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  • On the post: Oh Look, The Overall Music Industry In Canada Has Been Growing As Well…

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 24 May, 2011 @ 02:04pm

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    Oh yeah...after everybody upgraded (ie. repurchased) their music catalog to CDs I am certain they didn't buy the same 40 albums every year after. Pick an arbitrary year and use that as a benchmark. How about 1835-2010? I think you will see quite an increase in revenue.

  • On the post: Disney's Anthony Accardo: The Tech Community Owes Content Creators A Living

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 01:27pm

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    Many would gladly pay the content industry the price they ask if that price was fair...read: in line with costs plus a little on the top for profit...like all other products sold in a non-monopolized market. Granted, things have improved. Instead of paying $15 for two good songs and a lot of crap we can pay $3 for the same two songs without the crap.

  • On the post: Universal Music: We Need PROTECT IP Because Musicians Are Dying!

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 12:10pm

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    Likewise, we should just sit back and let parties infringe copyrighted materials for profit without any impediment

    Look, copytroll said as long as we don't make a profit we can share copyrighted materials!

  • On the post: An Open Letter To Sony CEO Howard Stringer

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 11:57am

    Re: Re: Re: Attention:

    will be left behind in the rapture

    You got left behind, too, eh?

  • On the post: An Open Letter To Sony CEO Howard Stringer

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 11:51am

    Re: Re: Re: Attention:

    You are correct, sir! Plus, it is the last one I played...and I got all the Gau mimics...so many hours on the Veldt.

  • On the post: An Open Letter To Sony CEO Howard Stringer

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 11:37am

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    It's the price to pay for playing in a closed platform.

    ???

    Playing anything will get your information out there. Just applying for a credit card opens the floodgates on your information to third party advertisers. Too bad corporations aren't serious about protecting their customers information and their buddies in government don't care either...and, for the most part, the customers don't care either.

  • On the post: An Open Letter To Sony CEO Howard Stringer

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 11:28am

    Re: Well Said

    Either DH references himself in the third person, schizophrenically, or Tim Cushing is Capitalist Lion Tamer. I could see the confusion, Mike started letting them both make guest posts about the same time...and they're both Tims.

  • On the post: Do These Boots Look Like Marlon Brando? His Estate Seems To Think So

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 10:16am

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    They both are. Duh!
    How would anyone be duped if someone came up to you on the street, asked, "Do you want to see a picture of actor Marlon Brando?" and shows you a picture of boots...and you really believe that the boots are an actor?

  • On the post: What 4th Amendment? Indiana Sheriff Says Random, Warrantless House To House Searches Are Okay

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 11:16am

    Re: The outcry will likely be small

    Mr. Sheriff should start at the Indiana Supreme Court Justices houses.

  • On the post: What 4th Amendment? Indiana Sheriff Says Random, Warrantless House To House Searches Are Okay

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 11:03am

    Re: Re: Re: WWII Germany?

    When the full cavity search comes he'll just bend over and spread his cheeks. Don't know why this should only alarm Tea Partiers...it should alarm us all!

  • On the post: US ITC Uses Ridiculous Methodology To Claim 'Piracy' In China Costs US Firms $48 Billion In 2009

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 10:57am

    None of them knew they were robots

    I was surprised that Reuters, of all publications, would have such a vague description of the report, and not discuss the methodology at all.

    When you have robots making the stories...

  • On the post: Bezos: Attempts To Collect State Sales Tax On Amazon Sales Is Unconstitutional

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 07:34am

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    Tax decreases...where?! =]

  • On the post: California Politicians Want To Force All Social Networks To Be Private By Default

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 07:19am

    CA Legislator

    You dumb-asses don't know how to protect yourselves. So we will make rules so social media sites can't be social by default and prevent you idiots from letting the other idiots see your private information. But there is no problem with the site storing your information and selling it to third party corporations because they actually secure private data. Vote for me next year!

  • On the post: Well, That Was Fast: Sony's New PSN System? Hacked!

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 12:34pm

    Sony IT guy

    Sony IT guy - "Okay! Just rebooted the system. Does it work now?"

  • On the post: Perhaps The Sequel Can Be 'Don't F**king Worry About Piracy'

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 12:30pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    Are you just mad that nobody sent you a link to the pdf, or what?

    Well, how 'bout this. Buzz was built up on the book through articles. People wanted to see the whole book out of curiosity. It won't be released for 6 months? In the age of information we have to wait 6 months for a dinosaur publishing company to print and deliver the material? Obviously somebody leaked the book in full, arguably bringing a lot more attention to the book since now people can look at all of it instead just a few excerpts. As some mentioned, they will now buy the book when it comes out. Others won't, and they probably wouldn't have anyways. So what does it matter if the book is out in full on pdf or jpeg on some website?

  • On the post: Kevin Spacey Threatens Musician For Offering Album Called 'Kevinspacey'

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 09:02am

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    Look at the cover of the album, and tell me whether you think the average person might be confused about whether it's an album made by the actor Kevin Spacey. (Hint: yes.)

    If the word Kevinspacey wasn't on the cover I would never have guessed that it is him...if it even is. All you can see is hair, glasses, and a shirt collar...could be anybody.

  • On the post: Police Claim That Allowing People To Film Them In Public Creates 'Chilling Effects'

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 08:30am

    Standard procedure

    Cops should act as if a camera is always pointed on them while on duty.

  • On the post: Kevin Spacey Threatens Musician For Offering Album Called 'Kevinspacey'

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 08:20am

    I don't see the problem. There is a big difference between Kevin Spacey and Kevins Pacey... or Kev in space y? Omitting the space (no not Keviny) between his name and surname along with not capitalizing the S makes it a completely different word...or name for that matter.

  • On the post: The PROTECT IP Act Is About The Old Media Industry Going To War With The Internet

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 16 May, 2011 @ 01:59pm

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    I always thought businesses were supposed to cater to their customers. Customers want video/music/photos they pay for to be available to them in any form on any device in any place. The internet has made this possible at extremely low prices. Yet the industry continues to place roadblocks for customers to get content at the actual cost the internet allows...which is infinite supply...which basic economics teaches that price goes to near zero.

  • On the post: Techdirt Files FOIA Requests Concerning ICE 'Anti-Piracy' Videos

    Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) ( profile ), 16 May, 2011 @ 01:31pm

    Response time

    FOIA allows 5 days to not actually provide a response to the questions, just an acknowledgement of receipt of request and an estimated cost to the inquisitor (staff time to recover information, copies, etc., if any) and date when the pertinent information is available to you. Or a rejection. Keep your fingers crossed.

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