wanted the music they would buy mp3's off a vendor or download it from another site. Kid Koala is just offering a reason to buy that you won't get through the other methods of music acquisition. And getting some people to pay is better than getting NO people to pay.

• On the post: DHS: Our Reports To Congress Are Successful Bullshit

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2012 @ 02:49pm

  Re: Re: Hope to High Heavens

  Agree with your first statement...since the article is unclear I was just hoping that they hadn't made the mistake the government hopes we're making.
  
  If you look at most utility numbers on power grid reliability you will see 99.985% (Average Service Availability Index) online for the year. Even a day long outage doesn't put much of a dent in that number. Outages will happen, every once in a while they are more widespread and gain big headlines but regulations will not make a significant dent in improving reliability. Outages caused by negligence are such a small percentage of that number. Weather contributes more to widespread outages. So until we can regulate the weather then we are just throwing money down the toilet (the bureaucracy rejoices).

• On the post: DHS: Our Reports To Congress Are Successful Bullshit

  

  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2012 @ 10:50am

  Hope to High Heavens

  I sure hope that it was only a historical database or something this contractor was able to login. Sure, you wouldn't want your data out for all to see but if the company actually allows remote access to the SCADA controls network then the FUD-makers in government will have more of a leg to stand on...meaning there are network admins dumb enough to allow critical infrastructure to be connected to the internet. Now we all must suffer because of their ineptitude (which is usually why bad laws are passed).
  
  Also, spellcheck - excrement. =]

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